CNN’s stubbornly leftist journalists think they know why their viewers are abandoning ship in record numbers – they’re not going hard enough against Donald Trump anymore.
That is the suggestion from reporters who spoke anonymously to The Washington Post this week as the network recovered from some of its lowest ratings ever.
Insiders claim a decision to hold a town hall with the president-elect back in May 2023 upset staff and viewers, as did the decision not to fact check Trump during his debate earlier this year.
‘It is widely felt at CNN that we didn’t meet the mark,’ one CNN journalist, who requested to remain anonymous, said of the network’s election coverage.
CNN has insisted it remains a leader among networks and on its digital platform and TV viewership is down across the board.
‘I think a lot of it can be explained by the viewers making a decision that they just don’t like what we’re doing,’ the journalist added. ‘The viewers are pretty smart.’
Among the coveted 24 to 54 viewer demographic – referred to as ‘demo viewers’ – CNN’s daily audience dropped by one percent from last year down from 94,000 day to 92,000 this year, Mediaite reported based on to data from Nielsen Media Research.
The media outlet only accounted for 11 percent of cable news viewers during prime time last month after the election.