Tuesday, August 10, 2021

CNN Considered a Boat Anchor by Parent Company

So the time to jettison CNN is now. And if Bezos wants another boat anchor like WaPo, CNN is a perfect fit. However, given the Executive Order issued by President Trump on foreign interference in elections, I suggest Bezos wait this one out. Because the U.S. government could be the owner of CNN soon.


The Blacksphere  "Remember watching footage of the war with Iraq? I was glued to the TV screen watching all that AAA lighting up the night sky as our military bombed Saddam Hussein into oblivion. I couldn’t turn away. CNN actually seemed to report news back then, and not fabricate it. But things changed. Dramatically.

"No sense trying to figure out when; it doesn’t matter. What does matter is CNN and their cohorts undoubtedly became “fake news”. Donald Trump called them out for what they were and still are.

"At the time I bet none of them thought the moniker would stick. Yet, years later we’re still referring to them as fake news. Moreover, we really believe it.

"While WaPo is carried by the richest man in the world–a man who hates the president–the fact is WaPo can’t stand on its own. Without Bezos’ backing, WaPo would be bankrupt. Most of the leading news outlets would fail were it not for support from outside sources. Which is why CNN’s parent company appears to be prepping a fire sale." . . . Kevin Jackson


CNN Proposes Travel Ban on Florida Over COVID Cases  "
After denouncing the Trump administration for banning travel from China in 2020, during the early days of the pandemic, on Monday, CNN’s New Day actually promoted the notion of somehow imposing a travel ban on the state of Florida over a recent rise in COVID cases there. Without a sense of irony, the show hyped the notion that travel from the Sunshine State would have already been banned if it were a foreign country." . . .

No Surprise: Trust in Liberal Cable News Dropped in Last 6 Months  "Viewers' trust in reporting at MSNBC fall from 93 percent to 90 in the last 6 months while CBS dropped from 84 percent to 82 percent and CNN endured a five percent decrease, from 92 percent to 87 percent. Trust in ABC remained the same at 88 percent. "...

"CNN host Brian Stelter has admitted the 'optics' of banning Chris Cuomo from talking about sex pest claims made against his brother are a 'problem' and says Chris's show could be canceled if viewers turn off over the scandal. Speaking in a six minute monologue Sunday, Stelter confirmed that Chris has been banned from discussing his brother on his nightly Prime Time show, and that CNN staff were divided at over the scandal, which saw Chris advise Andrew on how to response to claims made against him by 11 women. That number has now jumped to 13. 'Management has been clear about its position: he is not covering the governor . . ."

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