{"id":2404755,"date":"2025-02-20T14:45:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T19:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-jd-vance-buries-cnn-as-he-discusses-the-one-thing-the-president-has-been-unable-to-do\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T14:47:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T19:47:01","slug":"watch-jd-vance-buries-cnn-as-he-discusses-the-one-thing-the-president-has-been-unable-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-jd-vance-buries-cnn-as-he-discusses-the-one-thing-the-president-has-been-unable-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: JD Vance Buries CNN as He Discusses &#8216;The One Thing the President Has Been Unable to Do&#8217;"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fwatch-jd-vance-buries-cnn-as-he-discusses-the-one-thing-the-president-has-been-unable-to-do%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=2404755&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>The\u2063 passage discusses the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americas-most-controversial-columnist-is-its-most-prophetic\/\" title=\"America&#039;s Most Controversial Columnist Is Its Most Prophetic\">contrasting public perceptions<\/a> and trajectories of Vice President \u200bJ.D. Vance and CNN. Vance garnered \u200dimportant applause at the Conservative political\u2064 Action Conference (CPAC), particularly for a speech he delivered at the\u200c Munich Security Conference, were he\u200b critiqued CNN and remarked\u2063 on its declining\u200c ratings. He humorously suggested \u2063that CNN&#8217;s ratings were so low that the number\u200d of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-rules-ca-gov-overstepped-his-authority-with-covid-order-issues-permanent-injunction-restraining-newsom-from-further-issuing-unconstitutional-orders\/\" title=\"Judge Rules CA Gov Overstepped His Authority with Covid Order, Issues Permanent Injunction Restraining Newsom From Further Issuing Unconstitutional Orders\">executive orders issued<\/a> by\u2063 the \u200bTrump\u2062 administration might surpass its viewership. Despite CNN&#8217;s efforts to attract anti-trump \u2063viewers, it continues \u200dto <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">face declining \u200daudience numbers<\/a>, placing it in a challenging position within the competitive landscape of cable news. The article posits that Vance&#8217;s ascent \u2063within the MAGA \u200dmovement symbolizes a noteworthy\u200d shift in\u2064 conservative depiction and rhetoric.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Rarely have an individual and an organization moved along more opposite trajectories than Vice President J.D. Vance and CNN.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/5155213-vice-president-jd-vance-criticizes-europe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>, Vance received a standing ovation on the first day of the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday &mdash; thanks to a momentous speech he delivered Friday at the Munich Security Conference in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, during a conversation with Newsmax host and CPAC senior fellow Mercedes Schlapp at the same conference, Vance drew more approval from the conservative audience when he joked that the Herculean task of improving CNN&rsquo;s sagging ratings constituted &ldquo;the one thing, I think, the president has been unable to do.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t even think the press can keep track of all they&rsquo;re doing,&rdquo; Schlapp said in a clip posted to the social media platform X.<\/p>\n<p>By that, of course she meant the Trump administration&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jd-vance-expect-breakneck-pace-next-four-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breakneck pace<\/a> of activity.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, speaking of the press, I do think that we&rsquo;ve had maybe more executive orders than CNN has viewers each night. So, hello to our friends at CNN,&rdquo; the vice president quipped moments later.<\/p>\n<p>Schlapp and the audience members laughed.<\/p>\n<p>Vance then speculated quite plausibly that CNN had hoped to capitalize on liberal viewers&rsquo; hatred of President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680;&#128293;JD Vance just BRUTALIZED Fake News CNN at CPAC:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve had maybe more executive orders than CNN has viewers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s maybe the one thing I think the president has been unable to do &mdash; unable to save CNN&rsquo;s ratings over the last few months.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He&rsquo;s so good at this.<\/p>\n<p>&#128514;&#128514;&#128514; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zGumRTTj1j\">pic.twitter.com\/zGumRTTj1j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesternLensman\/status\/1892604649770795402?\">February 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>If <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-concedes-donald-trump-remade-electorate-based-latest-polling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> did indeed hope to attract new anti-Trump viewers, that strategy so far has failed.<\/p>\n<p>According to the advertising trade publication <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adweek.com\/tvnewser\/week-of-feb-10-2025-cable-news-ratings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adweek<\/a>, during the week of Feb. 10, CNN saw its overall primetime viewership decline by 4 percent overall and by 11 percent with the crucial age 25-54 demographic.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, since the same period in 2024 CNN has suffered a 28 percent overall decline in primetime viewership.<\/p>\n<p>Incredibly, CNN&rsquo;s average of 487,000 primetime viewers ranked a very distant third behind Fox News&rsquo;s 2,993,000 and MSNBC&rsquo;s 1,084,000.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, CNN finds itself between a rock and a hard place.<\/p>\n<p>To survive, the network must either attract new viewers or draw from their rivals&rsquo; audiences.<\/p>\n<p>In recent months, token conservative commentator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/scott-jennings-sets-delusional-cnn-panel-straight-truth-bidens-legacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Jennings<\/a> has emerged as a star on CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Jennings&rsquo; common-sense conservatism affects CNN-watching liberals the way holy water affects demons. Those liberals will flee the network, if they have not done so already.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, perhaps they already have fled. After all, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-tom-homans-quote-week-joy-reid-dumber-box-rocks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">truly deranged<\/a> Trump haters already appear on MSNBC. So perhaps CNN could build an audience if its on-air personalities took an even-handed approach and started telling the truth.<\/p>\n<p>That, however, is their problem to solve.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, we may enjoy Vance&rsquo;s ascent to the status of superstar in Trump&rsquo;s MAGA movement.<\/p>\n<p>The vice president, of course, called out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/delegates-not-appear-happy-jd-vance-skewers-room-full-european-leaders-soil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Europe&rsquo;s authoritarians<\/a> during his momentous Munich speech on Friday. That speech, judging by subsequent events, signaled the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/zelenskyy-takes-vicious-shot-trump-claims-lives-disinformation-space\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">epochal shift<\/a> in U.S. foreign policy that MAGA has long demanded.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jd-vance-absolutely-shreds-ex-msnbc-reporter-cheered-plane-crashes-hours-delta-accident-whined-ap-banned-oval\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">internet trolls<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jd-vance-goes-viral-epic-takedown-cbs-interviewer-dont-really-care-margaret\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hostile establishment interviewers<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/msnbc-panelist-total-air-meltdown-tim-walzs-debate-disaster-stop-stop-stop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratic vice presidential candidates<\/a> have proven no match for the rhetorically gifted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disgust-jd-vance-eviscerates-democrat-attempting-cancel-doge-employee-lengthy-takedown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It is a joy to watch unfold.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Vance and CNN have. For example, The Hill reports that Vance was met with a standing ovation on the opening day of the Conservative Political Action Conference, following a significant speech he gave at the Munich Security Conference in Germany. In contrast, during an interview with Newsmax host Mercedes Schlapp at the same event, Vance garnered further approval from conservatives by humorously suggesting that improving CNN&#8217;s declining ratings was &#8220;the one thing I think the president has been unable to do.&#8221; Schlapp remarked that she doubted even the press could keep up with all of Trump&#8217;s rapid activities. Vance then quipped about having more executive orders than CNN has viewers each night, eliciting laughter from Schlapp and attendees. He speculated that CNN might have aimed to attract anti-Trump viewers but has not succeeded; Adweek reported a 4% drop in overall primetime viewership for CNN during early February, including an 11% decline among those aged 25-54. Since early 2024, their primetime audience has decreased by 28%, leaving them far behind Fox News and MSNBC in viewer numbers.<\/p>\n<p>CNN now faces a dilemma: it must either draw new viewers or poach audiences from competitors. Recently, conservative commentator Scott Jennings gained popularity on CNN; however, his views may alienate liberal viewers who could already be leaving for networks like MSNBC. To potentially grow its audience again, CNN might need to adopt a more balanced approach and present truthful reporting\u2014an issue they must address themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, we can observe Vance&#8217;s rise within Trump&#8217;s MAGA movement with interest. His impactful speech in Munich highlighted U.S. foreign policy changes long sought by MAGA supporters while showcasing his rhetorical skills against various critics\u2014making it enjoyable to witness his progress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2404756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/JD-Vance-5.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50623,32082,5894,3669],"class_list":["post-2404755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-cnn-2","tag-jd-vance","tag-politics","tag-president"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/JD-Vance-5.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404755","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2404755"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2404759,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404755\/revisions\/2404759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2404756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2404755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2404755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2404755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}