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A reminder that CNN is not bumbling into platforming fascists like Trump because of some unlearned lessons from 2016 — the network's move to the right is on purpose. It's entertainment, not news — like Fox. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/24/the-changes-at-cnn-look-politically-motivated-that-should-concern-us-all
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I stopped watching Canada's versions of broadcast news years ago.

When I bump into US broadcast news (usually in the breakfast room at the hotel while on business) I'm appalled at how trashy it is.
Don Henley has it 100% right.

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And their management are collaborators. Things usually do not end well for collaborators.
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Read the classic “Amusing Ourselves to Death” then ask yourself why you watch ANY television “news” at all

#AmusingOurselvesToDeath

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It’s deliberate propaganda, not entertainment sadly.
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it's been a money maker for Fox until Smartmatic rips their dick out by the root.
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it’s not entertainment. it’s money for cnn and pain for most of the country
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The for profit media thrashing around trying to make money any way they can, democracy and the protections of the 1st Amendment be damned.

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