Mastodawn

Khashoggi’s Ghost Dec 2, 2022

CNN was legitimate news for decades. Then TFG called them "fake news" and right-wingers shunned them. So to appear "balanced" they started inviting liars on. Anchors were told not to correct the lies because then the liars wouldn't come on.

Now CNN invites liars on and lets them lie unchallenged, and leaves the lies uncorrected, all in an attempt to appease the party that depends on lying.

So now CNN is the literal definition of "fake news" and should be treated as such.

Lies are not news.

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infinite_loopy

@UROCKlive1 They actually started their decline after Ted Turner sold his share in the company. When he started CNN it was all the sensationalist headlines (but still news, just BIG EXPLOSION kind of lead-in to the newscast).

There's a famous clip of Jon Stewart talking shit to tucker carlson on Crossfire, which was a CNN production at the time, saying "You guys are the news you should be doing news stuff" or something like that.