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'He Lost The News Room'
Aftet a year of trying to turn around the failubg CNN, CEO Chris Licht is walking away.
'CNN CEO Chris Licht is out after a little more than a year on the job, as he failed to turn around the long-troubled news network. He stepped down effective immediately.'
Licht wanteed a more parisan tone at CNN instead of the Left Liberal network it had become, but the staff wanted no part of it.
'Licht made it clear he wanted to "tamp down spectacle" that was rampant during the Jeff Zucker era. He toned down the use of the network’s breaking news graphics, fired left-leaning figures like John Harwood and Brian Stelter, and reached out to Republican lawmakers who had been alienated by the prior regime's approach. But liberal staffers who craved the Zucker-era partisan tone never embraced Licht.'
'He was regularly attacked by liberal media critics and his tenure was plagued with internal leaks from CNN staffers. He was also forced to make difficult choices, such as axing the costly CNN+ streaming service, a widely panned product that puzzled onlookers and insiders from the start, and undertake company-ordered layoffs.'
'Some of Licht’s biggest wounds were self-inflicted, though.
Licht, who was known as a wunderkind producer who helped create MSNBC’s "Morning Joe" and revitalized CBS’ morning program, then announced that CNN’s morning show would be "re-imagined." He eventually built an AM show around host Don Lemon.'
THAT FAILED SPECTACULARLY.
'CNN’s ratings were dreadful under Licht, and he was regularly criticized for attempting to fix daytime programming simply by re-arranging existing anchors. The "deck chairs on the Titanic" analogy was used by just about every media columnist in America at some point during his time on the job.
Licht's Liberal 'Bud Light' moment for his newsroom / staff where he lost them was the 'Trump Town Hall'.
Trump was prepared, more so than the host. He dominated the Town Hall, mocked the host for / on numerous questions / issues, and had the guests laughing at the host while embracing Trump - NOT the look the left leaning hard-liners wanted.
The performance was not all Licht's fault, but having Trump on CNN and making Trump look good at CNN's expense turned the newsroom against Licht.
Funny, CNN has been trying to destroy Trump for years with their hard-line leftist bias, but Trump seems to have taken down CNN ... fir now - the rating continue to drop and a 2nd CEO is gone.
During his Presidrncy ... and some beyond ... Trump seemed to be the source of CNN's hifhest ratings in years, as CNN was Trump news (attacks) 24/7. They could gave called it the 'TNN'.
Ted Turner, original creator / founder of CNN, was recently asked what he thought about CNN today and its declining numbers - he said it was disappointing, a train wreck.
After this FAILED experiment at attempting to be a REAL unbiased News Network its mot clear where CNN goes from here. I'm.bettibg it returns to its Left Extreme Leaning biased Conservative/Trump-hating roots.
We'll see.
CEO Chris Licht out at CNN
CNN CEO Chris Licht is out after a little more than a year on the job, as he failed to turn around the long-troubled news network.
www.foxnews.com