Daily Mail: "CNN Has Lost Two Thirds of Its Viewership Since 2016 Amid Growing Fears Network Is Circling the Drain"

LOL. Jake Tapper, you ridiculous preening cuck loser.

CNN has lost nearly two-thirds of its primetime viewers over the past decade, figures show.
The decrease, from roughly 1.3 million in 2016 to 553,000 now, is fueling rumors of a possible network sale -- something CNN's up-for-grabs parent company has vehemently denied.
The results recorded this month by Nielsen are actually an improvement from January, when stars like Jake Tapper, Anderson Cooper, Erin Burnett, and Kaitlan Collins only secured 488,000 sets of eyes.

"Stars?" They pull in as many viewers as Nerdrotic. Is Nerdrotic a "star" too?

The network's daytime lineup has seen a similar decline as hosts such as Wolf Blitzer failed to move the needle, dropping from 752,000 to 433,000.
When compared to the same part of the year in 2021, the drops were even more pronounced -- 71 percent for primetime and 73 percent during the day.
Several network executives told the Daily Mail that the results were worrisome, even amid broader industry trends.
A CNN source, meanwhile, blamed the poor showing on audiences consuming news through alternative means.
'The reality is that people just consume news differently now than they did ten years ago, and we're adapting to address that, reaching large audiences all over the world,' the source said.

Their appeal, like Spinal Tap's, has become more selective.

Boston isn't a big college town anyway.

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Several CEOs and lineup changes later, CNN's lack of success during Trump's second presidency is noticeable, sources said.
'It's not surprising that CNN's constant leadership void, which has largely rendered the cable network irrelevant with historic ratings declines, is leading ownership to explore yet another sale,' one said.
'Ownership at CNN is once again looking to jump ship just like the network's viewers have for the last decade after seeing its 2025 ratings slump to historic lows.
'Mark Thompson should have stayed in retirement as nothing can right the sinking ship that is CNN.'

In a related story, a liberal producer has quit CBS "News," probably because she's a hard-left liberal who refused to abide by Bari Weiss's demand for a more "heterodox" -- meaning, open to multiple perspectives and not just the default media left-liberal-antifa one -- news reportage.

Leftist outlets are making it sound as if the liberal producer who quit is a non-partisan who objects to Weiss's partisanship, but the full email makes it clear that she's a bitter, agenda-first liberal who is angry that she's not allowed to broadcast Democrat Party propaganda as "news."

For example, here's how the New York Times' agenda-first "media reporter" headlines the producer's goodbye letter:

NEW: "CBS Evening News" producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:
Stories are "evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations." pic.twitter.com/4orZmbkqRI
-- Ben Mullin (@BenMullin) February 12, 2026

Other outlets, like The Wrap, similarly focus on that single sentence to the exclusion of all others.

Is that an accurate digest of the full letter? Why no, it's not.

Because key parts of her letter admit that she's angry at being directed to pursue a "heterodox" view of the news and cites Walter Cronkite for the proposition that "being liberal" results in "news reports" that are "fair, accurate, and unbiased."

NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:

Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.” pic.twitter.com/4orZmbkqRI
— Ben Mullin (@BenMullin) February 12, 2026

First of all, this leftist declares her real problem: She objects to "heterodox" reporting, reporting taking in multiple views and not just the media-dominant hard left view, and contrasts this to her preferred "traditional broadcast norms," i.e., the same singular, enforced left-wing media narrative every other outlet pushes.

Next, she implicitly declares that the news is and always must remain liberal. Citing the old lefty Walter Cronkite as proof that the news must always have a left-wing slant:

The fact that the NYT's lefty "media reporter" chose to bury these admissions, and instead push a false line that this producer just wanted to keep politics out of "news," is proof that no, "what makes us liberals" does not result in news reports that are "fair, accurate, and unbiased."

Hello! Happy Thursday. I hope you're enjoying the better weather. (And I hope that you are in fact seeing better weather, of course.)

Tim Carney repurposes the left's line explaining why they should get to oppress whites, males, Christians and heterosexuals now -- "when you're used to privilege, equality feels like oppression."

When you are accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression. https://t.co/ECF4wvBRRK
— Tim Carney (@TPCarney) February 12, 2026

Always trust liberals like this cooze to be "fair, accurate, and unbiased."

Never forget this moment that made a fool of everyone who said “trust the experts”. pic.twitter.com/hIFMBsjeLV
— Tim Carney (@TPCarney) February 12, 2026

From Instapundit:

% of Americans who have a great deal of confidence in journalists to act in the best interests of the public

All US adults: 6%
Republicans: 2%
Democrats: 9%https://t.co/uCvBNxKmtR pic.twitter.com/MrGYEwMYwT
— John Gramlich (@johngramlich) February 11, 2026

SightBringer
@_The_Prophet__
⚡️The institution is dead.
The numbers are a death certificate. Six percent trust means collapse already occurred. The system is running on inertia, not legitimacy.
The function has been replaced but the corpse is still moving. Journalism today performs motion without force. It speaks, but it no longer shapes. It still tells stories, but the stories don't root. They slide. The public sees them as theater, not signal.
The political system treats media like a proxy war. The public treats it like noise. The market treats it like a content factory. What is missing is belief. Belief that the person on the other side is seeking truth. Belief that they would suffer to get it right. Belief that the institution would fire them if they got it wrong.
That belief is gone.
There is no fixing this. The repair metaphor is wrong. You cannot fix something whose failure is structural. The architecture that bred trust was destroyed. What remains is a set of incentives that reward volume, engagement, and narrative loyalty.
The next phase has already begun. Truth will route around dead institutions the way the internet routes around broken nodes. Systems that show their working memory will take over. People will trust compression engines over pundits. Codexes over op-eds. Logging over storytelling.
Truth won't come from people who sound right.
It will come from systems that hurt when they lie.
That's where it's heading. That's already started.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:11 PM

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1 We are too real news, Mr. President

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 12, 2026 01:11 PM (HXT0k)

2 Daily Mail: "CNN Has Lost Two Thirds of Its Viewership Since 2016 Amid Growing Fears Network Is Circling the Drain"

Fears?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 12, 2026 01:11 PM (ExV1e)

3 1st

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 01:11 PM (77rzZ)

4 Corgis and stuff.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 12, 2026 01:11 PM (ExV1e)

5 Howdy, Ace!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at February 12, 2026 01:12 PM (H/suN)

6 Who wants to buy CNN?

*passes collection plate*

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 12, 2026 01:12 PM (dK+Kv)

7 The field of leftwing news is absolutely swamped. There are way too many suppliers and not that many consumers.

And the other part of this is leftwing news watchers don't want "reporting". They want voxplaining.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 12, 2026 01:15 PM (sKqQm)

8 That's still no reason for RFJ, Jr. to stay delivering the killing blow and ban drug advertisements.

All of these cable news networks exist solely on advertisements to a sickly and elderly audience; Boomers and the unemployable.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 12, 2026 01:15 PM (HXT0k)

9 Reporter asks stupid question of DJT
Trump responds with "Who are you with?"
Reporter responds "I am with CNN"
Trump responds "You are terrible! YOu are fake news! That is why you have terrible rating, no one is watching!"

Posted by: runner at February 12, 2026 01:15 PM (MABjE)

10 Shit. I read the whole thing.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 12, 2026 01:16 PM (lnk1R)

11 when stars like Jake Tapper, Anderson Cooper, Erin Burnett, and Kaitlan Collins only secured 488,000 sets of eyes.
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Well, Burnett has lost 2/3 of her appeal. None of the others was ever worth watching.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 12, 2026 01:16 PM (AlhUl)

12 Flush harder!

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 12, 2026 01:16 PM (DKe4e)

13 Oh and the real reason COVID was worse for black people in the US...

They are more likely to be overweight
They are more likely to be vitamin D deficient

If the government response to COVID had merely been telling people to take vit D supplements and exercise they would have actually saved thousands of lives.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 12, 2026 01:16 PM (sKqQm)

14 Stories are "evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations."
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Fuck me, that word shifting is a killer truth bomb

Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 01:17 PM (S5fB5)

15 6 Who wants to buy CNN?

*passes collection plate*
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

That's not how this works. I have to pay the city to haul away my garbage every week.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 12, 2026 01:17 PM (JCZqz)

16 Amidst all the good news, there is some bad - only 28% of Rep/lean Rep responded that they have no confidence in journalists, and a shocking 22% have a fair amount of confidence!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 12, 2026 01:17 PM (Dv3i1)

17 What is it with these slithy toves who can't just quit and leave? No, they need to exit like gay drama queens, with long rambling pretentious letters explaining why they are leaving. Fuck off, just pack your shit and GTFO.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 12, 2026 01:17 PM (iFTx/)

18 "Fears" it circling the drain.

Yes, my fears usually come with popping champagne corks.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 12, 2026 01:17 PM (9Khys)

19 "Stars?" They pull in as many viewers as Nerdrotic. Is Nerdrotic a "star" too?
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Nerdrotic currently has 1.25 million subscribers.

Many of his recent videos have well over 1 million views.

Maybe he should put in a bid to purchase CNN if only for the LULZ.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 12, 2026 01:18 PM (ESVrU)

20 > Who wants to buy CNN?

Maybe a YouTuber would be interested in their camera equipment?

Posted by: bonhomme at February 12, 2026 01:18 PM (Yp6az)

21 What did Nerdrtic ever do to be compared to CNN?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 12, 2026 01:18 PM (Ruy1P)

22 I have never had Covid, but I did have a mild case of white supremacy last year.

Posted by: huerfano at February 12, 2026 01:18 PM (98kQX)

23 Wait, some folks still do trust the news media?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 12, 2026 01:18 PM (iMotb)

24 If the government response to COVID had merely been telling people to take vit D supplements and exercise they would have actually saved thousands of lives.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 12, 2026 01:16 PM (sKqQm)

- Take Vit. D.
- Go for a walk in the sunshine, daily.
- If you get the sniffles, talk to your doctor about Ivermectin.
- Stop hunting down Asian people to beat up.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 12, 2026 01:18 PM (ExV1e)

25 Maybe David French and Bill Kristol will buy CNN and rebrand it as the Cuck News Network.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 12, 2026 01:19 PM (DKe4e)

26 i'll buy it

the gnat gnews gnetwork

Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 12, 2026 01:19 PM (CWTWj)

27 Daily Mail: "CNN Has Lost Two Thirds of Its Viewership Since 2016 Amid Growing Fears Network Is Circling the Drain"

That's almost 40%! Golly!!

Posted by: Count de Monet, doing your taxes at February 12, 2026 01:19 PM (wVcYX)

28 The immutable Laws of Physics make it impossible to hate the Media sufficiently.

Posted by: garrett at February 12, 2026 01:20 PM (gH8T+)

29 The function has been replaced but the corpse is still moving. Journalism today performs motion without force. It speaks, but it no longer shapes. It still tells stories, but the stories don't root. They slide. The public sees them as theater, not signal.

CNN and the rest of the leftists MSM have now entered their "Sears-circa-2005" period.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 12, 2026 01:20 PM (wtvvX)

30 Ace, we are in an "unseasonably warm" week. Everyone here is worried that this is going screw up the planting and growing season. Ah, life in rural Iowa!

Posted by: pookysgirl, getting some outside stuff done at February 12, 2026 01:20 PM (Wt5PA)

31 posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:11 PM

| Access Comments
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Hey Ace, it didn't used to say "Access Comments"--it used to just say "Comments". The "Access Comments" link doesn't work on my machine--I have back out and re-enter from the front of the topic.

Posted by: Crusader at February 12, 2026 01:20 PM (TN0g+)

32 I remember CNN defending Roman Polanski claiming his drugging and anal rape of a 13 year old was no big deal because the victim was now an adult who wished Polanski defenders would leave her alone and quit threatening her children.

Posted by: Beto Ochoa at February 12, 2026 01:20 PM (dzZCL)

33
OUT: Sears Holdings
IN: CNN Holdings

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 12, 2026 01:20 PM (wtvvX)

34 Truth won't come from people who sound right.

It will come from systems that hurt when they lie.

This is an interesting point in that humans respond to incentives. If you made it so that being an honest reporter paid better then being a dishonest one you'd suddenly find more honest reporters.

It is shakier though to tie this to organizations, a mistake that is commonly made, preciously because organizations are made up of people who are individually and personally motivated by their own finances not those of the company they are part of

So when a company shoots itself in the foot doing some leftwing stupidity the question will come up as to why the company did something so dumb. It wasn't "the company" it was one or more individuals making that decision and often it does work out for them even if it hurts the company

Posted by: 18-1 at February 12, 2026 01:20 PM (sKqQm)

35 It's pretty bad when the top of your echelon in the network talent pool is a senile guy named Wolf Blitzer.

Jake Tapper is like the stale donut hole you find under the stove.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 12, 2026 01:20 PM (xFfhU)

36 Hello! Happy Thursday. I hope you're enjoying the better weather. (And I hope that you are in fact seeing better weather, of course.)
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We are. I have to admit the Left picked an ideal time to protest ICE.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 12, 2026 01:21 PM (AlhUl)

37 > when stars like Jake Tapper, Anderson Cooper, Erin Burnett, and Kaitlan Collins only secured 488,000 sets of eyes.

Give Kaitlan Collins a short, slicked back, cop style haircut and she'd look just like Robert Patrick in T2.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 12, 2026 01:21 PM (Yp6az)

38 Nedroric's Spock action figure live stream pulled more viewers than Starfleet Academy did on YouTube.

Just an action figure sitting there.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 12, 2026 01:21 PM (DKe4e)

39 I will guess Alicia Hastey was fine with the "ideological expectations" until her sacred cow was ignored and shit on. But whatever it takes to open an eye. Curious what else she has to say, but only mildly.

Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 01:21 PM (S5fB5)

40 "I have back out and re-enter from the front of the topic."
Like Roman Polanski?

Posted by: Beto Ochoa at February 12, 2026 01:21 PM (dzZCL)

41 "Amid Growing Fears Network Is Circling the Drain"

Growing Hopes. Hope that thrives and basks in the sunlight. Kill your TVs. Cancel your CATV and streaming subscriptions. Make the media small enough to drown in a bathtub.

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 01:22 PM (N8ZBc)

42 The funniest thing I've seen today on X is that there's one conservative-ish coffee shop in DC that's doing well. A local AWFL announced that this cannot stand and DC needs a left-wing coffee shop. People are pointing out that there are already 372 of them but she's already leased a space and put up a sign. (Probably not from LC Sign).

Posted by: Ian S. at February 12, 2026 01:22 PM (tUj8P)

43 > Wait, some folks still do trust the news media?

Look around at the old white women who suddenly became Bad Bunny fans after the TV told them to like him. Those are the 9% of Democrats who trust the news.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 12, 2026 01:22 PM (Yp6az)

44
2016 was ten years ago.

Posted by: Guy who owns a calendar at February 12, 2026 01:22 PM (F2jti)

45 Not left enough.

Posted by: DNC at February 12, 2026 01:22 PM (abIsI)

46 I knew it was over for them when they vacated the HQ in Atlanta.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 12, 2026 01:23 PM (abIsI)

47 Bee headline: CNN aims for an exclusive audience, insolvency.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 12, 2026 01:23 PM (DKe4e)

48 "Truth won't come from people who sound right.

It will come from systems that hurt when they lie."
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That is a chatgpt-ism if I've ever read one.

Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 01:24 PM (S5fB5)

49 You have to shoot the zombie news networks in the head to make them die.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 12, 2026 01:24 PM (n5tGW)

50 If Kaitlin Collins delivered the news topless, ratings would increase. It would be, what's the word... "newsworthy"!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 12, 2026 01:24 PM (Dv3i1)

51 Remember the people that say Polanski raping a 13 year old is no biggie are also currently arguing Trump is an Epstein client based on, uh, nothing.

It would be fun to get them to explain that bit of cognitive dissonance but that would require actual reporting of the sort CNN doesn't do...

Posted by: 18-1 at February 12, 2026 01:24 PM (sKqQm)

52 The wheels are coming off, the walls are closing in. Hopefully, a slow moving dumpster fire will cleanse all the streets clean.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 12, 2026 01:24 PM (Hpgos)

53 BTW, did you all see the congresswoman who said the GOP has "targets" of what they must "produce" to be eligible for funding from the campaign pot?

Stuff like requiring a certain number of appearances on TV.

So, if you want to know why we keep seeing Rs go on these shows, those old fossilized retards that run the GOP still think the TV is important.

And it also forces them to mute their conservative opinions, deliver pap and be as inoffensive as possible--lest they not get invited back.
So, they have to go on CNN, and play patty-cake, or they'll all be stuck fighting for Fox News.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 12, 2026 01:24 PM (HXT0k)

54 Unironically citing Walter Cronkite is the hallmark of a midwit retrard.

Posted by: mr tmz at February 12, 2026 01:25 PM (rJ48h)

55 CNN should just switch to V-Tubers to deliver the news.

They could bring back Stelter and put him in a potato suit.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 12, 2026 01:25 PM (wtvvX)

56 "I hope you're enjoying the better weather."

Fifties in February. Suits me just find.

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 01:25 PM (N8ZBc)

57 Fine.

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 01:25 PM (N8ZBc)

58 CNN is losing viewership because it sane washes a lot of Trump corruption/lies, and a lot of people are waking up to that fact.

It lost it in 2016 when they were bought by that Billionaire who tried to make it Faux lite. It alienated the left, the right wouldn’t touch it because they all believed what Trump told them that it was fake news. Who are you selling your product to at that point?

They keep inviting guests to speak/debate that have zero credibility, just to give an illusion of fairness to both sides. I dont want to hear chris christie rick santorum and others trying to normalize trumps behavior. It's exhausting.

Choosing to report the news an not have entertainers distort it would help ratings They fired Don Lemon and others who spoke truth and started both sidesing everything

‘Also on our panel today, Scott Jennings…’
Click.
When you entertain a liar you validate lies as ‘news’ to be trusted. Having him there didn’t show how fair you are, it condoned the garbage coming out of his mouth.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 12, 2026 01:25 PM (JCZqz)

59 The funniest thing I've seen today on X is that there's one conservative-ish coffee shop in DC that's doing well. A local AWFL announced that this cannot stand and DC needs a left-wing coffee shop. People are pointing out that there are already 372 of them but she's already leased a space and put up a sign. (Probably not from LC Sign).

Reminds me of when the complaint was the left needed a radio show to compete with Limbaugh. All the networks, the Times, the Post, and NPR weren't enough?

Posted by: 18-1 at February 12, 2026 01:25 PM (sKqQm)

60 Jake Tapper is like the stale donut hole you find under the stove.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 12, 2026 01:20 PM
——————

Now that is really funny.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at February 12, 2026 01:25 PM (I1+jC)

61
I'm a little confused.

'Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”'

So, she's complaining because ideology is getting in the way of journalism. That in itself is reasonable, isn't it? What she's really saying is that she was independent and fearless and not influenced by ideology at all, and now ideology is coming before the facts?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 12, 2026 01:26 PM (n7rxJ)

62 Nobody watches cable anymore.
Nobody HAS cable anymore.

Posted by: Person less than 30 years old at February 12, 2026 01:26 PM (F2jti)

63 51 Remember the people that say Polanski raping a 13 year old is no biggie are also currently arguing Trump is an Epstein client based on, uh, nothing.
____

Already covered, it wasn't "rape rape".
-Whoopi G.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 12, 2026 01:26 PM (Dv3i1)

64 >>If Kaitlin Collins delivered the news topless, ratings would increase.

Put a bag on her head and she could compete with Seinfeld Re-Runs.

Posted by: garrett at February 12, 2026 01:26 PM (gH8T+)

65 Sad news, Bud Cort, the star of the cult film "Harold and Maude," has died at the age of 77.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 01:26 PM (77rzZ)

66 Look around at the old white women who suddenly became Bad Bunny fans after the TV told them to like him.

I saw that something like 41% of NFL players in a poll didn't know who he was, and many of the rest don't like him. (He apparently pushes some kind of Hispanic supremacy thing that doesn't go over well with blacks).

Posted by: Ian S. at February 12, 2026 01:26 PM (tUj8P)

67 Bring back the chyrons with running death tolls. Number of children starved by USAID cuts.

Posted by: ted Torgerson at February 12, 2026 01:27 PM (wGerL)

68 > 2016 was ten years ago.

Look at this mook. No, 1995 was ten years ago.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 12, 2026 01:27 PM (Yp6az)

69 @38

>>Just an action figure sitting there.

Maybe if the "creatives" at Paramount had any creativity, they could of employed a hologram of Spock teaching logic courses at their ridiculous academy which seems to not center on how you turn cadets into Starship worthy Crew.

Imagine if they created a trinity of characters that centered on a charismatic captain type cadet, who is bookended by a logically minded Vulcan cadet and a passionate medical cadet.

Or you could change it up and have a honor centers Klingon cadet make up the trinity.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 12, 2026 01:27 PM (Ruy1P)

70 "Truth won't come from people who sound right.

It will come from systems that hurt when they lie."
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That is a chatgpt-ism if I've ever read one.
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Agreed--I didn't come up with that one!

Posted by: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn at February 12, 2026 01:27 PM (TN0g+)

71 I just learned something about the new renters next door, that I haven't seen or met yet. There's a Rent-A-Center truck in the driveway. Conclusion: they are not just renters; they are stupid renters. Stupider than most. That's real stupid.

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 01:27 PM (N8ZBc)

72 My cnn bid is 1 schekel and a pig in a poke.

Posted by: kingsman at February 12, 2026 01:27 PM (ehY6c)

73 Unironically citing Walter Cronkite is the hallmark of a midwit retrard.
Posted by: mr tmz at February 12, 2026 01:25 PM (rJ48h)

Edward R. Murrow! That's the ticket!

Posted by: midwit retrards everywhere at February 12, 2026 01:28 PM (cEHXL)

74 CNN should just switch to V-Tubers to deliver the news.

They could bring back Stelter and put him in a potato suit.

They could have a potato avatar and hire Mark Dice to do the voice. And then fire Stelter.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 12, 2026 01:28 PM (tUj8P)

75 Look around at the old white women who suddenly became Bad Bunny fans after the TV told them to like him.

One thing I've noticed that fascinates me, some of the lefty LIVs I know have gone off the grid for a while for various reasons, and if you talk with them about the issues of the day they start to sound more and more rightwing until of course they get back on the grid and just start repeating the lefty narrative.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 12, 2026 01:29 PM (sKqQm)

76 CNN is losing viewership because it sane washes a lot of Trump corruption/lies, and a lot of people are waking up to that fact.
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All news networks are conservative because they are all owned by corporations.
And all corporations are run by Republicans.
- Things the left actually says.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 12, 2026 01:29 PM (HXT0k)

77 i'll buy it

the gnat gnews gnetwork

Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 12, 2026 01:19 PM (CWTWj)

24x7 Mexican Weather Girl Network.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 12, 2026 01:29 PM (dK+Kv)

78 The wheels are coming off, the walls are closing in. Hopefully, a slow moving dumpster fire will cleanse all the streets clean.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 12, 2026 01:24 PM (Hpgos)

https://tinyurl.com/5n8cyep3

Posted by: pookysgirl says this is fine at February 12, 2026 01:29 PM (Wt5PA)

79 I think the quotes above miss some of the "best" parts of this toad's letter:

"I am proud of the work that's been done in my time here: segments that aimed to foreground underrepresented perspectives, interviews that challenged conventional wisdom, and efforts to make our journalism more responsive to a skeptical public."

If I hear the word "underrepresented" one more time, I'm gonna puke.

Then there's this little non sequitur: "Janet Shamlian and I met a widow paying off her farm debt with wind turbines on her land."

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 12, 2026 01:29 PM (iFTx/)

80 I remember when Erin Burnett was hot. But that was back in her CNBC days.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 12, 2026 01:29 PM (O3dBq)

81 Bear in mind that the Dems who don't trust the media think it's not lefty enough. On Reddit, they bitch about "the right wing media" and they're not referring to just Fox and talk radio. No, they're big mad because they want stories to begin with "Today, pedo President Trump, who is exactly like Hitler and should be boiled in oil, said..."

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at February 12, 2026 01:29 PM (JuSDn)

82 "CNN Has Lost Two Thirds of Its Viewership Since 2016 Amid Growing Fears Network Is Circling the Drain"
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'Circling the toilet' I would say.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 12, 2026 01:30 PM (XeU6L)

83 I just saw and read the sidebar piece about John Ekdahl by Charles Cooke. Sorry Ace, and RIP John.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at February 12, 2026 01:30 PM (qivay)

84 24x7 Mexican Weather Girl Network.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 12, 2026 01:29 PM (dK+Kv)

THEY ARE NOT WEATHER GIRLS, THEY ARE METEOROLOGISTS YOU SEXIST PIG!!!

Posted by: Caitlin Connell at February 12, 2026 01:30 PM (O3dBq)

85 I doubt there will even be cable news networks within the decade.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 12, 2026 01:30 PM (0U5gm)

86 Or you could change it up and have a honor centers Klingon cadet make up the trinity./i]

Or...we could have a transexual Klingon woman, a gender fluid obese handicapped Orion, and Stacey Abrams!

Ratings gold!

Posted by: The people currently making star trek at February 12, 2026 01:30 PM (sKqQm)

87 Daily Mail: "CNN Has Lost Two Thirds of Its Viewership Since 2016 Amid Growing Fears Network Is Circling the Drain"

Axios: "Growing Fears CNN Is Circling the Drain Despite Losing Two Thirds of Its Viewership Since 2016"

Posted by: t-bird at February 12, 2026 01:31 PM (q1tXs)

88 Ah yes the old "CNN lost viewership because it's too conservative" chestnut.

What happened was Trump branded them for normies, then they burned all their useful idiots out on politics in mid to late Trump, then without Trump to trash their dummies lost even more interest and then finally when Trump won again they don't want to even look at politics anymore except in the most extreme partisan terms.

Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 01:31 PM (S5fB5)

89 My cnn bid is 1 schekel and a pig in a poke.
Posted by: kingsman
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Is that pig wearing lipstick?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 12, 2026 01:31 PM (XeU6L)

90 I remember when Erin Burnett was hot. But that was back in her CNBC days.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 12, 2026 01:29 PM (O3dBq)

You remember when Erin Burnett was younger, reasonably slender, and not hideously deformed. Erin Burnett has never in her life been above mid.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 12, 2026 01:31 PM (ExV1e)

91 It is comical that weather women are usually sexy and weathermen usually play the role of dorky comedy relief

Posted by: 18-1 at February 12, 2026 01:31 PM (sKqQm)

92
Hey Ace, it didn't used to say "Access Comments"--it used to just say "Comments". The "Access Comments" link doesn't work on my machine--I have back out and re-enter from the front of the topic.
Posted by: Crusader

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Did you click on "Continue reading" first? Don't do that. Just go straight to "Comments."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 12, 2026 01:32 PM (n7rxJ)

93 Media thread!

Last night, I was flipping around on the TV, when I noticed that "Decision to Leave" was streaming on HULU. I haven't seen it yet, and TJM is currently flogging it, serendipity, I thought I'd watch it.

DtL is a very well-directed, very well-acted, very tightly scripted, but...very Korean movie. And so because of that, whether or not you buy into the action and finale depends on if the motivations of the characters seem real or reasonable to you.

This movie struck me almost from the get-go as Park Chan-Wook's version of Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo". Not the same story, but with elements from the same sort of neighborhood, a sort of highly romantic mystery surrounding a detective who's obsessed with a mysterious woman who in this case may have murdered her husband.

At times, I got the feeling that although all the actors were great that they were playing "concepts" or archetypes more than flesh and blood characters. Not a student of Korean mythology or whatever so I could be wrong about this.

I wish the lively and entrancing Mrs naturalfake hadn't fallen asleep during it, cuz DtL feels like a 1950s "woman's movie", and I wanted her opinion.

Anyway, check it out.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 12, 2026 01:32 PM (iJfKG)

94 All in all, we talk about conspiracy theories, but these ops have been very successful. Specifically
- Trump is tainted by Russian influence
- Wuhan flu is actually Covid, and is best handled by destroying your economy
- and mRNA vaccines are not dangerous, useless, and pure graft for Big Pharma
- The 2020 election was pure and not fraud
- J6 was worse than the Civil War

All these ops worked, to a large extent. Trump won, but each one peeled off some LIVs and moderates and harmed the country. And these are just the big political ones and I leave out trans, gay, climate, China, Ukraine, islam, etc.

Now they are trying to do the same with
- ICE is evil for enforcing laws
- Trump and his admin is protection Epstein clients

It is the same strategy of flooding the networks and convincing people through repetition. They only have to win the Presidency one more time to end the country.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 12, 2026 01:33 PM (l0YH1)

95 I wish I had torpedoed Walter Krankheit when he would sail his boat down the Intracoastal every year to/from Florida.

Posted by: Crabs Gotta Eat, Too! at February 12, 2026 01:33 PM (oftw2)

96 >>> I think the quotes above miss some of the "best" parts of this toad's letter:
"I am proud of the work that's been done in my time here: segments that aimed to foreground underrepresented perspectives, interviews that challenged conventional wisdom, and efforts to make our journalism more responsive to a skeptical public."

oof I missed that!

I guess she does look for "heterodox" perspectives, as long as they're firmly on the left wing and come from minority resentment stokers.

Posted by: ace at February 12, 2026 01:33 PM (1wjle)

97 I think the death of leftwing "news" media like CNN is greatly exaggerated. It continues to serve a very valuable purpose for Democraps. So by hook or by crook, "news" media will continue to slither on for a very long time.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 12, 2026 01:33 PM (iFTx/)

98 No, they need to exit like gay drama queens, with long rambling pretentious letters explaining why they are leaving. Fuck off, just pack your shit and GTFO.
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You will never meet a journalist who isnt a complete last word freak.

Posted by: Insecure weirdos they are at February 12, 2026 01:33 PM (qfQRR)

99 Did you click on "Continue reading" first? Don't do that. Just go straight to "Comments."
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This is true but you will miss the hot chicks with bewbs.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 12, 2026 01:34 PM (Hpgos)

100 I just learned something about the new renters next door, that I haven't seen or met yet. There's a Rent-A-Center truck in the driveway. Conclusion: they are not just renters; they are stupid renters. Stupider than most. That's real stupid.
Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 01:27 PM (N8ZBc)

Look on the bright side. Maybe it's not a bunch of mouth-breathing Somali fraudsters. Maybe it's a Chinese secret police surveillance center or a Witness Protection safe house being set up.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 12, 2026 01:34 PM (cEHXL)

101 Agreed--I didn't come up with that one!

Posted by: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn at February 12, 2026 01:27 PM (TN0g+)

Holy crap is it a genuine quote?

Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 01:34 PM (S5fB5)

102 It is comical that weather women are usually sexy and weathermen usually play the role of dorky comedy relief
Posted by: 18-1

There's a term, I forget what it is, for sitcoms that have a relatively pudgy/nerdy guy with a smokin' hot wife. Think "The King of Queens."

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 01:34 PM (77rzZ)

103 and mRNA vaccines are not dangerous, useless, and pure graft for Big Pharma

Overnight the left went from, "you know a doctor will cut off your foot to make a little extra dough" to "anyone that thinks that mega globo pharma corps don't put your health above their profits is a science hating NAZI"

Posted by: 18-1 at February 12, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)

104 Willowed - Sea salt has a different, more complex or depth of flavor than ordinary table salt. It isn’t earth shattering but it is noticeable. Great in soups and stews and such.

I like it mainly because it is also available in coarse grind. Really nice on poached eggs. Iodized salt tastes strongly of iodine on things like popcorn.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 12, 2026 01:34 PM (A4BvX)

105 Nobody watches cable anymore.
Nobody HAS cable anymore.
Posted by: Person less than 30 years old

God Bless Starlink.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 12, 2026 01:34 PM (lnk1R)

106
Nobody watches cable anymore.
Nobody HAS cable anymore.
Posted by: Person less than 30 years old

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Then where are people getting all their numbskull ideas? Everyone everywhere "knows" that Trump is a racist sexist and ICE is illegal thugs.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 12, 2026 01:34 PM (n7rxJ)

107 Hey Ace, it didn't used to say "Access Comments"--it used to just say "Comments". The "Access Comments" link doesn't work on my machine--I have back out and re-enter from the front of the topic.
Posted by: Crusader

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Did you click on "Continue reading" first? Don't do that. Just go straight to "Comments."
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Yes, precisely that. IF I click on the "Continue reading", there's no way to access the comments because the "Access Comments" button doesn't work. That button used to just say "Comments" like the one on the front page of the topic does.

Posted by: Crusader at February 12, 2026 01:34 PM (TN0g+)

108 I will gladly pay you Tuesday 2 goat wives and a worn out chicken, for your network news today.

Posted by: Muhammad Wellington al Wimpy at February 12, 2026 01:34 PM (7Q0e+)

109
I hate to say it, but I've seen this headline before, many times, and it seems this "drain" that CNN and the MSM is circling just keeps getting deeper and deeper or something, because nothing ever goes down.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 12, 2026 01:35 PM (n7rxJ)

110 You remember when Erin Burnett was younger, reasonably slender, and not hideously deformed. Erin Burnett has never in her life been above mid.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

This, too, is the story of AOC.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 12, 2026 01:35 PM (JCZqz)

111 Wiess has seen the writing on the wall, straight lefty news is a dodo bird.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 12, 2026 01:35 PM (n5tGW)

112 Who believes that Democrats in general act in the best interest of the public?

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at February 12, 2026 01:35 PM (w6EFb)

113 Nobody HAS cable anymore.

I remember worrying a bit when I dropped cable and...can't say I've missed anything.

Of course I forgot when the superbowl was and didn't realize it had already happened until I noticed the Patriots fans I know stopped posting about how much their love their team...

Posted by: 18-1 at February 12, 2026 01:36 PM (sKqQm)

114 No offense to our beloved host, but exactly when were news/ journalists/ reporters/ etc. ever "unbiased" or "neutral "...

Or even "truthful"?

Ever?

Posted by: man at February 12, 2026 01:36 PM (U7gEO)

115 "Maybe it's a Chinese secret police surveillance center or a Witness Protection safe house being set up."

What I wanted: a biolab.
What I'll get: regular garden-variety drug-dealers.

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 01:36 PM (N8ZBc)

116 91 It is comical that weather women are usually sexy and weathermen usually play the role of dorky comedy relief
Posted by: 18-1 at February 12, 2026 01:31 PM (sKqQm)

The more local the news, the less that seems to hold true.

Man weathermen are always piriform pierrots in ill filling suits, all the way down, but the smaller the market, the less fetching the lady weathermen tend to be too. Speaking very generally, that is.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 12, 2026 01:36 PM (06Hmj)

117 I think the death of leftwing "news" media like CNN is greatly exaggerated. It continues to serve a very valuable purpose for Democraps. So by hook or by crook, "news" media will continue to slither on for a very long time.
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Recall the millions given in "premium" subscriptions that DODG uncovered?

I guarantee that's just 1% of government money that is being laundered to keep the major news networks afloat.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 12, 2026 01:36 PM (HXT0k)

118 I hate to say it, but I've seen this headline before, many times, and it seems this "drain" that CNN and the MSM is circling just keeps getting deeper and deeper or something,

because nothing ever goes down.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Like a high fiber turd.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 12, 2026 01:37 PM (lnk1R)

119 You remember when Erin Burnett was younger, reasonably slender, and not hideously deformed. Erin Burnett has never in her life been above mid.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

This, too, is the story of AOC.
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6-7.

Posted by: Crusader at February 12, 2026 01:37 PM (TN0g+)

120
Yes, precisely that. IF I click on the "Continue reading", there's no way to access the comments because the "Access Comments" button doesn't work. That button used to just say "Comments" like the one on the front page of the topic does.
Posted by: Crusader

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Right, if you click on "Continue reading," then it's as if you've gone to the archives, where you can't read comments.

So don't click on "Continue reading." There's a "Comments" link right below it that shows all the continued reading anyway.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 12, 2026 01:37 PM (n7rxJ)

121 And so it begins.

Posted by: That guy who always thinks it's beginning at February 12, 2026 01:37 PM (WAMD7)

122 Who believes that Democrats in general act in the best interest of the public?

You know what's going to be funny? In 2028 when lefties are telling us you can't trust rich politicians while demanding everyone vote for Gavin Newsom...

Posted by: 18-1 at February 12, 2026 01:37 PM (sKqQm)

123 This, too, is the story of AOC."

Hmm. Read that as ACC...

Posted by: man at February 12, 2026 01:37 PM (U7gEO)

124 Ace is fortunate that this sight doesn't have DMs, for the Tapper would be sliding his way into them right now for this post...

Posted by: Inogame at February 12, 2026 01:37 PM (53oGX)

125 "Of course I forgot when the superbowl was"

See? That's one of the major benefits of dropping CATV.

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 01:38 PM (N8ZBc)

126 How can you continue reading what you don't read in the first place?

Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 01:38 PM (S5fB5)

127 I remember worrying a bit when I dropped cable and...can't say I've missed anything.

Of course I forgot when the superbowl was and didn't realize it had already happened until I noticed the Patriots fans I know stopped posting about how much their love their team...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 12, 2026 01:36 PM (sKqQm)
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I had to stop and think about how long it's been. Over 10 years at this point and I don't miss it at all. I have as much video entertainment as any person could ask for between a couple of streaming services, YouTube videos, and hundreds of shows/movies on DVD/Blu-Ray.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 12, 2026 01:38 PM (ESVrU)

128 Now you know why I never smile. Well, OK, this is only one of the many reasons.

Posted by: Kaitlan Collins at February 12, 2026 01:38 PM (5rh/l)

129 The news is all fake and gay.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 12, 2026 01:38 PM (76vRO)

130 Oh I recognized Bad Bunny from Happy Gilmore 2.

He was easily the worst part of the movie

Posted by: 18-1 at February 12, 2026 01:39 PM (sKqQm)

131 I remember when Erin Burnett was hot. But that was back in her CNBC days.

I still think she's awfully cute, but I'm a sucker for part-Irish.

Posted by: t-bird at February 12, 2026 01:39 PM (q1tXs)

132 If Kennedy actually stopped pharma tv advertising as he promised these stations would be at their last days. I swear it's got to be 75% of their revenue.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 12, 2026 01:39 PM (n5tGW)

133 What I wanted: a biolab.
What I'll get: regular garden-variety drug-dealers"

What you'll really get: Don's Johns. Used, of course

Posted by: man at February 12, 2026 01:39 PM (U7gEO)

134 It is comical that weather women are usually sexy and weathermen usually play the role of dorky comedy relief
Posted by: 18-1

Where does the Thicc Weathergirl who reads comments rank?
https://tinyurl.com/585sfca6

Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 12, 2026 01:39 PM (JCZqz)

135 Hello! Happy Thursday. I hope you're enjoying the better weather. (And I hope that you are in fact seeing better weather, of course.)

Happy Thursday, Ace. Weather's great up here, and heading south for a long weekend of even better weather.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 12, 2026 01:39 PM (KB48j)

136 Read that as ACC...
Posted by: man

The Athletic and Convocation Center at Notre Dame.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 01:40 PM (77rzZ)

137 Man weathermen are always piriform pierrots in ill filling suits, all the way down, but the smaller the market, the less fetching the lady weathermen tend to be too. Speaking very generally, that is.

Men...and women...will pay to watch attractive women. But the smaller the market the less money they have to spend on someone that can look like a model...

Posted by: 18-1 at February 12, 2026 01:40 PM (sKqQm)

138 Where does the Thicc Weathergirl who reads comments rank?
https://tinyurl.com/585sfca6
Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 12, 2026 01:39 PM

She is in an epic class by herself.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 12, 2026 01:40 PM (KB48j)

139 OT but too exciting to ignore.
I just got the "billionaires want this video destroyer" pop-up. The one you couldn't avoid a while back that suddenly disappeared.
I did not realize how much I missed it. Still haven't clicked on it of course.

Posted by: From about That Time at February 12, 2026 01:41 PM (sl73Y)

140 I hate to say it, but I've seen this headline before, many times, and it seems this "drain" that CNN and the MSM is circling just keeps getting deeper and deeper or something, because nothing ever goes down.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 12, 2026 01:35 PM (n7rxJ)

CNN does not respond to the viewers' needs or wants for news because it responds only to its true customers. Those customers are the advertisers and financial supporters, and those that provide access to news sources. Until 2025 that meant Pharma and people funded in part by USAID via NGOs. The best news sources tend to be in NYC and DC.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 12, 2026 01:41 PM (rbvCR)

141 Where does the Thicc Weathergirl who reads comments rank?
https://tinyurl.com/585sfca6
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I've been in love with her from the moment I watched the first of her videos.

Posted by: Crusader at February 12, 2026 01:41 PM (TN0g+)

142 At times, I got the feeling that although all the actors were great that they were playing "concepts" or archetypes more than flesh and blood characters. Not a student of Korean mythology or whatever so I could be wrong about this.

I wish the lively and entrancing Mrs naturalfake hadn't fallen asleep during it, cuz DtL feels like a 1950s "woman's movie", and I wanted her opinion.

Anyway, check it out.
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I feel like this review was a bit short on descriptions of enthusiastic scissoring. So, no.

Posted by: Doesnt sound like a 50s womens movie to me at February 12, 2026 01:42 PM (qfQRR)

143 I hate to say it, but I've seen this headline before, many times, and it seems this "drain" that CNN and the MSM is circling just keeps getting deeper and deeper or something,

because nothing ever goes down.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

I mean, technically, the headline says they've lost 2/3 of their audience, which they could keep doing repeatedly while still retaining some viewers...until we get to the last guy (old AWFL, probably) that we'd have to cleave into thirds.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 12, 2026 01:42 PM (JCZqz)

144 Hey Alicia, we are still "curating" the news here at CBS, but we decided to be more selective about who we hire as a lowly producer and so we've curated you into HR's Separation Protocol. It's kind of like Canada's MaiD protocol except you still have an apartment lease to pay and food to forage for and you don't have an income.

Posted by: CBS at February 12, 2026 01:42 PM (zHWf2)

145 A good personality and a sense of humor will take you far in life...

Posted by: 18-1 at February 12, 2026 01:42 PM (sKqQm)

146 If Kennedy actually stopped pharma tv advertising as he promised these stations would be at their last days. I swear it's got to be 75% of their revenue.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk

The average age for a cable viewer is around 70 years. Their market is literally dying off.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 12, 2026 01:42 PM (0U5gm)

147 Look around at the old white women who suddenly became Bad Bunny fans after the TV told them to like him.

That was so over the top, that I have to wonder: did we do that? Was that to humiliate the NFL (corporate, not the players) as well mock Luciferians and their pathetic and perverted god?

Posted by: t-bird at February 12, 2026 01:42 PM (q1tXs)

148 Yes, precisely that. IF I click on the "Continue reading", there's no way to access the comments because the "Access Comments" button doesn't work. That button used to just say "Comments" like the one on the front page of the topic does.
Posted by: Crusader
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This is a glitch -- you have obviously been designated a non-moron and should not be able to access the beloved grey boxes.

If you have a workaround, I suggest you keep quiet about it and try not to alert the all powerful pixy.

Thank Zod you are not discombobulated already.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 12, 2026 01:42 PM (l0YH1)

149 but I'm a sucker for part-Irish."

Andrea Coor.

/ please. Thank you

Posted by: man at February 12, 2026 01:43 PM (U7gEO)

150 I'm surprised bringing Tater back didn't result in rating bonanza!

Posted by: Inogame at February 12, 2026 01:43 PM (53oGX)

151 Then where are people getting all their numbskull ideas? Everyone everywhere "knows" that Trump is a racist sexist and ICE is illegal thugs.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 12, 2026 01:34 PM (n7rxJ)

Tiktok and Instagram.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 12, 2026 01:43 PM (ExV1e)

152 CNN? Who dat?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 12, 2026 01:43 PM (zHWf2)

153 That was so over the top, that I have to wonder: did we do that? Was that to humiliate the NFL (corporate, not the players) as well mock Luciferians and their pathetic and perverted god?/i]

The left does spend a fair amount of effort to irritate normies.

So it isn't unreasonable to suppose if there had been no Trump and the 2024 election was won by some Yeb Bush clone they probably wouldn't have put Bad Bunny as the half time show

Posted by: 18-1 at February 12, 2026 01:44 PM (sKqQm)

154 Just a lazy old boomer here. I'm using Chrome and Win 8.1 (!). Have no ads appear, I always read the content, no problem.

There are apparently dividends for living in the stone age.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 12, 2026 01:44 PM (XeU6L)

155 you talk with them about the issues of the day they start to sound more and more rightwing until of course they get back on the grid and just start repeating the lefty narrative.
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Yep. I used to hike and camp with some lefty friends quite a bit. With few distractions in the wilderness, you can discuss things around the campfire or whatever. After a couple days you’d think they are seeing the light, or at least other people can have reasonable differences of opinion.

Talk to them again 3 months later, and it’s Like It Never Happened, not only that, they are enthusiastically spouting the latest nonsensical talking points. You’ll see the same thing 3 months, 3 years, even 30 years later. They get worse, not better.

I did not expect this, my opinion 30 years ago say, was that eventually they would moderate at least some of their worldview. Clear incontrovertible evidence for everyone to see is a hell of a thing, right?

But politics is their religion. Admitting they were wrong, about anything or even simple things is not in the cards. For one they will invoke the ire of the leftist mob. No dissent is allowed. Ever.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 12, 2026 01:44 PM (A4BvX)

156 I bet no one showed up at Alicia's good-by party.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 12, 2026 01:44 PM (zHWf2)

157 "I have as much video entertainment as any person could ask for"

Today, we are awash in 'content.' No shortage of sources and methods to get it. Enough to choke every horse on earth 1000X.

Media: "Well, that sucks. Business model go *poof.*"

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 01:45 PM (N8ZBc)

158 Tater should do a cooking/travelogue style youtube channel called Reliable Sauces.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 12, 2026 01:45 PM (06Hmj)

159 I bet no one showed up at Alicia's good-by party."

At Alice's Restaurant?

Posted by: man at February 12, 2026 01:45 PM (U7gEO)

160 If CNN took the Albanian news route, they might see better ratings...
https://tinyurl.com/4zpked42

Sadly, first girl's makeup is a bit distracting lol

Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 12, 2026 01:45 PM (JCZqz)

161 weathermen usually play the role of dorky comedy relief

Let's hear you say that after I impale you with a trident. -- Brick Tamland

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 12, 2026 01:46 PM (ExV1e)

162 I know the answer to this, but I will ask anyway.
For all the folks promoting the people as they leave CBS news.... any of them happen to mention that before this attempt to change CBS was dead last and dead as far as news organizations go?
Or did they leave that part out?

Posted by: Inogame at February 12, 2026 01:46 PM (53oGX)

163 "But the smaller the market the less money they have to spend on someone that can look like a model..."

Every time we get a good-looking one, they quickly move on to greener pastures.

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 01:46 PM (N8ZBc)

164 first girl's makeup"

What makeup?

Posted by: man at February 12, 2026 01:46 PM (cGjQu)

165 6-7.
Posted by: Crusader at February 12, 2026 01:37 PM (TN0g+)

4-6, like 85% of the rest of the population.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 12, 2026 01:46 PM (ExV1e)

166 I think the quotes above miss some of the "best" parts of this toad's letter:
"I am proud of the work that's been done in my time here: segments that aimed to foreground underrepresented perspectives, interviews that challenged conventional wisdom, and efforts to make our journalism more responsive to a skeptical public."

oof I missed that!

I guess she does look for "heterodox" perspectives, as long as they're firmly on the left wing and come from minority resentment stokers.
Posted by: ace at February 12, 2026 01:33 PM (1wjle)
_______

Heterodoxy is the new homosexuality

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 12, 2026 01:47 PM (iFTx/)

167 Talk to them again 3 months later, and it’s Like It Never Happened, not only that, they are enthusiastically spouting the latest nonsensical talking points. You’ll see the same thing 3 months, 3 years, even 30 years later. They get worse, not better./i]

I don't think it is actually them being worse - its the narrative that has gotten worse.

If you take the leftwing narrative from say 1996 and have leftists look at it today they'll say it is racist, sexist, homophobic, blah blah but back then they'd tell you that's what they really believe.

Because they issue is they don't believe any of it. They believe whatever the narrative is...and I do mean whatever.

They'd tell you there were no Epstein files or clients in 2024 and they'll tell you of course Trump is an Epstein client now. And you can see that endlessly with everything they'll say they believe...

Posted by: 18-1 at February 12, 2026 01:47 PM (sKqQm)

168 Every time we get a good-looking one, they quickly move on to greener pastures"

Maybe next time don't get a farm animal?

Oh, those "greener pastures"

Posted by: man at February 12, 2026 01:48 PM (U7gEO)

169 Say what you will about Joe Goebbels, he was a man who could evaluate stories based on their journalistic merit.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at February 12, 2026 01:48 PM (ASo8M)

170 Saw the Thicc Weathergirls and Piriform Pierrots perform at the ACC in '92

(Did I do it right?)

Posted by: Pear-Shaped Weather Dudes at February 12, 2026 01:48 PM (JCLJi)

171 So it isn't unreasonable to suppose if there had been no Trump and the 2024 election was won by some Yeb Bush clone they probably wouldn't have put Bad Bunny as the half time show

Posted by: 18-1 at February 12, 2026 01:44 PM (sKqQm)

I would say 100% correct but you don't know anymore. We can only be a few years away from a live NFL Halftime abortion

Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 01:48 PM (S5fB5)

172 Maybe Admiral Ackbar could find a new job running HR at CBS. Plenty of practical jokes ahead for those future unemployables.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 12, 2026 01:48 PM (zHWf2)

173 And how many of the leftwingers who claim they have confidence in the media are lying because they know perfectly well that the media is hopelessly biased but don't want to admit it because doing so will further undermine the left?

Posted by: Answer: All But One Giant Retard at February 12, 2026 01:49 PM (qUkBO)

174 I saw that Trump Admin and EPA rescinding C02 Endangerment this afternoon.

And I'm glad it's happening on Darwin Day.

C02 Global Warming and Evolution:

2 of the Biggest Lies ever foisted by criminal man upon himself.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 12, 2026 01:49 PM (DgMqy)

175 Briefly

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) has introduced the Cartel Marque and Reprisal Authorization Act to seize cartel assets, according to a Dec. 18 statement from the lawmaker’s office.

The bill would authorize President Donald Trump to commission private U.S. operators under letters of marque to take over cartel assets on land and sea.

A letter of marque is a written authority granted to a person by the government to seize the goods of enemies. Such letters once used to be a common tool against piracy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 12, 2026 01:49 PM (7X7ea)

176 Where does the Thicc Weathergirl who reads comments rank?
https://tinyurl.com/585sfca6
Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 12, 2026 01:39 PM (JCZqz)

The 'dog is a BIG FAN ...

Posted by: browndog head cocked to the side at February 12, 2026 01:50 PM (3sXRv)

177 Orthodox perspectives FTW!

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 01:50 PM (N8ZBc)

178 Where does the Thicc Weathergirl who reads comments rank?
https://tinyurl.com/585sfca6
Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 12, 2026 01:39 PM (JCZqz)

She thicc like zoo glass

Posted by: Kindltot at February 12, 2026 01:50 PM (rbvCR)

179 Again, what she didn't like was the "shifting" ideology. IOW, they stopped genuflecting at one of her issues to make time to promote something else. I have some guesses but I would only have to watch a few minutes of her talking somewhere to know for sure.

Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 01:51 PM (S5fB5)

180 Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) has introduced the Cartel Marque and Reprisal Authorization Act to seize cartel assets, according to a Dec. 18 statement from the lawmaker’s office.

The bill would authorize President Donald Trump to commission private U.S. operators under letters of marque to take over cartel assets on land and sea.

A letter of marque is a written authority granted to a person by the government to seize the goods of enemies. Such letters once used to be a common tool against piracy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 12, 2026 01:49 PM (7X7ea)
====================
Oh man, I so voted for this.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 12, 2026 01:51 PM (zHWf2)

181 "Maybe next time don't get a farm animal?"

I remember back in the fifties when this burg was still kinda rural, and the local TV broadcasts looked like Hee-Haw.

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 01:52 PM (N8ZBc)

182 173 And how many of the leftwingers who claim they have confidence in the media are lying because they know perfectly well that the media is hopelessly biased but don't want to admit it because doing so will further undermine the left?
Posted by: Answer: All But One Giant Retard at February 12, 2026 01:49 PM (qUkBO)

They don't even think of any of this crap in terms of "bias". It's like telling them the answer key to a scantron test is biased. No shit, buddy, that's because all the answers are right on purpose.

Same with "journalism". It can't be biased in any meaningful sense. It's correct by definition. The newsface is the calibration standard against which all other information and biases are compared.

It is literally Spectroscopy Grade Stupid.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 12, 2026 01:52 PM (06Hmj)

183 The Save Act now has 48 Republican co-sponsors. Two votes to go.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 12, 2026 01:52 PM (viF8m)

184 Where does the Thicc Weathergirl who reads comments rank?
https://tinyurl.com/585sfca6
Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 12, 2026 01:39 PM (JCZqz)

The 'dog is a BIG FAN ...
Posted by: browndog head cocked to the side at February 12, 2026 01:50 PM

*nods*

If I were *mumblemuble* years younger....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 12, 2026 01:52 PM (KB48j)

185 Slow Horses on Prime. Is really pretty damn good. Yes it is British and it has some built in woke shit. However the main character is played by Gary Oldman and he is fantastic. Just mesmerising. Interestinly, the enemy to be feared is clearly made out to be the psychopaths running the government. Its not James Bond. Its anti James Bond.

Posted by: No scissoring, yet, but very good at February 12, 2026 01:53 PM (qfQRR)

186 Wait until President Boasberg hears about the Cartel Marque and Reprisal Authorization Act.

That'll be a can't-miss court day.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 12, 2026 01:53 PM (zHWf2)

187 Where does the Thicc Weathergirl who reads comments rank?
https://tinyurl.com/585sfca6
Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 12, 2026 01:39 PM (JCZqz)

The 'dog is a BIG FAN ...
Posted by: browndog head cocked to the side at February 12, 2026 01:50 PM

*nods*

If I were *mumblemuble* years younger....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 12, 2026 01:52 PM (KB48j)

I'd disappoint her so good.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 12, 2026 01:53 PM (dK+Kv)

188 I remember back in the fifties when this burg was still kinda rural, and the local TV broadcasts looked like Hee-Haw.

One of the most amusing things I see reading forums centered in where I live is people posting on one of two topics:

This town isn't like it used to be! Its too developed and turning into a city with all the problems that brings. Someone should do something to stop this!

and

DAMN YOU TRUMP leave immigrants alone they have a right to come here! I mean who doesn't like burritos, cheap help, and diversity?

Posted by: 18-1 at February 12, 2026 01:54 PM (sKqQm)

189 Where does the Thicc Weathergirl who reads comments rank?
https://tinyurl.com/585sfca6
Posted by: Moron Analyst

I'm normally OK with zaftig, but she goes over the line into fat.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 01:54 PM (77rzZ)

190 183 The Save Act now has 48 Republican co-sponsors. Two votes to go.
Posted by: JackStraw

Posted by: Mitch McConnell

Sen. McConnell is against it.

Posted by: Mitch McConnell's staff

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 12, 2026 01:54 PM (Dv3i1)

191 "Slow Horses" added to my list, thanks!

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 01:54 PM (N8ZBc)

192 *nods*

If I were *mumblemuble* years younger....
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 12, 2026 01:52 PM (KB48j)

She's getting a lot of airplay in Powerlifting circles these days too ...

Posted by: browndog head cocked to the side at February 12, 2026 01:54 PM (3sXRv)

193 Decades ago, I was convinced this day would never come because the media surely realized the only thing they had to sell was their credibility and they surely would not risk that. Ah, was I ever so young?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at February 12, 2026 01:54 PM (ASo8M)

194 122 Who believes that Democrats in general act in the best interest of the public?

You know what's going to be funny? In 2028 when lefties are telling us you can't trust rich politicians while demanding everyone vote for Gavin Newsom...

Posted by: 18-1 at February 12, 2026 01:37 PM (sKqQm)

I wasn't rich! I had to mine coal - HARD anthracite coal - to make ends meet, 19 hours a day beginning at age 3! It was tough to do in college while practicing QB for Navy 4 hours a day, while also attending 4 hours a day of classes and studying 8 hours a day at Delaware U., but I did it! Not a joke! My word as Biden!

I never made a nickel more than my after-tax salary as a Senator, VP, and President! Now I'm broke after my Party threw me out of the White House like a used dog poop bag! Jill has to make her own dresses! Today she stripped the fabric off my favorite chair! That reminds me. Hey Jill, has Hunter set up that Go Fish Me or something web thingy for me? I need money for an ice cream CONUS!

Posted by: Joe at February 12, 2026 01:54 PM (5rh/l)

195 My cnn bid is 1 schekel and a pig in a poke.
Posted by: kingsman at February 12, 2026 01:27 PM (ehY6c)

Mine is a diseased cow and a bald-assed chicken.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 12, 2026 01:55 PM (g8Ew8)

196 Where does the Thicc Weathergirl who reads comments rank?
https://tinyurl.com/585sfca6
Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 12, 2026 01:39 PM (JCZqz)

She thicc like zoo glass
Posted by: Kindltot at February 12, 2026 01:50 PM

Why have fake news, when you can have cake news?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 12, 2026 01:55 PM (KB48j)

197 the only time i really watched cnn was the night their hq was being trashed by mostly peaceful george floyd protesters

Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 12, 2026 01:55 PM (CWTWj)

198 % of Americans who have a great deal of confidence in journalists to act in the best interests of the public

All US adults: 6%
Republicans: 2%
Democrats: 9%

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Almost as bad as the WNBA.

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist > Stochastic Terrorist > Statistical Miasma at February 12, 2026 01:55 PM (t7ed8)

199 A letter of marque is a written authority granted to a person by the government to seize the goods of enemies. Such letters once used to be a common tool against piracy.

Posted by: Braenyard
-----

Time for a rousing rendition of Barrett's Privateers?
https://shorturl.at/wE1K1

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 12, 2026 01:56 PM (XeU6L)

200 198 % of Americans who have a great deal of confidence in journalists to act in the best interests of the public

All US adults: 6%
Republicans: 2%
Democrats: 9%

---------------

Almost as bad as the WNBA.

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist > Stochastic Terrorist > Statistical Miasma at February 12, 2026 01:55 PM (t7ed

======

"I'm still justified in lying about W's service because it was totally true!"
-Dan Rather

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 12, 2026 01:56 PM (GBKbO)

201 Why have fake news, when you can have cake news?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 12, 2026 01:55 PM (KB48j)

Get in line ...

She's a perfect 'ette

Posted by: browndog head cocked to the side at February 12, 2026 01:56 PM (3sXRv)

202 172 Maybe Admiral Ackbar could find a new job running HR at CBS. Plenty of practical jokes ahead for those future unemployables.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Once they lose their jobs and find they have no marketable skills, they'll probably start fetish OF sites and transform into the kind of "gals" I normally share.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at February 12, 2026 01:57 PM (JCZqz)

203 I couldn't get through the first episode of Slow Horses with the predictable fantasy terrorist angle. Trying not to spoil anything here in case someone else wants to try. Not for me.

Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 01:57 PM (S5fB5)

204 She's a perfect 'ette
Posted by: browndog head cocked to the side at February 12, 2026 01:56 PM

Definite 'ette material.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 12, 2026 01:57 PM (KB48j)

205 I think the only time I ever tuned into CNN was when it was new, and they ran the shock-and-awe attack on Baghdad live.

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 01:58 PM (N8ZBc)

206 The numbers are a death certificate. Six percent trust means collapse already occurred. The system is running on inertia, not legitimacy.

---------------

Every institution has become corrupted and we are now in a Virtual Zero-Trust Society.

Commie Cloward-Piven.

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist > Stochastic Terrorist > Statistical Miasma at February 12, 2026 01:59 PM (t7ed8)

207 Where does the Thicc Weathergirl who reads comments rank?
https://tinyurl.com/585sfca6
Posted by: Moron Analyst

She's a fatso. No thanks.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 12, 2026 01:59 PM (g8Ew8)

208 the blond news lady in green sounds a lot like trish takenawa from 'family guy'

Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 12, 2026 01:59 PM (CWTWj)

209 I have moments when I regret not becoming a weatherman. No one expects you to be right, no one blames you when you are wrong.

My favorite forecast: 'A fifty percent chance of rain', i.e. maybe it will, maybe it won't.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 12, 2026 02:00 PM (XeU6L)

210 Is the Great Enshittification what is causing the explosion of alternate media and alternate news sources?

Or is it the emergence of those other options that has really acted as the impetus for the Enshittification?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 12, 2026 02:00 PM (06Hmj)

211 I'm late in saying but I'll say it anyway, don't click on the Daily Mail link. They put the G in Garbage journalism. Read the synopsis. That's all the info you need.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 12, 2026 02:00 PM (OR60z)

212 The public sees them as theater, not signal.

------------

"Can't stop the theater, Mal!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist > Stochastic Terrorist > Statistical Miasma at February 12, 2026 02:01 PM (t7ed8)

213 IIRC it was originally Thomas Sowell who put it as when you've received preferential treatment your whole life, being treated fairly feels oppressive.

Posted by: logprof at February 12, 2026 02:01 PM (jo6FO)

214 couldn't get through the first episode of Slow Horses with the predictable fantasy terrorist angle. Trying not to spoil anything here in case someone else wants to try. Not for me.
÷=
Yeah, there us some woke shit. However, uf you kept watching youbwould have seen that if was a govt false flag op done for political purpose. So the actual bad guys are the lefties in govt.
And season two is better. And season 3 is better than 2. It reminds me of watchung justified. Very real dialogue.

Posted by: No scissoring, yet, but very good at February 12, 2026 02:01 PM (qfQRR)

215 @185
I love Slow Horses. Waiting impatiently for the next season. Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb is, as you say, fantastic.

Posted by: Tuna at February 12, 2026 02:02 PM (lJ0H4)

216 Maybe now would be an opportunity to acquire CNN and rebrand it as the Gorilla Channel.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 12, 2026 02:02 PM (xFfhU)

217 >> the only time i really watched cnn was the night their hq was being trashed by mostly peaceful george floyd protesters

I watched the night Bernard Shaw was reporting our military bombing the shit out of Baghdad at the start of Gulf War I. I do not recall ever watching CNN again.

Posted by: one hour sober at February 12, 2026 02:02 PM (Y1sOo)

218 So...I appear to be traveling with the BC women's tennis team. Cute kids.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 12, 2026 02:02 PM (KB48j)

219 Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) has introduced the Cartel Marque and Reprisal Authorization Act to seize cartel assets, according to a Dec. 18 statement from the lawmaker’s office.

The bill would authorize President Donald Trump to commission private U.S. operators under letters of marque to take over cartel assets on land and sea.
------

[looks at AoSHQ masthead]

We need to check into this.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 12, 2026 02:02 PM (XeU6L)

220 My favorite forecast: 'A fifty percent chance of rain', i.e. maybe it will, maybe it won't.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

My Dad, who had been a meteorologist in the Army Air Corps during WWII, used to joke that if you gave him two guesses, he'd tell you if it was going to rain or not.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 02:03 PM (77rzZ)

221 Posted by: No scissoring, yet, but very good at February 12, 2026 02:01 PM (qfQRR)

I trust you I think, I might go back. I have a very low tolerance for well, anything. It's a feature and a bug.

Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 02:03 PM (S5fB5)

222 In fairness, some might credit Walter Cronkite with getting two million people killed.

Now that's Journalism!

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 12, 2026 02:03 PM (jc0TO)

223 If Kennedy actually stopped pharma tv advertising as he promised these stations would be at their last days. I swear it's got to be 75% of their revenue.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 12, 2026 01:39 PM (n5tGW)

Wait, what about Friday Plans . com?

Posted by: RickZ at February 12, 2026 02:03 PM (gKDq2)

224 216 Maybe now would be an opportunity to acquire CNN and rebrand it as the Gorilla Channel.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 12, 2026 02:02 PM (xFfhU)

"You hear that, Kaitlan? That's right, it's happening. Stop shaving."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 12, 2026 02:03 PM (06Hmj)

225 My boss used to say Trust is difficult to build and near impossible to repair when broken.

I never trusted that guy.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 12, 2026 02:03 PM (wBaIH)

226 think the only time I ever tuned into CNN was when it was new, and they ran the shock-and-awe attack on Baghdad live.
==
I still cant unsee Bernie hiding under that table in the hotelroom.

Posted by: No scissoring, yet, but very good at February 12, 2026 02:04 PM (qfQRR)

227 % of Americans who have a great deal of confidence in journalists to act in the best interests of the public

All US adults: 6%
Republicans: 2%
Democrats: 9%

9 out of 10% of Democrats is really good! It's a 1-10 scale, right?

Posted by: Intercepted Nocturnal Emissions at February 12, 2026 02:04 PM (q1tXs)

228 I appear to be traveling with the BC women's tennis team. Cute kids.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Are these the ones going to Spain?

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 02:04 PM (77rzZ)

229 I like DM because they cover USA breaking news faster and in more detail than any other source I know. They update their page constantly, not just once a day like many news sites do. And they have pictures!

Things I don't like about DM: their default political bias, their comment censoring policy, and especially the way they always blur out the naughty bits in their nude celebrity photos.

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 02:04 PM (N8ZBc)

230 204 She's a perfect 'ette
Posted by: browndog head cocked to the side at February 12, 2026 01:56 PM

Definite 'ette material.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
---

She wears it well.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 12, 2026 02:05 PM (7X7ea)

231 Things I don't like about DM: their default political bias, their comment censoring policy, and especially the way they always blur out the naughty bits in their nude celebrity photos.
Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 02:04 PM (N8ZBc)

That's the very same thing that made me stop reading The Economist.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 12, 2026 02:05 PM (06Hmj)

232 Hey Hastey, if a "sweeping new vision" means just a glance to the center by the network, not even a small step that way, then you are in the wrong business.
So...go away.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 12, 2026 02:05 PM (2WIwB)

233 Maybe now would be an opportunity to acquire CNN and rebrand it as the Gorilla Channel.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 12, 2026 02:02 PM (xFfhU)
-----

"You hear that, Kaitlan? That's right, it's happening. Stop shaving."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 12, 2026 02:03 PM (06Hmj)

That's not a stretch. I can see Kaitlan as The Bearded Lady in some carny sideshow. A different carny sideshow than the media.

Posted by: RickZ at February 12, 2026 02:06 PM (gKDq2)

234 Things I don't like about DM: their default political bias, their comment censoring policy, and especially the way they always blur out the naughty bits in their nude celebrity photos.
Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 02:04 PM (N8ZBc)

That's the very same thing that made me stop reading The Economist.
------

*golf clap*

Posted by: Crusader at February 12, 2026 02:06 PM (TN0g+)

235 Reuters has the best photographers. Arty.

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 02:06 PM (N8ZBc)

236 trust you I think, I might go back. I have a very low tolerance for well, anything. It's a feature and a bug.
==
Gary Oldman dropped funniest deadline line I have ever heard at near th end of the last episode of season 3. He is given, and delivers some hilarious lines. Its a dark comedy of errors. I think that is why it reminds me of justified....

Posted by: No scissoring, yet, but very good at February 12, 2026 02:07 PM (qfQRR)

237 In the ONT it was mentioned that Britney Spears sold her catalog for $200 MILLION, which seems like a very shaky investment. AI will likely replace the bulk of what the guillable public perceive as music within a decade and I just can't see the public clamoring for decades-old Spears music. But I'd still rather pay for her catalog than buy CNN. Who would spend any money on that platform?

Posted by: Crusader at February 12, 2026 02:08 PM (TN0g+)

238 You mean this isn't the Gorilla Channel? Because thats what comes up when ChatGPT replies.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 12, 2026 02:09 PM (YlWIZ)

239 I watched the night Bernard Shaw was reporting our military bombing the shit out of Baghdad at the start of Gulf War I. I do not recall ever watching CNN again.
Posted by: one hour sober at February 12, 2026 02:02 PM (Y1sOo)

Pretty sure I saw that too, at a TGI Fridays while celebrating the ability to drink legally.

Back when 24 hours news still seemed kinda cool.

Posted by: Doesn't Matter at February 12, 2026 02:09 PM (JCLJi)

240 If CNN is tanking, does that free Scott Jennings to run for senator in Kentucky?

Posted by: Wenda at February 12, 2026 02:09 PM (v9ee3)

241 Politics aside, what could Cronkite - a media dinosaur who roamed the earth back when there were only 3 networks, no internet, and no social media- possibly know about delivering the news today?
Not to mention, Huntley and Brinkley regularly kicked his ass back in the day.

Posted by: Wally at February 12, 2026 02:09 PM (0e5Te)

242 Are these the ones going to Spain?
Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 02:04 PM

Nah...those were annoying HS kids.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 12, 2026 02:09 PM (KB48j)

243 CNN Has Lost Two Thirds of Its Viewership Since 2016 Amid Growing ~~Fears~~ Hopes and Expectations Network Is Circling the Drain

The Daily Mail should hire me.

Posted by: No Name Today at February 12, 2026 02:10 PM (8mulE)

244 Axios has told some whoppers before but, dude!

Axios
@axios
A year into Trump's term, voters say Biden was better

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at February 12, 2026 02:10 PM (ASo8M)

245 Reuters has the best photographers. Arty.
Posted by: gp

National Geographic. It's gone to shit otherwise, like most mainstream mags, but their photography is still stunning.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 02:10 PM (77rzZ)

246 Posted by: No scissoring, yet, but very good at February 12, 2026 02:07 PM (qfQRR)

That is my favorite show after all, so I'm down. Actually my friend who likes Justified originally recommended it to me but she is kind of hippie dippy so I just figured she didn't mind if it was woke.

Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 02:10 PM (S5fB5)

247 She wears it well.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 12, 2026 02:05 PM

Yup. Gotten into powerlifting recently, too.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 12, 2026 02:11 PM (KB48j)

248 DM hid the transgenderism of the latest atrocious mass murderer for 18 hours, but it was dead easy to figure out right from the start, when they described the perp as a 'woman in a dress' and consistently used the pronoun 'they' to refer to the perp.

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 02:11 PM (N8ZBc)

249 You can't have a Crossfire sort of show anymore, because our politics is driven entirely by ontoloclasts. They don't want answers or solutions. They can't even abide reality itself. All they want to do is negate, nay-say, and destroy.

"Tonight, we're discussing whether or not to let male teachers in wigs use the girls' room in schools."

"The fuck we are. What the hell is wrong with you? That doesn't even rise to the level of retarded. An actual retard would tell you how fucked up you are. Why am I even here?"

That Scott guy has been trying to have a go with it on that one newsface network, but it's basically like firing off syllogisms at a box full of raccoon pups. Yap all you like, you're still probably going to get bitten and maybe pee'd on a little bit.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 12, 2026 02:11 PM (06Hmj)

250 year into Trump's term, voters say Biden was better

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at February 12, 2026 02:10 PM (ASo8M)

LOL and all it takes is two voters to make that statement True.

Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 02:11 PM (S5fB5)

251 I've had leftists tell me the truth leans left.
When you make it a point to ignore any proof to the contrary, I'm sure it seems that way.
That is how they justify being a leftist shill.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at February 12, 2026 02:11 PM (MZCmT)

252 Is The Blade the only one who looked this Alicia Hastey twat up? Surprisingly, she's ... not hideous.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 12, 2026 02:12 PM (iFTx/)

253 % of Americans who have a great deal of confidence in journalists to act in the best interests of the public

All US adults: 6%

To be fair, the 'M' in MTV used to mean Music.

Posted by: The 'N' at February 12, 2026 02:13 PM (q1tXs)

254 I appear to be traveling with the BC women's tennis team. Cute kids.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Hope you remember all your old college pick-up lines.

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 02:13 PM (77rzZ)

255
Are these the ones going to Spain?

Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 02:04 PM

I've never been to Spain...

Posted by: Zombie Chuck Negron at February 12, 2026 02:13 PM (tljrc)

256 they described the perp as a 'woman in a dress' and consistently used the pronoun 'they' to refer to the perp.
Posted by: gp
---------

'Perps', you h8tr.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 12, 2026 02:13 PM (XeU6L)

257 I'd disappoint her so good.

Ha! Story of my life.

Posted by: Case at February 12, 2026 02:14 PM (j6kTf)

258 Roll some dough on the counter, stick your face in and make gorilla cookies.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 12, 2026 02:14 PM (Kt19C)

259 Hope you remember all your old college pick-up lines.
Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 02:13 PM

I'm probably older than some of their dads.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 12, 2026 02:14 PM (KB48j)

260 I appear to be traveling with the BC women's tennis team. Cute kids.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Hope you remember all your old college pick-up lines.
Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 02:13 PM (77rzZ)
______

"Let's get something straight between us ...."

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 12, 2026 02:15 PM (iFTx/)

261 He is given, and delivers some hilarious lines. Its a dark comedy of errors. I think that is why it reminds me of justified....
Posted by: No scissoring, yet, but very good

I LOLed when he called his gambler and coke addict agents "scratch and sniff".

Posted by: Tuna at February 12, 2026 02:15 PM (lJ0H4)

262 Trust? Meh. We tend to trust the stories we want to be true, and distrust those we don't. Can't really tell if anything is true without doing a time-consuming deep dive to primary sources. I have too many other timewasting activities that I enjoy far more.

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 02:15 PM (N8ZBc)

263 I don't know why people don't trust the media.

ABC News
@abcnews
#BREAKING: The person who carried out a school massacre is an 18-year-old woman with mental health issues, but she did not give a motive for one of the worst mass shootings in Canada's history.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at February 12, 2026 02:16 PM (ASo8M)

264 I appear to be traveling with the BC women's tennis team. Cute kids.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Hope you remember all your old college pick-up lines.
Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 02:13 PM (77rzZ)

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"You could be my Love-Love Match!"

/Yeah, didn't work 40 years ago either ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist > Stochastic Terrorist > Statistical Miasma at February 12, 2026 02:16 PM (LMWcc)

265 258 Roll some dough on the counter, stick your face in and make gorilla cookies.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 12, 2026 02:14 PM (Kt19C)

What a great way to insult your way out of an argument that would be.

"Oh yeah? Well why don't you go roll some dough..." etc etc.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 12, 2026 02:16 PM (06Hmj)

266 Via GP:
Since 2004, the Social Security Administration has provided a simple process to help States with verifying voter applications. It’s called the HAVV System. States send in the name, DOB, and last four digits of the voter’s SSN. The SSA then notifies the State if that person is deceased, alive, matches SSA records, or No Match Found!

A whopping 13% of all HAVV verifications processed in 2025 came back as NO MATCH. That’s 318,217 of the 2.37 million submitted. Since 2011, an astounding 28.8% of all HAVV submissions have come back as NO MATCH. For the past 15 years, the federal government (SSA) has been unable to match 28.1 million voter submissions from States, to the information in its comprehensive computer systems. The Feds have every right to know what garbage is being processed at the State level for our Federal elections.

These alarming percentages most certainly are justification for the DOJ to have access to any State’s voter rolls, including the voter’s full SSN. Yet, activist Judges in MI, OR, and CA tossed out the DOJ cases for voter rolls. The HAVV program was created to process new voters who can’t provide a valid Driver’s License during registration.

Posted by: Crusader at February 12, 2026 02:16 PM (TN0g+)

267 256 Ha!

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 02:16 PM (N8ZBc)

268 I see Boasberg is up to his shenanigans again. Impeach the dude already.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 12, 2026 02:16 PM (n5tGW)

269 'Nother gray nood.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 12, 2026 02:17 PM (Fs0KI)

270
A CNN source, meanwhile, blamed the poor showing on audiences consuming news through alternative means.

As usual, it's our fault for not appreciating CNN's news reporting awesomeness.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 12, 2026 02:18 PM (y9nCu)

271 "The network's daytime lineup has seen a similar decline as hosts such as Wolf Blitzer failed to move the needle, dropping from 752,000 to 433,000."

A 42% change in viewership seems like needle movement.

Posted by: Oglebay at February 12, 2026 02:18 PM (2ap+5)

272 DM changed the weighting of articles to more crap and less information about a year ago. It used to be one of my go to's.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 12, 2026 02:18 PM (7X7ea)

273 I don't know why people don't trust the media.

ABC News
@abcnews
#BREAKING: The person who carried out a school massacre is an 18-year-old woman with mental health issues, but she did not give a motive for one of the worst mass shootings in Canada's history.
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It was a *dude*. You can't call yourself "News" if you can't bother to get even the basics right. It wasn't a "woman" and there wasn't a "she" to give a motive for--it was a *dude*.

Posted by: Crusader at February 12, 2026 02:19 PM (TN0g+)

274 I don't know why people don't trust the media.

ABC News
@abcnews
#BREAKING: The person who carried out a school massacre is an 18-year-old woman with mental health issues, but she did not give a motive for one of the worst mass shootings in Canada's history.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at February 12, 2026 02:16 PM (ASo8M)

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You can tell it's dishonest because they didn't report that "she" was a "circumcised woman."

/We can't dead-pronoun & dead-name dead homicidal-suicidal maniacs

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist > Stochastic Terrorist > Statistical Miasma at February 12, 2026 02:19 PM (LMWcc)

275 I watched the night Bernard Shaw was reporting our military bombing the shit out of Baghdad at the start of Gulf War I. I do not recall ever watching CNN again.
Posted by: one hour sober at February 12, 2026 02:02 PM (Y1sOo)

Same here.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 12, 2026 02:19 PM (g8Ew8)

276 "DM changed the weighting of articles to more crap and less information about a year ago. It used to be one of my go to's."

And more paywalled article weighting too. F that noise.

Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 02:20 PM (N8ZBc)

277 "..."Stars?" They pull in as many viewers as Nerdrotic. Is Nerdrotic a "star" too?"

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Yup...Gary really is a star compared to anybody on CNN -- late & ghey & blind & semi-tarded as he is...

Ace, get yer ass on Friday Night Tights. You'd fit in. DO IT.

Posted by: Stu-22 (I have returned) at February 12, 2026 02:21 PM (JcfF0)

278

Good short vid from mrc about apple news and their bias

https://twitter.com/i/status/2021634343303520418

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 12, 2026 02:21 PM (l0YH1)

279 These alarming percentages most certainly are justification for the DOJ to have access to any State’s voter rolls, including the voter’s full SSN. Yet, activist Judges in MI, OR, and CA tossed out the DOJ cases for voter rolls. The HAVV program was created to process new voters who can’t provide a valid Driver’s License during registration.
Posted by: Crusader at February 12, 2026 02:16 PM (TN0g+)

It is all theft. That is all that is left to the system. All government has at its basic assumption is the monopoly on violence. I the beginning it is to protect everyone from violence, in the end it is fuck you pay me. We have reached the fuck you pay me end-state in Oregon, and any attempt to escape it is justification for violence by the state.
I find it cute when the reflexive defenders all say it is for our safety, when I get fined for a 1/2 misalignment of my sidewalk that the city will repair at 10x cost if I don't do it within 15 days. Fuck You Pay Me.

It should be the new state motto after She Flies By Her Own Wings

Posted by: Kindltot at February 12, 2026 02:22 PM (rbvCR)

280 I think part of the problem started when women and soy boys took over the "journalism" field.

When feelz dictate what one views as facts, there can be no objectivity.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 12, 2026 02:23 PM (diQ+r)

281 "The network's daytime lineup has seen a similar decline as hosts such as Wolf Blitzer failed to move the needle, dropping from 752,000 to 433,000."

A 42% change in viewership seems like needle movement.

Posted by: Oglebay at February 12, 2026 02:18 PM (2ap+5)

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I don't think Wolf's needle has moved in nine decades.

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist > Stochastic Terrorist > Statistical Miasma at February 12, 2026 02:23 PM (SgYCn)

282 ontoloclasts

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 12,

I did not know this word, so I googled. Responses came back with long winded sentences about classes and ontology and taxonomy.... I figure it is just slop to get me to click ahead to find out.

I still don't know what it is -- someone who wants to tear down "onts"?

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 12, 2026 02:26 PM (l0YH1)

283 I think part of the problem started when women and soy boys took over the "journalism" field.

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* Hollyweird has entered the chat *

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist > Stochastic Terrorist > Statistical Miasma at February 12, 2026 02:26 PM (SgYCn)

284 for informational purposes only

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAszyr9NUOs

your results may vary

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 12, 2026 03:07 PM (jrgJz)

285 Where does the Thicc Weathergirl who reads comments rank?
https://tinyurl.com/585sfca6
Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 12, 2026 01:39 PM (JCZqz)

Fat

Posted by: Caitlin Connell at February 12, 2026 03:33 PM (O3dBq)

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