So why is everyone leaving the network and going to either Fox or MSNBC? There are probably multiple reasons, but a lot of them boil down to this: If people want partisan news, they’ll go someplace that caters to their worldview. That’s why MSNBC has grown alongside Fox News (though Fox is taking the lion’s share of the key demographics). CNN will point to Fox News and say it’s about misinformation, fake news, and blind loyalty to Trump, but that’s not quite accurate. Fox News took a major ratings hit from Trump supporters in the aftermath of the very early call in Arizona on election night. And the network itself has not been as incessantly pro-Trump as, say, Newsmax or OAN — both of which have also seen a rise in their audience numbers. CNN’s behavior during and after Trump has been, essentially, a lie. They rarely operate as a news outlet anymore, instead going all-in on remaining as anti-Trump and anti-Republican as possible in the vain hope that the Trump-addicted audience that sustained them over the past several years will come back. But that audience isn’t there anymore. They have gone to their ideological homes.