New boss at CNN attempts to moderate the network

[Anonymous]

I think they will need to sack everyone but Anderson Cooper. He is the only one pulling in a respectable viewership number. Incidentally, he is also the only one I can stand to watch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think they will need to sack everyone but Anderson Cooper. He is the only one pulling in a respectable viewership number. Incidentally, he is also the only one I can stand to watch.

+1 !!!

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Anonymous wrote:My issue with the D's use of "the big lie" is that historically, that phrase was used by Hitler and Nazi propagandists. I find it odd and troubling that the Ds use the precise phrasing as Nazi propagandists and agree with the new CNN boss that "Trump's election lie" is more appropriate and less bizarre.

You're confused on the usage. Nazi propagandists made use of Die Große Lüge as a tactic. It was not something that they used as phrasing. By big lie, they referred to jumping straight to a huge and outlandish lie to short-circuit the minds of the masses and repeating that huge lie consistently and ubiquitously to the point where they believe it.

And that is exactly what Trump did - told a huge outlandish lie, that he won by a landslide, and that there was a massive corrupt coordinated effort to steal it from him. It was in fact a big lie.

Call it what it is. And read your history so that you aren't coming here confused with "issues" that you misunderstood in the first place.

No, you are distorting history. In Mein Kampf, Hitler, who went on to lead the Nazis, described "the big lie" (die grosse luege, since you insist on using german, which I can do all day) as the belief, which Hitler said was spread by Jews, that Germany lost WWI due to the failures of German general Erich Ludendorff.

It was not, as you suggest, Hitler's idea to say "hey guys, lets make up crazy stuff so people believe it!" You may be using it that way in a contemporary fashion, but that is not how it was used by Nazi propagandists or by Hitler.

Regardless of history, Trump absolutely did fabricate and tell a big lie. And he told it repeatedly, with every single opportunity he had. And that big lie gave rise to a violent movement that attacked the US Capitol on 1/6. Trying to smear and malign people as "Nazis" for stating the truth and fact of it being a big lie doesn't cut it. Do better. Don't attack the truth as it only makes you part of the lie.

What actually gave me pause was not anything Trump said; it was the 'most honest election in history' line that gave me pause. That seems over-the-top and unnecessary and it makes me wonder what's being hid.

[Anonymous]

I guess being moderate is even less interesting than being woke.

https://nypost.com/2022/07/01/cnn-ratings-tank-in-first-weeks-under-new-boss-chris-licht/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Too late. The Clown News Network lost credibility long ago. The minute Fredo and his weird bromance with Don Lemon was aired you knew it was a clown show

You would think. Yet plenty of people still cite CNN as a legit news source, without a hint of irony.

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Anonymous wrote:Too late. The Clown News Network lost credibility long ago. The minute Fredo and his weird bromance with Don Lemon was aired you knew it was a clown show

You would think. Yet plenty of people still cite CNN as a legit news source, without a hint of irony.

Yet Fox News continues and you think it is a legit News source…crazy!

[Anonymous]

Who watches TV anymore?

--signed 61 y.o.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Too late. The Clown News Network lost credibility long ago. The minute Fredo and his weird bromance with Don Lemon was aired you knew it was a clown show

You would think. Yet plenty of people still cite CNN as a legit news source, without a hint of irony.

What's ironic is that the people who bash CNN get their news from sites that have an even worse track record with the truth.

[Anonymous]

I got bad news for ya’ll…I make a living working as a data scientist where I spend all days finding clusters and then further drilling those clusters and then finding ways to monetize them. I have to say this but for now to make money you have to find your cluster feee them what they want to hear and make them feel right and good about themselves so they can come back to you. CNN, Fox, MSNBC are just happy focusing on their core clients.

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Anonymous wrote:I got bad news for ya’ll…I make a living working as a data scientist where I spend all days finding clusters and then further drilling those clusters and then finding ways to monetize them. I have to say this but for now to make money you have to find your cluster feee them what they want to hear and make them feel right and good about themselves so they can come back to you. CNN, Fox, MSNBC are just happy focusing on their core clients.

Data should be free. Or at least, news should not be "monetized". A subscription should be enough monetization.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone under 75 watch any cable news? It is all so incredibly stupid I can’t stand to watch it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I got bad news for ya’ll…I make a living working as a data scientist where I spend all days finding clusters and then further drilling those clusters and then finding ways to monetize them. I have to say this but for now to make money you have to find your cluster feee them what they want to hear and make them feel right and good about themselves so they can come back to you. CNN, Fox, MSNBC are just happy focusing on their core clients.

Whatever strategy they are pursuing is not working all that well, because their media viewership is far more fragmented today than it was even 10 years ago.

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Anonymous wrote:I got bad news for ya’ll…I make a living working as a data scientist where I spend all days finding clusters and then further drilling those clusters and then finding ways to monetize them. I have to say this but for now to make money you have to find your cluster feee them what they want to hear and make them feel right and good about themselves so they can come back to you. CNN, Fox, MSNBC are just happy focusing on their core clients.

Data should be free. Or at least, news should not be "monetized". A subscription should be enough monetization.

Exactly.

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Anonymous wrote:I got bad news for ya’ll…I make a living working as a data scientist where I spend all days finding clusters and then further drilling those clusters and then finding ways to monetize them. I have to say this but for now to make money you have to find your cluster feee them what they want to hear and make them feel right and good about themselves so they can come back to you. CNN, Fox, MSNBC are just happy focusing on their core clients.

CNN needs to hire data scientists to tell them what demographic to feed, I guess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They are going to need to turn over nearly their entire staff to be successful.

Good riddance.