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Optics for attempting to do this I get, they don’t care about that. The attempt will be made if things pan out this way. The optics I’m talking about is how deeply ingrained it is that CNN is left wing media. Just as Fox is ingrained as right wing media. You can’t just phone up a couple right wing talking heads and change the direction of the channel. You give George W. Republican his own show on CNN and right wingers will just question why he is on the liberal network instead of Fox. I guess a different angle could be just tossing the network to the side to prevent it from reporting anything of value. But honestly, CNN has already completely destroyed its own credibility over the years and spends a lot of time reporting inane garbage just so they can talk about Trump more. Right wingers won’t watch it, left wingers will believe anything they say, and independents will get their news elsewhere as they already are. It’s a 100 billion dollars into the pisser to achieve goals that have already happened naturally. Even a willingness to ignore ratings, any TV network loses all its power if no one watches it. CNN really struggled during the Biden years because they had nothing to complain about. “Biden does thing” is not engaging to viewers. “Trump does thing and it’s BAD and you need to be MAD here’s a 3 hour panel” holds a few more people’s attention. I dunno, maybe I’m just thinking about it too hard. Seems like in the cable bigshot sphere, it doesn’t matter how much money you piss away or lose, your mistakes all magically go away and you get millions of dollars for the effort. Why care if something is stupid if you can’t lose?

Yeah, but I don't think they give a damn about optics or doing anything so nuanced. I think they just want to do a total overhaul and turn it into another right wing media arm as fast as they can. These are folks who gleefully used a chainsaw to symbolize their approach to changing the government after all. Also, I'm not sure they really even care what ratings it'll get when they're done with it either, just so long as it's one more voice of truth based reporting and opposition they can silence.

Ray: Nicky tells me you got away with the money. Bring it to me. Johnny: Niko said that? Dude, that's weird. Shit was kickin’ off. I don't know what happened to the money. Ray: You better not be pulling nothing, Johnny. Or I'll start pulling your fuckin’ teeth! You hear me?! Johnny: I like you, Ray. Still keep your sense of humor in the face of an almighty fuck up. See you ‘round.

Niko: This guy called Ray Boccino has had me working with this guy from the Lost biker gang called Johnny. Running around after these diamonds he stole. It's been a fucking hassle and all for nothing. Roman: The Lost? Those guys are meant to be really dangerous, cousin. I heard there was a war or something on between the Lost and the Angels of Death. You don't want to get caught up in that shit. Take your cut of the diamonds and get out of there. Niko: There is no cut of the diamonds. The ice got jacked when we tried to sell them. This Dominican looking guy shot the place up.

Johnny: I got all the money that diamonds can buy. Jim: You mean all Ray's money? Johnny: Fuck Ray, man.

Tony: Hey, Lou. You're riding in style. Luis: Yeah, man, I learned the ancient art of understatement from you. Here are those rocks. Try to hold onto them this time.

Luis: This chopper's a motherfucking get outta jail free card.

Johnny: I wouldn't want this Niko Bellic coming for me. Guy is deranged!

Niko: I’ll cut off your fucking head!

... • 2008 All gunmen preoccupied, Lopez saw an opportunity and grabbed the diamonds back from Isaac Roth.

- Collector’s Item. • 2008 Klebitz got a hold of the 2 million and doesn’t intend on letting go. If nobody’s getting their diamonds then that unmarked green’s sure as shit going toward the Lost MC.

- Museum Piece. • 2008 Jewish and Italian mobsters overdriven with confusion while Niko still remembers to shoot. The Serbian soldier exits the Libertonian, leaving behind stacks of corpses.

Johnny K: Just get the shit, man! Come on!

- Not so Fast. • 2008 Luis Fernando Lopez: Rest of you motherfuckers wanna die, do something stupid okay? Jewish Mobster: Fuck you!

Mori Green: Isaac, these are great.

Isaac Roth: There it is. Beautiful, huh? Unmarked bills! No history, no need to launder.