On Christmas Day, Washington Post media reporter Jeremy Barr lamented CNN’s collapsing ratings on the front of the Style section. Why the decline? Barr implied CNN had gone too soft on Trump!
Barr began with a humorous exchange. CNN reporter Manu Raju pushed Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) about a pay raise: “People look at the performance of Congress and say, ‘Why should we give them more money?’” Durbin replied, “What about the media? Half of your listeners are not there anymore, and you’re still getting the same paycheck. What’s going on?”
CNN has prided itself in being the go-to channel for breaking news. “So it was a dagger to the network when MSNBC attracted more viewers on election night for the first time in the progressive network’s history.”
Anonymous sources theorized.
“I think a lot of it can be explained by the viewers…
