My first reaction after looking at both of the sites was the comparative lack of advertisements on Google News. CNN has a substantial amount of screen space devoted to ads and links to partner sites, whereas Google News has no advertisements on the main page.
That's about the only place I can say that one site is clearly better than the other. From here on out, it's mostly differences of style and personal preference. Whereas CNN has a variety of news media, including video and podcasts, Google is devoted exclusively to printed stories. Naturally, since Google itself isn't a news organization, it has compilations of stories from various sources for each pice of news, while CNN is limited to its own view. However, CNN also offers more than just news stories. It also tracks weather, stocks, and a few blogs.
Also, CNN uses popularity as a way to organize articles more than Google News does. Google is more topic-centered organization, while CNN has most of its stories organized by popularity. Personally, I prefer Google's topic-based, no-ads setup.
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