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Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R4] CBS News 1/5 · US App breaks daily: Constant buffering and crashes. Even after upgrading my internet, this app is practically unusable. It constantly loses connection and dies, especially on my Apple TV. Highly disappointed
2. [R6] CBS News 3/5 · US Fair App: Fair at best, gets stuck a lot, no way to turn off stories with a blank black screen. Keeps ads going and can’t shut off.
3. [R10] CBS News 2/5 · US Pages not fully loading: Many of the pages are only partially loading. Typically the starting pages load but the last half doesn’t load leaving a blank screen as I scroll through the article
4. [R12] CBS News 3/5 · US Gone downhill: I used to be able to read an article in full. With recent updates, the video player seems to cause the feed for the article to stop refreshing. Have to back out of the app multiple time just to complete one article now and my phone starts to overheat.
5. [R1] CBS News 2/5 · US No dark mode is an example of how behind it is. STILL!: Needs to catch up on a lot of basic missing features in 2021.
6. [R3] CBS News 3/5 · US No dark mode: Create a dark mode option
7. [R8] CBS News 4/5 · US Nice App: Two desirable features are dark mode and larger fonts
8. [R17] CBS News 3/5 · US Fonts too small: No way to increase size of fonts.
9. [R7] CBS News 2/5 · US I no longer trust CBS News: I make this short a sweet. I used to love CBS News. But I lost my trust in them thanks to Bari Weiss. However I will continue to support the local CBS News.
10. [R16] CBS News 1/5 · US No more freedom of the press: CBS sold out, sad this was my favorite source of news and now I can't trust it to tell the truth
11. [R18] CBS News 1/5 · US Unreliable: App freezes too often. “News” lacks the detail and objectivity one can find on other news apps. Dokoupil is a MAGA hand puppet. Niki Glaser said it best, “CBS News, America's newest place to C BS news”
12. [R22] CBS News 1/5 · US No more independent reporting: CBS is lost! The flag ship of U.S. news reporting is gone. Barri Weiss is apparently blind to the right wing push from CBS ownership. As a registered independent voter I don’t want bias in my news. That is why I have watched CBS for decades (I am 73). I am outraged that S. Pelley has been fired along with so many other storied reporters. I am removing my CBS app
13. [R19] CBS News 3/5 · US App review: Defaulting to videos makes it difficult to use in certain situations. Make it do you have to turn on videos and sound so you can still get news and updates.?!
14. [R23] CBS News 3/5 · US CBS mornings Ad: Thank you for this news App, I watch it often however the cbs morning Ad repeats so often and it’s very annoying, it’s got to a point where I just switch to something else!
15. [R42] CBS News 1/5 · US Unreadable. Infested with ads.: Only reason to have this ap is to watch 60 minutes because it’s impossible to find it on TV. Now you have 160 minutes I will delete the app and never watch anything on CBS or Paramount+
16. [R13] CBS News 1/5 · US If everything is ‘Breaking’ News then nothing is news: Many of the items that come in as Breaking News, simply are not Breaking. There is no way to filter this regarding notification settings. If everything is urgent, nothing is urgent. I believe Dwight D Eisenhower said “What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.”
17. [R51] CNN 2/5 · US Deleting app: Every time I try to read an article newsworthy it says I reached my free limit.
18. [R52] CNN 5/5 · US CNN: CNN provides timely news coverage and keeps me informed about important events happening around the world.
19. [R53] CNN 3/5 · US Good App - Widgets Don’t Work: With the latest app update, I’ve noticed that any widgets I add from this app just show up as blank boxes. They never load any content. Hoping that CNN will fix this bug soon.
20. [R54] CNN 1/5 · US Used to be free news reading: This app used to be free to read articles but I guess they don’t get enough ad revenue. I use to use it with Fox News to get balanced reporting, but now I’ll use Fox only (which I trust better anyway).
21. [R65] NewsBreak 1/5 · US Mostly Magats: How many trumpers does it take to screw in a light bulb? None, Trumps yells he did it and everyone claps on the dark!
22. [R66] NewsBreak 5/5 · US A girl, but I will not say anything else: It is great. I love it and I heard about the crash on the highway. 155 but I ran almost all of it. I am a great reader. It is a great app app app
23. [R67] NewsBreak 3/5 · US it’s alright: okay so first they should add more zoom in on the maps because I tried looking at a sex offender that was extremely close to me yet I couldn’t click on it
24. [R68] NewsBreak 1/5 · US Adds are scams: Made two purchases of tools and portable ac both scams. Ac purchase took money and no refund.
25. [R79] FOX News 1/5 · US Stop pop up ads: Stop the constant pop up ads! It’s so aggravating to try to read an article then suddenly an ad pops up and you have to search to find the close button that only appears after 5 seconds into the ad. Sometimes the ad auto launches my browser and takes me to a website, then I have to close the browser and find the way back to the article. I’ll never buy any product Fox advertises un
26. [R80] FOX News 4/5 · US Quit bugging me!: I keep getting messages from Forks to get the new app.On my iPad. Which can’t use it because it doesn’t go above 18.0!
27. [R81] FOX News 3/5 · US Sleazy and disreputable ads: I follow the Fox News App closely but I’ve been put-off by a lot of your ad content, including your practice of selling ads to companies pushing hoax products and models displaying women’s underwear. Fox is a clear leader in the business so I think you can afford to show a little more class. Come on, people.
28. [R82] FOX News 1/5 · US Pop up ads: Every time an add pops up I close your app? Pretty soon I will just delete it. I have complained about this and not one response from you. Do better
29. [R93] AP News 2/5 · US Racial tensions: Why do you guys constantly push divisive conflicts between White and black people on your platform? There is more to the world than social justice issues.
30. [R94] AP News 4/5 · US Today in History stuck at February 25!: The app works well most of the time. Unfortunately the date on the “Today in History” image is stuck at February 25. Let’s see if the AP’s app developers read reviews as I can’t find any other way to feedback on a bug.
31. [R95] AP News 3/5 · US Not good on local news at all: The only “local news” this app ever provides for Delaware is other states sports news. Lame AP. Can get that info in any sports section of any paper. Hate sports in general. How about you have actual local news - or stop saying you do.
32. [R96] AP News 1/5 · US Heavy bias less facts: No longer a reliable news source. We don t need personal bias in reporting. Very shameful editorializing with progressive left wing bias.
33. [R107] USA TODAY 2/5 · US Ok Fix It Now: This is my go to News app. I love it. However after the last update it literally won’t load while keeping it on the page to close it and then come back a little while later and then it’s loaded. It’s unacceptable. Fix it.
34. [R108] USA TODAY 5/5 · US great simple app w well written content: love the simplicity and functionality of this app very easy to use and customize ur reading experience
35. [R109] USA TODAY 3/5 · US Missing links and unwieldy navigating: The subscription information mentions access to 200 affiliated publications but I can’t find a link in this app. Reading the comics is awkward compared to having a complete page of comics like you’d find in a printed edition. Put the comics on one page like they appear I. Your Reno Gazette Journal
36. [R110] USA TODAY 2/5 · US Super Slow Loading: I like the content of USA Today, but why does this app take about 20 seconds to load on my iPhone 16 when every other app loads almost instantly? Can you please do something about that?