NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles) – Two of the leading American cable news networks today announced bold moves to try to improve their sagging ratings.
MSNBC has promoted Rachel Maddow from news host to new anchor. In the midst of declining ratings for MSNBC, Maddow’s popularity is at an all-time high.
CNN, meanwhile, has announced that it was demoting controversial news anchor Don Lemon who has been criticized for his clueless and misinformed reporting and opinions for the news channel. Lemon was also the target of a recent online petition asking CNN to fire him. That petition has so far gained over 37,000 signatures.
CNN demoted Lemon from news anchor to teleprompter.
(noun tele·prompt·er \ˈte-lə-ˌpräm(p)-tər\a machine that helps someone who is speaking to an audience or on television by showing the words that need to be said)
SAN BERNARDINO, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – When we think of “terrorists,” we think of men or women armed with guns indiscriminately shooting at innocent people. But CNN and MSNBC displayed — on live television — a new kind of terrorism, shooting their cameras at the items that remained in the apartment of suspected San Bernardino shooting gunmen Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik.
The journalists sifted through children’s toys, household items and identification cards not just of the deceased suspects but of possible innocent individuals.
There were conflicting reports on whether or not the apartment landlord or the FBI allowed the reporters into the apartment. It is assumed that the apartment remained a crime scene at the time of the media terrorist attack.
It wasn’t clear whether the perpetrators were radicalized journalists or were simply clueless of journalistic principles and ethics..
PANAMA CITY, Panama (The Adobo Chronicles) – As President Barack Obama geared up for a historic meeting with Cuba’s Raul Castro at the Summit of the Americas, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell broadcast her show live from Panama City. But things quickly became awkward when she asked her guest, Rep. Joaquín Castro (D-TX) about his “Cuban-American background.”
“Well, I’m Mexican-American,” Castro quickly corrected her, acknowledging that he does have the “same last name” as the leader of Cuba.
But MSNBC stood by its news anchor and defended its credibility, demanding that Castro (the Mexican-American) release his birth certificate to clear the air once and for all.
Asked by The Adobo Chronicles about the embarrasing MSNBC interview, Castro reiterated: “Soy Mexicano. No soy Cubano.”
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