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RIP CNN+

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  • 89th8 Offline
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    89th
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    What kind of buffoon would subscribe to a news streaming service anyway, specifically a corporate press (i.e., cable news) channel. All they do today is regurgitate the same 7 minutes of headlines over and over 24/7, with annoying opinions and commercials mixed in throughout. Sounds like torture. "Hey honey, I subscribed to CNN+!" is a phrase you'll never hear.

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    • MikM Offline
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      I wondered that myself.

      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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      • George KG Offline
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        What kind of buffoon prime-time anchor would leave a well-paying gig for a streaming service that hadn't even gotten off the ground yet?

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        • George KG George K

          What kind of buffoon prime-time anchor would leave a well-paying gig for a streaming service that hadn't even gotten off the ground yet?

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          Horace
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          @George-K said in RIP CNN+:

          What kind of buffoon prime-time anchor would leave a well-paying gig for a streaming service that hadn't even gotten off the ground yet?

          I don't know, but the tribal lefties seemed to think it was an "I told you so" moment.

          Education is extremely important.

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          • 89th8 89th

            What kind of buffoon would subscribe to a news streaming service anyway, specifically a corporate press (i.e., cable news) channel. All they do today is regurgitate the same 7 minutes of headlines over and over 24/7, with annoying opinions and commercials mixed in throughout. Sounds like torture. "Hey honey, I subscribed to CNN+!" is a phrase you'll never hear.

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            Jolly
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            @89th said in RIP CNN+:

            What kind of buffoon would subscribe to a news streaming service anyway, specifically a corporate press (i.e., cable news) channel. All they do today is regurgitate the same 7 minutes of headlines over and over 24/7, with annoying opinions and commercials mixed in throughout. Sounds like torture. "Hey honey, I subscribed to CNN+!" is a phrase you'll never hear.

            OTOH...I don't think Fox Nation is going gangbusters, but the word is that the channel is exceeding internal projections. It's not all news, of course.

            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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            • 89th8 89th

              What kind of buffoon would subscribe to a news streaming service anyway, specifically a corporate press (i.e., cable news) channel. All they do today is regurgitate the same 7 minutes of headlines over and over 24/7, with annoying opinions and commercials mixed in throughout. Sounds like torture. "Hey honey, I subscribed to CNN+!" is a phrase you'll never hear.

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              @89th said in RIP CNN+:

              What kind of buffoon

              The talking heads don't need to be exactly smart. They just need to be good talkers, and in many cases to make it look as though they're not reading an autocue when they're reading an autocue.

              After a while, I imagine most of them probably start believing their own bullshit.

              I was only joking

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              • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                @89th said in RIP CNN+:

                What kind of buffoon

                The talking heads don't need to be exactly smart. They just need to be good talkers, and in many cases to make it look as though they're not reading an autocue when they're reading an autocue.

                After a while, I imagine most of them probably start believing their own bullshit.

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                Horace
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                @Doctor-Phibes said in RIP CNN+:

                @89th said in RIP CNN+:

                What kind of buffoon

                The talking heads don't need to be exactly smart. They just need to be good talkers, and in many cases to make it look as though they're not reading an autocue when they're reading an autocue.

                After a while, I imagine most of them probably start believing their own bullshit.

                And then they become presidential debate moderators.

                Education is extremely important.

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                  LOL:

                  And meanwhile:

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    I didn't learn much about Obama as a person during his presidency. But I learned a lot when refused to endorse Biden when that endorsement could have come at any social cost whatsoever to himself. Then his 50th birthday party and the pop culture orgy that was, well, yes, that's Obama the man. Glorified nothing burger. I can't imagine he had anything interesting to say on his podcast, for all the white progressives who probably touched themselves to it.

                    Education is extremely important.

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                      Jolly
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                      Yeah, but he's clean and articulate...

                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                        His wife is proud of the USA.

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                        • HoraceH Horace

                          @George-K said in RIP CNN+:

                          What kind of buffoon prime-time anchor would leave a well-paying gig for a streaming service that hadn't even gotten off the ground yet?

                          I don't know, but the tribal lefties seemed to think it was an "I told you so" moment.

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                          @Horace

                          I think it was the tribal righties that said that. They were always suspicious of him, at least since the trumpian takeover of the party and the network.

                          "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                          -Cormac McCarthy

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                            "CNN+ didn't last as long as a Jeffrey Toobin Zoom call."

                            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              I saw a TV commercial last night for CNN+. Awkward.

                              Education is extremely important.

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                                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                  @George-K said in RIP CNN+:

                                  People who preach about kindness to others inevitably bear claws and fangs as soon as they feel righteous to do so. It’s not that kind people don’t exist, it’s that kind people who condescendingly preach about kindness don’t exist. Most of those idiots can’t pass a first simple test of kindness, for instance viewing charitably the opinions of a political other.

                                  Education is extremely important.

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