http://twitchy.com/brettt/2026/02/11/report-cnn-has-lost-nearly-two-thirds-of-its-viewership-since-2016-n2424930
Brian Stelter is CNN's senior media correspondent, so this is his beat, right? Why didn't he just tell us himself that CNN's viewership is dropping like a rock? Instead, we have to find it out from The Daily Mail.
Well, in The Tater's defense, he's not in the business of facts, and quite frankly, he's too big of a pussy to report bad news about his own network.
Daily Mail US (@Daily_MailUS) ~ CNN has lost nearly two-thirds of its viewership since 2016 amid growing fears network is circling the drain.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/media/article-15549985/cnn-ratings-viewers-decline.html?ns_mchannel=rss&;ns_campaign=1490&ito=social-twitter_dailymailus
Alex Hammer reports for The Daily Mail:
CNN has lost nearly two-thirds of its primetime viewers over the past decade, figures show.
The decrease, from roughly 1.3 million in 2016 to 553,000 now, is fueling rumors of a possible network sale - something CNN's up-for-grabs parent company has vehemently denied.
The results recorded this month by Nielsen are actually an improvement from January, when stars like Jake Tapper, Anderson Cooper, Erin Burnett, and Kaitlan Collins only secured 488,000 sets of eyes.
And, this is actually FAR worse than it sounds because CNN contracts with airports around the nation to have all of the airport TVs permanently set to CNN. So, CNN's "viewership" is a lot softer than even this makes it out to be.
Nick Shirley's expose on empty Somali daycares in Minneapolis racked up around 140 million views on X alone. People will watch real journalism.
We could give CNN some advice on how to win some of those eyes back, but 1) they wouldn't take it, and 2) it's too late.
Nevervotingdemocratagain (@NevervotingDem) ~ Jake Tapper will only cover it after he has been fired and CNN has gone out of business ... saying he just missed the story and wasn’t close to it at the time.
RidiculouslySpoiledCat (@spoiled_the) ~ It's been circling the drain too long. Get some drain cleaner and let it go down. Either turn CNN into a news network or else just show old reruns of Diagnosis Murder and Matlock which would likely get better ratings.
justn (@justn2xih1) ~ Maybe Elon should buy it and make a great network?
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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