{"id":2020196,"date":"2023-09-02T11:26:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T15:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/future-of-streaming-your-beloved-binging-could-soon-be-interrupted-by-cnn-alerts\/"},"modified":"2023-09-02T11:31:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T15:31:59","slug":"future-of-streaming-your-beloved-binging-could-soon-be-interrupted-by-cnn-alerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/future-of-streaming-your-beloved-binging-could-soon-be-interrupted-by-cnn-alerts\/","title":{"rendered":"Streaming&#8217;s Future: CNN Alerts May Disrupt Your Binge"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Ffuture-of-streaming-your-beloved-binging-could-soon-be-interrupted-by-cnn-alerts%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=2020196&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>Future of Streaming? Your\u200c Beloved Binging Could Soon Be Interrupted by CNN Alerts<\/h2>\n<p>Scene: It\u2019s 2030. You just wrapped up\u200d a brutal day of work, and are finally settling onto your couch with an ice cold beverage and \u201cThe \u200bBatman 17\u201d all ready to \u200cplay on the streaming service Max.<\/p>\n<p>Despite continuing Hollywood\u2019s horrid inability to come up \u200dwith something original, you\u2019re enjoying the flick. It\u2019s still Batman, after all. But just as the movie is about\u2062 to reach its \u2062action-packed \u200bcrescendo, your streaming app\u200c pauses the movie \u200cto warn you:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-mocked-labeling-kenosha-mostly-peaceful-footage-showed-opposite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mostly \u2064peaceful riots<\/a> have erupted near you after a career criminal has \u200dsuccessfully attained martyrdom. Would you like to watch these riots on Jim \u2064Acosta Live?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Tragically,\u200b this\u2064 dystopian scenario in which CNN, of all networks, has its leftist\u2064 tendrils slowly tightening its grip on your leisure time, may actually not be that far off.<\/p>\n<p>According to a new <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/tv\/news\/cnn-live-streamed-news-max-1235703599\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from Variety, \u2063Max (formerly HBO\u2063 Max) will soon house a\u200c new \u201chub\u201d within it: CNN Max.<\/p>\n<p>And while \u200bthe name\u2064 may be new, the core conceit of it is\u2062 not. CNN Max \u2062is, effectively, \u200ba rebrand of\u200d the failed CNN+ experiment that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-officially-done-employees-receive-crushing-pink-slips-morning-call\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fizzled out<\/a> \u2063in\u2063 late 2022.<\/p>\n<p>CNN Max is set to debut\u2063 on Sept. 27, and \u201cwould\u2064 focus initially on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/huge-breaking-news-in-georgia-132000-ballots-in-fulton-county-georgia-have-been-identified-which-are-likely-ineligible\/\" title=\"HUGE BREAKING NEWS IN GEORGIA - 132,000 Ballots in Fulton County, Georgia Have Been Identified Which Are Likely Ineligible\">breaking news<\/a>,\u201d according to Variety. \u2063Programming would\u200b feature CNN stalwarts like\u2064 the aforementioned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jim-acosta-governor-glenn-youngkin-running-soviet-style-police-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acosta<\/a>,\u2064 host Jim \u200bSciutto and others.<\/p>\n<p>That, in and of\u200c itself, is hardly obtrusive. This writer has less than zero interest \u2063in Max\u2019s HGTV hub, but its existence hardly\u200b detracts from the all-important user experience.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers can \u200dtypically\u200c ignore\u200d whatever hubs they don\u2019t \u2064want to pay attention to \u200d\u2014 but to ensure that CNN Max does not become\u2063 the new CNN+, there might be a diabolical new wrinkle with \u200cthis news arm of the streaming app.<\/p>\n<p>Variety\u2019s Brian Steinberg reports: \u200c\u201cCNN Max \u200dis \u2063likely to evolve over time. Among \u2062the features the company will try out\u200d are ways of alerting Max viewers to breaking news while they are watching something else on the service, \u2064whether it be an HBO series, a Turner Classic \u200bMovies selection or an old episode of Food Network\u2019s \u2018Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That is, bluntly put, a terrible idea. Especially with the news \u2014 regardless of whether it\u2019s right- \u200cor left-leaning.<\/p>\n<p>Because if there\u2019s one thing people do not want to \u2064be reminded of while watching a\u2062 vigilante dressed like a flying rodent battle a diabolical clown,\u200b it\u2019s the real world.<\/p>\n<p>Look, everyone handles \u200bescapism differently. Some\u2062 people dive into a good book\u2063 (or, \u200bperhaps,\u200c even The \u2062Good Book), others \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-are-only-three-news-stories-that-matter-in-america-right-now\/\" title=\"There Are Only Three News Stories That Matter In America Right Now\">play video games<\/a>, some listen to or\u2062 make music and some\u2064 like to relax and watch a good show\/movie.<\/p>\n<p>But to varying degrees, people need some semblance\u2064 of a \u200bbreak from the harsh realities of everyday life\u2063 (particularly in Joe Biden\u2019s America), regardless of how that may come about.<\/p>\n<p>Interrupting that important mental health time, particularly with mentally draining news, is not something that anyone \u2064but the most ardent of news junkies needs. (And the argument could just as easily be made\u2063 that news junkies \u2063are the last people who need this feature.)<\/p>\n<p>And if you have any questions about the ubiquity of this discernment, look no further than the wide-ranging backlash this purported new feature has engendered.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone, from the right-leaning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2023\/08\/31\/nolte-hbo-max-plans-interrupt-movies-tv-shows-cnn-alerts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breitbart<\/a> to the left-leaning <a href=\"https:\/\/uproxx.com\/viral\/cnn-alerts-max-movies-shows-warner-bros-discovery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UpRoxx<\/a> (and all manner of \u2063apolitical entities in between), derided this decision as aggressively invasive and exceptionally unnecessary. And you know that when you\u2019re unifying the right and left, you\u2019ve\u2064 really \u2064stepped in it.<\/p>\n<p>A couple key caveats worth mentioning:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This \u201cfeature\u201d (read: bug) will likely not launch in September alongside CNN\u2064 Max. There is currently no set \u200ddate for the launch or beta testing of this feature, nor is there any word on\u2062 the ability to opt out\u2062 of these CNN updates.<\/li>\n<li>According to tech outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/news\/breaking-news\/cnn-breaking-news-alerts-max-1234901213\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IndieWire<\/a>, there is a chance\u200d this is much ado \u200babout nothing. Not only does the Max app not\u200c have this \u201cbreaking news\u201d functionality natively (meaning the app\u2019s engineers are\u2063 about \u2064to put in some serious crunch), IndieWire cites an unnamed source who says that \u2062this new feature would \u200donly be used in the most extraordinary of circumstances \u2063\u2014 like a massive terrorist \u200dattack.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Obviously, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/future-of-streaming-your-beloved-binging-could-soon-be-interrupted-by-cnn-alerts\/\" title=\"Streaming's Future: CNN Alerts May Disrupt Your Binge\">minimally invasive\u2063 emergency \u200bbroadcast system built<\/a> into a streaming app would actually not\u200c be the worst idea in the world \u2014 just\u200b not run by CNN, please.<\/p>\n<p>But if this feature does, in fact, become a shameless way to force CNN down the gullets \u2062of viewers?<\/p>\n<p>Parent company Warner Bros. Discovery won\u2019t just be trying to salvage CNN+. They\u2019ll be trying to salvage the whole dang app.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/future-streaming-beloved-binging-soon-interrupted-cnn-alerts\/\">Future of Streaming? Your Beloved Binging Could Soon Be Interrupted by CNN Alerts<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2030. After a grueling day, you collapse on the couch with a cold drink, ready to stream &#8220;The Batman 17&#8221; on Max. 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