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CNN harassed the widow of [[CCP virus]] [[whistleblower]] [[Dr. Li Wenliang]], putting her under the threat of greater mistreatment from the communist [[totalitarian]] regime.<ref>https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2020/04/24/cnn-say-lets-drop-unannounced-wuhan-whistleblowers-widow-see-shell-talk/</ref>
CNN harassed the widow of [[CCP virus]] [[whistleblower]] [[Dr. Li Wenliang]], putting her under the threat of greater mistreatment from the communist [[totalitarian]] regime.<ref>https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2020/04/24/cnn-say-lets-drop-unannounced-wuhan-whistleblowers-widow-see-shell-talk/</ref>
===Ratings plunge===
[[File:BLM storms CNN.jpg|right|300px|thumb|A predominantly white mob of Black Lives Matter rioters stormed CNN headquarters. CNN blamed the violence on white supremacists.<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/george-floyd-protests-latest-protest-atlanta-cnn-mayor-bottoms-a9539906.html</ref>]]
Although CNN was once the dominant network on cable news and one of the highest rated channels on cable television, this is no longer the case. In overall ratings, CNN is usually second place behind [[Fox News Channel]] but ahead of MSNBC.<ref>[http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2014/12/30/cnn-ends-2014-firmly-ahead-of-msnbc-full-release/]</ref> At times its ratings fall below that of [[Hallmark Channel]] and its endless [[Christmas film]] reruns.
CNN was successful until around 2001, when [[Fox News]] began beating it in the ratings. Since then it has been failing (even with a near monopoly position in airport terminal broadcasts), with June 2019 primetime ratings (the most watched period for television when stations can command premium prices for advertising) not even making the top 10, falling below not only the conservative-oriented Fox News, but ultra-left-wing [[MSNBC]], HGTV (which broadcasts reality shows pertaining to home improvement and real estate), and even [[Hallmark Channel]] which was running endless reruns of "chick flick" romance films.<ref>https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/basic-cable-ranker-week-of-june-3/405417/</ref> In daytime it ranked #6, but again fell below Fox, MSNBC, HGTV, and even kid-oriented Nickelodeon and true-crime oriented Investigation Discovery (though it did beat out Hallmark Channel in this time slot).
By February 2014, CNN's average number of total viewers during the day from Monday to Sunday was 307,000 with 96,000 in the key 25 to 54 viewing demographic.<ref>[http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/february-2014-ratings-cnn-down-in-total-day-primetime_b214931]</ref> In 2013, the network fell to a 20-year low in primetime ratings and experienced its second-lowest year ever in the 25 to 54 viewing demographic. That year, CNN also experienced its lowest total-day audience since 1992, and its lowest total-day 25 to 54 audience since 2000.<ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-zucker-cnn-ratings-2014-1]</ref> 2014 closed out with CNN having all-time ratings lows. In primetime, the network suffered its worst-rated year in total viewers and its second-lowest in the 25 to 54 viewing demographic. In total day, CNN received its worst-rated year in the key demographic.<ref>[http://deadline.com/2014/12/cable-news-ratings-fox-news-channel-wins-13th-consecutive-year-1201338131/]</ref> In May 2018, CNN's viewership fell 30% compared to the previous year.<ref>Nolte, John (May 16, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/05/16/cnn-ratings-collapse-nearly-30-percent/ Ratings Crisis: CNN Suffers Viewership Collapse of Nearly 30 Percent]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 16, 2018.</ref>
Beginning in the first half of 2017, CNN's market share relative to its competitors has seen a marked decline.<ref>[http://www.dailywire.com/news/18088/death-spiral-along-its-credibility-cnn-ratings-john-nolte Death Spiral: Along With Its Credibility, CNN Ratings Collapse], Daily Wire, 2017.</ref> Additionally, it faced repeated losses of credibility through its absence of journalistic standards and ethical lapses.<ref>
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FpMb6dATfo CNN faces credibility crisis over Trump coverage]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-X2jG5hdl4 Tucker: When did CNN become internet morality police?]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOOYIa-sOB4 CNN IS FAKE NEWS] by Stefan Molyneux
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjkdfdFbeFk The news keeps getting worse for CNN as #CNNBlackmail trends]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCewpjd2Yfc CNN Threatens Reddit User For Exercising Free Speech | #CNNBlackmail]
</ref> President [[Donald Trump]] publicly stated that CNN produces "[[fake news]]" and told a CNN reporter that CNN produces "very fake news,"<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-7nkj26edA Trump to CNN: "Very Fake News"]</ref><ref>[https://insider.foxnews.com/2017/06/27/president-trump-blasts-cnn-retracted-russia-story-fake-news 'Fake News Network': Trump Blasts CNN for Retracted Russia Story], Fox News Network</ref> which was corroborated by the [[Democratic Party#Mueller report|Mueller Report]].<ref>[https://thefederalist.com/2017/12/08/18-questions-cnn-needs-to-answer-after-getting-busted-for-fake-news/ 18 Questions CNN Needs To Answer After Getting Busted For Fake News], By Mollie Hemingway, ''The Federalist'', DECEMBER 8, 2017.</ref> CNN actively promoted the fascist [[Antifa]] resistance movement to President Trump,<ref>[https://www.dailywire.com/news/46554/cnns-chris-cuomo-antifa-good-cause-ryan-saavedra CNN's Chris Cuomo: Antifa Is 'A Good Cause'], By RYAN SAAVEDRA, ''The Daily Wire'', April 30, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2017/08/20/seriously-cnn-changes-headline-on-story-about-antifa-because-they-didnt-like-be-n2370907 Seriously? CNN Changes Headline On Story About Antifa Because They Didn't Like Being Called Violent], Matt Vespa, ''Townhall'', Aug 20, 2017.</ref> which has attacked and beaten people of all ages,<ref>[https://freedomoutpost.com/portland-watch-antifa-thugs-beat-elderly-man-with-a-crowbar/ Watch Antifa Thugs Beat Elderly Man With a Crowbar].</ref> men,<ref>[https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=CIENw_1559951356 ANTIFA VIOLENCE AGAINST THE ELDERLY], LiveLeak.</ref> women and children,<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2017/06/16/this-list-of-attacks-against-conservatives-is-mind-blowing/ This List Of Attacks Against Conservatives Is Mind Blowing], DAVE BROOKS, ''The Daily Caller'', June 16, 2017</ref> and journalists reporting on the violence.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/07/01/nolte-cnns-brian-stelter-downplays-antifas-brutal-beating-of-andy-ngo/ CNN’s Brian Stelter Downplays Antifa’s Brutal Beating of Andy Ngo], JOHN NOLTE, ''Brietbart'', 1 Jul 2019.</ref>
During the national emergency over the Chinese [[COVID-19]] [[pandemic]], while thousands of people were being diagnosed and hundreds dying daily from the deadly disease, CNN refused to carry public information programming alerting viewers of the danger of the disease with precautionary instructions on prevention and transmission of the deadly virus.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/03/white-house-slams-cnn-msnbc-for-cutting-away-from-trumps-coronavirus-briefing/</ref> As the truth of coronavirus emerged and CNN's collusion with Democrats on a second impeachment sham foundered, CNN lost half of its audience in the April to June quarter of 2021.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnns-top-rated-show-came-in-22nd-place-in-cable-news-ratings</ref>
The decline in CNN's ratings was added to with the recent decision by a school board in Norwin, Pennsylvania to drop daily broadcasts to the city's middle school students of the video show ''CNN-10'', which is broadcast to students and teachers in schools, in favor of granting school teachers the discretion to show their students videos from all sources.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/education/2022/02/17/pennsylvania-school-board-axes-cnn-broadcast-from-middle-school/ Pennsylvania School Board Axes Daily CNN Broadcast from Middle School] at Breitbart News Network</ref>
Weeks after Zucker was canned in one of CNN's many sex scandals, Meredith Artley, the editor-in-chief of CNN Digital Worldwide who helped drive CNN's ratings into the dirt, quit (or was fired). CNN's new management said it wanted to move away from the "[[extremism]]" that had dominated its editorial policy since the Obama era.<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2022/05/20/frustrated-longtime-cnn-editor-in-chief-out-the-door-amid-network-shakeups-new-direction-1240362/</ref>
===2016 election===
===2016 election===