General Discussion

Whiskeytide

(4,631 posts)

51. Anyone else raising an eyebrow after a rich guy ...

Mon May 22, 2023, 10:31 PM

May 2023

… bought Twitter and disemboweled it, then a rich guy took over CNN and disemboweled it? I suspect that, all the way back to Newsweek, this has been part of the playbook. Discredit and destroy anything that gains media popularity and begins to make people think. CNN was once a pretty decent source of news and commentary.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

88 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

CNN's Ratings Have Cratered Since Trump Town Hall [View all] kpete May 2023 OP

serves you right CNN. Demsrule86 May 2023 #1

I am doing my part....religiously. Not one damn minute on the Collaborators News Network. Comfortably_Numb May 2023 #2

Won't even click a link. The Unmitigated Gall May 2023 #9

Right there with you. Nothing. Nowhere. Anytime. Period. CNN is dead to me. Comfortably_Numb May 2023 #13

I used to watch their clips on youtube once in a while. Claustrum May 2023 #15

Me too! PortTack May 2023 #22

Same here SouthernDem4ever May 2023 #47

Same AmBlue May 2023 #70

the CRAVEN NEWS NETWORK B.See May 2023 #87

I laughed my head off when I saw the title of this post! 🤣 ShazzieB May 2023 #3

Guess they kinda stepped in it with that TFG interview. Ocelot II May 2023 #4

Sounds like Licht is doing a bang-up job over there. nt Buns_of_Fire May 2023 #5

CNN has become Licht-enstein-- Sky Jewels May 2023 #6

They sure Licht something. moondust May 2023 #63

Actions have consequences. anciano May 2023 #7

Such Good News! you mean the Cha May 2023 #8

Honestly, he never expected that to happen Cosmocat May 2023 #72

By Whom? ProfessorGAC May 2023 #79

"shareholders" don't hire Cosmocat May 2023 #83

You Clearly Don't Understand .. ProfessorGAC May 2023 #84

too bad Afrocat May 2023 #10

Good analysis. Sky Jewels May 2023 #20

+2 nt flying rabbit May 2023 #37

The pricks are samplegirl May 2023 #11

Oh really? Blue Owl May 2023 #12

CNN: Not spongeworthy anymore. Sky Jewels May 2023 #21

Bwah! Blue Owl May 2023 #28

But, do you think they learned their lesson? BigmanPigman May 2023 #14

Good, hit them where it hurts. sarcasmo May 2023 #16

who would have known that catering to a traitor would cause them to crater Skittles May 2023 #17

Oh Skittles BOSSHOG May 2023 #24

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what's known as Aristus May 2023 #30

At least E Jean Carrol might get some extra cash from it. SouthernDem4ever May 2023 #49

i almost didn't click to rec the post barbtries May 2023 #18

My CNN addicted friend stopped watching them. I couldn't believe it. BlackSkimmer May 2023 #19

My mom watched CNN every single night but stopped once they fired Cuomo helpisontheway May 2023 #48

Can't wait till the gold and catheter ads appear PXR-5 May 2023 #23

The late-night Toe Fungus Q-List Actors' Marathon fundraiser will be a giddily-ridiculed low point. NBachers May 2023 #60

and Tom Selleck for reverse mortgages. Sky Jewels May 2023 #77

Good. Joinfortmill May 2023 #25

Good. This is the only real weapon we have against horrible journalism and right win propaganda Takket May 2023 #26

And it's all self inflicted ecstatic May 2023 #27

For me, cancelling Reliable Sources. moonscape May 2023 #61

I remember when right wingers would call CNN the Clinton News Network in the 90s progressoid May 2023 #29

People prefer the straight stuff to the watered-down imitation? gratuitous May 2023 #31

Christiane Amanpour gave quite the speech to Columbia School of summer_in_TX May 2023 #32

I used to go to their online site several times a day, no more. LoisB May 2023 #33

They assumed they needed more right wing viewers LiberalLovinLug May 2023 #34

The Don Lemon impact? Renew Deal May 2023 #35

I've stopped CNN 100%. No more listening, no more clicking. GREAT NEWS that others have too! n/t KatK May 2023 #36

I haven't watched any cable news in like 10 years. Initech May 2023 #41

my mother never had cable television. We did public television. the Tetrachloride May 2023 #45

Yeah! Martin68 May 2023 #38

That's the point - it was a deliberate political hit job. Initech May 2023 #39

They've still got some quality people -- Fareed Zakaria & Christiane Amanpour are standouts. Hekate May 2023 #40

They should find a real news network SouthernDem4ever May 2023 #50

Same here with Fareed. I watch moonscape May 2023 #62

Exactly -- she's on PBS. Thumbs up. Hekate May 2023 #67

:) Agree. We've been recording Zakaria and Amanpour for years. Hortensis May 2023 #75

The worst news judgment ever. Grumpy Old Guy May 2023 #42

No more links to CNN. dalton99a May 2023 #43

I used to go to CNN.com if there was some big news. C Moon May 2023 #44

It wasn't nearly this dramatic the last time they got stuck on stupid Warpy May 2023 #46

It's not just CNN BlueLucy May 2023 #52

I thought you were going to mention CBS News Warpy May 2023 #68

I admire your ability to turn off the TV completely. BlueLucy May 2023 #85

You can be informed online Warpy May 2023 #88

Fascists are buying up all the press I_UndergroundPanther May 2023 #81

Yes. Also, big public platforms like twitter. nt BlueLucy May 2023 #86

Anyone else raising an eyebrow after a rich guy ... Whiskeytide May 2023 #51

BINGO‼️ It's so obvious. At least I am not alone. live love laugh May 2023 #66

That's a shame because they inadvertently performed Laura PourMeADrink May 2023 #53

So you're just learning what a nutcase he is? Doc Sportello May 2023 #56

Sure do wish there was a "just plain rude" Laura PourMeADrink May 2023 #73

It's not rude to point out the obvious Doc Sportello May 2023 #74

Ya, there's a way to disagree and there's a way to Laura PourMeADrink May 2023 #76

Now they can do an interview BaronChocula May 2023 #54

Yeah funnel all the News into one Propaganda show running scripted shows back to back. flying_wahini May 2023 #55

Ditto for me vlyons May 2023 #57

I hope Chris Licht gets his ass fired budkin May 2023 #58

Seems like... CNN made a play for fox news conservatives... jcgoldie May 2023 #59

The Media Writ Large Controls the Message. SleeplessinSoCal May 2023 #64

And though convoluted, primary ownership is traceable to Republicans. live love laugh May 2023 #65

I vividly recall an old Mary Tyler Moore Show SleeplessinSoCal May 2023 #69

That's what happens when you prop up a traitor! Emile May 2023 #71

Only thing that'll same CNN..... flying-skeleton May 2023 #78

We dont need another I_UndergroundPanther May 2023 #80

Good! NotVeryImportant May 2023 #82