When protests erupted in Baltimore over the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old Baltimore resident who died from a spinal cord injury while in police custody, CNN chose to ignore the demonstrations in favor of covering every second of the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
If you were seeking coverage of the rallies, contributor Errol Louis suggested viewers could "find a live feed" somewhere else.
I would add that the overwrought coverage of the Pope's visit was a bit much too. The first 37 hours of footage of the tarmac waiting for the plane to land or take off was very exciting, I'll admit. But after that it got a little bit dull. And for those who aren't Catholic, which is the majority of Americans, it might have been slight overkill on the religion coverage.
