Big cuts coming for CNN+ after slow start

Post by leereeves » Tue, Apr 12, 2022, 7:46 PM UTC

colpabar wrote: post #36

godelski wrote: post #22

I don't get it, CNN+ looks exactly the opposite of what we need as a country. I looked at their show offerings[0] and 75% of them looked like true crime dramas. If I wanted a news source that would make me live in perpetual fear I'd go to Fox. Thinking there's a gunman around every corner is what we used to make fun of Fox viewers for (and their need to carry a weapon to respond to said gunman). Maybe it's just me, b…

>If I wanted a news source that would make me live in perpetual fear I'd go to Fox. Thinking there's a gunman around every corner is what we used to make fun of Fox viewers for (and their need to carry a weapon to respond to said gunman). Wow, you weren't kidding. I was at least expecting it to differ from fox by showing different kinds of crime, but nope - subway shootings in NYC was the first thing I saw. Who the h…

Post by wcfields » Tue, Apr 12, 2022, 7:54 PM UTC

matwood wrote: post #13

ZetaZero wrote: post #5

I didn't ever understand the value proposition here. I already get CNN thru YTTT. Or I can go to CNN.com for more choices. Why do I need to pay $$ for a different CNN source?

The other problem is cnn+ doesn't actually give you live cnn. It's additional content. I've seen some speculation it was simply a play to keep talent who are being courted by big platforms. Giving said talent an outlet to try different format shows with more freedom, etc... would help lock them in.

Post by jaywalk » Tue, Apr 12, 2022, 7:56 PM UTC

uoaei wrote: post #52

jaywalk wrote: post #42

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...by people who have a liberal bias.

That's not really a helpful point. You've introduced a tautology. People who rely on faithful, factual descriptions of reality would be liberals if reality had a liberal bias and they interpreted reality accurately.

Post by jaywalk » Tue, Apr 12, 2022, 8:08 PM UTC

tootie wrote: post #56

jaywalk wrote: post #55

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It's a completely BS statement, so I don't know what you're trying to say. It's not even possible for reality to have a bias in the first place. Reality just... is. It's the people who try to tell you what reality is that have biases.

It's glib, but the meaning is that rational observation tends to strongly disfavor conservative views. Things like climate denial and supply-side economics that are tentpoles of conservatism consistently fail to hold up to any level of scrutiny. Modern American republicans are currently hanging their hats on completely farcical assertions that the 2020 election was stolen and Democrats are all pedophiles. When an out…

Post by tyingq » Tue, Apr 12, 2022, 8:27 PM UTC

rayiner wrote: post #45

mountainriver wrote: post #3

I used to really like CNN back in like 2010. Over the years its just become worse and worse to the point I don't read it anymore. It's basically turned into gossip news and is constantly skewing reality in favor of profits. I'm over it, and I think most other people are as well.

Man you missed CNN in the early 1990s. I used to watch Larry King interviews with my dad. He was so normal and direct and human.