Posted on 02/27/2022 7:54:09 AM PST by Kaslin
After days of almost exclusive focus on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, here’s a bit of a palate cleanser for you. The name of CNN’s new head to replace the ousted Jeff Zucker has been leaked. Chris Licht will lead the network per Dylan Byers, and word on the street is that big changes are coming.
Last night, I reported that Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav had zeroed in on his choice for the next President of CNN. I also reported that star executive producer Chris Licht, formerly of Morning Joe and CBS This Morning, and now the person in charge of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, had emerged as a top contender for the position formerly occupied by Jeff Zucker. I can now report, based on conversations with sources who have spoken directly with Zaslav, that Licht is indeed the person who Zaslav has selected to run CNN.
As Nicosia notes, Stelter and Darcy have operated as bodyguards for Zucker and the network, often absconding from journalistic ethics along the way. The two “reporters” have made an art of misleading by omission while expressing an unhealthy obsession with Fox News. RedState has also been a target at times, with Stelter acting as a stenographer for the left during the Katie Hill scandal, which our own Jennifer Van Laar broke.
By the numbers, Stelter’s ratings have never justified his position with the network. The lack of talent has long been apparent, compounded by overt partisanship expressed in a way completely void of charisma. If that’s not what CNN’s new ownership is looking for, where does Stelter ultimately end up? The answer to that could very well be “on the street.”
Fantastic news: Brian Stelter, who spent most of the last half decade trying to cost other people their jobs, has told several people that be thinks he’s going to lose his job at CNN.
Where else could he go? Who on earth would ever put that guy on TV again?
— Arthur Schwartz (@ArthurSchwartz) February 27, 2022
Still, color me slightly skeptical that Chris Licht, who once led MSNBC’s Morning Joe, is going to fully pull CNN back into the realm of sanity. Clearly, Licht is a hardcore liberal, and though he may make big changes, it’ll be interesting to see what that all adds up to. Yet, Discovery obviously didn’t buy the network to lose money, and CNN’s current ratings are absolute garbage. Clearly, something has to change, and there are likely to be a lot of recognizable names who lose their shows and cushy positions. Grab some popcorn.
Maybe with Chris Licht, CNN will actually try to be funny instead of just being a joke. I doubt it will work, since Licht comes from working with the very unfunny Colbert. He won’t last the year.
Liars and traitors.
More deck chair rearrangement by the sociopathic pervert libtards...
Brian Stetler could get a job either as Mr. Potato Head or Humpty Dumpty.
That smile of his just sends me over the edge - I just don’t know when a smile has caused me such angst.
I cannot believe any woman would lay down with him willingly and breed with him.
My God. I am going to go shower with a Brillo pad and bleach at just the thought of that.
(shivers)
This isn’t rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic - this is adding another layer of thermite on the Hindenburg.
I’d shrug this off as meaningless except for the recent purchase by Discovery. It may take them awhile, but I wouldn’t be shocked if the CNN looks much different in 5 years.
Doubling, tripling and quadrupling down on stupid.
CNN was the goto network for anything overseas. If they just hard focused on that niche again and dropped the hard biases they could make a nice recovery.
Chris Licht's solution will be to make CNN lean further to the left.
And what about that blonde Nurse Ratchet mid 40s lady that comes on mid days, And that one guy that always has the very concerned look of angst on his face with a child molesting producer????
ATT is finally promoting a profitable opertional plan for CNN.
Business people, bean counters, will serve as a damper on the CNN message to first of all “become profitable”.
So no substantive change. Still a worthless propagandist.
It’s the liberal standard train of thought. The “right people” aren’t running things. AND it never ever works.
What’s CNN?
This is going to really be awesome for CNN...
Their viewer rating percentage is going to rocket!!!!
It is going to climb from 0.04% to an astronomical 0.07%
Way to go, CNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
like the TV newsperson running for AZ gov said at cpac, there ae NO honest people in the media.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Scarborough, Colbert……..that’s a lot of bias to overcome.
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