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RIP CNN+

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  • G George K
    21 Apr 2022, 17:36

    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
    wrote on 21 Apr 2022, 17:59 last edited by
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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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    • 8 89th
      21 Apr 2022, 17:16

      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
      wrote on 21 Apr 2022, 19:48 last edited by
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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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      • 8 89th
        21 Apr 2022, 17:16

        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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        Doctor Phibes
        wrote on 21 Apr 2022, 20:15 last edited by
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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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        • D Doctor Phibes
          21 Apr 2022, 20:15

          @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
          wrote on 21 Apr 2022, 20:44 last edited by
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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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            George K
            wrote on 21 Apr 2022, 20:46 last edited by
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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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              Horace
              wrote on 21 Apr 2022, 21:41 last edited by
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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
                wrote on 21 Apr 2022, 22:11 last edited by
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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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                  Copper
                  wrote on 22 Apr 2022, 00:33 last edited by
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                  His wife is proud of the USA.

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                  • H Horace
                    21 Apr 2022, 17:59

                    @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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                    jon-nyc
                    wrote on 22 Apr 2022, 02:24 last edited by
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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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                      George K
                      wrote on 22 Apr 2022, 12:53 last edited by
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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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                        Horace
                        wrote on 22 Apr 2022, 13:02 last edited by
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                        I saw a TV commercial last night for CNN+. Awkward.

                        Education is extremely important.

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                          George K
                          wrote on 22 Apr 2022, 13:49 last edited by
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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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                          • G George K
                            22 Apr 2022, 13:49

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                            Horace
                            wrote on 22 Apr 2022, 13:57 last edited by
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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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