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The Guardian - US
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Arwa Mahdawi

New ‘objective’ CNN appears to be making itself objectively rightwing

CNN’s CEO says the cable network is moving away from ‘alarmist’ programming towards more neutral, objective reporting.
CNN’s CEO says the cable network is moving away from ‘alarmist’ programming towards more neutral, objective reporting. Photograph: Mike Stewart/AP

CNN has a very odd definition of ‘objectivity’

CNN wants to be the new Fox News and it’s not even trying to hide it. Earlier this year Chris Licht became the new CEO of the cable network and immediately made it clear that he was going to change the network’s direction. One of Licht’s first moves was to embark on what Axios described as a “Capitol Hill diplomacy tour” and others described as a Republican boot-licking tour. Licht met with lawmakers who had become wary of cable news and promised them that CNN was moving away from “alarmist” programming towards more neutral, objective reporting.

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