Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Schadenfreude

In these trying times, good news is a beacon in the darkness. Mirabile dictu, I have good news for my conservative readership. Variety reports the following about cable news network CNN.

CNN Airport, a long-running out-of-home media operation that became an integral part of the traveling experience for people flying ... is shutting down, the victim of shifts in consumer behavior. 

CNN said the operation, which aired a mix of news from CNN and snippets from other WarnerMedia networks in 58 different airports in the U.S., would close as of March 31.

People are watching their own screens - ignoring the CNN monitors - behavior that advertisers noticed. Consequently advertisers spent their ad budgets elsewhere. Bad news for CNN is good news for conservatives who seldom found their views respected on CNN.