Everything he touches turns to sheet

[Fanatical Meat]

cnn ratings hit an extreme low post former President Trumps town hall gripe fest.

CNN Drops To Fourth Place In Prime Time Friday Night, Behind Newsmax

CNN trailed Newsmax each hour during prime time Friday night, plunging CNN into a rare fourth-place finish overall.

www.forbes.com

It is true everything he touches turns to shit.
Per the internet cnn staffs morale is down too.

 

[Tsinni Dave]

cnn ratings hit an extreme low post former President Trumps town hall gripe fest.

CNN Drops To Fourth Place In Prime Time Friday Night, Behind Newsmax

CNN trailed Newsmax each hour during prime time Friday night, plunging CNN into a rare fourth-place finish overall.

www.forbes.com

It is true everything he touches turns to shit.
Per the internet cnn staffs morale is down too.

Anyone else remember the Cheech and Chong skit about the two finding what looks like dog shit? Apparently CNN didn't - they did the look test, the smell test and even the taste test and then still stepped in it.

 

[MrSquished]

I don't watch news on any TV channel cable or not. Unless there's a debate or some massive event like a 9/11.

But I did have CNN bookmarked on my bookmarks bar tab in Chrome and used it as one of my news sites.

Not since the Trump town hall. That bookmark is fucking deleted.

Fuck that shit show website. They're not getting any of my clicks anymore.

As far as I'm concerned The only thing CNN related I'll be watching in the future is parts unknown. And that's on discovery Plus which hopefully will be content on the new Max streaming service with the HBO stuff.

 

[Moonbeam]

When the media is controlled by dreams of dollars.

htps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8K6hj_m1pg

 

[HomerJS]

I don't watch news on any TV channel cable or not. Unless there's a debate or some massive event like a 9/11.

But I did have CNN bookmarked on my bookmarks bar tab in Chrome and used it as one of my news sites.

Not since the Trump town hall. That bookmark is fucking deleted.

Fuck that shit show website. They're not getting any of my clicks anymore.

As far as I'm concerned The only thing CNN related I'll be watching in the future is parts unknown. And that's on discovery Plus which hopefully will be content on the new Max streaming service with the HBO stuff.

Parts Unknown. The birthplace of George the Animal Steele.

 

[Meghan54]

Anyone else remember the Cheech and Chong skit about the two finding what looks like dog shit? Apparently CNN didn't - they did the look test, the smell test and even the taste test and then still stepped in it.

Saw them do that skit, amongst others, when they performed at the Cellar Door in D.C. back in the early 1970’s. Was a great intimate laugh fest.

 

[Zorba]

I don't watch news on any TV channel cable or not. Unless there's a debate or some massive event like a 9/11.

But I did have CNN bookmarked on my bookmarks bar tab in Chrome and used it as one of my news sites.

Not since the Trump town hall. That bookmark is fucking deleted.

Fuck that shit show website. They're not getting any of my clicks anymore.

As far as I'm concerned The only thing CNN related I'll be watching in the future is parts unknown. And that's on discovery Plus which hopefully will be content on the new Max streaming service with the HBO stuff.

Their website was mostly shit too. TV news has no depth, even on their websites.

 

[Perknose]

CNN's cynical gambit for more viewership failed big time. No one's a winner here, especially not the American people.

 

[Greenman]

cnn ratings hit an extreme low post former President Trumps town hall gripe fest.

CNN Drops To Fourth Place In Prime Time Friday Night, Behind Newsmax

CNN trailed Newsmax each hour during prime time Friday night, plunging CNN into a rare fourth-place finish overall.

www.forbes.com

It is true everything he touches turns to shit.
Per the internet cnn staffs morale is down too.

How could the ratings not have gone down? CNN almost certainly pissed off their regular viewers by not destroying Trump. He walked out of that town hall with a bump in the polls and a bunch of campaign donations, that's a win for Trump. That CNN's ratings have now gone down will be viewed as another win by his followers.

There isn't any spin that can change the fact that Trump walked out of that town hall in better shape than when he walked in.

 

[Perknose]

How could the ratings not have gone down? CNN almost certainly pissed off their regular viewers by not destroying Trump. He walked out of that town hall with a bump in the polls and a bunch of campaign donations, that's a win for Trump. That CNN's ratings have now gone down will be viewed as another win by his followers.

There isn't any spin that can change the fact that Trump walked out of that town hall in better shape than when he walked in.

You sound happy with the situation. I'm not.

 

[MrSquished]

Their website was mostly shit too. TV news has no depth, even on their websites.

It was. But I liked to keep track of their content a few times a week as a major player in the news space not named Fox.

Now it's the NYT, the Washington Post, of which I subscribe to both, then smaller websites and news aggregators and never again CNN. I emailed them as well to let them know.


Also when there is a big big news event, like from 9/11 to a historic hurricane or to see a debate, I would use CNN on the tube. Never again.

 

[cytg111]

Anyone else remember the Cheech and Chong skit about the two finding what looks like dog shit? Apparently CNN didn't - they did the look test, the smell test and even the taste test and then still stepped in it.

Lol, looking for love in all the wrong places?

 

[ch33zw1z]

How could the ratings not have gone down? CNN almost certainly pissed off their regular viewers by not destroying Trump. He walked out of that town hall with a bump in the polls and a bunch of campaign donations, that's a win for Trump. That CNN's ratings have now gone down will be viewed as another win by his followers.

There isn't any spin that can change the fact that Trump walked out of that town hall in better shape than when he walked in.

Enjoy voting for him again.

 

[Perknose]

Now it's the NYT, the Washington Post, of which I subscribe to both, then smaller websites and news aggregators and never again CNN. I emailed them as well to let them know..

The Guardian is free. And there's also Reuters, the BBC, Deutsche Welle, et al.

 

[MrSquished]

The Guardian is free. And there's also Reuters, the BBC, Deutsche Welle, et al.

Thanks. Yes I do have the Guardian bookmarked and the BBC app on my phone. I used CNN as a source for mainstream American corporate news - since the NYT and WP are my two large main national sources of news.

 

[Pens1566]

CNN website was a convenient source, but I won't be using it anymore. They've gone nuts and are pumping the narrative that the Durham report was damaging to DoJ/FBI which is a colossal fucking joke.

They can pound sand.

 

[VRAMdemon]

CNN tying to gaslight rational thinkers into thinking they are in the wrong by not wanting Trump to get this kind of free reign, national exposure. For ratings they gave him everything he wanted including a Trump only audience. It allowed him to go unchecked and gave the appearance of legitimizing everything he said. Saying that Trump needs a whole Town Hall Special so “everyone is aware” is like saying there should be an infomercial for Coca-Cola just in case no one has ever run across it.

We know already what Trump and his loyal followers are all about. They are cool with him calling the moderator a "nasty woman" Trumps code for the C word. Some of my in-laws have been flying tattered Trump flags for 7 years, and have “FUCK BRANDON” signs in their flower beds. Nieces and nephews are out marching for their slowly disappearing rights while aunts and uncles scream “FUCK YOUR RIGHTS!” to their faces at family dinners. People are having public meltdowns over books and fellow human boogeymen.

Trump is all about perception and he made it look like everyone laughs and cheers, is "entertained" and is "engaged" with whatever he says by having a hand selected kiss-ass audience in front of him.

"Oh, but we’ll fact check him immediately afterwards”!

Too late. His followers have turned the channel already and have already decided anything brought up after the fact is fake news out to get him. And they have already decided the public must love him since they heard it for themselves from the audience members, not the media.

 

[trenchfoot]

On the bright side of things Trump reminded untold millions of folks that he's the same chronic liar and sex abuser (among his other despicable personality disorders) that we all came to despise and shook our heads at. He freshened up the sordid reasons why he lost his try at reelecting himself as Tyrant-in-Chief. Along with how the tides have turned against him in his efforts to regain the shelter he seeks in the presidency, Trump's hold on his cult following is weakening by the hour the longer he remains out of office and the more trials he loses in court.

He may win in the primaries, but he'll surely lose to Biden again in '24 if Biden keeps his health during the run-up.

 

[hal2kilo]

Thought this might be a thread about Mike Lindell.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I believe in "perfect information". Perfect information would include all the false disinformation and misinformation, assuming the latter two are 100% properly identified as such. I take as exemplar the CIA's practice of subscribing to Izvestia and Pravda during the Cold War. That is why I insist that my main TV streaming provider give me CNN, MSNBC, PBS and FOX with OAN or NewsMax nevertheless. Once in a while, I need to sample the proven liars and black propaganda purveyors occasionally to re-confirm that they are not worth anything for real news, real fact, and rational comment.

However, the more deliberate falsehood that certain actors or groups introduce into the public conversation, the more resources that must be devoted to identifying it for what it is. That's why I think Elon Musk should stay out of media -- because -- genius that he may be, he doesn't know shit about this realm of understanding. The extra dead weight of confusion and falsehood adds to the cost of public deliberation and confounds decision-making.

I caught up on the CNN Town Hall through "On Demand" this week. As I would predict, my blood pressure went up, I wanted to spit at my new TV set, and the Criminal-in-Chief ruined my day.

What's worse, I had to see those assholes in the audience who got to field questions put to Trump. From what I saw (I could only watch part of it), they were exclusively Trump supporters.

They are all wasting our time and money -- and our mental and physical health as well. I don't want to share air, space or ground with that filth. They aren't my fellow human beings, and sure not my fellow Americans.

If I had my way, the Blues would finish it this time without Lincoln's mercy, and burn them to the ground.

As far as I'm concerned, Biden shouldn't give an inch on the budget, and the MAGA-GOP filth can let the economy collapse through default. It will hurt those space alien garbage bags as much as anyone else. I'm willing to burn down the whole house just to hurt them. If I encounter them on the highway in an accident requiring first aid, I'll deny it to their injured kids so I can take a cell-video for You-Tube laughs and record their hideous space-alien screams.

Recall Brando's written words in Apocalypse Now: "Exterminate them all! Apocalypse Now!" Turn the deeply Red states into one permanent Federal Territory without Senators or Congressmen under permanent military reconstruction. We don't need those states; we don't need those space-aliens masquerading as human beings.

 

[fskimospy]

How could the ratings not have gone down? CNN almost certainly pissed off their regular viewers by not destroying Trump. He walked out of that town hall with a bump in the polls and a bunch of campaign donations, that's a win for Trump. That CNN's ratings have now gone down will be viewed as another win by his followers.

There isn't any spin that can change the fact that Trump walked out of that town hall in better shape than when he walked in.

Do we at least now agree that Trump attempted a coup? If not, can you tell me how an illegal attempt to retain power is not a coup?

Also, I doubt Trump is better off for having done that event. The more media attention Trump gets the worse he is - the best thing that ever happened to him was being banned from Twitter.

 

[Greenman]

You sound happy with the situation. I'm not.

It's not about being happy, it's about reality. Take another look at the thread title and read the posts. Trump did something wrong by not rolling over, and somehow broke CNN. That isn't the story.
I have love hate relationship with Trump. As president he did some things I whole heartedly agreed with, as a man he's done things I despise.

 

[fskimospy]

It's not about being happy, it's about reality. Take another look at the thread title and read the posts. Trump did something wrong by not rolling over, and somehow broke CNN. That isn't the story.
I have love hate relationship with Trump. As president he did some things I whole heartedly agreed with, as a man he's done things I despise.

It is pretty weird to have a love/hate relationship with someone who tried to end two and a half centuries of democracy in the US.

 

[Greenman]

It is pretty weird to have a love/hate relationship with someone who tried to end two and a half centuries of democracy in the US.

As you well know, I don't share that opinion.

 

[Indus]

So they courted the MAGA base and lost their own base..

bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
excuse me
bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Oh, I deleted my CNN app, won't ever watch them or read them again.. so I guess I'm partly to blame!