How many people will be sticking to their principles and boycotting CNN tonight?

[brooklynite]

Jake Tapper to sit down with President Joe Biden Tuesday night 9 p.m. ET

Jake Tapper, CNN’s chief Washington correspondent and anchor, is set to kick off his new show Tuesday evening by sitting down to speak with President Joe Biden.

The interview is Biden’s first with CNN since he took office in 2021. It will be taped in the afternoon before airing on “CNN Tonight With Jake Tapper.”

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/11/media/jake-tapper-president-joe-biden-interview/index.html

[AllaN01Bear]

1. i dont watch cnn because i dont have cable

[BannonsLiver]

94. Count your blessings.

Cable news rots the brain.

[Celerity]

110. You do not need cable to watch CNN, MSNBC, etc

[ret5hd]

2. YouTube? CSPAN? What else?

[jimfields33]

3. I'm not watching. I'll catch the highlights on DU.

[ProfessorGAC]

36. Same Plan, Jim

After all, that's one of the big reasons to come to DU

[iemanja]

4. My principles don't include boycotting CNN

I think all the complaining about it and now even MSNBC is ridiculous.
That said, I probably won't watch the interview, but I'll catch the highlights afterward.

[LAS14]

63. +1000

[grantcart]

102. +1

[Kittycatkat]

5. have not watched at all since my boycott started. never will.

[leftstreet]

6. Why is CNN being boycotted?

this week

[question everything]

49. It is not "this week.". It has been awhile since getting rid of good reporters

who dared point out that Whiny Donny is destroying our democracy, and not bothering with "both sides.". Brian Setzer, John Harwood and others.

And in general tilting to the right since getting a new boss.

[doc03]

7. I will sum it up so there is no need to watch. Inflation.

Gas prices, the border, will you run in 2024, Hunters laptop. Rince and repeat.

[brooklynite]

10. So President Biden is too out of touch to avoid an obvious hit job?

I'll go with his judgement.

[W_HAMILTON]

13. You be sure to come back and tell us how many of those weren't brought up.

[brooklynite]

80. "Biden says Putin 'totally miscalculated' by invading Ukraine but is a 'rational actor'"

CNN

President Joe Biden said in an exclusive CNN interview Tuesday he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin is a “rational actor” who nonetheless badly misjudged his ability to invade Ukraine and suppress its people.

“I think he is a rational actor who has miscalculated significantly,” Biden told Jake Tapper as Russian bombardments on civilian targets in Ukraine signaled another turning point in the months-long war.

Coming as the conflict in Ukraine approaches its eighth month, the interview with Biden provided fresh insight into his thinking as top US officials watch the fighting unfold in Ukraine with escalating concern.

Biden, who warned last week the risk of “nuclear Armageddon” was at its highest level in 60 years, said in the interview that threats emanating from Russia could result in catastrophic “mistakes” and “miscalculation,” even as he declined to spell out how precisely the United States would respond if Putin deploys a tactical nuclear device on the battlefield in Ukraine.

None of your "gotcha's" seem to have made it into the story.

[W_HAMILTON]

82. I wouldn't have expected them to be in a story about Putin.

Furthermore, why are you referring to a story about the interview? You mean after calling everyone out, you didn't watch it yourself to know what was asked?

EDIT: Was just looking through social media and saw this:

Link to tweet

So, no -- surprisingly enough! -- the questions Tapper asked about Hunter Biden were not in the Putin story, but the Hunter Biden story. What other questions did the other poster nail that you were wrong about them not asking? Or should I find someone else since you were apparently boycotting the interview just like you called others out for doing?

EDIT 2: Since that tweet was from Tapper himself, I looked through his feed and in CNN's hyping up of his interview, two of the three topics were the tabloid types that the original poster correctly nailed:

Link to tweet

Seems the original poster has a better finger on the pulse than you do...

[brooklynite]

89. I didn't watch because I was busy...

(I was at an event with Ali Vitali)

...but then I don't talk virtuously about everything I hate about the media.

[BannonsLiver]

96. Right

Where’s the time when one is busy name dropping and breathlessly touting their important political contributions?

[brooklynite]

104. Context to the post?

BTW: President Biden will be doing a high dollar fundraiser next week for John Fetterman. Will the deep pockets attendees be the subject of your withering wrath?

[BannonsLiver]

112. Unlikely.

Unless of course they come here to name drop and breathlessly chronicle their pitiful, desperate efforts at social climbing. Then I might chime in.

[brooklynite]

116. No need to social climb...

Considering the number of candidates who call me, I seem to be at the top of your ladder.

But it IS nice to know that, given all your jibes, I can bring meaning to your life.

[BradAllison]

106. Hehe

[W_HAMILTON]

101. No, you just virtuously talk about everything you hate...

...about everyone who talks about everything they hate about the media -- and subsequently get it wrong in doing so.

[brooklynite]

92. ...

Link to tweet

[BannonsLiver]

98. The most interesting part of this

Is the OP, obviously super aggrieved some people expressed an opinion on CNN, starts a thread to air that grievance castigating people for their views and then….Doesn’t watch the interview himself! What a flex

[FoxNewsSucks]

107. No way!!!

[brooklynite]

14. Assuming you don't want to live in a safe information bubble...

...what non-softball question would you like him to be asked?

[TheRealNorth]

15. Lol

I think you nailed it right there.

[FoxNewsSucks]

23. Actually it probably won't be "will you run",

but "don't you realize you're too old and have dementia and your dog bites too much to run again? Why won't you get out of the way?"

[Hekate]

8. I have no interest in boycotting CNN. I do have an interest in seeing Joe Biden's interview.

[BlackSkimmer]

9. This.

Same.

[LAS14]

64. + 1000

[JohnSJ]

11. I believe it has been a mischaracterization by some to say CNN has moved far right

That being said, I am not a fan of tapper, but believe Joe Biden will handle any gotcha questions without problems

[FoxNewsSucks]

25. It is not. They are far more subtle than Fox "news" OAN or NewsMax

and that's what makes CNN's pandering to the right so much worse.

The others are known liars and butt-kissers. CNN has some vestigial respectability, although they've about run out of that, and their bias is less brazen. But it is definitely there, and increasing.

[LAS14]

65. +1000

[W_HAMILTON]

12. Me.

I haven't watched one bit of CNN since the Licht moves started coming down the pipe and I don't plan to restart now.

[Dear_Prudence]

16. Cord cutter

I cut the cable cord a few months ago so I won't see it. Otherwise, I would tune in despite the Todd-factor. I don't miss CNN enough yet to pay the $35 a month for Sling. The comments on DU make me less inclined to subscribe at this point. 😁 I can still listen to MSNBC on the TuneIn Radio (Android) app. I don't dare use the not-quite-legal links that can capture some paywalled content.

[panader0]

45. Welcome to DU my Dear_Prudence

[Dear_Prudence]

52. Former Lurker

Thank you for the welcome! I have been following DU for years, but I have just joined. I am new to y'all, but y'all are old friends to me.

[Emile]

17. Why would you be advocating boycotting Joe Biden?

[FoxNewsSucks]

22. Rightwing media should be boycotted. In fact, I'd recommend

tuning in right when Biden starts, and changing the channel when he is done. They know segment-by-segment ratings. I wish enough people would do that to give the hint that we support Biden, not their rightwing BS.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

26. LOL. CNN isn't right-wing media, but you know that.

[FoxNewsSucks]

30. You're wrong, but you know that.

not surprised

[Just A Box Of Rain]

32. Too funny man.

[Hekate]

27. Really? More like they'll think you don't want to see anything of Joe Biden

[FoxNewsSucks]

31. That's exactly backwards.

Tuning in ONLY to watch Biden, then leaving when their talking heads start the predictable "both sides, he looks feeble etc".

[Just A Box Of Rain]

35. Hey, you got in a dig at Biden while blaming CNN.

[FoxNewsSucks]

37. That's what they will say, and you know that as well.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

38. And you double down.

You are the one responsible for this "framing," not CNN.

[FoxNewsSucks]

39. Try to follow a topic, please.

This is a thread about the rightward-lurch of CNN.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

40. Oh, trust me. I'm following.

The line about CNN turning right-wing is just is much malarkey as the insults they did not make, but that you did.

Come on man!

[FoxNewsSucks]

41. No, it's not.

[BlackSkimmer]

84. But they said nothing of the kind.

Only you did.

[FoxNewsSucks]

105. Well, I'm glad they didn't.

They and others have a history of treating Democrats far more harshly than republicons. I'm surprised you've never noticed. CNN has done it also, and gotten worse under the new management.

It's also disappointing that you fell for the Chicken Little-types screaming about what they perceive. I never said I WANTED Biden to get that kind of treatment, it's just a good bet that he or any other Democrat will.

[BlackSkimmer]

114. I have no clue who you're referring to as a "chicken-little" type.

As to anyone’s “perception”, this is a discussion board. We’re all different, and we all may perceive things differently.

It doesn’t bother me a bit.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

69. You managed to take another swipe at President Biden, "he looks feeble,"

by inventing a statement that CNN simply did not make.

This "framing" is on you. Not CNN.

[FoxNewsSucks]

70. They say those things and more

Anyone paying attention knows that.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

71. No they did not.

I just watched the Jake Tapper interview and--unlike you--Tapper did not suggest that Joe Biden is "feeble."

I'm paying attention.

[FoxNewsSucks]

72. I suggested nothing, you are purposefully looking for such things

where none exist and ignoring reality.

CNN's rightwing owners thank you for their ratings.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

73. More inventions on your part.

You stealthily managed to attack Joe Biden while trying to shift the blame to CNN for worlds that you invented.

I'm paying attention.

[FoxNewsSucks]

75. Obviously you are not paying attention.

I think there's a word for those who only see what they want to see, but it's not worth the bother to look it up.

Have a nice night.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

76. I don't like what I see. Trust me.

Yet I can't deny reality.

I'm sensing you did not support Joe Biden as your choice in the 2020 primary.

Would that be a good surmise?

[apcalc]

18. I choose not to boycott CNN.

[Runningdawg]

43. Same

[Ohio Joe]

19. Cheesy...

Not cool.

[budkin]

20. I don't watch cable news

It's horrendous.

[Marthe48]

21. I stopped my cable almost 3 years ago

so not watching.

[Kaleva]

24. Why would Biden agree to be interviewed a fascist news network?

[Hekate]

28. Strange how many of us admire Pete Buttegieg for repeatedly going on FOX

[FoxNewsSucks]

109. I didn't see where anyone condemned Biden for going on CNN,

just speculation on the way he might be treated.

Turns out, Tapper wasn't as bad as he sometimes can be, and Biden did well.

The rest is just hysteria coming from those who inexplicably continue to defend corporate media and the right.

[Hekate]

117. Yeah, sure, that's it

[ismnotwasm]

29. Ha! I don't have principles like that.

But I don’t really watch TV either

[Sympthsical]

33. Rumors fluttering that a big name is getting the pink slippity this week

Acosta's name is in the mix.

We'll see. Online rumors gonna online.

Don't watch cable news, but I will be sticking to my principles and pointedly avoiding brussel sprouts for the 672nd day in a row. Fuck you, elf balls!

[Shermann]

42. Don Lemon got something like a demotion, that caught my attention. nt

[Just A Box Of Rain]

46. Don Lemon sees hosting the morning show as a promotion--one he willingly agreed to take--

and the new assignment reportedly came with a fat salary increase.

Lemon has asked people on Twitter (etcetera) to STOP with the false framing.

But it goes on, and on, and on.....

[Shermann]

50. If everybody thinks your new job is a demotion, it probably is

If you got more money to do it, somebody may be taking a write-down to make you go away.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

53. LOL. No, most people don't get salary bumps when they are demoted.

Not in the real world.

Are you calling Don Lemon a liar?

[Shermann]

56. Link? nt

[Just A Box Of Rain]

58. Here is Don Lemon's statement (on camera):

The most pertinent content starts about 1:09 into the clip.

[Shermann]

60. He seems genuinely positive about it

There wasn't anything there about this supposed pay raise. We'll see how it goes. Your average worker bee flipping burgers won't get a raise to do less. But high-profile entertainers and athletes with contracts have leverage and get buyouts. It happens.

I was skeptical about the claims of CNN moving to the right when Stelter got the axe. I said to myself, let's see if anything happens to Lemon or Van Jones or Cooper. And here we are, one more down.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

62. Yes, he is genuinely postive. It was his call.

And Chris Licht, who Lemon rightly calls a "Morning Show impresario," puts the highest emphasis for a networks success on the ability to draw viewers (who will hopefully remain with the network for the rest of the day).

Licht sees the morning show as a huge deal and Don Lemon knows it: "I felt honored" by Licht's vote of confidence.

The claims claims of CNN moving to the right are baseless. Your initial skepticism was quite warranted. This was a conspiracy theory put out by the Free Beacon. Too many people have been suckered (and have unwittingly spread right-wing garbage).

[Shermann]

68. I found his statements to be very measured

He claims that he could have said no, but that's really a tautology. You can always say no to your employer and do something else. What he did NOT say was that he could have continued with his Don Lemon Tonight prime time podium if he so desired.

So, morning couch chit-chat it is.

[Celerity]

113. Bacon Balsamic Glazed Brussels Sprouts

https://apinchofpride.com/glazed-balsamic-bacon-brussels-sprouts/

[Pathwalker]

115. ...

[Demsrule86]

34. I won't watch it... I am sure Tapper will be just awful. I can read about it.

I do not like Tapper...and haven't even before CNN went MAGA.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

47. CNN has not gone MAGA.

This is utter nonsense that defies reality.

[Demsrule86]

59. Yes it has. I know for some reason you like them...but they are MAGA. It will only get worse.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

61. I don't like CNN particularly, but I'm devoted to the truth

and this conspiracy theory is pure bullshit. It was originated by right-wing sources and then amplified by people on the left who credulously swallowed the malarky.

This is supposed to be a reality-based community, not one where baseless conspiracy theories abound.

[BlackSkimmer]

85. Have you seen the documentary they did about Jan 6?

Doesn't seem like something a MAGA supporter would put forth.

Fanone comments for them frequently too,

[Demsrule86]

97. That was in the works before they made their hard right turn. Watch it will get worse...

I already see signs for example last week Joe gave a speech and they had it...but they also simultaneously the stock market report which had large losses that day...wait you say so what they probably ran it all day. No, as soon as the speech was done they turned off the market scroll...There has been stuff like that and of course, Tapper is awful.

[BlackSkimmer]

100. I'm not a fan of Tapper, though there are others I like there.

Biden did fine, and Tapper did nothing wrong.

They are still playing the Jan 6 doc. They're not MAGA.

What is funny to me is that how many here who are supposedly "boycotting" seem to watch more CNN than I. They seem to know what 's on at any given time and what show.

Funny that.

[Demsrule86]

108. I was also angry at the way Don Lemon was treated. It was disgusting.

[LAS14]

67. + 1000

[JustAnotherGen]

44. I didn't even know it was a thing

I never watch CNN

[WhiskeyGrinder]

48. I don't watch TV news OR make time for prime-time presidential interviews, win-win.

[we can do it]

51. Haha, good question, watching baseball.

[nolabear]

54. I'm sticking to my principles and not boycotting.

I want to know what they have to say and know what I’m agreeing or disagreeing with.

[LAS14]

66. +10000

[Raine]

74. Same here. nt

[BlackSkimmer]

99. This.

[Hortensis]

103. This (except that we just didn't happen to watch).

[egduj]

55. Me.

Although if there wasn't playoff ball tonight I doubt I could answer with the same conviction.

[LowerManhattanite]

57. As I'm sure it'll be highlighted elsewhere in clips, I'll pass on watching it on their channel.

…as I generally don’t watch CNN much these days anyway.

[msfiddlestix]

77. I don't have cable. I cut the cord over a decade ago. Been Boycotting the entire Cable System

Betcha there will be clips for me to view posted here...

.

[Bettie]

78. Not so much a boycott as a

not-having-cable thing.

[liberal_mama]

79. I boycott CNN & people who minimize Covid and don't mask. My dad is on a ventilator with Covid now

and I am filled with rage that he is suffering so much and the doctor said today his prognosis is very poor. People need to know the pandemic isn't over. I will not watch any channel or listen to anyone that minimizes this horrible and deadly virus.

[brooklynite]

81. What do CNN and COVID have to do with each other?

[liberal_mama]

83. They constantly have Covid minimizers on their show like Leana Wen and other germ spreading fools

Also constant minimizing headlines like "Pandemic is over!" While 1000's of people lose their loved ones to Covid each week. Sorry if you don't agree and I sincerely hope you will never have to endure the terrible pain my family is dealing with now.

[BlackSkimmer]

87. Biden said the pandemic is over.

So if they said that, they were reporting what he said.

[Meowmee]

91. She used to be the opposite

But I heard she changed her position now which is what many have done. I really can’t take any of these people seriously about anything anymore so very sad and tragic situation kind of surreal.

[BlackSkimmer]

86. Biden doesn't wear a mask, neither does anyone that anyone who works in his administration that I've

Will you boycott Biden now?

[Meowmee]

90. I am very sorry

🙏🏻 For you and your father I lost my father to covid. I did not realize cnn was doing that not having watched for a while. But covid has disappeared from most news now anyway in any real way.

[Meowmee]

88. I haven't seen more

Than a minute of news anywhere, mostly msnbc for 4-5 days now. I think I watched them about three days ago and it was so depressing I changed the channel and now I’m just watching old TV shows and various other programs when I do and doing my work.

And I feel so much better not watching people saying the same thing over and over again and nothing changes, it’s such a waste of time. All it does is stress me out. It’s designed to do that.

I never watched any of these things very much anyway in the past.

When I did go back to watch after a few days it made me realize how crazy it all is because they just keep saying the same thing basically most of the time over and over and over again- who wants to watch that? Not me.

Unless something truly major happens I won’t be watching anymore.

[BannonsLiver]

93. Sick burn, bro.

[Tickle]

95. I still watch CNN

when I'm not home. I'll probably watch it tonight