CNN: What's Their 'Breaking News' Today and Is It Even Real?
Trump's Asylum Approval & Weiss's CNN Dreams: Just Another Day in the Circus?
So, the guy who allegedly shot those National Guardsmen? Turns out the Trump administration approved his asylum application. You can't make this stuff up. Operation Allies Welcome sounds less like a humanitarian effort and more like a plot point from a bad action movie.
CNN is all over it, naturally. John Miller, their "Chief Law Enforcement and Intelligence Analyst," is laying it all out. "He comes here from Afghanistan in the Summer of 2021... he applies for asylum in December of 2024... he’s approved for asylum in April of this year under the Trump administration." Translation: blame everyone, blame no one. It's the perfect cable news cocktail.
And then there's Bari Weiss. Fresh from apparently running CBS News like her personal fiefdom – complete with a $10k-a-day security detail, because doing the news is apparently a dangerous job these days. I guess "normal" voices like Alan Dershowitz need protection from...Hasan Piker? Please.
Now she's eyeing CNN? Reportedly wants to install "Saturday night debates in front of a live audience." Oh, joy. More shouting matches masquerading as intellectual discourse. It's like she wants to turn CNN into a circus sideshow, and honestly... actually, that might be an improvement. Bari Weiss reportedly has ideas for CNN, too
The Media Consolidation Nightmare
The thought of Paramount Skydance swallowing Warner Bros. Discovery is enough to make anyone’s stomach churn. More media consolidation means fewer independent voices and more corporate control. And the idea of Weiss running a combined CBS-CNN? It's like putting a fox in charge of the hen house. Or maybe more like putting a particularly opinionated chihuahua in charge of a pack of wolves.
And don't even get me started on Paramount teaming up with Warner Bros. to distribute Rush Hour 4 at Trump's "behest." It's all one big, greasy quid pro quo. You scratch my back, I'll greenlight your brain-dead sequel.
TheWrap reports that Weiss is hopeful about this merger, because offcourse she is. This whole thing feels like some kind of dystopian chess game where the pieces are media empires and the pawns are the viewers. But wait, are we really supposed to believe that Trump is personally dictating movie distribution deals? Or is this just the latest conspiracy theory fueled by media panic?
The Search for "Normal"
Weiss's obsession with elevating "normal" voices is particularly grating. What even is "normal" these days? Is it just a code word for voices that echo her own worldview? It's a dangerous game to start gatekeeping opinions, especially when you're armed with the power of a major news network.
Let's be real: "normal" is boring. "Normal" is what gets us into these messes in the first place. Give me the weirdos, the rabble-rousers, the people who actually have something interesting to say – even if I disagree with them.
And the fact that Weiss seems to view her position as an opportunity to shut out voices she dislikes? That's not journalism; that's censorship dressed up in a designer suit. Maybe I am being too harsh. This whole situation just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Just Another Brick in the Wall of Mediocrity
So, what's the real story? It's the same old story: power, money, and the relentless dumbing-down of the American media landscape. Trump's asylum approvals, Weiss's CNN ambitions... it's all just noise in a world that's already too loud. Give me a break.