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Shermann

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50. If everybody thinks your new job is a demotion, it probably is

Reply to Just A Box Of Rain (Reply #46)

Tue Oct 11, 2022, 07:27 PM

Oct 2022

If you got more money to do it, somebody may be taking a write-down to make you go away.

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How many people will be sticking to their principles and boycotting CNN tonight? [View all] brooklynite Oct 2022 OP

i dont watch cnn because i dont have cable AllaN01Bear Oct 2022 #1

Count your blessings. BannonsLiver Oct 2022 #94

You do not need cable to watch CNN, MSNBC, etc Celerity Oct 2022 #110

YouTube? CSPAN? What else? ret5hd Oct 2022 #2

I'm not watching. I'll catch the highlights on DU. jimfields33 Oct 2022 #3

Same Plan, Jim ProfessorGAC Oct 2022 #36

My principles don't include boycotting CNN iemanja Oct 2022 #4

+1000 LAS14 Oct 2022 #63

+1 grantcart Oct 2022 #102

have not watched at all since my boycott started. never will. Kittycatkat Oct 2022 #5

Why is CNN being boycotted? leftstreet Oct 2022 #6

It is not "this week.". It has been awhile since getting rid of good reporters question everything Oct 2022 #49

I will sum it up so there is no need to watch. Inflation. doc03 Oct 2022 #7

So President Biden is too out of touch to avoid an obvious hit job? brooklynite Oct 2022 #10

You be sure to come back and tell us how many of those weren't brought up. W_HAMILTON Oct 2022 #13

"Biden says Putin 'totally miscalculated' by invading Ukraine but is a 'rational actor'" brooklynite Oct 2022 #80

I wouldn't have expected them to be in a story about Putin. W_HAMILTON Oct 2022 #82

I didn't watch because I was busy... brooklynite Oct 2022 #89

Right BannonsLiver Oct 2022 #96

Context to the post? brooklynite Oct 2022 #104

Unlikely. BannonsLiver Oct 2022 #112

No need to social climb... brooklynite Oct 2022 #116

Hehe BradAllison Oct 2022 #106

No, you just virtuously talk about everything you hate... W_HAMILTON Oct 2022 #101

... brooklynite Oct 2022 #92

The most interesting part of this BannonsLiver Oct 2022 #98

No way!!! FoxNewsSucks Oct 2022 #107

Assuming you don't want to live in a safe information bubble... brooklynite Oct 2022 #14

Lol TheRealNorth Oct 2022 #15

Actually it probably won't be "will you run", FoxNewsSucks Oct 2022 #23

I have no interest in boycotting CNN. I do have an interest in seeing Joe Biden's interview. Hekate Oct 2022 #8

This. BlackSkimmer Oct 2022 #9

+ 1000 LAS14 Oct 2022 #64

I believe it has been a mischaracterization by some to say CNN has moved far right JohnSJ Oct 2022 #11

It is not. They are far more subtle than Fox "news" OAN or NewsMax FoxNewsSucks Oct 2022 #25

+1000 LAS14 Oct 2022 #65

Me. W_HAMILTON Oct 2022 #12

Cord cutter Dear_Prudence Oct 2022 #16

Welcome to DU my Dear_Prudence panader0 Oct 2022 #45

Former Lurker Dear_Prudence Oct 2022 #52

Why would you be advocating boycotting Joe Biden? Emile Oct 2022 #17

Rightwing media should be boycotted. In fact, I'd recommend FoxNewsSucks Oct 2022 #22

LOL. CNN isn't right-wing media, but you know that. Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #26

You're wrong, but you know that. FoxNewsSucks Oct 2022 #30

Too funny man. Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #32

Really? More like they'll think you don't want to see anything of Joe Biden Hekate Oct 2022 #27

That's exactly backwards. FoxNewsSucks Oct 2022 #31

Hey, you got in a dig at Biden while blaming CNN. Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #35

That's what they will say, and you know that as well. FoxNewsSucks Oct 2022 #37

And you double down. Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #38

Try to follow a topic, please. FoxNewsSucks Oct 2022 #39

Oh, trust me. I'm following. Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #40

No, it's not. FoxNewsSucks Oct 2022 #41

But they said nothing of the kind. BlackSkimmer Oct 2022 #84

Well, I'm glad they didn't. FoxNewsSucks Oct 2022 #105

I have no clue who you're referring to as a "chicken-little" type. BlackSkimmer Oct 2022 #114

You managed to take another swipe at President Biden, "he looks feeble," Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #69

They say those things and more FoxNewsSucks Oct 2022 #70

No they did not. Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #71

I suggested nothing, you are purposefully looking for such things FoxNewsSucks Oct 2022 #72

More inventions on your part. Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #73

Obviously you are not paying attention. FoxNewsSucks Oct 2022 #75

I don't like what I see. Trust me. Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #76

I choose not to boycott CNN. apcalc Oct 2022 #18

Same Runningdawg Oct 2022 #43

Cheesy... Ohio Joe Oct 2022 #19

I don't watch cable news budkin Oct 2022 #20

I stopped my cable almost 3 years ago Marthe48 Oct 2022 #21

Why would Biden agree to be interviewed a fascist news network? Kaleva Oct 2022 #24

Strange how many of us admire Pete Buttegieg for repeatedly going on FOX Hekate Oct 2022 #28

I didn't see where anyone condemned Biden for going on CNN, FoxNewsSucks Oct 2022 #109

Yeah, sure, that's it Hekate Oct 2022 #117

Ha! I don't have principles like that. ismnotwasm Oct 2022 #29

Rumors fluttering that a big name is getting the pink slippity this week Sympthsical Oct 2022 #33

Don Lemon got something like a demotion, that caught my attention. nt Shermann Oct 2022 #42

Don Lemon sees hosting the morning show as a promotion--one he willingly agreed to take-- Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #46

If everybody thinks your new job is a demotion, it probably is Shermann Oct 2022 #50

LOL. No, most people don't get salary bumps when they are demoted. Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #53

Link? nt Shermann Oct 2022 #56

Here is Don Lemon's statement (on camera): Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #58

He seems genuinely positive about it Shermann Oct 2022 #60

Yes, he is genuinely postive. It was his call. Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #62

I found his statements to be very measured Shermann Oct 2022 #68

This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Oct 2022 #111

Bacon Balsamic Glazed Brussels Sprouts Celerity Oct 2022 #113

... Pathwalker Oct 2022 #115

I won't watch it... I am sure Tapper will be just awful. I can read about it. Demsrule86 Oct 2022 #34

CNN has not gone MAGA. Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #47

Yes it has. I know for some reason you like them...but they are MAGA. It will only get worse. Demsrule86 Oct 2022 #59

I don't like CNN particularly, but I'm devoted to the truth Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #61

Have you seen the documentary they did about Jan 6? BlackSkimmer Oct 2022 #85

That was in the works before they made their hard right turn. Watch it will get worse... Demsrule86 Oct 2022 #97

I'm not a fan of Tapper, though there are others I like there. BlackSkimmer Oct 2022 #100

I was also angry at the way Don Lemon was treated. It was disgusting. Demsrule86 Oct 2022 #108

+ 1000 LAS14 Oct 2022 #67

I didn't even know it was a thing JustAnotherGen Oct 2022 #44

I don't watch TV news OR make time for prime-time presidential interviews, win-win. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2022 #48

Haha, good question, watching baseball. we can do it Oct 2022 #51

I'm sticking to my principles and not boycotting. nolabear Oct 2022 #54

+10000 LAS14 Oct 2022 #66

Same here. nt Raine Oct 2022 #74

This. BlackSkimmer Oct 2022 #99

This (except that we just didn't happen to watch). Hortensis Oct 2022 #103

Me. egduj Oct 2022 #55

As I'm sure it'll be highlighted elsewhere in clips, I'll pass on watching it on their channel. LowerManhattanite Oct 2022 #57

I don't have cable. I cut the cord over a decade ago. Been Boycotting the entire Cable System msfiddlestix Oct 2022 #77

Not so much a boycott as a Bettie Oct 2022 #78

I boycott CNN & people who minimize Covid and don't mask. My dad is on a ventilator with Covid now liberal_mama Oct 2022 #79

What do CNN and COVID have to do with each other? brooklynite Oct 2022 #81

They constantly have Covid minimizers on their show like Leana Wen and other germ spreading fools liberal_mama Oct 2022 #83

Biden said the pandemic is over. BlackSkimmer Oct 2022 #87

She used to be the opposite Meowmee Oct 2022 #91

Biden doesn't wear a mask, neither does anyone that anyone who works in his administration that I've BlackSkimmer Oct 2022 #86

I am very sorry Meowmee Oct 2022 #90

I haven't seen more Meowmee Oct 2022 #88

Sick burn, bro. BannonsLiver Oct 2022 #93

I still watch CNN Tickle Oct 2022 #95