• DogPeePoo@lemm.ee
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    18 days ago

    That really showed what a shitbag outfit CNN has become under it’s new conservative ownership group. They are a wolf in sheep’s clothing now.

    “I would like to see CNN evolve back to the kind of journalism that it started with, and actually have journalists, which would be unique and refreshing,” he said. Then he suggested a model: “Fox News, in my opinion, has followed an interesting trajectory of trying to have ‘news’ news, I mean some actual journalism, embedded in a program schedule of all opinions.”

    Malone’s comments didn’t resonate much beyond a couple of places: At Fox News, which responded with glee, and inside CNN, where they sounded alarm bells.

    —New board member and billionaire John Malone, a legend in the cable TV business and one who has deep and longstanding ties with David Zaslav

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      18 days ago

      CNN was much more honorable—the debate we had with Biden was a much more honorably run debate.”

      The CNN moderators in June notably did not fact-check or question statements made by Trump or Biden during that event, as per agreed rules.

      Emphasis added