Mockingbird Media is disintegrating further due to the Trump Effect. How long will the $20 million dollar man (CNN’s Anderson Cooper) last in the current environment – where viewership has fallen from 13 million to less than 1 million in just 8 years? CNN’s latest cost reduction exercise appears to be one of those “temporal markers” along the road to the “Mockingbird Media Doesn’t Matter” endpoint. And when this happens – where will all those ex-factotums of “them” (ex-CIA, ex-NSA, ex-FBI) land post-government “service”? Perhaps they’ll run to substack; Chris Cuomo substack has 11k subscribers, who (presumably) pay $60/year each – every post is paywalled – so that’s $660,000/year. How many of those are “mockingbird-funded” subscribers?
Across the pond, the Trump Effect is also causing damage.
The Trump Effect
#10 – Joe Rogan GUARANTEES Joe Biden voted for Donald Trump [Nov 15, 2m] (source – vigilantfox);
German leaders settle on Feb. 23 snap election [Nov 12] (source – politico.eu);
More than 100 German legislators back motion to ban far-right AfD [Nov 13] (source – yahoo); “Wanderwitz, a member of the Christian Democrats (CDU), currently the largest opposition party in the house, said he had secured the support of 113 members from various groups in the 733-member Bundestag.”
Paris prosecutor seeks jail and public office ban for Marine Le Pen [Nov 14] (source – guardian);
Canada Braces for Migrants Fleeing US [Nov 14] (source – armstrong);
My analysis: I did not predict this outcome, but it seems obvious in retrospect.
CNN ‘will axe top stars in layoffs that’ll see hundreds fired as ratings continue to tank’ [Nov 12] (source – dailymail); “In 2016, when it was headed by since-ousted leader Jeff Zucker, it was the most watched network overall – a distinction that’s now held by Fox News. At the time, CNN had averaged 13.3million viewers in primetime. Today, it’s only around 800,000.”
Fired FEMA Supervisor Claims Avoiding Trump Homes Was A Widespread Practice Due To ‘Political Hostility’ [Nov 12] (source – zerohedge);
John Bolton just said Matt Gaetz is the “worst nomination for a cabinet position in American history.” [Nov 14, 1m] (source – behizytweets);
LIVE EXCLUSIVE: Alex Jones Returns To Infowars’ Historic Studios After Judge Blocks Sale To The Onion! Massive Legacy Media/Democrat Hoax Has Collapsed! [Nov 15] (source – infowars);