Free press

The Trump loss in the election has been devastating for the ratings for CNN and MSNBC. CNN is in a particularly bad position because they have lost 70% of their audience while suffering some personal set backs for their best shows. Adding to their problems is the looming merger of WarnerMedia, their parent company, with Discovery, which will give Discovery CEO David Zaslay control of CNN. Zaslay may use this opportunity to completely change the format at CNN moving away from advocacy to straight news. This would mean a lot of new faces at CNN and some feel this was started when Chris Wallace moved from Fox to CNN. If this change happens and CNN rebounds this may be a signal for other networks to be less biased in their coverage of the news. This could lead to reuniting the American people said the eternal optimist. It would be great to see the free press rejoin the first amendment.