{"id":1033786,"date":"2021-11-19T18:44:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T23:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1033786"},"modified":"2021-11-19T18:44:43","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T23:44:43","slug":"i-would-like-to-see-cnn-evolve-back-to-doing-news-actually-have-journalists-incoming-top-shareholder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-would-like-to-see-cnn-evolve-back-to-doing-news-actually-have-journalists-incoming-top-shareholder\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I Would Like To See CNN Evolve Back To\u2019 Doing News, \u2018Actually Have Journalists\u2019: Incoming Top Shareholder"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fi-would-like-to-see-cnn-evolve-back-to-doing-news-actually-have-journalists-incoming-top-shareholder%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1033786&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>CNN should \u201cevolve back\u201d to covering news and \u201cactually having journalists\u201d on the payroll, which would be \u201cnew and refreshing,\u201d according to the leading force in the company poised to buy out the ratings-deprived Cable News Network.<\/p>\n<p>Liberty Media Chairman John Malone said \u201cgood journalism could have a role\u201d in any company he controls, implying that would require major changes at the nation\u2019s first 24-hour news network.<\/p>\n<p>AT&amp;T <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/05\/17\/media\/warnermedia-discovery-deal\/index.html\">announced<\/a> in May that it would spin off WarnerMedia and merge it with Discovery as a new company. The move would combine HBO Max and Discovery Plus, as well as the Food Network, CNN, TNT, TBS, ID, and HGTV. Malone, Discovery\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/warner-bros-discovery-merger-board-details-1234955681\/\">largest shareholder<\/a>, would have a definitive role in the company that emerges after the pending merger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs there any place for news in a streaming world?\u201d David Faber <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/11\/18\/cnbc-exclusive-cnbc-transcript-liberty-media-chairman-john-malone-speaks-with-cnbcs-david-faber-on-squawk-on-the-street-today.html\">asked<\/a> Malone on CNBC\u2019s \u201cSquawk on the Street\u201d on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to see CNN evolve back to the kind of journalism that it started with and, you know, actually have journalists,\u201d Malone replied, adding that the presence of bona fide journalists on CNN \u201cwould be unique and refreshing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Faber implied that Malone might have to sell CNN rather than reform its commentary-heavy prime time lineup. While CNN will be \u201cpart of this company,\u201d Faber noted that numerous other media companies may wish to purchase the cable news network, which was founded by Ted Turner in 1980. \u201cI would assume there\u2019s any number of potential suitors for that property, should \u2026 the board decide that it really doesn\u2019t fit,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Malone seemed reticent. \u201cI think a coward\u2019s way out would be to sell it, or spin it off and then sell it,\u201d he said. Still, he said, offloading the company could be \u201cdoable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do believe that good journalism could have a role in this future portfolio that Discovery\/Time Warner is going to represent but, you know, I\u2019m just one, one voice here,\u201d Malone <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mediaite\/status\/1461747950711971846\">added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I would like to see CNN evolve back to the kind of journalism that it started with, and actually have journalists,&#8221; claimed John Malone, the top shareholder of Discovery, which is poised to take over the network. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QnNhQwgBY0\">pic.twitter.com\/QnNhQwgBY0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mediaite (@Mediaite) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mediaite\/status\/1461747950711971846?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CNN has faced a precipitous ratings decline after its viewership briefly spiked as the network covered breaking developments of the January 6 D.C. riot.<\/p>\n<p>CNN\u2019s primetime ratings in October <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2021\/11\/fox-news-the-five-ratings-october-1234866535\/\">fell 73%<\/a> since last October, averaging a meager 661,000 viewers. The drop-off proved steeper<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN should \u201cevolve back\u201d to covering news and \u201cactually having journalists\u201d on the payroll, which would be \u201cnew and refreshing,\u201d according to the leading force in the company poised to buy out the ratings-deprived Cable News Network.Liberty Media Chairman John Malone said \u201cgood journalism could have a role\u201d in any company he controls, implying that would require major changes at the nation\u2019s first 24-hour news network.AT&#038;T announced in May that it would spin off WarnerMedia and merge it with Discovery as a new company. The move would combine HBO Max and Discovery Plus, as well as the Food Network, CNN, TNT, TBS, ID, and HGTV. Malone, Discovery\u2019s largest shareholder, would have a definitive role in the company that emerges after the pending merger.\u201cIs there any place for news in a streaming world?\u201d David Faber asked Malone on CNBC\u2019s \u201cSquawk on the Street\u201d on Thursday.\u201cI would like to see CNN evolve back to the kind of journalism that it started with and, you know, actually have journalists,\u201d Malone replied, adding that the presence of bona fide journalists on CNN \u201cwould be unique and refreshing.\u201dFaber implied that Malone might have to sell CNN rather than reform its commentary-heavy prime time lineup. While CNN will be \u201cpart of this company,\u201d Faber noted that numerous other media companies may wish to purchase the cable news network, which was founded by Ted Turner in 1980. \u201cI would assume there\u2019s any number of potential suitors for that property, should \u2026 the board decide that it really doesn\u2019t fit,\u201d he said.Malone seemed reticent. \u201cI think a coward\u2019s way out would be to sell it, or spin it off and then sell it,\u201d he said. Still, he said, offloading the company could be \u201cdoable.\u201d\u201cI do believe that good journalism could have a role in this future portfolio that Discovery\/Time Warner is going to represent but, you know, I\u2019m just one, one voice here,\u201d Malone added.&#8221;I would like to see CNN evolve back to the kind of journalism that it started with, and actually have journalists,&#8221; claimed John Malone, the top shareholder of Discovery, which is poised to take over the network. pic.twitter.com\/QnNhQwgBY0\u2014 Mediaite (@Mediaite) November 19, 2021CNN has faced a precipitous ratings decline after its viewership briefly spiked as the network covered breaking developments of the January 6 D.C. riot.CNN\u2019s primetime ratings in October fell 73% since last October, averaging a meager 661,000 viewers. The drop-off proved steeper among the most coveted demographic, viewers between the ages of 25 and 54. CNN has lost 81% of its viewers in that age bracket.CNN\u2019s total day viewership has likewise dropped 76% since January. In October, only two programs attracted more than 1 million viewers: a CNN town hall special with President Joe Biden and the \u201cCuomo Prime Time\u201d that followed it.Not a single one of CNN\u2019s shows made the top 100 cable broadcasts during the week of November 8.Malone seems eager to reverse the slide toward outright commentary and embrace of casual on-air profanity embraced by current CNN president David Zucker.But many of CNN\u2019s low-rated hosts may believe they do not need to reform their ways. As this author previously reported at The Daily Wire, Don Lemon denies that he is either partisan or a commentary host:\u201cI\u2019m not an opinion host. I give my point of view,\u201d he said, apparently unaware of his self-contradiction.\u201cEverything I say, every single night, is based in fact,\u201d he insisted. \u201cAnd if I screw it up, I come back and apologize, and I get it right.\u201d\u201cThat\u2019s what we do here at CNN,\u201d he continued. \u201cThat is the big difference between us and networks that don\u2019t have to operate in that realm.\u201dWhile Lemon claims he is not a partisan, in September, he said, \u201cThere is [only] one political party in this country that is working on reality, and that is the Democratic Party.\u201dIf the merger takes place, the resultant company would be called Warner Bros. Discovery.The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1033786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1033786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1033786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1033786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1033786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}