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cat's avatar

well it just goes to show the poor judgment of Chris Wallace...

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Phisto Sobanii's avatar

Wanna laugh?

Think of this in light of Parler.

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John Bowman's avatar

Rot In Peace.

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Rob D's avatar

CNN? I thought that place went out of business years ago. 😅

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Bill Heath's avatar

CNN was the first of its breed, and flooded the airways in airports, other public spaces and foreign countries. Unlike Facebook, which was actually the third such social networking site to receive substantial funding.

I occasionally turn on CNN only to listen to the Reverend Al. Throughout his entire career he has inevitably come down on the side of an issue that makes African Americans look their worst.

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HardeeHo's avatar

I once had hopes for Cuomo but his masters owned him and he stuck to the party lie.

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Fmr Bergen County Deplorable's avatar

They where deluded into thinking that their viewers, the few left, are big into freebies and would never pay for this.

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Banta's avatar

I like contemplating what “premium news” would be. Original content? Like they’ll go out and shoot up a mall, ala this example from the actual most trusted name in news?

https://youtu.be/FpN_RjIaVw8

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SimulationCommander's avatar

Perhaps they could try investigating actual stories and truthfully reporting on those stories to people who want to hear the truth?

Nah.

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Lainz's avatar

The fact these people were delusional enough to even try to get subscribers for CNN+ says everything!

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Lillia Gajewski's avatar

Don't you want to meet the person at CNN that thought this would be a good idea? They'd be quite the study.

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AndyinBC's avatar

One of the fundamental rules governing the left is that never, ever, under any circumstances, may any leftist be held accountable. By the sane. For anything. (Until, of course, they devour their own. Which they always do.)

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SimulationCommander's avatar

"It works for FOX!"

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Stephen J Wood's avatar

The only people I know who watch CNN are over the age of 80 and barely know how to use a smartphone. Not exactly the best customer base for a streaming service.

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Rob D's avatar

😅

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BHerr's avatar

"Stupid free markets. Stupid rednecks. Stupid Trump supporters. Didn't they know this was what the regime wanted them to be ingesting? I wish we had more time, we could MAKE them all subscribe. We just needed to force it harder down their slack jaws. NEXT time..."

--Liberals, probably.

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SimulationCommander's avatar

Ironically, the head honcho explained that people wanted an 'all-in-one' service. To me, that means that if they attempt this again, they will piggyback onto Hulu or some other already-established service so that people who subscribe will once again be forced to pay for a CNN service they don't want.

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AndyinBC's avatar

That's the business model - isn't it?

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Guttermouth's avatar

It's a good tactic, but it isn't foolproof. Lots of people jump ship from Hulu and friends whenever the rates go up because they've added to their bundle. Especially when the stuff that's being added (and charged for) offends their sensibilities (see also: Netflix).

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BHerr's avatar

Why not. That's the only way the mother ship station still stays on is because it's packed in with the other cable channels. Seems like their only business model.

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SCA's avatar

It's a sad thing, really. I'd just gone to live overseas in a fairly terrible place when a terrible world event happened, and things got a lot more terrible mighty fast, and CNN International was truly a lifeline. I still find Australian accents comforting, lo these 21 years later.

Few things really keep their luster after the founder leaves.

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SimulationCommander's avatar

No argument about Australian accents. Rowr! 😼

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The Ungovernable's avatar

Down boy 😂

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SimulationCommander's avatar

I can't think of a better GOP commercial than that show.

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The Ungovernable's avatar

Dammit! And I was looking forward to watching “Jake Tappers Book Club”. FML!

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SimulationCommander's avatar

"Who's talking to Chris Wallace?"

Uh......nobody.

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HardeeHo's avatar

Maybe they will force him into a nightly show. I doubt he will recover the audience he once had on Fox. He did a fairly decent job of hiding his bias, except during the debate. I suspect his days are over. His Sunday slot remains open at Fox, who knows.

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Timothy Andrew Staples/pop122's avatar

And his Psaki love.

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Guttermouth's avatar

What the fuck is a "CNN"?

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John Bowman's avatar

Fossil remains?

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Guttermouth's avatar

Ooh, I love dinosaurs!

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John Bowman's avatar

Dinophile. 😊

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Guttermouth's avatar

You never forget your first Stegosaurus.

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Timothy Andrew Staples/pop122's avatar

I wouldn't know.

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AndyinBC's avatar

I believe it's another loathsome creature that infests the communications environment.

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Guttermouth's avatar

So, like, spray it with vinegar and shove it out the door with a broom?

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Phisto Sobanii's avatar

Nuke it from orbit. Only way to be sure.

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AndyinBC's avatar

If only that were possible. The vinegar and broom scenario was my mother's solution to cats that brought rodents, (alive or dead), into the house to eat in front of the stove. It worked for the cats! I had to remove the mice.

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SimulationCommander's avatar

A+ comment

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Guttermouth's avatar

Dude, you're a cheap date. 😊

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SimulationCommander's avatar

Dudes always are!

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Guttermouth's avatar

Nuh-uh. I went on two dates with a guy pre-Husbandmouth and he was so invested in this thing of showing off what a cosmopolitan foodie he was that he kept splurging on these specials I never would have spent on. I think he misread that I was impressed by bringing out the big guns.

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Rikard's avatar

As a gourmand and gourmet of note, I can't help but ask if you remember any particularly noteworthy dishes?

Candied otter's noses? Lark's tongues in aspic? Deep fried scorpions? Kaestur hákarl? A wafer thin mint?

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Phisto Sobanii's avatar

It’s just wafer thin.

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Guttermouth's avatar

I think it was mostly wrens' livers, chaffinch brains, jaguars' earlobes, and wolf nipple chips.

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SimulationCommander's avatar

Doesn't sound like much of a dude to me 😂

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Guttermouth's avatar

Nah, there are definitely a lot of guys out there that are confused about where their worth comes from, and that's especially true in a middle to upper-class urban culture (remember I lived in NYC) where there's an absence of opportunity for men to prove their masculinity in other ways.

But maybe I'm more forgiving in that way. I've loved a lot of different kinds of men, for a lot of different reasons. I'm just impressed by different things. Lots of women are turned on by guys who throw money around.

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Alluminator's avatar

Communist Nightly News

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