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April 21, 2020

NBC's (Formerly NYT's) Dylan Byers: Sure, CNN May Be Engaging in Reality-TV Sensationalism and Actual Fake News, But They "Feel" That They're "Winning," So They Must Be Doing Something Right!

Fake news defends fake news as game respects game.

Dylan Byers isn't even arguing that CNN is winning -- only that CNN feels that it's winning.

And feelings don't care about your facts.

Ben Smith, who knows something about sensationalism and fake news himself, at least weakly hints that CNN is no longer a news organization.

It's just "Resistance" Reality TV and Trump Derangement Fetish Pornography.

And lies. Constant, constant lies.

Not going to weigh in on “news” vs “self referential reality TV” debate, but will add this: So long as people are talking about CNN the mood inside CNN is that CNN is winning, or at least doing something right. Cable news is a business and it measures itself on ratings/engagement https://t.co/rlGdI6h6XU
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) April 21, 2020

The extent to which CNN has adopted reality TV values here is pretty remarkable. Including eliding the controversy over Cuomo's travel. https://t.co/AOS1spHYSR
— Ben Smith (@benyt) April 21, 2020

Awesome. We should all keep talking about how one of CNN’s anchors, whose brother is the governor of the state hardest hit by COVID, blatantly didn’t quarantine while sick and then pretended he did. I want CNN to “win” here so let’s keep it going. @NYGovCuomo, any comment? https://t.co/ZdCKwObMcK
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) April 21, 2020

That They're "Winning," So They Must Be Doing Something Right!&bodytext=Fake news defends fake news as game respects game. Dylan Byers isn't even arguing that CNN is winning -- only that CNN feels that it's winning. And feelings don't care about your facts. Ben Smith, who knows something about sensationalism...&topic=world_news"> digg this

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Ben Smith, who knows something about sensationalism and fake news himself, at least weakly hints that CNN is no longer a news organization. It's just "Resistance" Reality TV and Trump Derangement Fetish Pornography. And lies. Constant, constant lies. Not going to weigh in on “news” vs “self referential reality TV” debate, but will add this: So long as people are talking about CNN the mood inside CNN is that CNN is winning, or at least doing something right. Cable news is a business and it measures itself on ratings/engagement https://t.co/rlGdI6h6XU — Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) April 21, 2020 The extent to which CNN has adopted reality TV values here is pretty remarkable. Including eliding the controversy over Cuomo's travel. https://t.co/AOS1spHYSR — Ben Smith (@benyt) April 21, 2020 Awesome. We should all keep talking about how one of CNN’s anchors, whose brother is the governor of the state hardest hit by COVID, blatantly didn’t quarantine while sick and then pretended he did. 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