Staffers at CNN are melting down as Donald Trump and his cronies get ready to sink their claws into the network the president has openly despised for years.
CNN appears destined for MAGA-friendly waters after Netflix boss Ted Sarandos declared that he was out of a deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, the company that runs the network. This, of course, paves the way for the other bidder: David Ellison, the Paramount Skydance chief who has cozied up to President Donald Trump.
“We are doomed,” one staffer told Status. “We are f—-d,” said another. “Everybody is reeling about the obvious things,” said a third staffer, with the network looking set to get the Bari Weiss treatment.
I just saw a pro-ICE ad on CNN followed by CBS programming plugs. It’s already done.
Antique-Echidna-1600 on
Please check off “Control of Media” from your signs of fascism bingo card.
KingMario05 on
Warner should just close CNN down out of spite next week. Ellison wants a CBS-branded MAGA pipeline? He’s going to have to build it him-fucking-self. Lord knows he has more than enough cash to do so.
Tyrannical-Botanical on
That’s an excellent way to tank an entire network. The MAGA echo chamber is already inundated with multiple propaganda networks and normal people aren’t going to be fooled.
OP_Skis_In_Jeans on
Why not start a new network then? Today’s media is far too centralized as it is even without this sort of ratfucking.
Romantic_Piscean on
I think we need to accept that CBS News and now CNN are simply gone, lost to the right-wing media ecosytem. So let someone pay a premium price for a brand. The credibility of the product will quickly fade, the right wing is dividing market segment, they will lose money on these takeovers, and it’s not like people are just going to keep watching when Christiane Amanpour is replaced by Nick Shirley and just think all is the same.
As consumers, you can walk away. You don’t have to to watch. You can support media outlets not compromised by MAGA.
33GoldenGod on
This is why independent media is so crucial right now. Support your journalists and podcasters right now that don’t bend the knee.
Radiant-Month-1168 on
Racist and sexist republicans will control all “news” outlets and will post more lies.
Good thing people under 50 dont have cable, but all the bed bound old people will be brainwashed.
Be-skeptical on
I don’t know one person who watches CNN
turtle75377 on
Oh no the right wing news outlet owned by a billionaire is becoming more right wing and owned by a billionaire.
HibbletonFan on
Kaitlan Collins days are numbered, aren’t they? I also wouldn’t be surprised if a totally unqualified blonde is her replacement.
40kmaniacs on
Without viewers, these networks are powerless.
The easiest thing in the world is to do nothing, so don’t watch this garbage and let CNN further fade into irrelevance.
YouCheekyChap on
Time to support independent media. Let them split views and take themselves down. Reason why Fox News was #1 for the longest time was because they ran unopposed.
Imaginary-Ad-7919 on
So it’s heading toward a situation where all the media will be owned by the Republicans, and Trump decides what can and cannot be written, this will end up just like Russia.
Eastern-Rabbit-3696 on
I feel like if anybody is still actively choosing to watch CNN today (like me) they are completely aware of what has been going on behind the scenes for the last few years and know when Dana Bash and Jake Tapper are being disingenuous.
Oh GOD Scott Jennings is going to get his own show
edmerx54 on
bad news for FOX, and good news for MS Now. I’m guessing no change for OAN and Newsmax because they cater to the lunatic fringe
kingcakeaholic on
CNN is a shell of itself from 30 years ago. This will just be more nails in the coffin.
KopOut on
The silver lining in my opinion is that the pool of viewers for a world with a MAGA Fox News, Newsmax, CBS News, and CNN is just marginally larger than it was for just Fox News.
I don’t really think these outlets are going to thrive as they are now all competing for the same pool of viewers. A viewership that is old and getting older.
It also might lead to a more robust left-leaning media ecosystem to balance the one on the right.
preciadojuan830 on
Feel like this will somehow backfire
BlondeBorednBaked on
This is what CNN gets for their bothsidesism the past the past decade. Their false equivocations between the fascist party and the Democratic Party lead us here. Without CNN legitimizing Trump for the middle, he couldn’t have become president twice. The media boosted the monster for the ratings but now the monster is killing his creator. I think the media ecosystem is better off without CNN, a center right news channel that pretends to be moderate. CNN has always been pro Trump when it matters (election cycles). F you CNN.
ChronoTravisGaming on
Only MSNBC remains.
MiddleAgedSponger on
Anyone with half a brain stopped watching CNN a few years ago when they made the soft right turn.
HighFivePondaBaba on
CNN sanewashed this 80 year old psychopath through all of 2024 because his daily chaos brings them better ratings than a boring normal president would. Zero sympathy for whatever happens to them next.
AlsoCommiePuddin on
CNN wasn’t already there?
PercNowitzki88 on
Where can I find unbiased news these days? Should I ditch cnn for politico now?
28 Comments
Staffers at CNN are melting down as Donald Trump and his cronies get ready to sink their claws into the network the president has openly despised for years.
CNN appears destined for MAGA-friendly waters after Netflix boss Ted Sarandos declared that he was out of a deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, the company that runs the network. This, of course, paves the way for the other bidder: David Ellison, the Paramount Skydance chief who has cozied up to President Donald Trump.
“We are doomed,” one staffer told Status. “We are f—-d,” said another. “Everybody is reeling about the obvious things,” said a third staffer, with the network looking set to get the Bari Weiss treatment.
Read the full story, [here](https://www.thedailybeast.com/panic-at-cnn-as-trump-and-his-buddies-plot-to-turn-network-maga/).
Typical MAGAZI
I just saw a pro-ICE ad on CNN followed by CBS programming plugs. It’s already done.
Please check off “Control of Media” from your signs of fascism bingo card.
Warner should just close CNN down out of spite next week. Ellison wants a CBS-branded MAGA pipeline? He’s going to have to build it him-fucking-self. Lord knows he has more than enough cash to do so.
That’s an excellent way to tank an entire network. The MAGA echo chamber is already inundated with multiple propaganda networks and normal people aren’t going to be fooled.
Why not start a new network then? Today’s media is far too centralized as it is even without this sort of ratfucking.
I think we need to accept that CBS News and now CNN are simply gone, lost to the right-wing media ecosytem. So let someone pay a premium price for a brand. The credibility of the product will quickly fade, the right wing is dividing market segment, they will lose money on these takeovers, and it’s not like people are just going to keep watching when Christiane Amanpour is replaced by Nick Shirley and just think all is the same.
As consumers, you can walk away. You don’t have to to watch. You can support media outlets not compromised by MAGA.
This is why independent media is so crucial right now. Support your journalists and podcasters right now that don’t bend the knee.
Racist and sexist republicans will control all “news” outlets and will post more lies.
Good thing people under 50 dont have cable, but all the bed bound old people will be brainwashed.
I don’t know one person who watches CNN
Oh no the right wing news outlet owned by a billionaire is becoming more right wing and owned by a billionaire.
Kaitlan Collins days are numbered, aren’t they? I also wouldn’t be surprised if a totally unqualified blonde is her replacement.
Without viewers, these networks are powerless.
The easiest thing in the world is to do nothing, so don’t watch this garbage and let CNN further fade into irrelevance.
Time to support independent media. Let them split views and take themselves down. Reason why Fox News was #1 for the longest time was because they ran unopposed.
So it’s heading toward a situation where all the media will be owned by the Republicans, and Trump decides what can and cannot be written, this will end up just like Russia.
I feel like if anybody is still actively choosing to watch CNN today (like me) they are completely aware of what has been going on behind the scenes for the last few years and know when Dana Bash and Jake Tapper are being disingenuous.
Oh GOD Scott Jennings is going to get his own show
bad news for FOX, and good news for MS Now. I’m guessing no change for OAN and Newsmax because they cater to the lunatic fringe
CNN is a shell of itself from 30 years ago. This will just be more nails in the coffin.
The silver lining in my opinion is that the pool of viewers for a world with a MAGA Fox News, Newsmax, CBS News, and CNN is just marginally larger than it was for just Fox News.
I don’t really think these outlets are going to thrive as they are now all competing for the same pool of viewers. A viewership that is old and getting older.
It also might lead to a more robust left-leaning media ecosystem to balance the one on the right.
Feel like this will somehow backfire
This is what CNN gets for their bothsidesism the past the past decade. Their false equivocations between the fascist party and the Democratic Party lead us here. Without CNN legitimizing Trump for the middle, he couldn’t have become president twice. The media boosted the monster for the ratings but now the monster is killing his creator. I think the media ecosystem is better off without CNN, a center right news channel that pretends to be moderate. CNN has always been pro Trump when it matters (election cycles). F you CNN.
Only MSNBC remains.
Anyone with half a brain stopped watching CNN a few years ago when they made the soft right turn.
CNN sanewashed this 80 year old psychopath through all of 2024 because his daily chaos brings them better ratings than a boring normal president would. Zero sympathy for whatever happens to them next.
CNN wasn’t already there?
Where can I find unbiased news these days? Should I ditch cnn for politico now?
That was slowly happening at CNN already