Post by robeiae on Jan 31, 2017 10:32:15 GMT -5
During the primaries, I thought CNN had developed an unhealthy fixation with Donald Trump, unhealthy for the network and--as it turned out--for the country at large (yes, I am suggesting that the non-stop coverage of Trump at CNN and elsewhere helped him win the nomination and the election).
Here's me from January of LAST year: www.thepondsofhappenstance.com/2016/01/breaking-news-cnn-proposes-to-donald.html
That was over a year ago and nothing has changed at CNN. In fact, if anything CNN has gotten worse. Checked out CNN's homepage lately? Right in the middle is the "Trump Watch," which is a rolling minute to minute update box of all things Trump. Holy shit. Obsess much?
If CNN was a socially awkward teen, people would be talking restraining orders. Thank goodness it has its journalistic integrity to fall back on...
Here's me from January of LAST year: www.thepondsofhappenstance.com/2016/01/breaking-news-cnn-proposes-to-donald.html
And CNN spent most of yesterday pimping Trump's counter-event, both on the air and on it's website. From what I understand, CNN also carried much of the event live (I didn't watch; you couldn't have paid me to). Today has been no different so far, with all of CNN's morning-after-the-debate coverage seemingly focused on whether or not Trump magically "won" the debate by having his own event. Which, on its face, is quite ridiculous, given that FoxNews routinely massacres CNN in the ratings. With a GOP debate, the numbers are going to be even worse than usual, I'll wager.
Of course, this is the real gambit for CNN: a roll of the dice with the non-stop Trumping, a hope that somehow this will translate into big ratings for the network. That's all there really is here. CNN has basically dropped the idea of being a news network completely, in favor of being what amounts to 24-hour reality show starring Donald Trump and a cast of hundreds of pseudo-intellectuals.
Of course, this is the real gambit for CNN: a roll of the dice with the non-stop Trumping, a hope that somehow this will translate into big ratings for the network. That's all there really is here. CNN has basically dropped the idea of being a news network completely, in favor of being what amounts to 24-hour reality show starring Donald Trump and a cast of hundreds of pseudo-intellectuals.
That was over a year ago and nothing has changed at CNN. In fact, if anything CNN has gotten worse. Checked out CNN's homepage lately? Right in the middle is the "Trump Watch," which is a rolling minute to minute update box of all things Trump. Holy shit. Obsess much?
If CNN was a socially awkward teen, people would be talking restraining orders. Thank goodness it has its journalistic integrity to fall back on...