The Washington Post this week published a glow-up profile of the “new” CNN, praising the left-wing cable network for all the wrong reasons.

CNN, in the past few years, has embraced a model that places contrived interpersonal drama, clownish, self-serving theatrics, intentionally incendiary commentary, and self-promotion above all else, including factual, down-the-middle news reporting. The Washington Post sees it differently. CNN has merely embraced a “new emotional rawness,” it argues.