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pstokely

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45. cable news will die when the geezer who still subscribe to cable TV packages die

Reply to Blue Owl (Reply #7)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 03:15 AM

Mar 2

since younger viewers aren't subscribing to them and probably never will

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CNN "obeying in advance" [View all] senseandsensibility Mar 1 OP

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

MSNOW is doing well senseandsensibility Mar 1 #2

This morning, Ali Velshi TommyT139 Mar 1 #10

He is very good at the deep dive, giving a yorkster Mar 1 #11

I only learned about Mossadegh from Pacifica Radio LSparkle Mar 1 #22

Same. I stopped watching 15 years ago. Don't miss it one bit! Initech Mar 1 #20

I peruse The Atlantic (via Apple News) and have a Bulwark+ subscription Soul_of_Wit Mar 1 #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 Mar 1 #3

JT was very concerned that Biden "had lost a step" senseandsensibility Mar 1 #13

Biden had to deal with a GenThePerservering Mar 1 #31

+++ lostincalifornia Mar 1 #37

Stopped watching CNN and network news long ago. Only MS NOW. Katinfl Mar 1 #17

CNN loves US war. David__77 Mar 1 #4

Yeah, I'm old enough to remember all the breathless coverage of the bunker buster bombs in Iraq meadowlander Mar 1 #6

yep! OhioBlue Mar 1 #32

Was there EVER any doubt popsdenver Mar 1 #35

Isn't CNN being bought by Paramount? RandomNumbers Mar 1 #5

Yes. I address that in my last paragraph. senseandsensibility Mar 1 #8

True. Once Bibi Weiss gets through with it, it'll look like Farce News - but with less hair bleach and Botox peppertree Mar 1 #38

If everyone just quit watching CNN, it would die its deserved death and go away Blue Owl Mar 1 #7

Agreed. I am monitoring them out of morbid curiosity senseandsensibility Mar 1 #9

cable news will die when the geezer who still subscribe to cable TV packages die pstokely Mar 2 #45

I hope the ghost of Ted Turner comes back to haunt them surfered Mar 1 #12

Just FYI Turner is still alive. choie Mar 1 #43

I did not know that. Wow! 87 surfered Mar 2 #44

Thanks for monitoring BaronChocula Mar 1 #14

Somebody's gotta do it senseandsensibility Mar 1 #16

CNN bromeando Mar 1 #15

Been doing that for years already. mdbl Mar 1 #25

Good ol' Dana "Bush" peppertree Mar 1 #18

Who watches CNN? Soul_of_Wit Mar 1 #19

I am glad they are losing viewership senseandsensibility Mar 1 #21

Thankfully, there are many news sources to choose from Soul_of_Wit Mar 1 #24

Beltway democratic consultants and the rest of the consultant class? pstokely Mar 2 #46

so now Fetterman is the token "Democrat" Skittles Mar 1 #26

He's been appearing regularly on FAUX for weeks senseandsensibility Mar 1 #27

Ugh. ShazzieB Mar 1 #29

he's just so.......transformed Skittles Mar 1 #33

They have always been war cheerers. I was trapped often at the gates at airports with CNN playing Wolfie Blitzer... NNadir Mar 1 #28

yes Skittles Mar 1 #39

There was something very Orwellian about the experience in airports, continuous propaganda, like Orwell's... NNadir Mar 1 #40

I'll never forget supposedly 90% of people rallying around that warmongering POS Dubya Skittles Mar 1 #42

Cowards and liars of the corporate media Mysterian Mar 1 #30

CNN has been trying to appeal to the right for a decade Takket Mar 1 #34

so they just stop faking it once the Bari Weiss takes control? pstokely Mar 2 #47

It's become CNN - Certainly Not News CaptainTruth Mar 1 #36

Stopped watching CNN when.... flying-skeleton Mar 1 #41