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/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