Thoughts from the 42nd Parallel

Thoughts from the 42nd Parallel

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Sayonara CNN

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Two out of three viewers have abandoned the Cable News Network and it couldn't happen to a nicer bunch.

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May 11, 2021
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What a way to go.

CNN’s viewers are abandoning the news network en masse. As media critic Joe Concha notes, “The drop CNN is experiencing is profound. On Friday, not one program broke 900K total viewers. Prime averaged less than 800K overall.

For comparison, the network averaged 2.74 million viewers in January, so we're talking about more than two-thirds…

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