CNN

[Mouseboy33]

maybe if CNN dialed back the opinion Zucker has put so much emphasis on these days and put a focus on actual news during prime time it would create a good point of difference with MSNBC and Fox.

They did that for decades and its no longer is a financially viable strategy unfortunately. Social media has accelerated the fact that most people check their phones and move on in the evening rather than sitting down to watch hours of news in the evening with a person sat in the newsroom at a desk. Its no longer financially viable because the viewing audiences are so tiny. Hence the rise of hosted/chat programming in the evening. CNN is never going back to that anymore as you continue to see discussion programming spread across the entire schedule rather than traditional newscasts. No matter the title of the programme the vast majority of it will be discussion rather than straight forward news. CNN is not funded with guaranteed money like the BBC or Al Jazeeera . It has to make money and what doesnt make money doenst make sense. I used to watch CNN and Headline News for hours. Those days are no longer. Its all discussion programming today. I only turn to CNN for major breaking news basically nothing else. And typically its just breaking political news. I was appalled how badly the covered the recent Israel conflict. They barely showed anything. They would dip in and out have the odd discussion here or there. But not blanket rolling coverage of yesteryear. Because it doesnt make money. No one watches and its expensive to do. So its cheaper to have a few talking heads in a studio or on Zoom/Webex talking about it. Sadly its not worth watching otherwise.