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NYTimes "On Politics" editor

artappraiser — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 23:40:41 +0000

In reply to CNN chief says ‘uninformed vitriol’ from left has been ‘stunning'

NYTimes "On Politics" editor Blake Hounshell committs suicide for real:

This is terrible news.

If you're suffering from depression, it's okay to reach out for help: https://t.co/sRCehAe26j https://t.co/9hkFtm85PE
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) January 10, 2023

Just like many on the internet probably told him to.

I for one think it's likely that the gross political amateur partisans spewing their hateful nasty cancel-each-other out crap on social media helped. It can't be easy being hated by left and right, Dems and Republicans. (It's simply amazing to me sometimes that Maggie Haberman is still alive.)

Republicans can be gross

artappraiser — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 23:30:41 +0000

In reply to CNN chief says ‘uninformed vitriol’ from left has been ‘stunning'

Republicans can be gross ghouls but if you think democrats can’t also be that look at the replies to this tweet.

People dying is sad. People who exploit that death are bad. https://t.co/9fcFi2g0bq
— Ben Dreyfuss (@bendreyfuss) January 10, 2023

For my peeps who doubt that a

artappraiser — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 03:41:57 +0000

In reply to CNN chief says ‘uninformed vitriol’ from left has been ‘stunning'

For my peeps who doubt that a vocal chunk of the progressive left views the NYTimes and similar outfits as being on the right, read some Parker Molloy.https://t.co/yrgUXrfRhi pic.twitter.com/8YfLrcosau
— Carl (@HistoryBoomer) January 5, 2023

Cute - i suppose I'm supposed

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 06:48:00 +0000

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Cute - i suppose I'm supposed to click the link to find out why us leftward leaners are so vitriolic. Kari Lake gave her live "i am rightest woman, hear me roar" speech with more about how the election had been stolen from her, Kanye West and other guest went all Nazi Party anti-Jewish talking points at a Trump dinner, MTG announced she would've made Jan 6 better armed - who on the left is making stuff up like that, how well are outlets like CNN tracking this for the public accurately, vs trying to hold on to viewership and rationalizing the worst? The GOP keeps losing fraud cases in court - getting slammed by judges for frivlous baseless cases - which should give an idea how the right plays the refs in media as well. But CNN's worried about our vitriol - unfortunately not about getting the stories right. The NYT hired a 3rd person - Jonathan Swan - to be Trump Whisperer as Donald runs again (tho Swan has more chops than that). CNN famously made a billion dollars (as then CEO crowed) amplifying Trump's every brainfart for the electorate, even hiring disgraced loudmouth Lewandowski as on-air GOP color - lots of eyeballs, not so much insight. And now CNN makes it public it wants to be "more fair" to the right - but hey, left, don't worry - cuz both sides do it, am i right? I think MTG and McCarthy have both promised endless Hunter Biden laptop hearings for the new Congress - obviously our highest priority as pandemic resurges, Ukraine fights off Russia, gun shooting murders have skyrocketed, and inflation's taken off.

Here's CNN getting off to a not so great start 3 months ago:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/10/objective-cnn-righ...

Who are the conservatives behind CNN's rightward shift?

https://nypost.com/2022/07/06/cnn-owners-boss-david-zaslav-wants-network...

https://www.vox.com/2022/8/26/23322761/cnn-john-malone-david-zaslav-chri...

If keeping rightwing Malone and Zaslav happy is a new goal (as even the NY "let's see Hunter's dick pics" Post agrees), why even deny it?

“The uninformed vitriol,

artappraiser — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 06:34:50 +0000

In reply to CNN chief says ‘uninformed vitriol’ from left has been ‘stunning'

“The uninformed vitriol, especially from the left, has been stunning — which proves my point: so much of what passes for news is name-calling, half-truths and desperation,” Chris Licht told The New York Times. https://t.co/3btZ242cDv
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) December 18, 2022

By James B. Stewart, Dec. 18. Beginning excerpt:

When Chris Licht told his boss, Stephen Colbert, the host of the CBS program “Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” in February that he had been offered the chief executive job at CNN, Mr. Colbert was blunt: “Definitely don’t go do that.”

But for Mr. Licht, nothing less than democracy itself was at stake. He argued he could make CNN a news channel that people trusted, as opposed to one that monetized partisan combat.

“Oh, man, you used to be in news, remember?” Mr. Colbert recalled telling him. “You said this was so much nicer — 12 weeks off, good pay, laugh for an hour every night. Everyone is really nice; you can say anything you want, and nobody leaks it. It’s great.”

“CNN would be lucky to get you,” Mr. Colbert continued. “But you’re my friend, and I’m telling you not to go.”

“This is a calling,” Mr. Licht countered.

At which point Mr. Colbert stopped trying to dissuade him: “I can’t negotiate with a calling.”

On Feb. 28, Mr. Licht was named CNN’s new chief executive. Since then, he and Mr. Colbert have spoken nearly every Friday. Each time, Mr. Colbert begins with the same four words:

“I told you so.” [....]