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Hey ladies and gentlemen, this is Carmine Sabia for Explain America, and wow, CNN is
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in big trouble, particularly host Anderson Cooper who just got maybe the most brutal
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news of his career. Before we get started, please make sure you like, comment, share and subscribe
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So Anderson Cooper has been in a rating slump for a while, I mean just getting brutal numbers
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in the 8pm time slot on CNN which is the lead position, I mean that's the slot that
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sets the tone for the rest of the night. As you recall, Tucker Carlson held that for Fox News and what it does is it bleeds into
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other shows and helps get that rating boost that you need going forward
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Well Anderson Cooper is not delivering it and it's so bad that on Friday he was defeated
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soundly to the tune of about 33,000 viewers by Matt Gaetz on Newsmax who was filling
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in for normal host Greg Kelly. Of course he got defeated by Matt Gaetz, Matt's a better host, Newsmax is a better channel
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and you'd be right in my opinion. But what you have to take into consideration is that Newsmax is in significantly less homes
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than CNN is. CNN is a worldwide brand, Newsmax is a very small conservative brand
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So even just domestically in the United States, many more cable companies carry CNN, many
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more satellite companies carry CNN than carry Newsmax. Now as Fox News is struggling in the ratings, this becomes an even bigger issue because
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CNN has not been able to capitalize on that audience. Newsmax on the other hand has
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They've seen significant increases in their bottom line and their viewership. So all that combines to be really good news for Newsmax but CNN should have had some benefit
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If there are so many moderates, you know the word we're told all the time that most people
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are moderates, most people are moderates, well if that's the case they should be flocking
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to CNN from Fox News. But that's not what we're seeing happen
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What we're seeing is actually the direct opposite. CNN is suffering some of its worst ratings in history which could explain why CNN was
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like so happy that Tucker Carlson got fired. Maybe they thought two or three people who watched Tucker would tune into Anderson Cooper
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but it doesn't appear that's the case. You know Anderson Cooper, he's one of the guys that plays it more straight at CNN
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He's more down the middle, call them balls and strikes. He's definitely left leaning and you can tell that in his broadcasts but he is not as egregious
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about it. He's not as forward about it as a lot of the other hosts and anchors on CNN are
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That could actually be hurting him because in today's day and age in the media landscape
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being closer to the middle is not a benefit to get you ratings
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People want to hear their side, one side or the other. Right now MSNBC, Fox News have been just piling on, crushing Anderson Cooper in the ratings
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for over a year. Now Newsmax is joining the fray and crushing Anderson Cooper
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At what point does CNN say we've got to fire this guy and bring in somebody else
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Maybe a conservative. Try and get some of that Tucker audience, right
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What I do know is this is probably the worst news Anderson Cooper could have got and in
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my opinion it could be the beginning of the end for him at CNN. Folks again, this is Explain America, I'm Carmine Sabia
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God bless you. Take care everybody
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