KISS’ Gene Simmons Thinks CNN’s Just ‘Given Up’ and Fox ‘Won’

KISS frontman Gene Simmons has always been somewhat politically outspoken, and today on Twitter he opined on the downfall of CNN and said that in the cable news wars, it appears that Fox News has won.

CNN/HLN have given up, and Fox, it seems, has won..CNN has quit hard news. It's all Bourdain food & Forensic File shows..Pathetic

— Gene Simmons (@genesimmons) July 1, 2014

Simmons got in a few subsequent Twitter spats about it, and made it clear he has no dog in this fight, he’s just providing facts about news ratings (though he really defended Fox here).

RT @fran_the_man: @genesimmons When Fox News wins, we all lose.–PEOPLE DECIDE–THEY WATCH FOX IN THE MILLIONS–CNN? HALF A MILLION.

— Gene Simmons (@genesimmons) July 1, 2014

RT @JPatrickEllis: @genesimmons Fox has won? Not news but republican propaganda –MAYBE, BUT THE PROPLE DECIDE WHAT THEY WILL WATCH

— Gene Simmons (@genesimmons) July 1, 2014

RT @TheTVGod: Except Fox, rarely, reports news…opinion is not news..legit news is the #PBS News Hr–BUT HARDLY GETS 100,000 VIEWERS

— Gene Simmons (@genesimmons) July 1, 2014

RT @JeffG1974: wasn't fox the leader in news?–I DON'T HAVE A HORSE IN THIS RACE–BUT STATS TELL US FOX IS BIGGER THAN CNN & MSNBC COMBINED

— Gene Simmons (@genesimmons) July 1, 2014

RT @PBeeodd: Fox News if they are now most peoples main source of news it is indeed a very sad day..–THEY'VE BEEN #1 OVER 11 YEARS

— Gene Simmons (@genesimmons) July 1, 2014

RT @redrkr: @genesimmons That was your judgement against CNN. I'm right.–NO, YOU'RE WRONG FOR SPREADING LIES–I STATED FACT, NOT JUDGEMENT

— Gene Simmons (@genesimmons) July 1, 2014

RT @ChristineStergi: ok..Gene respect Ur opinion but Fox is like watching à soap opera. CNN is news –PERHAPS, BUT WHY DON'T PEOPKE WATCH IT

— Gene Simmons (@genesimmons) July 1, 2014

Well.. this, for one.

[h/t Twitchy]
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