The dinosaur legacy media is on borrowed time:

"For the first time ever, fewer than half of all Americans have trust in traditional media, according to data from Edelman's annual trust barometer shared exclusively with Axios. Trust in social media has hit an all-time low of 27%."

CNN, especially, among the worst of the worst, is in a tailspin.

The cracks have formed; the pressure is mounting; the mainstream press is now in emergency triage mode, trying desperately to stem the bleeding out of their credibility.

The corporate media talking heads have relinquished their vice-grip on the narrative; lost the pulse. No longer the manufacturers of consent they once were, they have become within the past year the submissive receivers of the zeitgeist, barely treading water as they struggle, and ultimately fail, to adapt to an evolving digital media landscape.

Then vs. Now: CNN vs. Reality (What a Difference a Year Makes)

The 2020-21 COVID drama fully exposed the corporate media — embodied most fully by CNN — for what it is: a stenography service of power, the fact-free parroters of the corporate-state line.