CNN adds diversity, still needs strategy Elevating Abby Phillip and Laura Coates is wonderful. Now CNN needs more viewers to watch them Salon · Aug 17, 2023
Fox News v Tucker Carlson: dispute rumbles on weeks after messy exit Network and former star remain at loggerheads in wake of surprise dismissal – is there a resolution in sight? The Guardian - US · Jun 24, 2023
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 · Jun 13, 2023
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 · Jun 7, 2023
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 Broadcasting & Cable · Jun 5, 2023
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 · May 12, 2023
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 · May 11, 2023
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 · May 11, 2023
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 Salon · May 11, 2023
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 · May 11, 2023
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 · May 2, 2023
Fox ratings plummet after Carlson axed It's not just Tucker's slot — Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham's ratings are falling too Salon · Apr 28, 2023
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 · Feb 28, 2023
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 · Jan 18, 2023
WEKU · Dec 28, 2022 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.
The Guardian - US · Dec 13, 2022 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
Axios · Sep 12, 2022 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 · Sep 10, 2022 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 · Sep 4, 2022 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 · Aug 26, 2022 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
Salon · Aug 26, 2022 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 · Aug 24, 2022 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 · Aug 23, 2022 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 · Aug 23, 2022 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 · Aug 22, 2022 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