CNN Chatter

 Rumor says....the CNN 'boss' came out and basically warned everyone in the top level of the network.....there's a salary cut coming.  He's not saying 5-percent or 10-percent or 25-percent....just that fewer viewers....means a cut has to come.

I paused over this.

If you were a top-10 journalist with CNN.....you were likely making 3.5-million a year.  Your agent probably took 10-percent.  IRS, state taxes and Social Security likely take around 40-percent minimum (probably closer to 50-percent).  So you took home around 1.4-million.  

Then you go and figure your mortgage (for a 3-million condo/house), your car payments, your $100k a year on trips to the Bahamas, Paris and Vegas each year.  You probably were smart enough to stick away $150,000 for some retirement fund.

So yeah, a 10-percent cut would be seriously affecting your lifestyle.

But here's the thing....you will engage upon this guy and ask....what if I (not the 'boss') could reverse the viewing trend?  

The 'boss' would say....if you bumped your viewing audience up 25-percent in 60 days....yeah, you'd reverse the pay-cut.

So I'd go and ask....how do I get more viewers back to CNN?

Well....the general answer?  You'd flip theatrics and go anti-Biden.  

You'd bring on people to tell the legit story over the money, Hunter Biden, and the mental decline of Joe Biden.

The CNN folks holding to the old tradition?  Well....they'd just accept the 10-to-20 percent pay-cut and not complain.

For some reason, I believe within two months....you will be shocked how radical things get over at CNN.