Posted on 03/08/2022 1:27:19 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Incoming CNN boss Chris Licht plans to nix the network's left-leaning commentary when he assumes the role of president this May, insiders say, and has already engaged in talks with rival Fox News about halting its aggressive coverage of them.
Former CBS exec Licht, 50, who headed Stephen Colbert's Late Show for six years until it was announced he was replacing ousted boss Jeff Zucker last month, has already begun closed door conversations with key figures close to the conservative news network, two sources close to the matter told The Daily Beast Tuesday.
Licht reportedly told certain Fox reporters and agents to breathe a little easier because he is working towards a ceasefire after his network's unrelenting negative coverage of the competing news station.
The exec plans to push hosts like Don Lemon and Jim Acosta away from opinionated reporting that became especially prevalent during Donald Trump's election campaign and presidency. He wants to return to the station's roots as a hard-hitting news source, the insiders said.
Under Licht, the sources said, expect to see fewer partisan panels with outspoken anchors such as former Trump aide Alyssa Farah.
So far, the insiders' assertions have proved credible - on Sunday, there were notably no Fox mentions on CNN's flagship media program, Reliable Sources, with Brian Stelter, who last year penned a book; Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth.
Last week, after being announced as Zucker's successor following the honcho's ouster after an affair with a colleague, Licht sent a memo to his future staff, saying: 'I look forward to getting to know all of you and hearing your candid thoughts and feedback.
'Our viewers demand the truth from us, and I want to learn the truth from you.
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It’s still %100 BS.
OK, so who’s going to be the first sucker to believe this whole heartedly?
Too late.
I will never trust the Commie News Network.
Part of that statement is code for “Fox News Opinion Leaders, please stop picking on us!”
Cool, stand down. No hard feelings, get comfortable.
I anticipate that they’re shooting for the same amount of manipulation, but delivered in neutral tones with an air of objectivity. You can go a long way just by selectively reporting the news, and quoting your favorite experts. Kind of like the old days, before Trump.
He needs to fire the entire CNN staff down to the janitor level—otherwise this is meaningless.
The longer this war goes on the more viewers are going to demand real news. This is serious business and no time for juvenile attacks (as much as possible...).
I still won’t trust them, I don’t think many will. They destroyed their credibility on the altar of “Take Out Trump”, and I don’t think they will ever fully recover.
Colbert is a crazier lefty than anyone on CNN
Mr. Licht’s resume’ certainly suggests that he’s going to try and promote the socialist agenda more discreetly.
Will he keep Little Brian and Lemonhead in place ?
That will be the first clue.
Dead station walking. Libtards will hate not getting their RDA of Trump and Fox bashing redmeat and so will drift away, and no one else will trust them.
“selectively reporting the news, and quoting your favorite experts”
I would not trust anyone who has not been banned and canceled.
They are the only ones with courage to speak truth to power.
Trump-era? CNN hadn’t been a news station way before Trump.
Can a zebra change its stripes?
Good luck.
Stopped reading there ... I'll believe it when I see it.
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