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CNN
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Tim’s take
He traces the modern tabloidization of news back to CNN's launch of 24-hour coverage in the 90s, arguing it set the template for OJ Simpson-style theatrics that eventually produced Trump-as-content and Nancy Grace 1:25:22. From there CNN becomes his default example of a network reporting narrative instead of fact, whether that's calling the Taliban "friendly" 0:00, giving airtime to an Azov commander to "make his case" 34:13, or running a flattering Prigozhin piece days before he died 7:27. He also treats it as a competitor in a marketplace of narratives rather than a neutral source, no different in kind from Alex Jones, just better funded 25:48.
He singles out specific moments of tone-deafness, like reporting "no VIPs" on a crashed plane full of grieving families 14:24 or a CNN anchor complaining Trump's "fight fight fight" was bad messaging right after an assassination attempt 23:52. He also claims its lies about Joe Rogan personally were the worst private-citizen treatment he'd ever seen 4:09, and jokes that its ratings collapsed once Trump left because outrage was the whole business model 1:29. Even his fantasy peace-concert bit ends with CNN cutting to a real-estate reality show as the tonal punchline 1:05:58, and elsewhere he ranks it as less realistic than satire or fiction 1:17:45.
Every Reference (41)
"the new GI Bill. They're likening this to the GI Bill on fucking CNN. You can own a Bennegan's restaurant. Let's read, by the way."
"the media is sandbagging them and they're going in and and asking their viewers of CNN and MSNBC who had decidedly liberal decidedly"
Uber Drivers, Working-Class Trump Support, and the Ugliness of Populism — The October Surprise+24s into the segment"I used to work in a building where CNN had a studio They shot crossfire there. Yeah, and I was like you guys this is complete horse shit propaganda"
Is Twitter Activism an Addiction, and the Iraq War Origin Story — Torching Bridges (with David Angelo)+95s into the segment"comics are all you know It was cool to hate the media now They love CNN in the New York Times and CIA and I mean that's what it's edgy in"
"did an hour with an investigative journalist a real fucking hour CNN I Don't I'm twad leaking his tax return like something It's nothing"
Trump-Russia Skepticism and the True Believers of the Deep State — The Long Island Way+105s into the segment"have released which basically is showing all of the producers at CNN admitting that the Russia story is bogus and really and they're"
"on the left that nothing matters to them nothing mad the head of CNN could come out fucking a goat it wouldn't matter they would go down"
"You're gonna end up being a Nazi watch CNN for 24 hours. You're gonna end up going insane, right? It's not"
Losers Online: The Generation With No Skin in the Game — Cheese Plate Time"fucking busy you what's good Hey, we're a woman who flipped out on a CNN reporter Shannon kind of see if you could Google that Just go woman"
"next channel was airplane on loop and then you had Fox News and CNN happy vacation By the way, you have no Wi-Fi you can't talk to anybody"
Costa Maya, the Fake Port Town, and Onboard TV Channels — Floating Buffet (with Ralph Sutton)+81s into the segment"communications director or whatever was on Jack Tapper show on CNN Jake Tapper. Sorry, excuse me I don't watch the scene in the much"
"the internet all day long, is wrong. There's so many people on CNN, people on Fox, people on MSNBC. Most of them are wrong about a"
Debunking Jones's Credibility, the Potato Bread Warehouse Years, and Silver Halide Grift — Not A Fancy Man+195s into the segment"like does extremist violence. Is that a big issue for you? I saw CNN asked that it's like you didn't define what extremist violence is"
Fake Early House Results and Polling Nonsense — America's Election Headquarters+39s into the segment"there were reports I believe from CNN that said that Epstein was originally taken to a hospital at 3:30 in the morning or between 3:00 and 4:00 in the morning"
Conflicting Reports and Bill Barr's CIA Ties — Emergency Epstein Podcast w/ Whitney Webb+19s into the segment"when you go to youtube and you you know YouTube Jeffrey Apps in the first five videos or MSNBC CNN and they all have 70 or 80 thousand views"
YouTube Is Dying for Independent Creators — #174 - Brendan Schaub | The Tim Dillon Show+98s into the segment"become well part of that I think is that you know 24-hour news CNN came in in the 1990s Iraq war and then like the OJ Simpson trial"
Trump as Reality TV and the Death of Real News — #178 - Secret Society | The Tim Dillon Show+175s into the segment"have you seen like the ratings how much they've dropped in like cnn yeah they've tanked and they've gone in the toilet and the media"
Full Capacity Texas Rangers Game but No Walking on Escalators — #247 - Scream At The Sky (ft. Yannis Pappas) | The Tim Dillon Show+74s into the segment"fun way and then all the people jumped on her they were like oh cnn will describe any of america's enemies as friendly it's like hey"
Clarissa Ward, the Falling Soccer Player, and General Milley's 'Why White People Hate' Speech — #265 - Austin Taliban | The Tim Dillon Show+26s into the segment"Jones can make a lot of money with one narrative, then there's like CNN can make a lot of money with another narrative and so it's a competition"
"government gets mad at me. Right. Like this is crazy. This is the most CNN lies about me. I think I've ever seen a private individual take"
CNN, the Media, and Becoming a Boogeyman — #283 - Joe Rogan | The Tim Dillon Show+72s into the segment"use Ivermectin? Why do all these other countries use it? Why is CNN pretending veterinary medication when more people have taken Ivermectin"
Monoclonal Antibodies, Ivermectin, and Suppressed Treatments — #283 - Joe Rogan | The Tim Dillon Show+262s into the segment"they just the the azov nazi guy literally just was broadcast on cnn and they had them on yeah yeah they had him on they had him on let's"
The Azov Battalion Are 'Hot' Nazis — #292 - Do It Quietly | The Tim Dillon Show+121s into the segment"they're not completely real but they're like more realistic than like cnn right um and so if you want to look at how things work well the"
Aristotle's Three Governments and the Nazi-From-Outer-Space Thought Experiment — The Acid Story with Curtis Yarvin | The Tim Dillon Show #310+248s into the segment"them weapons yes but you know that Iran yeah like if you look on CNN.com yeah right now it's uh Trump"
Wanting More Than You Need as the Root of All Conflict — Louis CK | The Tim Dillon Show #317+252s into the segment"movie like I don't know where they get any of this stuff like the CNN article that I posted and people were like well that was 10 days"
America's Paths to Redemption vs. Russia's Mafia Rules — Prigozhin Eras Tour | The Tim Dillon Show #358+33s into the segment"it's entertaining to a degree and then also it's also scary um but CNN anchor says Trump Define a Podium is a bad message so if I've seen"
Biden's Dementia and the President's Real Job — Secret Service Sloped Roof Party | The Tim Dillon Show #401+132s into the segment"impressive political act I've seen in years years and somebody's on CNN going actually we felt the message was a bit divisive we're actually"
CNN Calls Trump's 'Fight Fight Fight' a Bad Message — Secret Service Sloped Roof Party | The Tim Dillon Show #401+78s into the segment"I swear to God don't think I'm lying there will be a moment on CNN when they go and now after the ceasefire has finally been ratified"
A Disney Musical Fantasy for Israel and Gaza Peace — Ceasefire Cheat Day & Realtors In LA | The Tim Dillon Show #427+241s into the segment"also the Blackhawk helicop what the [ __ ] going on over there CNN comes out or whoever did it I forgot they were like there's no VI"
No VIPs on the Plane and the Blackhawk Training Mission — The D.C. Plane Crash & RFK’s Hearing | The Tim Dillon Show #429+79s into the segment"cameras barely work. And by the way, I did an hour with El Reeves at CNN, released that interview. It's a good interview and release the"
CNN Interview With Elle Reeve and Cable News Circuit — Mistaken Deportation & Women In Space | The Tim Dillon Show #440+31s into the segment"Release the full interview CNN. Come on. Do the right thing. Do the right thing. Be the good. Show people that you are not editing people that you are not lying, that you believe in journalistic integrity. Put the interview out."
Closing Plea to CNN and Show Sign-Off — Mistaken Deportation & Women In Space | The Tim Dillon Show #440+5s into the segment"Vaughn on your I've done all these things to promote my special and CNN and Fox and all these, you know, all these places have asked me"
Podcasters vs. the Establishment and Closing Out the Show — Candace Owens Emergency Podcast | The Tim Dillon Show #441+62s into the segment"you for joining us. Thank you for uh watching the interview on CNN which they released. And I am grateful to CNN for their um their"
The CNN Interview and Comedy's Not Right-Wing — CNN Interview, Ms. Rachel Propaganda, & The Uncancelables | The Tim Dillon Show #445+9s into the segment"be the biggest story. It's something I thought about as I left CNN a month ago. I go, I remember when nobody cared. I remember when"
Legacy Media's Failure to Adapt and the Rise of Podcasting — CNN Interview, Ms. Rachel Propaganda, & The Uncancelables | The Tim Dillon Show #445+487s into the segment"Administration officials told CNN earlier in the day that there were discussions about moving, cancelling, or rescheduling the meeting amongst tense media scrutiny"
The Canceled Dinner to Silence Dan Bongino — Trump’s Battle Royale, Reborn Babies, & A Labubu Economy | The Tim Dillon Show #457+70s into the segment"this one did it for me. The election and the dumb interviews on CNN, none of it mattered. My friends are in arenas and stuff. That didn't"
MK Ultra in a Court Filing, Movies vs. Podcasting, and the Travelogue Dream — A Police State, Candace’s Lawsuit, & The La Quinta Promise | The Tim Dillon Show #458+81s into the segment"I've the baby boomers, they're they're too glued to Fox News and CNN every day. However, these these all these young people, I don't"
Larry Ellison, TikTok, and Media Consolidation Fears — Marjorie Taylor Greene Emergency Podcast | The Tim Dillon Show #465+147s into the segment"CNN is now working with our friends at Kelshi. How fun is that? I won't"
Snubbed by Barry Weiss for a Town Hall with Erica Kirk — Pete Hegseth, War Crimes, & The Breakfast Rush | The Tim Dillon Show #473+2s into the segment"of mine. What do you mean it's hard to find words? You work at CNN. Your literal only job is to find words. No one is asking you to"
Nick Reiner's Party Questions and News Coverage — Rob Reiner, Redacted Files, & The Spirit Of Friendship | The Tim Dillon Show #475+32s into the segment"previous uh guest host here. The closest. Uh her attempt to take over CNN and Warner Brothers and the rest of these is backed by billions"
Gulf States' Embassies, Frozen Airports, and the AI Bubble Financed by Gulf Money — Emergency Podcast: Iran, Israel, & Imminent Destruction | The Tim Dillon Show #486+137s into the segment"is is destroying it. By the way, she will also soon be running CNN because they're going to buy that too. The Allison, I believe, are"
Barry Weiss's CBS Bunker and CNN Takeover — Iran Forever, Belfast Riots, & College Commencement | The Tim Dillon Show #499+75s into the segment