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CNN to lay off 'hundreds' of staffers in first days of second Trump presidency: reports


https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/cnn-lay-off-hundreds-staffers-first-days-second-trump-presidency-reports

CNN is reportedly set to lay off "hundreds" of employees in the early days of President Donald Trump's second administration.

Puck reported CNN CEO Mark Thompson will announce to his staff about the network cuts on Thursday morning, while CNBC reported that the layoffs "won’t affect CNN’s most recognizable names, who are under contract," according to sources.

CNN did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Fox News Digital previously reported in November that CNN would face major layoffs by March and that its impact on the network would be "very meaningful."


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Learn to code.

Oh wait, those jobs have already been filled by Pajeets, enjoying the same open borders that CNN advocated for!

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coders dont really need open borders , they can work from home if they cant get a h1 visa

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The H1B scam is an integral part of opening our borders to aliens. Believe me, if some Pajeet can get a one-way ticket from Calcutta to the United States, he's not thinking, "but why? I can just work from home!"

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True, but they'll certainly take a Usa job remote working from Calcutta if they dont get the visa
End result is the same - Job has gone to a non American.

Remote working has made the world smaller - people are no longer competing against the geographically local workforce , its larger , be that country wide or worldwide.

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No surprising, considering CNN had the crap sued out of them by a navy vet. One of these days someone is going to libel The View into extinction.

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Did they beat Fox's 800million, record?

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Good riddance.

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How’s there anyone left?

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It's a matter of time before Musk purchases CNN

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Good; up next: ABC, CBS, NBC ... One of those lost an almost impossible lawsuit and another one is about to settle.

MSNBC to become XSNBC

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The mainstream media are your enemy. They despise you, they gaslight you, and they bombard you with relentless propaganda. No matter how much you hate them, you don't hate them enough.

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All thanks to the CIA’s mockingbird project and Obumer legalizing propaganda.

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Repeal the Smith-Mundt Act!

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That's not all. The Trump administration emailed thousands of federal employees on Wednesday, ordering them to report any efforts to "disguise" diversity initiatives in their agencies or face "adverse consequences". The request came after President Donald Trump banned diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices and programmes throughout the government. Emails seen by the BBC directed workers to "report all facts and circumstances" to a new government email address within 10 days. It seems a new witch hunt is beginning.

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Wow, this is incredible news. While I was initially thrilled to hear about DEI being shut down, my excitement was tempered by the reality that it will likely just rebrand itself under a different name, much like universities did after the Supreme Court struck down Affirmative Action, which was essentially a form of DEI before DEI. However, if what you’re saying is true, it seems he’s doing exactly what I’ve been advocating for — an old-school, fascist-style witch hunt. If you're me, this is a huge win. This could actually make a real difference and truly purge wokeness from the public sector, which, in turn, will likely give the private sector the green light to purge it too.

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— an old-school, fascist-style witch hunt.


Indeed. Although I am reminded more of Stalin's Soviet Russia with informants, a climate of fear, notions of ideological purity and, ultimately, show trials.

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Let us know when those show trials begin.

Also, in your previous identity you were a strong advocate for "watch lists", so spare us the hand-wringing.

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Let us know when those show trials begin.


I am sure that that will not be necessary. Fortunately some show trials have been avoided by Biden's pardons.

in your previous identity


Troll.

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Show trials have been avoided by Biden's pardons? Oh dear.

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In the case of health professionals and some other public officials, I would say so.. His idea now is to extradite Fauci to Russia, apparently. He has also in the past said that he would try to prosecute his political opponents if he’s elected to a second term.

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The thing is that we've just endured 4 years of show trials for J6'ers and political dissidents like Douglas Mackey - not to mention the Russian Collusion Hoax, which was an attempted coup engineered by the intelligence communities on a sitting president - but now that actual criminals like Anthony Fauci or the Biden Crime Family are in the crosshairs, you're uncomfortable.

We get it. You want show trials but you don't want actual justice. You're just not willing to admit such.

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show trials for J6'ers


The insurrectionists? Not show trials. We all see what they did on TV.

and political dissidents like Douglas Mackey


The guy, found guilty of voter suppression, who promoted internet memes claiming that it was possible to vote for Hillary Clinton through text messages? The memes were reportedly targeted at Black and Latino voters, and were designed to look like official Clinton campaign ads, reusing her campaign logo, slogans, and fine print. When around the time Mackey promoted these memes, he discussed ways to "limit black turnout" and described black voters as "gullible"? Yeah what a show trial that was lol

the Russian Collusion Hoax,

Which was shown so by an inquiry and involved no trials, 'show' or otherwise?

criminals like Anthony Fauci

And what was his 'crime'? Telling Trump what he did not want to hear.

We get it. You want show trials but you don't want actual justice.

No; it appears you don't get it at all. Please check back. See how I am against show trials, not for them.

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I'm sure you're aware that the same prank was pulled by others, who, get this, received no punishment at all. This is further confirmation that you believe that offending the state morality is criminal. Fascist.

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I'm sure you're aware that the same prank was pulled by others,


A failure to prosecute others (even if such similar cases exist) is not relevant to whether or not Mackey was afforded justice in a fair trial. But, good try. I see too that you had no rebuttals to my other points.

This is further confirmation that you believe that offending the state morality is criminal.


Don't tell me what I believe.

Fascist


Oh dear.

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His idea now is to extradite Fauci to Russia, apparently.

Let me guess ... you got that from a fact checker.

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Wrong guess. Even Maixiu accepts Fauci is a target (see just above)

Let me guess, you say this is not the case only because you just don't think it can be?

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Are you sure you didn't get it from a fact checker?

Not even a Snopes fact checker? lol

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Are you sure that what you think is always right, just based on your opinions?

Btw: I said that his idea now 'is to extradite Fauci to Russia, apparently '. this conditional does not mean I necessarily accepted the rumours, which appeared on X, as well as other social media. As I am sure you are aware, on rare occasions, X has been unreliable lol. Since you ask, Snopes cites 'no evidence'. And Russia has no extradition treaty with Russia.

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The only people rejecting it or denying it is because of the “Snopes Fact Checker” ... my guess was correct and you confirmed it.

Semantics and Backpedaling noted.

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The only people rejecting it or denying it is because of the “Snopes Fact Checker”


Not just Snopes, sorry about that. But your reasons for accepting the rumour as likely true are....

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Not just Snopes, sorry about that.

Thanks for confirming that you relied on a fact checker ...

The rejection and denialism in all other sources are based on that “Snopes Fact Checker.”

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you relied on a fact checker ...


Er, if you remember I mentioned the Fauci scenario as something only apparently true, It was then you who suggested checking with Snopes which showed that my 'apparently' was highly unlikely, so, fair enough and my conditional was justified. But you originally implied that the story was, er, likely shown as true by a fact checker like Snopes. See what you did there? . And, didn't you only recently recommend 2 fact checking sites off your own bat? Thought so,

your reasons for accepting the rumour as likely true are...


Evasion noted.

The source on X is account @CilComLFC and disinformation fake news outlet The People’s Voice, run by Sean Adl-Tabatabai, known for managing fake news sites like Your News Wire and NewsPunch. Must be reliable then LOL


Here's a second question for you to ignore: do you think the US has an extradition treaty with Russia?

BTW Trump, who usually is the first to trumpet such political masterstrokes, has made no comment. Just sayin'.

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I didn’t suggest checking anything; I guessed and predicted that you based your gaslighting on a fact checker which turned out to be true.

And didn't you only recently recommend 2 fact checking sites off your own bat?

Nope. Search engines are not fact checkers, but conflation noted.

There’s no extradition treaty, but it’s possible that "an exception" could be made or that the extradition treaty can be re-established.

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I guessed and predicted that you based your gaslighting on a fact checker which turned out to be true.


The original exchange was:

"FF : His idea now is to extradite Fauci to Russia, apparently.

Tv: Let me guess ... you got that from a fact checker. "

but then, confusingly, just after, you er attribute fact checkers with the opposite view:

"The only people rejecting it or denying it is because of the “Snopes Fact Checker”

See what you did there? According to this logic, whatever I said it would be wrong and evidence of fact checker bias.

In the event you were right in that Snopes shows the story to be false. But I only looked at Snopes after you mentioned it. Also, please example the 'gaslighting' and of whom, pertaining here. But you won't; you just throw terms around without any reason.

Search engines are not fact checkers,

Indeed but it was two fact checkers you came up with. If you can show they were not, then fair enough.

but it’s possible that "an exception" could be made


It is possible too that you say this just off the top of your head - as usual.

And, for the third time your reasons for accepting the rumour as likely true
(especially given the sources I gave for it) are ... Evasion still noted..


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but it was two fact checkers you came up with

Nope, you have me confused with someone else.

The bottom line is that regardless of the "other sources" for your gaslighting, they all originated from a fact checker.

The absence of an extradition treaty does not necessarily mean that extradition cannot occur; it might still happen under specific circumstances or through diplomatic negotiations.

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The bottom line is that regardless of the "other sources" for your gaslighting, they all originated from a fact checker.


Really? Think about the obvious. If I had used a fact checker (eg Snopes) for my first post, I would not have thought the Fauci story was 'apparently' true, would I ? See how it works? And, by attributing to fact checkers conveniently opposing views at the same time to condemn them, as I showed you did just before, you reveal your bias rather than theirs lol.

For the second time, please show the 'gaslighting' here that you claim. Evasion noted. And, for the fourth time, your reasons for accepting the rumour as likely true are ... Evasion still noted..

The bottom line is that in this instance the Fauci claim is unlikely to be true, due to the source of the original X posting ,see above.

you have me confused with someone else.

Your characteristic alt-Right tropes and solipsistic epistemology mean that you are hard to confuse, my friend. And I remember it as I was amused that any fact checkers were acceptable to you at all.

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You didn’t need to use a fact checker since all your gaslighting originates from fact checkers one way or the other regardless of source.

You could even serve as your own fact checker since you base everything you think and regurgitate on propaganda.

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You didn’t need to use a fact checker


Thank you for admitting that. But why did you ask "Are you sure you didn't get it from a fact checker? Let me guess ... you got that from a fact checker. etc " at the start? Doesn't this new view now make of them non-sequiturs?

all your gaslighting

So you keep saying ... while ignoring request to show it, naturally.

Arguably the only gaslighting here is from those alt-Right posts on X and elsewhere, spuriously attributing to President Felon plans he has not expressed interest in doing.

You could even serve as your own fact checker since you base everything you think and regurgitate on propaganda.


Ironic, since you have yet to give your reasons for accepting the Fauci rumour as likely true are ... Evasion still noted..

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In the end, your gaslighting originated from a fact checker as usual ... Drones are predictable.

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Just so you know (since you never seem to), gaslighting is a type of emotional abuse that involves manipulating someone into doubting their own reality, feelings, and perceptions.

You are trying it on with me by originally saying I asserted the apparent truth of the Fauci claim based on Snopes - when Snopes actually says the opposite. Then suddenly, I don't need fact checkers after all, it seems.

QED.

You have yet to give your reasons for accepting the Fauci rumour as likely true (since you decry those checkers who debunk it) are ... Evasion still noted..

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My initial post didn't specify "Snopes"; I referenced "a fact checker."

Semantics noted.

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"The only people rejecting it or denying it is because of the “Snopes Fact Checker” ..."Not even a Snopes fact checker? " etc

Oh yes; from your second message onwards then. Big difference. In any case, didn't you say that only Snopes was the checker concerned? Semantics, indeed. But whatever the point is the same.

AND

You have yet to give your reasons for accepting the Fauci rumour as likely true (since you decry those checkers who debunk it) are ... Evasion still noted.

Let me know when you have an answer, otherwise that's all from me here.

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lol, That wasn't my initial post.

Nevertheless, it was a fact checker that propagated the gaslighting to all other sources and you followed along.

BTW, only one other person on this forum insisted and persisted on having their question answered as you just demonstrated ... Skavau.

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Bonus double tap:

That wasn't my initial post.


That's why er, I said. just before 'oh yes, from your second message onwards . Big difference' Please read what I actually say it will save embarrassment.

it was a fact checker that propagated the gaslighting to all other sources ..


Since when is debunking a claim made about someone 'gaslighting' ? Shame you think this, since I even defined the term for you, just above. Still awaiting your answer btw. Is there a problem?

Have good day.

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And yet, you quoted a proceeding quote even though it was irrelevant.

Still awaiting your answer. Is there a problem?

Skavau is the only other person on this forum that insisted as much as you for an answer.

How is it possible for two persons to use 99% identical tactics without being the same person?

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Yeah, a "target". Just like the Rosenbergs were "targets".

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Either option is acceptable to me, so long as the end result is the complete eradication of Wokeness.

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I'm just waiting to see what Trump will do when all the ones who had jobs in some DEI related thing shoot up the unemployment numbers, while Trump loves to pretend he'd create jobs for Americans.

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So it's better to keep them employed on pointless make-work, with inordinately generous pay and benefit packages paid for by the productive sector?

This is more hand-wringing over the precious Economy God by Marxists who choose to view us as Kosher bar codes instead of human beings.

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Marxists who choose to view us as Kosher


Oh dear.

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Another bout of the vapors, sweetheart? Try breathing into a paper bag.

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No, just a bout of incredulity. Oh , the things you say.

And don't call me sweetheart.

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Or what?

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Or you'll just start Melton off. And you know how he gets.

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