SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – OVERNIGHT: 

CNN CONTINUES TO SINK – FROM THE NEW YORK POST:   CNN’s ratings took a nosedive by a massive 90 percent both overall and in the all-important demographic coveted by advertisers in the first week of the new year.  The Jeff Zucker-led cable news network averaged just 548,000 viewers during the week of Jan. 3 — a major drop from the nearly 2.7 million viewers for the same week in 2021, according to Nielsen ratings.  The year-ago ratings were jolted by the left-leaning network’s coverage of the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol, which resulted in CNN having its most-watched day since Ted Turner launched the news outlet in 1980.  But on the one-year anniversary of the attacks, viewers flipped over to CNN’s right-wing rival, Fox News, which topped the ratings for coverage of the event.  CNN has been plagued by a cascade of high-profile scandals, most notably the firing of its primetime star Chris Cuomo after the anchor was found to be secretly aiding the defense of his embattled older brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, over sexual harassment allegations that resulted in his resignation.  CNN’s ratings took a nosedive in the first week of the new year.  CNN ousted primetime anchor Chris Cuomo in December after the anchor had secretly helped defend his scandal-ridden brother Andrew Cuomo, who resigned last year as New York governor.  CNN does not provide its viewers with any compelling reason to watch.  It is really not a news network that strives to present a complete news report.  It's a cross between an editorial page and the funnies.   I don't feel I need it.  Many others apparently feel the same way.

January 12, 2022