“Paid for Ratings” - CNN Rating Drops 96% Causing CNN to Fire 100 Employees

CNN's ratings dropped significantly after the presidential debate, with primetime ratings falling 92% and a 96% decline in the 25-to-54 demographic. This sharp decrease is attributed to viewer dissatisfaction with the debate's format and content, along with broader changes in media consumption habits.
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[@Particle_Ghost]

This is what happens when everything you report is a lie you created.

[@anurag123B]

When u think people watching u are dumb and u can get away with straight lies.

[@Number3boyz]

Nailed it.

[@mrright1068]

You become MSNBC.

[@LifeLiberty-rn6bq]

Yep

[@Particle_Ghost]

@@smilebehappy6102 Which is why KZbin is cracking down on so many channels and they even removed the ability to see the dislikes. Sure there's an app for it but it's not the point and not everyone uses it. They are hiding who favors what, horrible channels were getting downvoted into oblivion.

[@BassboatRadio]

Translation: When you lie to people, they stop listening to you! What a surprise!

[@harrymills2770]

It is a surprise. You think the other corporate networks are bringing you a complete picture?

[@BassboatRadio]

@@harrymills2770 hell no, they’re all selling pharmaceuticals & war. But CNN is BY FAR the least truthful in my opinion…

[@docilenation101]

@@harrymills2770 You must be still masking....

[@Nylon_riot]

​@docilenation101 You are a fool to believe any media. Especially right now when we are under wartime propagands. If you think there is a "side" you are part of the problem. Even a lot of Indie isn't as indie as you think. While media has become noticeably bad, it has always been this way. Even John Adam's and Thomas Jefferson used to plant falsehoods about each other. Or Jefferson would plant false stories in European papers when trying to drum up support for the US.

[@johndunn9819]

🦊 FOX has to pay Dominion Voting Machines $780,000,000.00 for lying to their dupes (viewers) about voter fraud 😂

[@BP12ification]

It’s the fallout from people realizing you’ve lied to them for years.

[@lawrencequave7361]

Half of America knew this ALL ALONG. The other half of America is just now learning this? (I guess this is "better late than never", though I do hope it's not TOO late. Of course, if all the Dems jump on board with Kamala now, we'll learn THEY didn't learn a thing.

[@stanhill3980]

We were tired of lies. Where is truth and integrity ???

[@chrisfrancis6101]

That's what happens when everything you say is a lie!

[@Tonymanero1960]

If only CNN, MSNBC, MSN, Disney, The Washington Post,...and The New York Times would go out of business.

[@LifeLiberty-rn6bq]

If everyone Stops watching and reading them, they will

[@greatcornholio5541]

CIA pays for them to stay on the air…you think Ukraine gets all those billions we’ve been sending them? None of that money is being tracked or can be audited…congress approved a waver for that exemption.

[@greatcornholio5541]

@@LifeLiberty-rn6bq I remember when it came out CNN actually paid and forced Airports to broadcast their propaganda

[@harrymills2770]

They should've been out of business a long time ago. Big money behind them. They don't need to have much reach, as long as those they reach are zealots, and the government can pretend the networks represent the will of the people.

[@noneyabizz8337]

Disney has fallen so far. It's so bad that they legit made better products when they were just creepy.

[@puma51921]

People just don't believe them.

[@WorldGoneKrazy]

Fire people? All they have to do is instruct their employees to do actual journalism and to tell the truth.

[@tooruoikawa8985]

Can’t too that at this point with their staff. They have cultivated a workplace that only captures one type of person, Whether it’s to work there or watch.

[@mangobanana7195]

Would take too long to regain trust, I think they're just trying to desperately keep the hard liners on their side watching, if they lose that too, they would really have none.

[@kirerunte1046]

​@@The13thRoninya people can't understand they are owned and ruled by demons

[@Andrew-nh5zg]

It would take years of actual journalism for them to get back any kind of viewership. They would be better off completely rebranding.

[@shawnjackson8026]

They’ve lied for so long they wouldn’t know the truth if it kicked them in the butt.

[@charlestruppi7793]

Imagine how low the ratings would be if CNN wasn’t turned on in every airport.

[@Leann68]

And California court houses and bars and restaurants.

[@Tinbender-zr4jd]

CNN is no longer in airports. Old news there.

[@trishmeshell191]

My local diner, I’m assuming they lost the remote.

[@peterhendricksen6946]

Not In N.Carolina

[@bernadettesandoval3990]

And every skilled nursing facility, prison etc. CNN would dissappear without their captive audience

[@Kaiza5150]

Stop watching cable all together people. Its all lies and advertising. Disconnect and stop consuming "The Product"

[@Sweet-fn6po]

I shut my TV down 3 1/2 years ago. I saved $200 a month

[@JosephHall-x9g]

Great bro 🎉

[@juicebokz7743]

KZbin is better

[@GregoryDM]

Yep

[@dextermorgan1]

It really is. I've had to stop watching a few of my favorite shows because they've gotten so obviously staged/fake.

[@iamrodmanor]

The moment they disabled comments on their website, it signaled to me that they were hiding something.

[@Myrslokstok]

Yes that is the best tell!

[@joeyjamison5772]

Don't trust the main stream media. Don't trust CNN.

[@kinjunranger140]

I am a boomer. I have a friend who is 55 and actually said: "Social media should be heavily censored. We should all get our news from the MSM because they get paid to tell the truth." I laughed at him.

[@jeffgreen3638]

What a lost cause if I’ve ever heard one. He’s been around 55 years and hasn’t learned a damn thing. Sad

[@987654321wormy]

That's a different level of delusion. 🤦

[@chrisferretti7020]

😂 Imagine living for 55 years and still being clueless.

[@CH-wm6wo]

They get paid for sure

[@jimmylowe1233]

They get paid to say whatever the man writing the check wants them to say.

[@sap.lawcare]

Turns out people don't like to be lied to. We wakin' up!

[@jasoncox9883]

It is what it is.......cnn should practice journalism the way they" supposed do". The most trusted name in news my ass

[@Changeiscoming47]

A wise man once said “everything woke turns to 💩”

[@Godiva360]

🤣🤣😂. That is our President Mr Trump!🙏🏽🇺🇸

[@Changeiscoming47]

@@Godiva360 absolutely! Love our guy and can’t wait to celebrate with you all as we welcome him back into the White House!! 🥂❤️🇺🇸

[@Gamingreviewer300]

BEST COMMENT!!!

[@RealBrianDeclan]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2OrfaCZgJlmbqM

[@OwenHooper-mv4fm]

I was brainwashed by CNN until like 6-7 years ago. What changed was I decided “I’m going to start clicking o. These links that they put into the articles that supposedly lead to the sources that show the assertion is correct”. Like 95% of the time the links just go to something that doesn’t support their assertions at all. It was crazy to see they just linked stuff to make it look more well researched. It’s wild how little effort they put into everything

[@Tijuanabill]

I played the link game today, with one of their articles that was linked at Real Clear Politics. It took me 7 websites that were linking the link of the link, before I got to the actual study cited, used to make the claim that the "crime wave is over" and the GOP won't "let it go". The "study" was just the main page of the FBI crime stats site, zoomed in to quarterly changes. So the CNN article was saying the crime was over, because this last quarter showed a dip in crime, and republicans should treat the crime issue as "solved" and not use it campaign on. This link to an article saying the same thing game, as you say, is every "report".

[@jppalm3944]

WNBA beats CNN

[@marvinthemartian9584]

M*A*S*H reruns get better ratings than CNN.

[@ellkir1521]

Now that's brutal.

[@Skyhi0]

So does the Cartoon Network, cooking channel, emergency broadcast system etc . . .

[@YaGirlCJ]

​@Skyhi0 not the emergency broadcast system 😂

[@rcole2799]

and who watches that

[@buckiemohawk3643]

So when you lie, and your lie is exposed. You are screwed

[@bmacaulay18]

Not if you are CNN. You double, triple, quadruple down. The lie and the message are the most important.

[@Tijuanabill]

Is this the first lie they were caught on?

[@bmacaulay18]

@@Tijuanabill Not sure if serious.....

[@Tijuanabill]

@@bmacaulay18 The point is their lies get exposed all the time, but their ratings only got tanked this one time.

[@TheReneex]

CNN got rid of all of their top male anchors and replaced them with a prime-time line-up of woke. DEI females like Abby Phillip, Kaitlyn Collins, and Laura Coates. None of them have been able to make a dent in their ratings!

[@dennydeckerful]

Their male anchors were just as bad and even more woke.

[@jameswilson313]

​@@dennydeckerful Except they had the wrong gonads.

[@thadcrosby3594]

It is like watching high school Girls sitting around Gossiping. And if that Black guy cries one more time on air... I am going to lose it.

[@10speed4]

Not to worry PBD will hire them. He’s proven that.

[@jon_wholesale]

I am so proud of myself that I don't know who those people are by name

[@tmac6688]

I'd like to know how many of the anchors at CNN are ashamed of themselves for lying on a daily basis

[@edwinrodeo]

None, it’s only for the money ,

[@donaldsmith6814]

None.

[@ding174]

None. They believe their own lies.

[@user-sr9oy1uo4h]

None

[@marktwain2053]

Psychopaths don't care.

[@ardenbowman4489]

MSNBC MADCOW,MORNING JOE NEED TO GO BROKE,BOYCOTT THEM

[@harrycgrace4504]

Joy Reid is the worst.

[@donaldsmith6814]

Already doing that!

[@vittoriovuocolo2438]

How am I going to boycott something I never watched? Come on, man.

[@cherylhill9110]

An the view

[@user-sr9oy1uo4h]

Madcow 😄🤣

[@jimfesta8981]

If CNN were totally dependent on advertising revenue, they'd be out of business.

[@zachschendt7201]

Unfortunately they're financially backed by the dems

[@newyork8415]

Didn't watch cnn like 25 years or so. I'm still ok.

[@stevetimms1219]

My Dad told me ..NEVER lose your reputation. Once gone , it will never come back. CNN and MSNBC have lost their reputation.

[@edwinrodeo]

My dad told me never bend over for anyone. You’ll never stand straight again

[@sandrachank6982]

ABC. One of the worst too. Stephanopoulos...huge lier. I use to admire him...

[@marktwain2053]

None of them ever really had much of a reputation.

[@stephenc2481]

might as well label themselves The National Enquirer. That way, they can spew all kinds of garbage news. At least, there is a subset of followers for that kind of news.

[@ardenbowman4489]

BOYCOTT ALL

[@carolkingsafer9728]

I quit watching TV a decade ago 👌 who would do that to themselves 🤔🙄

[@LM-WWJD]

Same here.

[@greenmachine5487]

I quit 15 years ago🙌

[@ramonacannon1587]

Me for 3 years now.

[@Tijuanabill]

If anything actually interesting or noteworthy happens on the news, it will be here on KZbin. We won't miss it.

[@danmalic6688]

99% likewise 5 55%%

[@Musicdudeyoutub]

The main takeaway is 83,000 people 25-54 years old watch primetime CNN. It's truly a minuscule portion of the population

[@user-oo6do7mq4j]

You are so right. I turned off the TV 6 years ago and get my news online from new young amateur journalists, who work hard to find the news.

[@ChuysAndSalud]

I cant recall the last time I saw any major network news, with so many spins no journalism.

[@franklee6746]

How can you be having layoffs in the middle of a Presidential election? Back in the day CNN used to hire people who had "it". Wolf Blitzer, Greta Van Susteren, Paula Zahn, these people just had a watchability. It didn't have to hit you like a freight train, you don't have to be Billy Crystal hosting the Oscars, you don't have to be Dave Chappelle on Netflix, you just had to be somebody the audience liked watching. PBD has it, that's why people watch Valuetainment. But Don Lemon and Brian Stelter make my skin crawl, they creep me out to look. And those were supposed to be their stars? Whoever runs CNN these days does not even understand the basics of television.

[@skidmoda]

Honestly, how long can these companies stay afloat? At some point, they need to switch back to journalism otherwise they are toast.

[@malcolmmurphy2924]

People are just so sick of the lies?

[@woltan1979]

When your product/service you are selling is based solely on trust, selling lies is like running a food truck that sells crap on a plate. Only the extremely stupid will remain customers.

[@sdrc92126]

"The rider was robed all in black, and black was his lofty helm; yet this was no Ringwraith but a living man. The Lieutenant of the Tower of Barad-dûr he was, and his name is remembered in no tale; for he himself had forgotten it, and he said: ‘I am the Mouth of Sauron.’"

[@2113pinch]

The turn around for CNN is to start being objective and telling the truth. 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@speedlever]

Maybe become the Conservative News Network. 😆

[@OrdinaryAmerican]

I think it’s too late for them to turn anything around.

[@show2ime]

Objectively like Fox? Young people don’t watch news- we get it from Social media. Everyone needs to get info outside of their silos and draw their own conclusions. If you watch Msnbc, fox, cnn etc all the time you will only be told what they want you to heat based on their political affiliation

[@reality4083]

@@show2ime You don't watch Fox.

[@show2ime]

@@reality4083 I have enough to know how they operate and who they prefer- thats enough for me. I watch them all and make my own decisions.

[@quidproquo3933]

Americans realizing they’ve been lied to repeatedly for over a decade finally ?

[@cos4779]

They'll go out of business eventually.

[@robbybee70]

they should try journalism instead of brainwashing

[@ozzie1684]

CNN needs to start reporting actual news and be non partisan.

[@authorknown1623]

That's a pleasant notion ozzie, but its very naive. Who defines "actual news" and "non partisan"?

[@johng4093]

It's baked into their DNA, not gonna change.

[@frankruiz3151]

They totally blocked most of those who were speaking at the RNC. They would not give not even 5 minutes for the viewers to hear the speakers. Switched to NBC and what a difference!!

[@donaldsmith6814]

I am truly surprised that NBC ever did anything different than CNN.

[@triggertimetraining6963]

So now there’s 4 people watching them instead of 100. Ok

[@user-cr9uw2tq5b]

They have lost credibility the past years.

[@authorknown1623]

I never understood why they had any in the first place. They were ALWAYS, OBVIOUSLY biased to the leftist liberals.

[@ksmith1298]

Who's going to create the lies they push now?

[@johng4093]

Will have to come straight from DNC talking points now without being relayed to CNN as "news".

[@SubjectiveFunny]

The Left is falling apart before our eyes. This is going to be so good, my god, I needed this..

[@chrischaplin3126]

No, it's trying to hide.

[@authorknown1623]

Agreed. I can't happen too soon!

[@colleenarmbruster7873]

Give it up, CNN. YOU are no longer part of the conversation.

[@cindythomas8140]

I do not watch CNN anymore I have no respect for them

[@authorknown1623]

'Same here! We have much respect for you, cinfythomas!

[@joeyjamison5772]

Don't trust the main stream media. Don't trust CNN.

[@peru716]

Imagine if the TV’s were turned off at the airports. It would of dropped 100%😂

[@burtflak9409]

Or those horrible McDonald's that have CNN on their big screen tvs. I was traumatized trying to get a burger. I said to myself, come on you can watch CNN for 10 minutes. No I couldn't. Just lies and nonsense spin.

[@cptkirkp]

Dont let the door hit you on the ass on your way out

[@mbp7060]

You can't be exposed as a bunch of liars and expect good ratings. They betrayed and insulted their audience.

[@authorknown1623]

Unfortunately, most of their audience is too stupid to realize they've been indoctrinated.

[@johnbutler3141]

Its not called the CARTOON NEWS NETWORK for nothing.

[@TheMoneyMakingMentor]

Lol

[@stephenc2481]

Commie network

[@michaelfreedom.1966]

I thought it was the Clinton News Network.🤢🤮

[@Masterchief68]

Well done!😂😂😂

[@freedomring3022]

I am surprised they had any ratings

[@TheMusicscotty]

Because every bank, airport, and government building play only that station. Its an echo chamber

[@slg9752]

How embarrassing.

[@valaryansteelkatana5798]

This is the predictable outcome when you lie for a living. Eventually, people stop paying attention to what you have to say.

[@authorknown1623]

"Predictable". As in "remember history or be doomed to repeat it". Evidently, the Marxist leftists have forgotten how ridiculously unsuccessful their ideology has been.

[@PoppONayaShelly]

CNN wouldnt get any eyes if it werent on in airport bars 😂

[@VB-zx1yk]

And on treadmills in the gym lol

[@johnberry2877]

And nursing homes !

[@johng4093]

Drug treatment facilities, homeless shelters...

[@suec7986]

I wonder what they are paying Chris Wallace! What a waste of $$$

[@darlacox]

Shouldn't have blocked RFK from the debate.

[@user-fz2ot6wi2t]

I can’t wait for the VP debate. Making a barrel of popcorn 🍿

[@rayerickson7614]

This is what happens when your viewers are in a cult, and you do not cater to their demands.

[@lorraineparsons97]

That comment right there is why CNN,MSNBC suck!

[@sherylvalentiner6115]

I’m in my 60’s…I haven’t watched network anything in ten years.

[@michaelfreedom.1966]

I gave up on tv news back in the first year of Bill Clinton.

[@jennyj4337]

People who want the truth should stop right here. I depend on you and your team for the TRUTH !!!

[@hjs9td]

"Got rid of all the stars." "Got rid of all the fiction storytellers". Fixed.

[@colleenshea2293]

It took forever for people to catch on

[@stuartmchugh4361]

It amazes me that the very idea of starting to tell the truth, never entered their minds.

[@OrangeJuicePapi]

I wanted to take this time to thank everyone at valuetainment for giving us a break from Adam. It’s been refreshing

[@sjnix7044]

There is a noticeable shift is public consciousness. All those channels are in TROUBLE.

[@robs7060]

Not sure why anyone would watch any mainstream network at this point other than to criticize them and laugh at them.

[@geneclark1671]

Congratulations! Been watching Valuetainment going back to 2014. Love the success coming your way!

[@SThomson-cr1zr]

CNN ratings should be lower.

[@kentsears5452]

Just think Tapper & Bash may soon be looking for a job in Biden’s exonomy😅

[@valdivia1234567]

I thought the guy bagging at Publix last night looked familiar.

[@debbiefournier3692]

@@valdivia1234567😂😂😂

[@kathyk6872]

​@@valdivia1234567🤭

[@diegoaragon3343]

Obviously, they'll go out of their way to secure the rights to the Vice-Presidential debate. Can't wait to see "Hawk Tuah Harris" make a greater fool of herself!

[@Recon2966]

"The yellow school bus......takes you to school"~Hawk-Tuah Harris🤣

[@katrinaalexander6928]

JD Vance will surely falter during the debate

[@NormanLipscomb]

I get my news....from....THIS PODCAST!!

[@Chad-bp3hm]

Corporations pay for comments and they're paying to flag comments. This is the new battlefield.

[@Blueskies555]

No surprise….

[@oceanblue22]

PBD nailed it, as a busy entrepreneur, business owner and day Trader I get my news from KZbin shorts. major news media exploits people through fear for revenue done with them.

[@shammuk02]

MSNBC and CNN needs to go

[@charlesduru5838]

I stopped watching CNN from London. Complete sellout.

[@DM-sy4hg]

That debate may habeen the point where viewers realized has been lying to them

[@A1Cynic70]

Oh dear. How sad.

[@kathyk6872]

NOT🤣

[@A1Cynic70]

@@kathyk6872 exactly. It's called sarcasm.

[@kathyk6872]

@@A1Cynic70 I knew you were being sarcastic. I just couldn't resist adding, "not".

[@marybaugh4876]

Liars 😡

[@bernardmarsh4133]

I am a 53 year old male. 20 years as a shift worker. I have not watched television for 10-15 years.

[@gabrielsantana7895]

did they use the DEI program to fire people too???

[@Rwethereyet]

That’s what happens when you try to tamper with manipulating campaigning. The country knows that RFKJR was being erroneously ousted. It doesn’t matter who you vote for, the fact that they even tried to manipulate the situation was enough for many. Coincidence that it happened the night of the debate? I think not.

[@Myrslokstok]

It is a dumpsterfire!

[@Bassnbanjos]

So They’d rather layoff and go under rather than broadcasting any form of truth. Lol, it’s eating itself

[@thomasgentry6201]

500,000 Not Viewers just automatically on nobody watching in airports!

[@lawlorbj]

Go Valuetainment!

[@Lyn-fc7zq]

Well done!! Love listening to you

[@L.D.Intheditch]

Welp they can learn to weld, dig ditches, push shopping carts etc.

[@jppalm3944]

What’s keeping msnbc afloat

[@susangardner8108]

Freaks, geeks and cheats

[@MansourMoufid]

They forgot to renew their viewbotting subscription.

[@brucebaker3523]

News for profit is not News.

[@masterninja4010]

Hey Patrick, you and your guys are good at what you do

[@lanemeyer9350]

Great clip guys

[@FentanylFloyd]

Lol cnn barely surviving biden

[@byurBUDdy]

I am curious about why or how a corporate media company has an exclusive right to broadcast a Presidential debate.

[@tooruoikawa8985]

What that says to me is they are demoralized and don’t want to keep hearing bad news.

[@kurts3779]

What are you talking about? CNN has crying Van Jones

[@frankbarron1907]

If airports would just stop showing CNN then their ratings would be even lower.

[@kimsmith8972]

We are learning to play their game.

[@shaneb4923]

Tom Your The Man!!Thank You Good Sir For All Your Brilliant Work.🇺🇸