The Fall of Fake News: How MSNBC and CNN Destroyed Themselves in the 2024 Election
The spectacular downfall of MSNBC and CNN as their partisan activism and woke ideology alienated viewers and shattered their credibility in the 2024 election aftermath.
Introduction
The 2024 political earthquake has left the media landscape in shambles. MSNBC and CNN, once-mighty pillars of cable news, now stand as crumbling relics, their influence obliterated by Trump's landslide victory and the Republican trifecta. These networks aren't merely facing a viewership crisis; they've become national punchlines, scorned and ridiculed by the very public they betrayed. Their credibility lies in tatters, destroyed by years of partisan hackery masquerading as journalism. As they flail in irrelevance, these disgraced outlets face an existential reckoning that lays bare the corruption of mainstream media. Their spectacular fall serves as a stark warning: sacrifice integrity for agenda, and court oblivion.
Plunging Viewership and Credibility
Nielsen data exposes the carnage in stark terms. Fox News has surged to 2.6 million daily viewers, a staggering 60% increase. Meanwhile, MSNBC limps along with a pitiful 596,000 viewers, CNN even worse at 419,000. The year-over-year bloodbath is brutal: MSNBC down 23%, CNN nosediving 40%. In prime time, MSNBC has hemorrhaged an astonishing 54% of its audience, a mass exodus of historic proportions.
Activist Journalism and Political Agenda
At the core of this implosion lies a fundamental betrayal of journalistic principles. These networks, led by activist journalists masquerading as objective reporters, abandoned all pretense of impartiality. Their mission was twofold and nakedly partisan: first, keep the despised Trump out of office at all costs; second, elect a Democrat to the presidency, regardless of the candidate's competence or qualifications. This agenda-driven approach poisoned every aspect of their coverage, reducing once-respected news outlets to little more than propaganda arms of the Democratic Party.
Hoaxes and Smears
For years, these networks peddled what's now seen as blatant propaganda: Russian collusion, the Steele dossier farce, the "fine people" lie, and burying the Hunter Biden laptop bombshell. Their recent fabrications - twisting Trump's "bloodbath" comment and hysterically labeling him "dictator" or "fascist" - only hastened their credibility collapse. As digital alternatives flourished, viewers fled these toxic echo chambers in droves.
Dishonest Losers
The 2024 election not only crowned Trump victorious but unmasked legacy media as the true losers. These networks, rather than own their failures, blame everyone but themselves for their implosion. Trump's red wave has ushered in the twilight of an era where partisan fervor masqueraded as journalism. MSNBC and CNN now face the dustbin of history, a cautionary tale of hubris and deceit.
Pull the Plug
The financial fallout threatens not just the networks, but their corporate overlords. CNN (Warner Bros. Discovery) and MSNBC (Comcast's NBCUniversal) face a stark choice: radical restructuring or merciful euthanasia for their once-profitable propaganda arms. If the plug is pulled, it'll mark the final chapter in a sordid tale of media malpractice.
Woke Stupidity
The viewer exodus stems from a profound betrayal of trust. MSNBC and CNN's elites, ensconced in their coastal bubbles, have become unrecognizable to average Americans. Their woke progressive dogma, amplified in hermetically sealed echo chambers, has produced coverage that's not just out of touch, but actively hostile to half the country. While real Americans grapple with inflation and job security, these networks obsess over ideological purity tests and identity politics.
Conclusion
MSNBC and CNN's cardinal sin is their utter detachment from reality and abandonment of journalistic ethics. Their failure to provide objective coverage, instead serving as lapdogs for a political party, has rendered them irrelevant to vast swaths of the public. These networks have succumbed to "Woke Stupidity" - a toxic brew of ideological rigidity and intellectual elitism that's left them incapable of understanding, let alone representing, America's diverse perspectives. Their fall from grace serves as a stark warning to any media outlet that would sacrifice truth on the altar of partisan activism. As these disgraced networks fade into obscurity, perhaps a new era of genuine journalism can emerge from the ashes of their self-immolation.
