CNN is going through an identity crisis.
Their new corporate bosses are not pleased with the product they inherited.
Now, CNN’s Brian Stelter just received some news that has him sweating bullets.
CNN is undergoing a massive shake-up in the aftermath of Warner Bros. and Discovery completing their merger.
Board member John Malone, who was the largest shareholder in Discovery prior to the merger and allegedly possesses a libertarian streak, has been vocal about his belief that CNN has become too biased.
In fact, Malone recently suggested that he’d like to see CNN become more like Fox News, and strike a better balance between hard news and opinion hosts.
One of the hosts who have been identified as being too biased is Brian Stelter, the network’s supposed media “watchdog,” who not only has a major left-wing bias, but is also not bringing in viewers.
“CNN’s Reliable Sources with left-wing host Brian Stelter had its lowest-rated episode since September 2019 on Sunday when only 580,000 viewers tuned into the struggling program,” Fox News reported. “‘Reliable Sources’ also struggled in the advertiser-coveted demographic of adults age 25-54, averaging only 73,000 viewers from the critical category.”
“Stelter’s program shed 13% of the total audience who tuned into the show that precedes it, ‘Fareed Zakaria GPS,’ and lost 25% of Zakaria’s viewers among the demo,” Fox News continued. “It was Stelter’s smallest audience since Sept. 15, 2019.”
Stelter has been called the “attack dog” of disgraced former CNN president Jeff Zucker, who was run out of the network for lying about a relationship he had with network executive Allison Gollust.
And he even had the audacity to publicly criticize one of his new bosses, Malone, after his contention that CNN was too biased.
Without Zucker to protect him, Stelter has truly put himself on the chopping block.
His low ratings and biased reporting could be the pretext needed to run Stelter out of the network.
For example, CNN’s so-called “media watchdog” refused to comment on the corporate press refusing to cover the assassination attempt against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh with any seriousness.
New CNN president, Chris Licht, already seems to be trying to rein in the network’s radical left-wing hosts.
He recently suggested that they not use the phrase “the big lie” to describe former President Donald Trump’s comments about possible voter fraud in the 2020 election.
Licht’s rationale was that the phrase was a Democrat talking point, which is correct.
According to internal leaks after Zucker’s ouster, several of CNN’s on-air personalities have voiced their frustration about the new direction of the network.
A tiger can’t change his stripes, so CNN will undoubtedly retain its left-wing bias.
It will probably just do so without Stelter.
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Lyudmila Loeva
March 20, 2020 at 6:08 pm
Trump called this coronovirus the name of the country where this virus was born. And what name should this coronovirus be called, according to these fake journalists: – French, Ukrainian, African or American?
Virginia Voedisch
March 21, 2020 at 3:14 pm
It wasn’t “born” there. It was a virus that existed in animals until it crossed over into people–term for these (and there ARE others that may someday do the same) is zoonotic. So yes, the first (known) cross-over was in Wuhan, but the actual virus is coronavirus. Swine flu (remember that?) would have been a similar infection. Don’t remember where that first escaped but that may be because we didn’t call it Kansas virus (or Poland, or wherever).
Dave
March 21, 2020 at 3:15 pm
CNN and MSNBC in the beginning called it the China or Wohan virus and now they are saying that Trump is wrong, talk about “calling the kettle black” that is what these news outlets are doing and so easy to prive as has been shown on FOX. Trump even pointed that out to a female news reporter from one of these FAKE news outlets. The CNN and MSNBC fake news can try and cover up there previous RACIST COMMUNIST mistakes but its a little late. CALL IT WHAT IT IS A “CHINESE” released VIRUS!
Thomas
March 21, 2020 at 3:17 pm
Hey Virginia Voedisch … you can KMA ! It is a CHINA VIRUS !
Michelle Griffith
March 21, 2020 at 3:21 pm
Tucker Carlson reports it like it is. Fake news media in the beginning called it the Wuhon virus and Chinese coronavirus. But now the fake news media what’s to call President Trump a racist for calling it by the name that it should originate from which should be called the Chinese Corona Virus.
Tucker and the rest of the FOX NEWS team keep up your good work and don’t let fake news CNN, MSNBC bring you down
Craig Michael Vandertie
March 21, 2020 at 3:24 pm
Yet the incompetent far less experienced in engineering deadly diseases than the Virologists who have been carrying out the will of the tyrannical Chinese politicians for the past 71 years Virologists here in the United States have been unable to duplicate a virus equal in the way it reacts as the Covid-19 virus and have hence declared it evolved in nature.
Fact, the Chinese empire had that terminal disease created and unleashed on the populace of the planet and those who adhere to and embrace the principles of which Communistcapitalistshariazionhasidism are based while betraying the principles of which our fair and just laws Constitutional Republic are based and their bobblehead disseminators of deceit data commentators are covering for the tyrants of China and defending them in committing a serious crime against humanity.
MD Patriot
March 21, 2020 at 3:25 pm
The fake news media is indeed the enemy of the people! Lies, lies and more lies! Guess who is behind it?
Joan Thompson
March 21, 2020 at 3:29 pm
CNN and the other fake news media should be ashamed of themselves. China is using the fake news media to spread bad things about the US and Trump. China is succeeding because the fake news media is downright STUPID!!!! Keep up the good work Donald Trump!
Gail Montgomery
March 21, 2020 at 3:30 pm
No matter what President Trump calls it, the news media and “the left” are going to discredit him. Remember, it’s all about votes and special interest groups—not about THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!!! I commend President Trump on jumping right in the middle and doing everything possible to put the people first. His and Vice President Pence’s calm demeanor have shown their ability to lead. After all, is our government not “of the people, for the people and by the people?”
John N Pritchett
March 21, 2020 at 3:35 pm
China virus…Chinese virus…Correct!
Robert
March 21, 2020 at 3:36 pm
It IS a virus BORN IN COMMUNIST CHINA! This kungflu could have been slowed it these lying thieves would have been honest from the start.
2WarAbnVet
March 21, 2020 at 3:53 pm
It wasn’t “born” there. It was created there!
Dave
March 21, 2020 at 4:02 pm
CNN needs to change their name to Pravda.
Heinrich Weiss
March 21, 2020 at 4:03 pm
FAKE NEWS, SEND THEM TO CHINA!!
bren
March 21, 2020 at 4:04 pm
AMERICANS WE HAVE TO TAKE BACK OUR AMERICA FROM THE EVIL CRIMINAL ACTS OF DEMOCRATS………………………..TO SOLVE AMERICAS PROBLEMS MAKE THIS CHOICE WE THE PEOPLE’ HAVE THE POWER OF OUR VOICES AND OUR VOTES, TO VOTE OUT THE ENTIRE LYING,CORRUPT, TREASONOUS DEMOCRAT PARTY COME NOV 2020, VOTE TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN AND TO END ALL CORRUPTIONS IN WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT
Craig Swenson
March 21, 2020 at 4:26 pm
The conflict between CNN and Trump that has been publicly visible since Trump took office leaves me wondering. Does Zucker dictate CNN’s underlying policy that sets a tone for news reporting? Is there a past conflict between Zucker (age 54 from Florida) and Trump (age 73 from NYC) that has manifested itself in CNN’s reporting or Trump’s attitude about CNN? Is the whole thing merely 24/7 opinions from both CNN and Trump that are outrageous like Jerry Springer SHOCK TV that attracts viewers and boosts ratings? Are American people REALLY this stupid?
Ann
March 21, 2020 at 4:30 pm
Thank you Tucker Carlson for saying it like it is Zucker is such a traitor to this country the Chinese must be paying him or have something on him. These so called journalists that don’t want the virus to be called the Chinese virus are either stupid or traitors. They should be ashamed of themselves they certainly aren’t true journalists.
Terry Harper
March 21, 2020 at 6:40 pm
I’m sure some people watch cnn.mostly the ones who believe the sky is falling. The mindless one’s
Lyudmila Loeva
March 21, 2020 at 7:16 pm
It’s hard to call the coronovirus Italian, French or the Jeff Zucker Coronovirus, if this coronavirus was born in Wuhan, which is located in China.
Donald Nicholas
March 21, 2020 at 7:48 pm
The PC tyrants are probably the greatest threat to freedom currently attacking our way of life. When the NBA team executive came our FOR the Hong Kong demonstrators, the league and LeBron attacked him as being “uninformed. U think he knew the NBA uses China as a cash cow for over-the-hill, recovering from injuries athletes and as a farm system. They couldn’t drop and kiss fast enough to please the Communist Chinese oppression of their citizens. The Chi-Coms will tolerate anything as long as it’s not any form of religion, approved speech, closely censored internet or a graduates from re-education camps.
dpk54
March 21, 2020 at 7:57 pm
The old TASS media in the Soviet Union had NOTHING on the filthy rogues who call themselves AMERICAN journalists here!! Their support and their tears for the poor communist regime in the great hellhole of China is despicable!!! I despise everything this media represents!! Their schools of journalism should be so proud of the lying, reactionary, hypocritical graduates they have produced…I wouldn’t give them air if they were trapped in a jug!!!
Karen Kenary
March 22, 2020 at 4:34 pm
Nothing has changed with CNN they don’t know how to report real news they only want to trash the President who is doing a phenomenal h b handling this Chinese virus horror!
Juanita
March 23, 2020 at 12:05 pm
These people are pure evil. They only love money and power. Bet big bucks are coming down.