CNN+ streaming service is shutting down a month after launching

Re:CNN+ streaming service is shutting down a month after lau... by ericmay on Thursday April 21, 2022 @02:06PM (#31113079)

It seems pretty popular to me. You're misconstruing "that's popular and people watch it" for "I agree with what the person is saying".

Many people watch it. It makes money. Anderson Cooper makes money. Ergo the market is speaking quite clearly.

For example, as vile, absolutely stupid, and wrong as Tucker Carlson is, the market is clearly speaking and he's quite popular.

Now if you want to change your definition or raise your bar or something, sure go for it, but without any parameters I think anyone on prime time on CNN or any major news channel is by definition popular.

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Re:CNN+ streaming service is shutting down a month after lau... by WoodenChair on Thursday April 21, 2022 @04:19PM (#31114685)

> You're misconstruing "that's popular and people watch it" for "I agree with what the person is saying".

Not at all. I just cited some statistics. Making a value judgement is actually what you did:

> For example, as vile, absolutely stupid, and wrong as Tucker Carlson is, the market is clearly speaking and he's quite popular.

The first definition of popular is “regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general”

The key word being the last one in this case “general.” Based on the statistics I cited cable news is a niche to begin with. And based on his viewership, Anderson Cooper is a niche within a niche. Not “generally” popular.

For the record I don’t watch any of these shows so I don’t have a horse in this race. Not sure why you feel you need to defend Anderson Cooper’s (non) popularity so hard? It’s certainly not a very popular show as you originally stated. But you’ve since lowered the bar that anything on mainstream cable is “popular.”

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Re:CNN+ streaming service is shutting down a month after lau... by ericmay on Thursday April 21, 2022 @05:17PM (#31115304)

I made a value judgement to demonstrate the ability to separate preference from fact. Maybe I didn’t need to do that, but if I can get in a swipe at Tucker Carlson I’ll take it, because he is despicable and vile.

I’m not defending Anderson Cooper. Don’t care about him. To say he’s unpopular though without defining popularity is a mistake you are making, not me. Even if we used your definition here, which we weren’t, it would still be true that he’s popular. He’s a household name. He’s clearly popular. We are talking about him right here. What more proof do you need?

So back to the original discussion regarding Anderson Cooper, the market has spoken. He’s popular. To say the market hasn’t spoken would be incorrect, given he’s on Prime Time on CNN lol.

So what exact point were you trying to make here? Because I think you’re just arguing to argue and it’s really not a good use of time for you or me.

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Re:CNN+ streaming service is shutting down a month after lau... by google234123 on Thursday April 21, 2022 @06:40PM (#31116062)

You are now confusing the person Anderson cooper with his show. Your original comment was about the show which is the 22nd highest rated news program. Relative to the others that doesn’t seem very popular to me.

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Re:CNN+ streaming service is shutting down a month after lau... by ericmay on Thursday April 21, 2022 @07:16PM (#31116359)

Both Anderson Cooper the person and Anderson Cooper the show are popular, and the market is validating that by the fact that he’s on prime time on CNN.

Being 22 just proves that it’s popular. Would you say the #22 app on the App Store isn’t popular? It’s fine if you draw a line there. I don’t.

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