The disappearing case of the CNN logo...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Look at the pictures in this article. There are two things common in all of them: All of them are covering protests and all of them are CNN reporters.

When covering breaking news CNN reporters on the ground usually make it clear that they are from CNN: they wear the CNN jacket, their microphone bears CNN branding and  they usually wear CNN caps as well.

But notice that this is no longer the case. In the face of how the media got this election terribly wrong, and that trust in the media is at its all time lowest and sinking further, CNN seems to no longer be comfortable having their reporters be visibly identifiable by protestors.

By having their reporters go unmarked into protests as if they were local news reporters (In the US, local news has a trust level and is less controversially perceived compared to the big cable news networks like CNN and Fox News), CNN is acknowledging their own role in creating the situation as it is and are hedging against potential retaliation from the protestors.

In prior protests relating to issues the media had a smaller role in creating, when protestors identified someone from CNN, they would often start chanting 'F**k CNN' live on air or even try to intimidate the reporter.