The mockery just keeps coming for the colossal failure that is CNN+. Hours after Greg Gutfeld took every opportunity given to him on The Five to lampoon the failed streaming service and ship jumper Chris Wallace, Fox News Channel star Tucker Carlson took aim at Brian Stelter for pouncing on the plunge in Netflix’s stock price while propping up the sinking CNN+ ship.
Carlson started off by discussing the financial problems Netflix has been facing “the stock price at Netflix which is completely changing entertainment is down dramatically. 40 percent just this week. Why? Well, Elon Musk put it this way, ‘the woke mind virus is making Netflix unwatchable’.”
He then turned his attention toward Stelter and CNN+ “so at CNN, where there is a shortage of self-awareness, supply chain issues apparently. The house eunuch took the opportunity to squeak, to gloat about the fall of Netflix.” He then aired a montage of Stelter joyfully reporting on Netflix’s woes:
BRIAN STELTER: Netflix getting awful reviews for its poor Q1 earnings report. The stock tanking right now. What it means for your sharing of passwords and much more.
STELTER: Netflix? More like “notflix”!
ALISYN CAMEROTA: Just stop!
STELTER: That’s pretty bad.
STELTER: I think what happened for Netflix for a while, they were high on their own supply. They believed they were the future of everything, everything was going to be streaming all the time. And maybe that’s not quite true.
“They were high on their own supply. They convinced them of something that was implausible. They told themselves lies” Carlson said mockingly. Adding that now the shoe is on the other foot “CNN’s own streaming service called CNN+ is now shutting down.”
After pointing out how CNN’s spokesman Matt Dornic and Stelter spouted happy talk about the long-term success of CNN+, Carlson sarcastically noted that “viewers didn't agree! Even though CNN+ went on to air several bombshell exclusive interviews including one with Tony Fauci where he said he’s for mask mandates. And yet weirdly nobody watched.”
Later on, in the show, Tucker picked up where Gutfeld left off and took one last shot at Chris Wallace (watch below):
Tucker Carlson: "So, we're mourning as we told you a moment ago tonight, the involuntary retirement of Mike Wallace's son. Boo-hoo no more lectures on TV." pic.twitter.com/rIT9xSd286
— Kevin Tober (@KevinTober94) April 22, 2022
Gutfeld & Tucker are right to mock CNN+ and Chris Wallace. It was clear the venture was doomed from the start. Why would anyone pay to watch CNN+ when hardly anyone watches CNN on cable for free?
To read the relevant transcript click “expand”:
FNC’s Tucker Carlson Tonight
4/21/2022
8:26:23 p.m. EasternTUCKER CARLSON: So here's some interesting financial news. The stock price at Netflix which is completely changing entertainment is down dramatically. 40 percent just this week. Why? Well, Elon Musk put it this way, “the woke mind virus is making Netflix unwatchable.” So at CNN, where there is a shortage of self-awareness, supply chain issues apparently. The house eunuch took the opportunity to squeak, to gloat about the fall of Netflix. Watch this.
[cuts to video]
BRIAN STELTER: Netflix getting awful reviews for its poor Q1 earnings report. The stock tanking right now. What it means for your sharing of passwords and much more.
STELTER: Netflix? More like “notflix”!
ALISYN CAMEROTA: Just stop!
STELTER: That’s pretty bad.
STELTER: I think what happened for Netflix for a while, they were high on their own supply. They believed they were the future of everything, everything was going to be streaming all the time. And maybe that’s not quite true.
[cuts back to live]
CARLSON: They were high on their own supply. They convinced them of something that was implausible. They told themselves lies. Yeah. Well, it turns out that CNN’s own streaming service called CNN+ is now shutting down. Fox Business’s Charlie Gasparino predicted this would happen weeks ago. In response to that, the spokesman over at CNN Matt Dornic wrote back and scolded him, “for the record, we are very happy with the launch of CNN+ and are bracing for a long run of success.” Weirdly, viewers didn't agree. Even though CNN+ went on to air several bombshell exclusive interviews including one with Tony Fauci where he said he’s for mask mandates. And yet weirdly nobody watched.
