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19. Who watches CNN?

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Sun Mar 1, 2026, 03:03 PM

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CNN has been dead to me since they pioneered the concept of two from the right and two from the left screaming at each other. The show was Crossfire, and it debuted barely two years into the existence of CNN. This approach is why so few Americans watch any 24-hour news channel.

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All TV news has been dead to me for decades NewHendoLib Sunday #1

MSNOW is doing well senseandsensibility Sunday #2

This morning, Ali Velshi TommyT139 Sunday #10

He is very good at the deep dive, giving a yorkster Sunday #11

I only learned about Mossadegh from Pacifica Radio LSparkle Sunday #22

Same. I stopped watching 15 years ago. Don't miss it one bit! Initech Sunday #20

I peruse The Atlantic (via Apple News) and have a Bulwark+ subscription Soul_of_Wit Sunday #23

I can hardly wait until Jake Tapper jumps all over this like he did with his foaming of the mouth bashing of Biden lostincalifornia Sunday #3

JT was very concerned that Biden "had lost a step" senseandsensibility Sunday #13

Biden had to deal with a GenThePerservering Sunday #31

+++ lostincalifornia Sunday #37

Stopped watching CNN and network news long ago. Only MS NOW. Katinfl Sunday #17

CNN loves US war. David__77 Sunday #4

Yeah, I'm old enough to remember all the breathless coverage of the bunker buster bombs in Iraq meadowlander Sunday #6

yep! OhioBlue Sunday #32

Was there EVER any doubt popsdenver Sunday #35

Isn't CNN being bought by Paramount? RandomNumbers Sunday #5

Yes. I address that in my last paragraph. senseandsensibility Sunday #8

True. Once Bibi Weiss gets through with it, it'll look like Farce News - but with less hair bleach and Botox peppertree Sunday #38

If everyone just quit watching CNN, it would die its deserved death and go away Blue Owl Sunday #7

Agreed. I am monitoring them out of morbid curiosity senseandsensibility Sunday #9

cable news will die when the geezer who still subscribe to cable TV packages die pstokely Yesterday #45

I hope the ghost of Ted Turner comes back to haunt them surfered Sunday #12

Just FYI Turner is still alive. choie Sunday #43

I did not know that. Wow! 87 surfered Sunday #44

Thanks for monitoring BaronChocula Sunday #14

Somebody's gotta do it senseandsensibility Sunday #16

CNN bromeando Sunday #15

Been doing that for years already. mdbl Sunday #25

Good ol' Dana "Bush" peppertree Sunday #18

Who watches CNN? Soul_of_Wit Sunday #19

I am glad they are losing viewership senseandsensibility Sunday #21

Thankfully, there are many news sources to choose from Soul_of_Wit Sunday #24

Beltway democratic consultants and the rest of the consultant class? pstokely Yesterday #46

so now Fetterman is the token "Democrat" Skittles Sunday #26

He's been appearing regularly on FAUX for weeks senseandsensibility Sunday #27

Ugh. ShazzieB Sunday #29

he's just so.......transformed Skittles Sunday #33

They have always been war cheerers. I was trapped often at the gates at airports with CNN playing Wolfie Blitzer... NNadir Sunday #28

yes Skittles Sunday #39

There was something very Orwellian about the experience in airports, continuous propaganda, like Orwell's... NNadir Sunday #40

I'll never forget supposedly 90% of people rallying around that warmongering POS Dubya Skittles Sunday #42

Cowards and liars of the corporate media Mysterian Sunday #30

CNN has been trying to appeal to the right for a decade Takket Sunday #34

so they just stop faking it once the Bari Weiss takes control? pstokely Yesterday #47

It's become CNN - Certainly Not News CaptainTruth Sunday #36

Stopped watching CNN when.... flying-skeleton Sunday #41