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CNN's Ratings Collapse As Coronavirus Fears Empty American Airports
The Babylon Bee ^ | March 13, 2020

Posted on 03/13/2020 11:42:35 PM PDT by metmom

U.S.—CNN's ratings have somehow tanked even worse than they previously had as Americans began to quarantine themselves and stopped taking commercial flights, emptying American airports and robbing the cable channel of its captive audience.

While CNN is usually able to claim millions of captive viewers every day, their audience dropped to almost nothing overnight. With airports completely devoid of weary travelers with dead smartphones and nothing to look at but CNN, the core of the channel's audience has disappeared overnight.

Screens at airports across the country continued to play CNN to empty airports, creating a spooky, dystopian atmosphere as hosts ranted to no one in particular.

On-air personalities were quick to blame the ratings dive on President Donald Trump, suggesting that he had a hand in creating the virus specifically so that CNN would implode.

"This is clearly a Trump and Fox News plot to destroy us," said Brian Stelter. "The anti-science, racist Trump administration wants you to believe this started in China, but it was clearly created in a U.S. government lab to stop the extremely popular CNN!"

Overcome with rage, Stelter then transformed into his alternate personality, a raging, hulking, green monster who breaks things and rants against Trump and Fox News all the time, which is indistinguishable from his other ego except he's green and looks a little less like George Costanza.


TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: babylon; babylonbee; bee; cnn; satire
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1 posted on 03/13/2020 11:42:35 PM PDT by metmom
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To: metmom

WINNING


2 posted on 03/13/2020 11:47:55 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

It would be.

You did check the source, right?


3 posted on 03/13/2020 11:50:50 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: metmom

If it’s true is it satire? :)


4 posted on 03/13/2020 11:53:51 PM PDT by TigersEye (MAGA - 16 more years! - KAG)
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To: metmom

LOL Babylon Bee scores again!!


5 posted on 03/13/2020 11:56:00 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: metmom
"...except he's green and looks a little less like George Costanza."


6 posted on 03/14/2020 12:06:21 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: metmom
Babylon Bee is satire web site!
7 posted on 03/14/2020 12:19:18 AM PDT by wannabegeek
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To: metmom

“Fake news you can trust”

CNN needs to see this.


8 posted on 03/14/2020 12:27:18 AM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.)
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To: metmom

LOL


9 posted on 03/14/2020 12:57:10 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: metmom

If only.


10 posted on 03/14/2020 1:00:41 AM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: metmom

I thought they already were collapsing.


11 posted on 03/14/2020 1:43:36 AM PDT by BigEdLB (BigEdLB, Russian BOT, At your service)
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CNN is ATT

ATT subscribers don’t give a damn.


12 posted on 03/14/2020 1:56:10 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: metmom

where is the downside here


13 posted on 03/14/2020 2:28:46 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (nicdip.com)
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To: metmom

Satirical but true!


14 posted on 03/14/2020 3:37:48 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Prayers up for Rush Limbaugh...)
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To: metmom

ok that was a great headline


15 posted on 03/14/2020 3:43:55 AM PDT by wafflehouse (RE-ELECT NO ONE !)
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To: metmom

I got halfway into the article until I had to look at the source lol. It’s becoming more and more difficult to recognize satire.


16 posted on 03/14/2020 3:57:48 AM PDT by Silentgypsy (Call an addiction hotline and say you're hooked on phonics.)
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To: metmom

Couldn’t happen to a better ‘news’ group!


17 posted on 03/14/2020 4:15:53 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: metmom

I believe the BB over any MSM news source.


18 posted on 03/14/2020 5:01:22 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

RT to the Philippines is $100 off .... if we wait ....


19 posted on 03/14/2020 5:15:23 AM PDT by knarf
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RT to the Philippines is $100 off .... if we wait ....


20 posted on 03/14/2020 5:16:12 AM PDT by knarf
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