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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]  Trust me, if you disagree with the CNN narrative, you will feel the weight of politics everywhere here.  Other parts of the country get on with life and only pay attention to politics during elections, etc., here... politics is life.[/quote]

Which CNN narrative, the one that Jeff Zucker pushed to make himself and his investors lots of money that got Trump elected?  
The one that involved him hiring inveterate liars Jeff Lord, Corey Lewandowski, and Rick Santorum?

This CNN narrative?

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/04/magazine/cnn-had-a-problem-donald-trump-solved-it.html

[quote]As Tapper cross-examined Conway — “the White House is waging war on people who are providing information” — Zucker paced behind the show’s production team like a coach on the sidelines, his hands alternately stuffed into his pockets, pressed up against the sides of his bald head, then squeezing the shoulder of one of the producers seated in front of him.

CNN’s Washington bureau chief, Sam Feist, told Zucker that the interview had been going for six minutes, the length they agreed to with the White House.

The director was again preparing to cut away from Tapper to focus on Conway, this time as she explained that the administration had “a very high respect for the truth.”

“Hey, doubles!” Zucker said. “Doubles.”

[b]Zucker prodded a producer to pass along a question to Tapper through his earpiece: “Have you guys ever made any mistakes?”[/b]

Tapper obliged, with a slight rephrase: “Have you or President Trump ever said anything incorrect?”

Feist, meanwhile, was staring at his phone, looking agitated. He was receiving unhappy texts from a CNN producer at the White House.

“The White House wants her to stop,” he said.

“She wants to talk,” Zucker answered. “Let him finish.”

[b]CNN’s communications director, Lauren Pratapas, who happened to be in the control room, had an idea. She fed it to Zucker, who instantly repeated it to the producer: “Does she consider us fake news?”[/b]

“Are we fake news, Kellyanne?” Tapper asked seconds later. “Is CNN fake news?”

“I don’t think CNN is fake news,” Conway replied.

A new chyron soon appeared on-screen: “CONWAY: I DON’T THINK CNN IS FAKE NEWS.”[/quote]

The CNN narrative that's all about chasing profits, not truth?

Jake Tapper is often literally told what to said by corporate suits that are chasing profits.

[quote]Other parts of the country get on with life and only pay attention to politics during elections, etc., here... politics is life.[/quote]

Politics is people's lives, and there's a reason why conservatives in America tell people not to talk about politics -- while rightwing donors are using politics to reach into the pockets of other parts of the country and steal their tax dollars.  
Politics is peoples' lives.  We should all be talking about it more often.

(CNN is not politics.  CNN is entertainment.  There's a big difference.)
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Anyone who takes cable news too seriously probably isn't a good fit here.

Turn off the TV, bro. 
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