Staff Reports
Oh, CNN, the self-proclaimed “most trusted name in news.” You have to wonder if they’ve been writing their own reviews or just checking under their seats for hidden reality. This time, it isn’t the typical partisan fumbles that have them in the spotlight, but it sure is a comedy of errors. Enter stage right: the illusionary pipe bomber saga. What was once announced with the gravity of a Shakespearean drama turned out to be a jangler of discordant notes.
Cue the confused newscasters, struggling to keep their narrative straight. They crafted a tale of a “white supremacist MAGA bombing,” only to reveal a suspect who didn’t quite fit the script. CNN reported Brian Cole Jr.’s arrest, calling him a 30-year-old man, which, as it turns out, was more than just a minor glitch in the matrix of their narrative. Oops, did someone get the memo on his real background? Apparently not.
While CNN fumbled, commentators couldn’t help but point out how airtime giants like the mysterious duo of Netflix and Paramount are vying for a stake in our cable diet, with CNN being the mystery meat on the menu. Paramount seemed ready to make sweeping changes, especially with figures of influence like Larry Ellison hoping to steer this wobbly ship of news, promising drastic changes that include shedding much of the old guard at CNN like out-of-style fashion.
Retail politics aside, who wouldn’t want to dramatize a tug-of-war that pits the mighty Ellisons against the Obamas, who have stakes with the Netflix juggernaut? The idea of an Obama-controlled CNN is not something that fits well with conservatives, but imagine the narrative potential. Meanwhile, Fox News chuckles from its perch with solid ratings, seemingly unbothered while the rest struggle to buy viewers in prime time.
In the end, it’s not just the ratings pulling the rug out from under CNN’s feet, but their knack for stepping on their own toes. Maybe it’s time for CNN to update more than just Jake Tapper’s script, starting with facts over fiction. Hey, it’s a wild world of media out there, but no one said anything about it being black and white.
