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Chris Licht Ouster Shows How Cable News Has Become a Cope

The journalistic crusade against "bothsidesism" is an unsubtle attempt at enforcing political orthodoxy.

Reason

How Chris Licht’s botched effort to drag CNN to the right ended with his own stunning downfall

The one-time wonderboy of breakfast television had a vision to make CNN the most trusted source in news. But he failed to gain the trust of his newsroom, Bevan Hurley writes

The Independent UK

CNN’s Licht Apologizes to Newsroom Following Disastrous ‘Atlantic’ Profile; Staffers Privately Say, ‘He’s Done’

CNN’s embattled CEO declares intention to ‘fight like hell’ to win back staff’s trust as WBD chief David Zaslav appears to lose confidence in him

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Trump news – live: Trump and DeSantis to duel in Iowa as ex-president defends CNN town hall ratings

DeSantis will court voters at a picnic and fundraiser in Cedar Rapids as Trump holds a rally in Des Moines

The Independent UK

CNN CEO defends pro-Trump audience

"While we all may have been uncomfortable hearing people clapping, that was also an important part of the story"

Salon

CNN head defends Trump’s lie-strewn town hall: ‘America was served very well’

Chris Licht boasts that network ‘made a lot of news’ in call to angry staff but CNN reporter laments Trump’s ‘firehose of disinformation’

The Guardian - US

CNN touts "masterful" Kaitlan Collins

"You do not have to like the former president's answers, but you can't say that we didn't get them," CNN CEO says

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CNN praises Kaitlan Collins’ ‘tough’ questioning at Trump town hall amid furious backlash at network

‘You do not have to like the former president’s answers, but you can’t say that we didn’t get them,’ CNN CEO says during editorial call with angry staff

The Independent UK

James Corden’s Late Late Show was ‘losing up to $20m a year’ before it ended: ‘It was simply not sustainable’

‘CBS could not afford him anymore,’ unnamed executive said

The Independent UK

Fox ratings plummet after Carlson axed

It's not just Tucker's slot — Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham's ratings are falling too

Salon

Stunning Rupert Murdoch deposition leaves Fox News in a world of trouble

Media mogul’s admission in Dominion Systems election case that he let cable network broadcast falsehoods stuns observers

The Guardian - US

Davos Elites Warn That Disinformation Is an Existential Threat to Their Influence

At the World Economic Forum, Brian Stelter and panelists discuss why everything is Facebook's fault.

Reason

Six ways media took a big step backward in 2022

Elon Musk caused Twitter chaos, the streaming industry hit adolescence, late night TV lost its footing, there were lots of layoffs and some dispiriting indications of compassion fatigue.

WEKU

The media are rife with hidden agendas. That’s why I choose the Guardian

A great deal of the media are concentrated in the hands of too few people, who are often too attuned to what their corporate owners or political benefactors would like emphasized

The Guardian - US

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Axios

Brian Stelter heads to Harvard while he figures out next gig

Stelter will convene discussions about threats to democracy — and possible responses by the media.

The Guardian - US

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

The cable network’s CEO dramatic hiring and firing of on-air talent seems designed to woo the Fox News crowd

The Guardian - US

Democracy is under attack – and reporting that isn’t ‘violating journalistic standards’

Biden gave a rare primetime address on the most important challenge facing America – and the media coverage was just more he-said/she-said reaction

The Independent UK

CNN management intent on changing perception of the network

The first steps toward change at CNN have been slow and incremental — at least until the network cancelled its long-running media criticism show ‘Reliable Sources’ and cut loose its host, Brian Stelter

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Salon

CNN shifts right: Will they never learn?

With Brian Stelter off the air, CNN seems determined to repeat the grotesque errors that led to President Trump

The Guardian - US

The changes at CNN look politically motivated. That should concern us all

Brian Stelter’s very popular and commerically successful show was axed. The reason? Follow the money

Los Angeles Times

Jean Guerrero: Latinophobia in mainstream news fuels the radical right

A main driver of democracy's decline in the United States is Latinophobia — from its central role in the rise of Donald Trump to its influence in the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Boston Herald

Joe Battenfeld: Can anti-Trump CNN shed its liberal bias and win back viewers?

CNN and its Trump-hating anchors and free-falling ratings are in the middle of a major retool, but can it even be saved?

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Cheney turns on pro-Trump Republicans after defeat

Outgoing congresswoman Liz Cheney takes aim at election result deniers within GOP. Plus, a dispute at Apple over remote working

The Guardian - US

Brian Stelter rebukes CNN on final show: ‘It’s not partisan to stand up to demagogues’

Host says, ‘It is not partisan to stand up for decency and democracy and dialogue,’ after CNN cancels media show Reliable Sources

Tribune News Service

Brian Stelter signs off of ‘Reliable Sources’ in CNN exit, says network ‘must remain strong’

Brian Stelter may be leaving CNN, but the job’s not done yet, he vowed Sunday.

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