Posted on 02/04/2022 9:31:47 AM PST by DFG
CNN's left-wing bias may become a thing of the past when it is spun off to Discovery later this year, with the largest shareholder of the network's new owners eager to restore it to impartiality.
John Malone, a billionaire Trump donor, is the CEO of Liberty Media, Discovery's largest shareholder. He retains a 25 percent voting share in Discovery, which will take control of WarnerMedia and its assets - including CNN - later this year.
With Jeff Zucker gone, that seems more likely than ever.
It's unclear which political direction Discovery CEO David Zaslav wants to take the network in. On Friday morning, he shocked CNBC hosts by calling the network 'the leader of news to the left'.
Mediaite interpreted his remark as a reference to the political left however he has since clarified that he was talking about the 'left' side of the company portfolio, with sports being on the 'right'.
On CNBC, he refused to talk about the scandal, but said: 'Jeff is a good friend of mine. I can't speak to this issue. We don't own the company yet. In terms of CNN+ we couldn't be more excited about the fact that they've been hiring great journalists.'
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While true, that type of money loss by CNN doesn’t look good on BlackRock or Vanguard’s balance sheet in terms of publicity. CNN being left-wing is one thing, but all the shenanigans that Jeff Zucker allowed to fester on, no way.
Bring back Crossfire!
You would have to clean out all the hard core biased libtards and perverts. 🤪
Would have to start from scratch
Chris Wallace is quitting Fox and going over to CNN
Good for Fox
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