Nolte: Disgraced CNN ‘Circling the Drain’ After Losing ‘Nearly Two-Thirds’ of Viewers

February 12, 2026
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CNN's implosion isn't just another media meltdown—it's a glorious spectacle of self-inflicted wounds, with viewership cratering by nearly two-thirds, as exposed in a brutal Daily Mail report. We're talking a freefall from prime-time averages that once hovered around 1.5 million to a pathetic trickle under 500,000, leaving the once-mighty network circling the drain. Nolte nails it: this is the bitter harvest of serial lies, smug anchors like the perpetually scowling Don Lemon clones, overt bigotry toward flyover-country Americans, and a terminal case of Trump Derangement Syndrome. They've bet the farm on Russia hoaxes, laptop denials, and endless hysteria, only to watch audiences flee to platforms that don't treat them like deplorable rubes. It's poetic justice in an era where trust in legacy media is lower than a snake's belly. Dig deeper, and this collapse reveals a seismic shift with direct ripples for the 2A community. CNN's venomous coverage of gun rights—remember their endless drumbeat on assault weapons bans post every tragedy, ignoring FBI stats showing rifles aren't the boogeyman, or their platforming of Bloomberg-funded activists while blackballing actual experts—has alienated the very heartland viewers who cherish the Second Amendment. As their audience evaporates, so does their cultural clout; no more unchallenged narratives framing law-abiding gun owners as threats. We've seen this playbook fail before: Fox's post-2020 dip recovered by pivoting to authenticity, while CNN doubles down on elitist echo chambers. For pro-2A warriors, it's a green light—fewer gatekeepers means more space for truth-tellers on X, Rumble, and independent outlets to dismantle anti-gun myths with hard data like the CDC's own admission that defensive gun uses outnumber criminal ones 60-to-1. The implications? A media landscape fracturing into tribes where 2A voices thrive unchecked. With CNN's ad revenue tanking (down 40% year-over-year), expect desperate pivots—maybe even softball segments on responsible ownership to lure back normies—but it's too late. The drain's swirling, and as they spiral, gun rights advocates gain the upper hand. Stock up on popcorn, patriots; this is the beginning of the end for the smugocracy that’s tried to disarm us for decades. Time to reload the narrative.

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CNN’s implosion isn’t just another media meltdown—it’s a glorious spectacle of self-inflicted wounds, with viewership cratering by nearly two-thirds, as exposed in a brutal Daily Mail report. We’re talking a freefall from prime-time averages that once hovered around 1.5 million to a pathetic trickle under 500,000, leaving the once-mighty network circling the drain. Nolte nails it: this is the bitter harvest of serial lies, smug anchors like the perpetually scowling Don Lemon clones, overt bigotry toward flyover-country Americans, and a terminal case of Trump Derangement Syndrome. They’ve bet the farm on Russia hoaxes, laptop denials, and endless hysteria, only to watch audiences flee to platforms that don’t treat them like deplorable rubes. It’s poetic justice in an era where trust in legacy media is lower than a snake’s belly.

Dig deeper, and this collapse reveals a seismic shift with direct ripples for the 2A community. CNN’s venomous coverage of gun rights—remember their endless drumbeat on assault weapons bans post every tragedy, ignoring FBI stats showing rifles aren’t the boogeyman, or their platforming of Bloomberg-funded activists while blackballing actual experts—has alienated the very heartland viewers who cherish the Second Amendment. As their audience evaporates, so does their cultural clout; no more unchallenged narratives framing law-abiding gun owners as threats. We’ve seen this playbook fail before: Fox’s post-2020 dip recovered by pivoting to authenticity, while CNN doubles down on elitist echo chambers. For pro-2A warriors, it’s a green light—fewer gatekeepers means more space for truth-tellers on X, Rumble, and independent outlets to dismantle anti-gun myths with hard data like the CDC’s own admission that defensive gun uses outnumber criminal ones 60-to-1.

The implications? A media landscape fracturing into tribes where 2A voices thrive unchecked. With CNN’s ad revenue tanking (down 40% year-over-year), expect desperate pivots—maybe even softball segments on responsible ownership to lure back normies—but it’s too late. The drain’s swirling, and as they spiral, gun rights advocates gain the upper hand. Stock up on popcorn, patriots; this is the beginning of the end for the smugocracy that’s tried to disarm us for decades. Time to reload the narrative.

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