MulciberTenebras t1_iydfxf6 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 4:10 PM

Reply to comment by cydus in Layoffs Begin at CNN Amid Warner Bros. Discovery Cost-Cutting Plan by MarvelsGrantMan136

No, the new owners want to turn CNN into Fox News 2.0 and pander to far-right viewers who eat up racist conspiracy bullshit.

KevinOFartsnake t1_iydgv02 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 4:17 PM

I think the person you replied to knows that and that's the good they prefer

FlashbackUniverse t1_iydgq1f wrote on November 30, 2022 at 4:16 PM

That's such a foolish goal.

The old audience will leave in droves.

Their new intended audience won't abandon Fox News or OAN. They call CNN the Clinton News Network.

MulciberTenebras t1_iydh8et wrote on November 30, 2022 at 4:19 PM

Yeah, they honestly thought the best way to get past Trumpers demonizing the network for over 4 years... was to sell out to them.

CBS also hired a disgraced Trump admin member to head their programming. WGN eliminated original programming and became NewsNation (to also pander to the base as a mini-Fox News). All of them assumed that "red wave" was gonna happen and that the GQP were to take over, so they readied to pander to the base.

Annnnnd then it didn't happen. Now they've pissed off the old audience and won't be aquiring that new intended audience.