Valuetainment - February 13, 2026


“Lights Out In 7 Years” - CNN Ratings PLUMMET As Cable Giants Face EXTINCTION


Episode Stats

Length

8 minutes

Words per Minute

200.29756

Word Count

1,795

Sentence Count

185

Misogynist Sentences

5

Hate Speech Sentences

2


Summary


Transcript

00:00:00.180 Tom, CNN. Let's go back to CNN. Ratings being down.
00:00:05.140 Yep.
00:00:05.940 Can they do anything about it?
00:00:07.880 Well, they can, and I think if you just go take a look at what's happening at CBS.
00:00:13.140 See, the news divisions have been lost. They've been lost leaders for media companies.
00:00:18.400 And the media companies accepted the loss because the people at the top of those media companies
00:00:23.260 were in cahoots with the liberal side of America, the progressive side of America,
00:00:27.340 and they were using that as the megaphone to promote progressive liberalism.
00:00:31.680 That's what they were doing.
00:00:33.400 Now, things like CBS are owned by adults who are looking to make a profitable, you know, make CBS profitable,
00:00:43.640 and they are bracing for another round of cuts is what's happening.
00:00:48.140 Over at CNN, CNN is trapped in this group of cable nets that David Zaslav, Zas, is going to spin.
00:00:56.640 If Netflix wins, he's spinning that into what I believe will be a worthless tracking stock
00:01:02.600 where they will just languish.
00:01:04.860 If the Ellisons and Paramount wins, they want to take the cable nets and they want to make them profitable.
00:01:10.920 And people are scared to death of that because that means CNN will go more toward the center
00:01:17.220 the same way as CBS is leaning toward the center, and it's causing this apoplectic seizure
00:01:22.940 that's happening in the progressive movement.
00:01:25.980 So can CNN save itself?
00:01:28.560 Yes, but it's going to be more layoffs and new leadership, the same as you're seeing at CBS.
00:01:35.120 CBS, they are looking in the mirror over at CNN, and they don't like the reflection they're seeing
00:01:41.920 because if they look instead of let themselves look out the window at what's happening at CBS,
00:01:46.520 they know what's coming.
00:01:48.040 And that's why they're in such a – by the way, if you took Scott Jennings off,
00:01:52.100 what would those ratings be?
00:01:53.140 It's a good point.
00:01:55.180 And by the way –
00:01:55.720 We send our – we send a couple of our guys, shout-out to Umberto and Justin,
00:02:00.520 to the YouTube event in D.C., and apparently they didn't go to a single meeting.
00:02:04.640 All they did is party and drink and have fun.
00:02:06.140 For the seven minutes that they went to the meeting, for the seven minutes that they went to the meeting.
00:02:12.340 Now, the report we got was phenomenal, but one of the things that a couple of the guys there talked about,
00:02:18.900 he's texting me right now, is the fact that the conversations are that Cable has seven years left.
00:02:27.860 He said there's seven more years left for Cable because right now, Rob, you just ran a poll.
00:02:34.280 You ran a poll.
00:02:35.800 What was the poll you just ran on YouTube?
00:02:37.440 Where do you get your news from?
00:02:39.020 Yes.
00:02:39.160 Right?
00:02:39.760 I don't know if it's still up or not.
00:02:41.180 It is.
00:02:41.720 Okay, check this out.
00:02:42.660 Zoom in.
00:02:43.640 3,000 votes.
00:02:44.660 Where do you get your news from?
00:02:45.960 Look at that.
00:02:46.780 Wow.
00:02:47.140 Print media, 1%.
00:02:48.440 Fox, ABC, CNN, all that stuff, 8%.
00:02:51.860 Podcasts, 91%.
00:02:54.000 Where people are getting their news from, it's changed.
00:02:57.160 It's a different market today.
00:02:58.280 But are you crazy, though, Pat?
00:02:59.680 It's crazy, though, that our audience and them, that 8%, that 9%, guys, that 9% still can cause an uproar.
00:03:08.120 They could cause riots.
00:03:09.100 They could shut down the freaking...
00:03:10.040 It's still working.
00:03:11.460 Don't get me wrong.
00:03:12.080 They still get their message out, and there's still a bunch of brainwashed zombies that can't step back,
00:03:19.180 get all the information, and then make a decision based on that and have an opinion on it.
00:03:23.240 The fact that they're not, that 9% isn't giving fact.
00:03:26.500 They're political activists.
00:03:27.860 They want you to think a certain way because they're getting money from donors.
00:03:31.820 Thank God for the 90, you know, 92% that we have going on.
00:03:35.120 It's going to stop.
00:03:35.780 But don't sleep on them because that little, little percentage still works, Adam.
00:03:39.920 I still run into a lot of times people are just like, I hate Trump, and I hate, and they don't get it.
00:03:45.300 It is amazing.
00:03:46.140 You watch Harry Enten, Pat.
00:03:47.260 They're everyone.
00:03:47.680 Every night he's got a poll that's like saying exactly this, but they still don't move their...
00:03:51.800 But there's also an age gap, though.
00:03:53.900 Like, people that are watching us are predominantly 50 and under, let's say.
00:03:57.520 This is a good clip to show, Rob.
00:03:58.780 The TV just went out.
00:03:59.440 People watching mainstream media are 65 and older.
00:04:03.100 Watch this clip here.
00:04:03.960 Go ahead.
00:04:04.260 Democratic base, right?
00:04:06.060 But what about all Americans, right?
00:04:08.520 How about all voters?
00:04:09.660 Voters who say the Democrats are now too liberal?
00:04:12.180 Look at this percentage.
00:04:13.360 It's 42% in 96.
00:04:14.980 48% in 2013.
00:04:16.740 Now 58% in 2025 of all voters say that the Democratic Party is too liberal.
00:04:23.900 The Democrats are moving to the left.
00:04:25.440 The far left is gaining power.
00:04:26.680 And there could be some electoral repercussions because what we see right now is voters, the
00:04:31.000 clear majority...
00:04:32.140 Look at her head.
00:04:33.280 Look at her head.
00:04:33.960 She's so bummed out.
00:04:35.060 I really wonder how Harry Enten is treated in the lunchroom at CNN.
00:04:39.680 There's Harry.
00:04:40.900 Look at him with his fax and dairy when your contracts are coming.
00:04:43.580 Did you see today that they have to show the report about how the economy is doing with
00:04:47.080 inflation?
00:04:47.740 It happened, right?
00:04:48.220 You see that?
00:04:48.740 It happened, right?
00:04:49.060 Consumer...
00:04:49.580 Rob, I think you have that clip as well, Rob, if you want to pull it up.
00:04:52.420 I wonder if Harry Enten is like that at home when they want to go out to eat.
00:04:56.260 He's like, this restaurant has a...
00:04:58.060 And this one has a B.
00:04:59.180 I wonder if he's that guy in the house.
00:05:00.460 He has one of these.
00:05:00.920 Imagine to his...
00:05:01.480 I want you to go to the bathroom.
00:05:02.960 We're going to the bedroom right now because in about six minutes, you and I are going to
00:05:06.540 be...
00:05:07.280 I'd like to see him order at McDonald's.
00:05:09.400 Stand on the counter.
00:05:10.540 Number eight.
00:05:11.280 It's number one.
00:05:12.160 And that's what I want.
00:05:13.080 I want a number eight.
00:05:14.640 And I want you to supersize it.
00:05:16.100 He's hilarious, Rob.
00:05:17.180 Rob, go back to that stat if you can.
00:05:19.780 Watch this.
00:05:20.300 This poor woman has to sit through this each week.
00:05:22.740 Look, this is some encouraging news on the cost of living.
00:05:26.700 Yeah, you look happy.
00:05:27.360 Inflation took a big step in the right direction to start the year off.
00:05:31.180 So consumer prices up by 2.4% year over year.
00:05:35.520 That is an improvement from 2.7% in December that beat expectations, which were for 2.5%.
00:05:42.580 In fact, this is a new eight-month low for annual inflation, month over month.
00:05:47.860 Prices up by 0.2%.
00:05:49.980 Also a step in the right direction.
00:05:52.260 Also beating expectation.
00:05:54.280 Now, economists look really closely at core inflation, which excludes food and energy.
00:05:59.760 Core inflation came in at 2.5%.
00:06:02.800 That's notable because that's the lowest annual inflation rate for core since March of 2021 before the inflation crisis.
00:06:11.300 Now, while we can't exclude food and energy from our family budgets, that's important because economists say that's a better indicator for where inflation is going.
00:06:19.000 And when you look at the trend for inflation over the last few years, she wants to be anywhere but there.
00:06:25.500 It's been a little bit bumpy on this chart.
00:06:27.360 It's been bumpy, but it has improved.
00:06:30.780 There was this uptick in inflation starting last spring after the president slapped massive tariffs on imports.
00:06:36.320 Inflation started to go heat back up up to 3%.
00:06:38.540 But thankfully, it's trending back down.
00:06:41.100 Somebody get her a drink.
00:06:42.060 Some of the notable.
00:06:42.900 She looks like she wants an old-fashioned.
00:06:44.400 As far as what.
00:06:45.600 Okay.
00:06:45.900 So funny.
00:06:46.620 Isn't it great when you see this happening?
00:06:48.180 It hurts.
00:06:48.600 It looks like it hurts her.
00:06:49.860 Yeah.
00:06:50.120 Like it's hurting the body.
00:06:52.300 CNN should just cancel the stat show.
00:06:54.460 Which one?
00:06:55.500 I mean, can you just show that stat one more time?
00:06:57.500 The 42, 40.
00:06:59.020 Voters.
00:06:59.840 Yeah, 48, 58.
00:07:00.800 Is that all voters?
00:07:03.160 Democrats.
00:07:03.780 Democrats.
00:07:04.320 Are saying the Democrats have become more liberal.
00:07:06.420 The Democratic Party is basically saying we've gone too woke.
00:07:09.280 Democrats have become more liberal.
00:07:10.020 We've gone too woke.
00:07:11.100 Democrats.
00:07:11.460 Yeah.
00:07:12.240 It's about time.
00:07:14.120 Yeah.
00:07:14.500 So, I mean, the question becomes what happens next with this, right?
00:07:18.400 That's the question.
00:07:19.240 A new Faith Over Fear hat is coming soon to a theater near you.
00:07:23.020 But I just wanted to say this morning I was listening to Billy Graham,
00:07:26.160 which, Pat, you told me to listen to him.
00:07:28.060 You're like, you know, Vinny, dive in and listen to him.
00:07:29.760 So I'm getting ready in the morning.
00:07:31.080 I'm just listening to Billy Graham.
00:07:32.100 And he said something that I hadn't heard in a while,
00:07:35.000 and it was the Apostle Thomas.
00:07:36.860 When Jesus rose from the dead,
00:07:38.980 Thomas wasn't there to see the resurrection.
00:07:41.140 So Thomas goes, I'll believe that he rose if I get to put my hands in his wounds and in his side.
00:07:46.400 So then he finally sees Jesus, and he goes in there.
00:07:49.040 He goes, God, Thomas, God, put your hands in here.
00:07:51.160 And Jesus looks at him and goes, because you have seen me, you believe.
00:07:54.520 Blessed of those who haven't seen me and still believe.
00:07:57.620 And in that moment, Tom, it hit me.
00:07:59.120 He's talking about us.
00:08:00.560 Okay?
00:08:00.780 We weren't there.
00:08:01.720 We didn't see Jesus walk.
00:08:02.780 We didn't see him die.
00:08:03.460 We didn't see him rise from the dead.
00:08:05.240 But we believe, and that is faith in real time.
00:08:08.780 And he's talking about us.
00:08:09.780 And the last one, you mentioned the story about the Nigeria that we're sending 200 troops.
00:08:14.340 Trump is sending 200 troops.
00:08:15.520 They're saying they're not going to do anything crazy.
00:08:17.060 But think about that.
00:08:18.400 Think about the priests.
00:08:19.260 Think about the parishioners in those churches that were bombed and murdered and slaughtered.
00:08:23.280 And they were in that church praying and saying, please, help.
00:08:26.700 That is faith over fear in real time.
00:08:29.840 And that's what we're about.
00:08:30.880 And that's what the brand is about.
00:08:31.980 And I can't tell you how many people see me with the shirt, because the shirt's on the back,
00:08:35.660 and just tap me on the back and go, I'm with you.
00:08:37.620 Or they see this hat and they go, where can I get that hat?
00:08:39.780 So you go on vtmerch.com, get the hat.
00:08:42.500 We have the hoodies.
00:08:43.140 We have Here Am I, Send Me, which is Isaiah chapter 6, verse 8 as well.
00:08:47.640 But yeah, just go to vtmerch.com and pick it up.
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