{"id":1991070,"date":"2023-08-04T14:40:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T18:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lebrons-team-up-with-cnn-goes-horribly-wrong-as-nba-stars-losing-streak-continues\/"},"modified":"2023-08-04T14:41:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T18:41:54","slug":"lebrons-team-up-with-cnn-goes-horribly-wrong-as-nba-stars-losing-streak-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lebrons-team-up-with-cnn-goes-horribly-wrong-as-nba-stars-losing-streak-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron&#8217;s CNN Collaboration Fails as Losing Streak Persists."},"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\">16<\/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%2Flebrons-team-up-with-cnn-goes-horribly-wrong-as-nba-stars-losing-streak-continues%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=1991070&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--><h2>LeBron&#8217;s Team-Up with CNN \u200bGoes Horribly Wrong as NBA Star&#8217;s Losing Streak Continues<\/h2>\n<p>On Sunday, a 6\u20199\u2033\u2063 basketball icon was defeated by a bunch of little green men.<\/p>\n<p>According to the\u200b New\u2064 York Post, in the latest setback for LeBron James\u2019 brand, a special produced by the hoops legend for CNN, was thoroughly trounced in the ratings by a UFO documentary on NewsNation.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re asking what NewsNation is,\u2062 it\u2019s the network formerly known as WGN America, which is 1) now a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-psychology-behind-cnns-implosion\/\" title=\"The Psychology Behind CNN\u2019s Implosion\">cable news outlet<\/a>, albeit one stuck pretty low on the totem pole, and\u2062 2)\u200d desperate enough to hire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/report-cnn-canned-chris-cuomo-horrific-alleged-sex-attack-co-worker-broad-daylight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">allegedly handsy<\/a>, thoroughly\u2062 disgraced former \u200cCNN anchor Chris Cuomo.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, it was able to demolish a James-produced show \u200bon CNN about African-Americans on TV, both in terms of raw viewership and the coveted 25-54 \u200bage-group demographic \u2014 all with a\u2064 documentary series about aliens we don\u2019t know \u2063actually exist.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;We Are Not Alone: The Historic Hearing&#8221;<\/em><\/strong>  \u2063\u2014 the NewsNation doc about recent congressional hearings into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/meghan-mccain-wants-ufos-investigated-petrified-famous-ufo-incident-child\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unidentified flying objects<\/a> \u2014 trounced <strong><em>&#8220;See It Loud: The History \u2063of Black Television&#8221;<\/em><\/strong>  on CNN with 106,000 total viewers vs. 65,000 total viewers in the Sunday 9 \u2064p.m. time slot,\u200b respectively.<\/p>\n<p>In the\u200b key demographic, the two shows were \u2063a bit closer, with NewsNation \u200cgarnering\u200c 39,000 viewers vs. 32,000 for \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/worrying-sign-cnn-panicking-poll-shows-head-head-matchup-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to a\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/cnncreativemarketing.com\/project\/see-it-loud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media release<\/a> from CNN, the James-produced show \u201cis \u2063a five-part docuseries celebrating the achievements of Black actors and creators, examining the historical impact Black culture has on all culture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday we are \u200bin the midst of \u2062what is being\u200b widely referred to as \u2018The Golden Age of Black Television;\u2019 \u2063however, this \u2018Golden Age\u2019 is the culmination of an eighty-year struggle for Black artists to find a voice and fight for \u2064representation, beginning in the 1950s with Amos n\u2019 Andy,\u2063 which was the first series to feature Black characters,\u201d the media release \u2064continues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSee It Loud explores the vast history of Black television through iconic performances across\u2063 various genres including sitcoms, comedy, drama, unscripted, variety, and science fiction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From the looks\u2063 of things, it doesn\u2019t look like \u201cSee it\u2062 Loud\u201d\u200c is going to be joining\u2062 the pantheon of seminal black television series \u2014 at least from a Nielsens perspective.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCNN\u2019s ratings defeat to the \u200cupstart channel encapsulates the difficulties facing the once<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lebrons-team-up-with-cnn-goes-horribly-wrong-as-nba-stars-losing-streak-continues\/\" title=\"LeBron's CNN Collaboration Fails as Losing Streak Persists.\">-mighty cable news leader<\/a>, which ousted network boss\u200d Chris Licht in June,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/08\/01\/newsnation-ufo-specials-ratings-beat-lebron-james-cnn-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> reported. It\u2062 comes after a year that\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2022\/11\/30\/media\/cnn-layoffs\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seen layoffs<\/a> \u200dat the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-msnbc-feverishly-courting-jen-psaki-for-post-white-house-cable-news-spot-report\/\" title=\"CNN, MSNBC \u2018Feverishly\u2019 Courting Jen Psaki For Post White House Cable News Spot: Report\">cable news giants<\/a> in addition to poor ratings and numerous personnel shifts.<\/p>\n<p>Nor, in fact, has this been the best summer for James.<\/p>\n<p>Leaving aside the personal crisis of his son\u2019s cardiac arrest on a basketball court \u2014 and everyone\u2019s thoughts and prayers \u2063are doubtlessly with him and his \u200bfamily on that\u200c count \u2014 James has suffered \u200bother setbacks to his basketball career and \u200dprogressive activism.<\/p>\n<p>The James-led Los Angeles Lakers limped into the NBA playoffs and got swept by the eventual champion Denver Nuggets 4-0 in the Western Conference Finals, with LeBron turning in a\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lebrons-last-legs-nba-world-abuzz-james-struggles-ways-people-never-seen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">decidedly substandard performance in \u2064the series<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And, \u200cwhile James did manage\u200c to break Kareem Abdul-Jabbar\u2019s all-time\u200b scoring record, the occasion ended up turning controversial after LeBron switched out Laker purple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lebron-james-celebrates-breaking-nba-scoring-record-vulgar-live-tv-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for Lenny Bruce blue<\/a> \u200bduring\u200c the speech \u2014 telling the home crowd, \u201cso, f***, man, \u200cthank\u2064 you guys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>WARNING: The following video contains language some viewers might find offensive.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">LeBron\u2019s speech after passing\u2063 Kareem  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4beojjgLk7\">pic.twitter.com\/4beojjgLk7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lakers All \u2063Day Everyday (@LADEig) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LADEig\/status\/1623188419999567872?\">February 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In\u2063 a somewhat more embarrassing turn for James\u2019 aspirations as a liberal \u00e9minence, his Akron,\u200b Ohio school, I Promise, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lebrons-promise-school-put-state-watchlist-school-board-notices-downward-spiral\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">put on a state watchlist<\/a> after three cohorts of eighth-graders failed to meet the \u200dstate\u2019s proficiency standards in math.<\/p>\n<p>At least all \u200dthat got attention, \u2064however. The same can\u2019t be said\u200b for \u201cSee It Loud\u201d \u2014 a series which, like the Lakers in this year\u2019s Western Conference Finals,\u200d seems \u2064unlikely to occupy viewers on\u200d five separate nights.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lebrons-team-cnn-goes-horribly-wrong-nba-stars-losing-streak-continues\/\">LeBron&#8217;s Team-Up with \u2064CNN Goes Horribly Wrong as NBA Star&#8217;s Losing Streak Continues<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, LeBron James&#8217; CNN special was overshadowed by a UFO documentary on NewsNation. The basketball legend&#8217;s brand suffered another blow as the little green men triumphed over him in the ratings, according to the New York Post. 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