{"id":1433948,"date":"2022-04-12T18:45:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T22:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1433948"},"modified":"2022-04-12T18:45:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T22:45:22","slug":"cnn-tanking-less-than-a-month-after-hiring-leftists-jemele-hill-rex-chapman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-tanking-less-than-a-month-after-hiring-leftists-jemele-hill-rex-chapman\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN+ Tanking Less than a Month After Hiring Leftists Jemele Hill, Rex Chapman"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fcnn-tanking-less-than-a-month-after-hiring-leftists-jemele-hill-rex-chapman%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=1433948&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Michael-Reaves_Getty-Images-5-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Despite the hype, CNN\u2019s Internet streaming service, CNN+, has already tanked in its first month online after hiring the likes of left-wing \u201csports\u201d commentators Jemele Hill and serial fabulist Rex Chapman.<\/p>\n<p>CNN\u2019s streaming service launched only two weeks ago to great fanfare, but now it is being reported that the company is already gutting its investment into the service by millions. Even left-wing Axios <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/cnn-plus-cuts-warner-brothers-discovery-1be0ac3a-6952-4af0-b8e2-03dd6ae0839c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noted<\/a> that the \u201cdramatic cut\u201d is being made \u201cin response to low adoption,\u201d i.e., disastrously low subscription levels.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>CNN is now owned by WarnerMedia just as it is merging with Discovery, and some of the execs of these entities are a bit confused as to why CNN rushed through its launch of the now failing service before the merger was complete. And it also does not appear that the new slate of bosses who will have responsibility for CNN+ \u2014 including incoming CNN chief Chris Licht\u2013 are married to the idea of keeping the service in operation.<\/p>\n<p>It also already appears that mass layoffs will hit CNN+ early as next month, Charles Gasparino reported on March 30.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNNplus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CNNplus<\/a> employees bracing for layoffs possibly as soon as May amid projections of lackluster sales of new streaming channel; CNN employees say new streaming channel could be merged into larger <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/discoveryplus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@discoveryplus<\/a> as early as May unless subscriptions pick up 130 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxBusiness?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FoxBusiness<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charles Gasparino (@CGasparino) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CGasparino\/status\/1509217698491904006?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>This dire assessment should set some of CNN+\u2019s new \u201cstars\u201d on edge.<\/p>\n<p>Former ESPN commentator and hardcore leftist Jemele Hill, for one, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/02\/10\/critical-race-pundit-jemele-hill-signs-deal-with-cnn-streaming-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thrilled<\/a> to be back to video after signing her deal with CNN+. Hill insisted in March that CNN+ was a perfect fit for her \u201cboldness and strength.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The crashing and burning of CNN+ might also be a blow to former NBA player and serial fake news purveyor Rex Chapman \u2014 often derided as the \u201cking of misinformation.\u201d Chapman came to CNN\u2019s attention through his Twitter account, which is popular with leftists. He pushes a constant stream of fake news, deceptively altered video clips, lie-based lefty narratives, and calumnies. So naturally, CNN thought he was an excellent fit for the \u201cnews\u201d service it was launching.<\/p>\n<p>Then there is bitter ex-Fox News personality Chris Wallace. He has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2022\/03\/27\/chris-wallace-laments-unsustainable-workplace-at-fox-news-post-2020-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disparaging<\/a> his former employer and co-workers for months since abandoning his cushy Fox job to become a putative CNN+ star. Amusingly, Wallace was reportedly left <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/02\/06\/chris-wallace-upset-jeff-zucker-ouster-cnn-uncertain-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sputtering<\/a>\u00a0in a fury after his CNN patron, Jeff Zucker, was fired as CNN\u2019s chief shortly after Wallace quit Fox and joined CNN+.<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the hype, CNN\u2019s Internet streaming service, CNN+, has already tanked in its first month online after hiring the likes of left-wing \u201csports\u201d commentators Jemele Hill and serial fabulist Rex<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1433948","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\/1433948","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\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1433948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1433948\/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=1433948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1433948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1433948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}