CNBC Proves Why Nobody Cares About Corporate Media Anymore

Lyrah and Madelynn did a good job on this topic in the latest edition of the Spectator P.M. podcast, but I did want to pass along a take on that very large, steaming turd of a “study” laid down by CNBC, which claimed that Tennessee and Texas are the two worst states in America to live.

The study itself is a big, fat nothing. It claims that Tennessee is the worst state in America to live, followed by Texas, Indiana, Louisiana, and Georgia to round out the bottom five. (

What are the top five states? Vermont, Maine, New Jersey, Minnesota, and Connecticut.

Oh, OK.

Here’s what CNBC’s article on the 10 worst states to live had to say about Tennessee…

Tennessee Republicans, led by Gov. Bill Lee, make no apologies for a rash of state laws targeting the LGBTQ+ community, including a so-called “bathroom law” requiring transgender people to use the facilities designated for their sex at birth. The state also explicitly bars localities from adopting their own antidiscrimination ordinances. To underscore the point, Lee signed a resolution earlier this year designating June “Nuclear Family Month.”

“The nuclear family, consisting of one husband, one wife, and any biological, adopted, or fostered children, is God’s design for familial structure and has been the bedrock of society since the creation of the world,” the resolution states.

Its sponsors deliberately timed the observance to coincide with the month when Tennessee’s more than 300,000 LGBTQ+ people celebrate Pride.

Inclusiveness isn’t the only area where the Volunteer State falls short. Tennessee also has one of the highest violent crime rates in the nation, according to FBI statistics. And it has the third-highest rate of drug deaths, according to the United Health Foundation.

Tennessee’s violent crime rate is almost solely a product of the historically out-of-control lawlessness in Memphis, something which has been greatly curtailed thanks to President Trump’s commitment of federal resources to pin down the criminal element in that city.

But militant heterosexuals interfering with Pride Month being a key factor in down-ranking a state which has been growing by leaps and bounds over the space of the past decade and more on quality of life doesn’t sound much like a scientific study.