… This is what happens when agenda is more important than mission. CNN put agenda ahead of survival. It pushed to go full retard in its negative coverage of Trump to try and grab some of that sweet MSNBC ratings pie, but in doing so violated the relationship with its core viewership.

What was it the man said, “You never go full retard.”

There is a big difference between Anderson Cooper’s branding and Rachel Maddow’s. No one takes Maddow seriously as a journalist. She’s Stephen Colbert’s crazy cat-lady neighbor. If she wasn’t so dead earnest about everything I’d think her show was the highest form of satire one could create.

But, CNN still tried to maintain the gravitas of Darth Vader booming out at the top of the hour, “This is CNN.”

And a million voices cried out in anguish and changed the channel…

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