CNN and MSNBC put up total resistance during President-elect Donald Trump first pass at the White House, leaving viewers to wonder if history will repeat itself.

CNN and MSNBC became reliable anti-Trump echo chambers during his first term, as the president regularly derided CNN as “fake news,” Jim Acosta emerged as a household name for hostile coverage of his presidency Trump, and MSNBC pushed the Russia collusion narrative ad nauseum. .

Both networks saw their ratings and relevance suffer after President Biden took office. With Trump poised to bounce back from a decisive Election Day victory over Vice President Kamala Harris, CNN and MSNBC would both have a path to rebuilding their brands by emerging as Resistance 2.0 networks.

But the American people essentially rejected far-left ideology by re-electing Trump, and the media landscape has changed since he left office in 2020.

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CNN and MSNBC became reliable anti-Trump echo chambers during his first term. (Jovanny Hernandez/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

Jeff Zuckerwho pushed CNN from an accurate news operation to an anti-Trump opinion channel, is gone. His first replacement, Chris Licht, wanted to return CNN to its nonpartisan roots, but was shown the door after a short, uneven tenure that alienated employees and at times confused even his own supporters.

Parent company Warner Bros. Discovery has since brought in former New York Times executive Mark Thompson to run CNN, and he has rolled back some of Licht’s efforts to attract viewers from both sides of the aisle.

As for MSNBC, the far-left network has been anti-Trump for nearly a decade without any pivot. The biggest change from the first Trump administration is that star anchor Rachel Maddow has reduced her workload and hosts her show only on Monday nights. He’s also promoting former Biden press secretary Jen Psaki as his next big thing.

CNN’s ratings have fallen in recent years, and MSNBC has seen a mass exodus since Election Day. Experts have suggested that the powerful influence long-form podcasts and the new media in the election may even mark the end of mainstream media as we know it.

Partisan MSNBC hosts like Joy Reid have been melting down since Trump’s victory, with some personalities pointing the finger at everything from misogyny and racism to white women as the reason Harris lost. But the approach didn’t resonate, and MSNBC saw a staggering 54 percent drop in its primetime audience on Election Day.

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CNN’s Jim Acosta was famously hostile to President-elect Donald Trump’s first administration. ((REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst))

At CNN, conservative political analyst Scott Jennings became a breakout star in the final weeks of the election as being Trump’s “sole” defender on a panel full of liberals, but most of the network’s key programs remain largely hostile.

Conservative radio host Jason Rantz believes post-election coverage on CNN and MSNBC proves that Resistance 2.0 is already happening, but that doesn’t mean Americans will tune in.

“The resistance is back, led by a left-wing press desperate to deny its role in driving voters to Trump. While a few, like Joe Scarborough, have softened their tone to avoid blame, MSNBC, CNN and legacy newspapers are doubling down. about identity politics,” Rantz told Fox News Digital.

“This echo chamber of political theatrics and self-congratulatory bickering will continue for the next four years, but here’s the irony: Instead of defeating Trumpism, they’re driving even more people into the arms of the GOP,” Rantz added. “Americans are fed up, seeking sanity in the face of ‘woke’ extremism.”

Some have suggested that Trump’s attacks on the media could scare off some liberal pundits. Reporters Without Borders urged Trump to “cease attacks on the media and turn over a new page” for his next administration, after reporting that the president-elect “insulted, attacked or threatened the media at least 108 times in speeches or September public remarks. 1 to 24 October.”

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MSNBC host Jen Psaki offered her analysis of what Democrats did wrong in this election during “Morning Joe” on Friday. (MSNBC/screenshot)

The Ringer’s “Press Box” podcast, which covers the media industry, recently examined what Resistance 2.0 might look like, and co-host Joel Anderson suggested that some reporters and journalists might be nervous about voicing the same contempt for a vindictive Trump that has been rampant of late. time around.

“I’m worried there won’t be much resistance,” Anderson said, while co-host Bryan Curtis said a second anti-Trump resistance looked like it would be “disabled if it happens at all.”

Trump’s victory came as CNN’s financial woes may be coming to a head now that the 2024 election is over, with employees worrying about potential layoffs and pay cuts for on-air talent.

Meanwhile, Comcast Chairman Mike Cavanagh recently suggested that the company might spin off its cable assets, including MSNBC, Bravo, CNBC and Syfy, into a separate company. But Cavanagh’s remarks came before far-left ideology was essentially rejected by the American electorate.

Now, a longtime TV news executive has suggested that Comcast may have an “MSNBC problem” because the extreme rhetoric coming from Reid and other hosts could make the network a liability to potential buyers if it really wants to spin off the assets of cable.

“Everyone has a right to free speech, no matter how destructive it may be, but it’s remarkable that Comcast is putting together this snobbish and despicable programming,” the TV news executive said. Fox News Digital.

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Curtis Houck, managing editor of NewsBusters, believes liberal staffers will want to “smear the Trump administration at every turn,” but said it’s unclear whether that’s good for business.

“CNN and MSNBC saw their level of ex-girlfriend, almost bloodthirsty, insane obsession with Trump work the last time resistance viewers chimed in, so they’re sure to at least try again. However, whether the sheep will come is another question,” Houck said Fox News Digital.

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Fox News Digital’s Joseph A. Wulfsohn contributed to this report.