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2021-12-30 -Short Attention Span Theater-

CNN Lost Another 38% Of Viewers In 2021

Remember the old Miller Lite commercials? "Tastes Great! Less Viewers!"
[Zero Hedge] - CNN managed a remarkable feat in 2021. The network, currently reeling from a spate of pedophilia related allegations among its staff, succeeded in losing ANOTHER 38 percent of its viewership.

According to Nielsen data, CNN saw the massive drop in weekday prime-time viewership, while MSNBC saw a 25 percent drop in viewership for the same time slots.

The data shows that on average there are 919,000 Americans watching MSNBC, while only 787,000 are still watching CNN.

At this rate the networks will soon be out of business.

At this point, anyone still watching CNN has to be either completely brainwashed or brain dead. The network is now desperately attempting to corral these zombies into paying for its services with subscriptions.

Howard Stern recently posited the question "who the hell’s gonna pay for CNN+?" noting that "people don’t want CNN. I mean are they outta their minds?"

Fox News also saw a decline of 34 percent, but still has vastly more viewers with an average of 2.3 million during prime time hours.

Network news channels also saw significant declines in viewership, with NBC "Nightly News" registering a 14% decline, and both ABC’s "World News Tonight" and the "CBS Evening News" seeing 12% drops in viewership.

The data also revealed that visits to mainstream media news websites plummeted, with unique visitors to the Washington Post’s website dropping by an staggering 44% between November 2020 and 2021, and the New York Times registering a 34% decline in unique visitors.

While analysts claim the decline is due to President Trump leaving office, one might posit that it has more to do with the torrent of bullshit pouring out the mouths of every anchor and talking head visible on the networks, and practically every ’journalist’ woefully attempting to disguise their opinions as real news in the Post and the Times.

Posted by Raj 2021-12-30 08:39|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 The problem is that if you have a cable TV or satellite package, you're stuck with having CNN as part of the "basic package" and paying for it. Letters to CEOs have proved unavailing.

So maybe I should look into this streaming stuff. Any other suggestions?

Posted by Tom 2021-12-30 08:53|| 2021-12-30 08:53|| Front Page Top

#2 CNN could boost their ratings by broadcasting every meaningful question that asked Joe Biden in 2021 that he answered coherently.

Posted by Airandee 2021-12-30 09:24|| 2021-12-30 09:24|| Front Page Top

#3 ^-- that will take about three seconds. What about after that?

Posted by CrazyFool 2021-12-30 09:30|| 2021-12-30 09:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Naked sumo mud wrestling between Brian Stelter and Jeffrey Toobin?

Snark O'The Day Team Award

Posted by Raj 2021-12-30 09:35|| 2021-12-30 09:35|| Front Page Top

#5 Once again, Toobin would have his hands full

Snark O'The Day Team Award

Posted by Frank G 2021-12-30 09:52|| 2021-12-30 09:52|| Front Page Top

#6 How much would you put down there are methods in this digital age to get a fair estimate on numbers; should even be able to figure channels 'just left on' like at airports, even vs. accidentally vs. always on at home. Sounds crazy, but so does Alexa telling kids to stick coins in power outlets...which is actually a good critical thinking exercise.

Stetler lost a wrestling match with his trousers, so...

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-12-30 09:59|| 2021-12-30 09:59|| Front Page Top

#7 #s 4 & 5 for tag team snark o the day...

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-12-30 10:00|| 2021-12-30 10:00|| Front Page Top

#8 There are youtubers with bigger audiences than that.

At this rate the networks will soon be out of business.

This will never be allowed to happen. Soros and his ilk will fund them forever. Plenty of money out there to keep the mainstream media going with no gas in the tank. They are too valuable as propaganda tools.

Posted by Sheter the Lesser9291 2021-12-30 11:46|| 2021-12-30 11:46|| Front Page Top

#9 #5 Once again, Toobin would have his hands full
1/3rd full

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-12-30 11:53|| 2021-12-30 11:53|| Front Page Top

#10 I believe the operative epithet is "needle-d*ck bug-f*cker..."

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-12-30 12:00|| 2021-12-30 12:00|| Front Page Top

#11 I don't watch CNN, but Ah'm gettin some ugly visuals.

Posted by Skidmark 2021-12-30 12:43|| 2021-12-30 12:43|| Front Page Top

#12 Any other suggestions?

Hulu/FX
Netflix
Amazon Prime

A 'smart TV' will have a load of streaming selections. Some subscriptions, some with ads.

Of course, it will also monitor and report what you watch.

Posted by Skidmark 2021-12-30 12:46|| 2021-12-30 12:46|| Front Page Top

#13 I figured they had CNN on in prison.

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-12-30 17:59|| 2021-12-30 17:59|| Front Page Top

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