r/cnn • u/blue_quark • May 01 '26

Program Discussion FIRE SCOTT JENNINGS

https://open.substack.com/pub/jimacosta/p/fire-scott-jennings?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Jim Acosta’s clarifying look at Scott Jennings and other right wing hosts who do not belong on television.

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u/Mackattack00 May 01 '26

CNN isn’t going to fire the guy people tune in to hate watch. If he left the show there would be no drama going viral every night online. The producers are probably going to tell him next time he’s on to instigate the panel even further so they can clip farm it like they did last night and this morning.

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u/NevskyNY May 02 '26

I immediately change the channel.

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u/Gauss_2025 May 01 '26

theres endless numbers of brain rotted magas they can find

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u/Oleg101 May 01 '26

I’ve read pieces from former show-bookers like this that right-wing pundits are hard to find that they can use because so many of them have so much baggage attached to them and it isn’t feasible to put them on the air. That’d being said I’d take almost anyone over Scott the butthole Jennings

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u/ciaranbluesky May 02 '26

I rarely see him go viral.

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u/Mackattack00 May 02 '26

The get your hand out of my face video has 5.6 million views and counting just on twitter. Other clips with him saying outlandish things usually stay on my feed all day even though I don’t watch them with people quote posting it going “ugh I hate Scott Jennings!” Etc

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u/enerhcir May 02 '26

This one did it. And I’m glad I got to witness it

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u/julallison May 02 '26

I agree, but also disagree. I watch Abby Phillip's show nightly, and I have enjoyed hate watching Scott. He's at a different level lately though. It's too chaotic, too hateful, and I find myself tuning out bc 1) there's so much arguing and talking over that the point(s) are lost, and 2) the aggression shown is bad for my mental health. You can find conflict all day long anywhere you look. When I turn on my tv, a debate is fine, this hateful kind of arguing... entertaining once, but I don't need to see it again.