Anyone capable of reading can obtain information ten times faster by doing so than watching a video. If you agree, then I recommend installing the add-on NoScript in Firefox, which should be everyone's browser, to disable CNN's auto-play of videos. If you don't use Firefox and NoScript, then good luck with your future malware infection.

***To eliminate CNN's crappy ways, forbid all scripts except for cnn.com and postrelease.com

The end result will be transforming CNN into a halfway tolerable web site.