CNN Director Reveals They Practice ‘Art of Manipulation’ to ‘Change the World’: That’s Why We Constantly Have Covid Death Toll on the Side

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CHESTER: “Sad news doesn’t do well with ratings. You know, like, if you can get someone impassioned, that does really well with ratings. Sad news back-to-back-to-back-to-back doesn’t do really well, unless it affects them directly. Covid? Gangbusters with ratings, right? Which is why we constantly have the death toll on the side. Which I have a major problem with, how we’re tallying how many people die every day. Because I’ve even looked at it and been like, look at it and be like, ‘Let’s make it higher. Like, why isn’t it high enough, you know, today?’ Like, it would make our point better if it was higher. And I’m like, ‘What am I f**king rallying for? That’s a problem that we’re doing that. You know? (...) Like, this special red phone rings and they pick it up. And it’s like the head of the network being like, ‘There’s nothing that you’re doing right now that makes me want to stick. Put the numbers back up, because that’s the most enticing thing that we had. So put it back.’ So like, things like that are constantly talked about.”