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CNN finally launched on Monday its long-hyped streaming platform CNN All Access, hoping it lives beyond the 32 days its first iteration — CNN+ — lasted and that it won’t lose $300 million like they did on said comical product. At a cost of $6.99 a month or $69.99 for an annual subscription (or $41.99 for the first year until January 5), CNN said in a press release their “new All Access subscription tier” will include “access to stream a selection of live channels, a library of award-winning CNN Original Series and CNN Films, day-of catch-up content, video-on-demand programming that showcases CNN’s reporting muscle in the field as well as all text, audio and video content available on CNN.com and the CNN app.” Unlike CNN+, the All Access package does not include a distinct, separate set of shows from CNN, CNN International, or HLN. Rather, CNN All Access’s live feed will be simulcasting a combination of CNN and International shows for 22 hours a day. For the other two hours, CNN All Access will simulcast CNN Headlines, which is apparently a thing almost no one has ever heard of. Apparently, CNN Headlines is the network’s free, ad-supported TV station (FAST). In other words, think ABC News Live, CBS News 24/7, or NBC News NOW. It’s one thing for Disney to offer ESPN and their other sports channels as a bundle to cord-cutters, but it’s another thing to hope there’s a ripe audience for cord-cutters to flock toward CNN. CNN may act like the Fox News Channel (FNC) is the evil empire, but they copy and pasted what Fox has achieved with its streaming channel Fox Nation in that CNN All Access will include exclusive reports, CNN’s library of documentaries, and “special features” by CNN anchors, such as a show from data guru Harry Enten or 5 Things with Kate Bolduan. It will also include access to all paywalled CNN.com articles, which CNN created in October 2024. Variety’s Brian Steinberg framed the move as CNN “aim[ing] to put more emphasis on news and less on cable as it launches a new subscription streaming tier that will have more features for an audience that wants news first and a connection to traditional TV a distant second.” “CNN needs to court viewers who no longer view cable as an integral part of delivering their media diet. CNN is projected to shed 7.6% of its pay-TV subscriber base by the end of 2026,” he added. He further explained CNN believes there’s an audience for those who want to see more from “CNN reporters, producers and correspondents” who “are at work around the world, but may not be able to get more than a few minutes of time for their labors on traditional TV.” Time will tell on that front. CNN better hope CNN All Access succeeds or we’ll be back to mocking them like we did after CNN+ died, which came and went in fewer time than New Coke and cost as much as 240 million pizzas and 25 Obama mansions.

Karine Jean-Pierre has been hawking a new book in a desperate attempt to cash in on her time as White House press secretary — and it's not going well.Whereas fellow lesbian and propagandist Rachel Maddow of MSNBC suggested that the book was a "truly new and valuable contribution to our understanding of the Biden presidency," the Washington Post shredded "Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House Outside the Party Lines," noting that it was a "fascinating book for all the wrong reasons."'Sorry, I'm not trying to be dense. I'm a little unclear about what this has to do with Democratic leaders.'The reviewer — confronted with 180 pages' worth of Jean-Pierre's thoughts "written in the outmoded register of one of those lawn signs proclaiming that 'in this house, we believe kindness is everything'" — expressed amazement "that someone who writes in such feel-good, thought-repelling clichés was hired to communicate with the nation from its highest podium."The Post concluded on the basis of the book that Jean-Pierre is a "blinkered" establishmentarian whose recent departure from the Democratic Party and identification as an independent "seems to be less of a strategy than a style"; whose "thinking remains so decidedly in the box"; and who "appears to have little authentic understanding of why her erstwhile party’s approval rating has cratered."Journalist Matt Taibbi's review of the book for the Free Press was similarly damning, dubbing it "history's most incoherent memoir.""Jean-Pierre had over a year to think about what to say about all this, and instead of writing the book the whole world wanted, the true story (complete with photos of Biden’s used-bib collection and pictorial toilet guides) of her frustration at having to be the public face of one of the most obvious and legally perilous cons in American political history, she denied there was anything to cover up, much less that she had responsibility for it," wrote Taibbi.RELATED: Black lesbian former White House press secretary says Democrats lost because they ignored black women Photo by Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via Getty ImagesIn the book, Jean-Pierre reportedly rejects the obvious justification for Biden's ouster — the mental and physical decrepitude that had him tumbling, mumbling, and bumbling — and claims that she "saw Biden every day and saw no such decline." As for Biden's humiliating performance in his TV debate with President Donald Trump, Jean-Pierre blamed a cold and travel-related exhaustion.Perhaps worse than the reviews for the book are Jean-Pierre's efforts to sell it on tour.For instance, Jean-Pierre befuddled a sympathetic journalist with a series of word salads in her recent interview with the New Yorker.Isaac Chotiner repeatedly pressed Jean-Pierre on her explanation for how and why the Democratic Party supposedly undermined former President Joe Biden ahead of the 2024 election. When asked the second time why the Democrats had it out for Biden, Jean-Pierre said — in an interview the New Yorker indicated was edited for length and clarity — that:they believed that he needed to step aside. There’s more to this than just that period of time. This is very layered, right? There’s a period of time that I questioned what was happening and how do we treat our own, how do we treat people who are decent people. And then you also have to think about how I’m thinking about this as a black woman who is part of the LGBTQ community, and living in this time where I also don’t think Democrats right now, Democrats’ leadership, is protecting vulnerable people in the way that it should.The interviewer responded, "Sorry, I'm not trying to be dense. I'm a little unclear about what this has to do with Democratic leaders and many Democrats in the country thinking that Joe Biden was going to lose to Donald Trump — which was what the polls all showed — and therefore thinking that he should be replaced."After Jean-Pierre launched into a rant about how "nobody knows" about what could have alternatively happened, Chotiner indicated that he had no idea what the former Biden spox was trying to say.Toward the end of the viral interview, Jean-Pierre — who had made sure to mention her LGBTQ status and race numerous times and suggested the subtitle of her book, "Inside a Broken White House," was referring to the Trump White House — accused Chotiner of pushing Democratic Party talking points.David Weigel, a political writer for Semafor who was among the multitude of critics awestruck by how badly the interview went, said, "Turns out you can do a career-ending interview even after your career is over."Even Jean-Pierre's interview with Stephen Colbert — a liberal propagandist who helped raise millions for Biden's campaign last year — went off the rails when the CBS late-night host proved unwilling to buy what the former White House spox was selling.Colbert, like Chotiner, asked Jean-Pierre to explain how the Democratic Party betrayed Biden. Even though that's a core claim in the former press secretary's book, she appeared unable to answer, launching into a speech about Biden's perceived accomplishments and how he was still "engaging, understood policy, and was always putting the American people first."The late-night host pointed out that "it takes more than that to be the president of the United States, and in a moment of great pressure on stage, we saw someone shock us and worry us. And nothing could assuage that worry. So I don't think it was necessarily a betrayal of Joe Biden as other people saying, 'We don't think we were shown the Joe Biden that you saw.'"Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The Democrats’ narrative pinning blame for the government shutdown on Republicans is losing steam. Left-leaning lawmakers have openly admitted that they are using the impending expiration of SNAP benefits as “leverage” against their GOP counterparts. This tactic has ignited significant backlash, even from those who typically align with them, including CNN anchor Jake Tapper and the American Federation of Government Employees.‘Who’s winning, who’s losing? Well, 100% America loses with this.’The fallout is increasing the pressure on congressional Democrats to work across the aisle to pass a clean continuing resolution, averting disruptions for SNAP recipients as benefits are set to lapse this Saturday.“Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House. Frankly, this is our only moment of leverage,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) told C-SPAN on Thursday in reference to the government shutdown. Coons admitted that it was “a very unpleasant tool to use.”Senate Republicans called Coons’ comments “absolutely deranged.”“Chris Coons believes that denying Americans their SNAP benefits may be ‘unpleasant,’ but it’s worth doing because it gives Democrats political ‘leverage,’” Republicans wrote.RELATED: Democrats’ shutdown blame game backfires — even Jake Tapper calls them out on SNAP benefits John Fetterman. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesHouse Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (Mass.) similarly admitted during an interview in mid-October that her party was using the shutdown as leverage.“Shutdowns are terrible, and of course, there will be families that are going to suffer. We take that responsibility very seriously. But it is one of the few leverage times we have,” Clark stated.Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) told journalist Nicholas Ballasy this week that the shutdown is “the only lever we have.” Ballasy also asked Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) for his thoughts on the ongoing stalemate. Fetterman was one of the few Democrats to break ranks and vote for Republicans’ proposed continuing resolution.“I’m not going to describe the lives of millions of Americans as, like, a euphemism, as ‘leverage.’ I mean, this isn’t a political game,” Fetterman told Ballasy on Tuesday.“Who’s winning, who’s losing? Well, 100% America loses with this,” he concluded. RELATED: Democrats brush off pressure from federal workers’ union to end government shutdown John Thune. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesSenate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) used his time on the Senate floor on Wednesday to call out Democrat lawmakers for their controversial admissions. Thune mentioned a comment from Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who previously said, “Every day gets better for us,” when referring to the shutdown.“Lest there be any question about who is responsible for shutting the government down, make no mistake about it: These guys are the ones who are out there bragging about it ‘getting better for us every single day,’ or, ‘we have more leverage now,’” Thune stated.Thune explained that 60 votes are required to pass the clean continuing resolution, noting that it has failed 13 times with only 55 votes. “So, the question is, are there five people over there with a backbone? Five courageous Democrats?” he added. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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