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John Harwood exits CNN amid changes at the news channel
msn/AP ^

Posted on 09/03/2022 1:59:48 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

Today's my last day at CNN,” Harwood said in a tweet posted Friday.

*snip*

Last month, CNN canceled its weekly “Reliable Sources” media analysis show after three decades on the air, and host Brian Stelter left the network. The show appeared to be an early casualty in CNN’s effort to be less confrontational politically — a priority of Chris Licht, who became the network’s chairman and CEO in the spring, and his boss, David Zaslav, head of the Warner Bros. Discovery parent company.

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About two hours before Harwood announced he was leaving CNN, he was on-air discussing President Joe Biden's speech Thursday, in which Biden called former President Donald Trump an extremist treat to the nation.

Harwood said that Biden's “core point in that political speech about the threat to democracy is true. Now that is something that is not easy for us as journalists to say. We’re brought up to believe there’s two different political parties with different points of view, and we don’t take sides in honest disagreements between them.

"But that’s not what we are talking about. These are not honest disagreements. The Republican party right now is led by a dishonest demagogue,” Harwood said, in part.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


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1 posted on 09/03/2022 1:59:48 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

Someone should pull out CNN tapes from the late 1990s, when they were still neutral and just stating facts, then play them against the stuff they did in the past five years. Might be interesting for people like Harwood to remember the past and how you could just be a news organization...not a propaganda unit.


2 posted on 09/03/2022 2:03:46 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: RoosterRedux
Harwood on Twitter: “Look forward to figuring out what’s next”

That suggests his "moving on" was a firing. Perhaps he had been warned about letting his political bias infect his reporting.

3 posted on 09/03/2022 2:09:17 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: pepsionice

Harwood doesn’t care. He prefers being part of a propaganda machine.


4 posted on 09/03/2022 2:10:24 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: pepsionice
As a follow-on:

Reporting the news honestly is a dull and thankless job for pansies.

Spreading propaganda OTOH must give a true believer a real adrenaline rush. You're a warrior for the cause.

5 posted on 09/03/2022 2:13:23 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux
Biden's “core point in that political speech about the threat to democracy is true."

Sounds like one side will have to be eliminated for good. What are Gropin' Joe's approval numbers again?

6 posted on 09/03/2022 2:18:43 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: RoosterRedux

Toobin, Stelter, Harwood...everyone who has left recently has been by Licht. Of course it all depends on their replacements but so far the trend looks good.


7 posted on 09/03/2022 2:19:04 AM PDT by erlayman (i)
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To: RoosterRedux

Yep, true believers will gladly drink the koolaid.


8 posted on 09/03/2022 2:24:45 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: erlayman

The worst of them all is Don Lemon BUT will he get to stay just because of the color of his skin???


9 posted on 09/03/2022 2:26:06 AM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: RoosterRedux

Another leftist, democrat hack propagandist out of a job.

He should learn to code.


10 posted on 09/03/2022 2:31:29 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: Libloather; All
Biden's “core point in that political speech about the threat to democracy is true."

Actually the Left has been pretty clever. They have redefined "democracy" as Marxism and then screamed that anyone who doesn't like it is a threat to said "democracy."

So now, anyone who is for freedom as defined in the Constitution is a threat to democracy. In fact, even the Constitution itself is a threat to democracy.

11 posted on 09/03/2022 2:34:39 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: erlayman

The problem is like the FIB, its far too late to save CNN. The brand was so corrupt and because of it became so discredited, that nobody is going to trust them again even if they do offer up the odd sacrificial lamb. Its far too little, far too late.


12 posted on 09/03/2022 2:35:50 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: RoosterRedux

GOOD RIDDANCE, you LYING creep!


13 posted on 09/03/2022 2:39:56 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the sgod of Convenience.)
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To: RoosterRedux; null and void; bagster; Travis McGee; Diogenesis

(Harwood on Twitter: “Look forward to figuring out what’s next”)

Good gosh.


14 posted on 09/03/2022 2:40:15 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

Lemon is Black AND gay!! they will NEVER be able to fire him!


15 posted on 09/03/2022 2:42:13 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the sgod of Convenience.)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat
Though it is difficult to fire Lemon because of his color. There are other ways to get rid of him.

Management is isolating him by removing his commie support group at CNN. Soon he will be out of sync with the tone of CNN and management will "suggest" he get with the program or look for an employer where he is more "comfortable." If he doesn't "get with the program," he will find himself in less-and-less attractive time slots.

16 posted on 09/03/2022 2:43:13 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

I say Don lemon is toast and he’ll be toast before the end of the year. The guy in charge of CNN right now is not taking any prisoners. They have no choice but to become a true news network again. They’ve got Fox on one end an MS NBC on the other end. They have no choice it might not work but Don lemon would not be part of that model.


17 posted on 09/03/2022 2:45:49 AM PDT by magua (It's not racism, it's just that thisBecause it’s being reported that a lot of this started in 2015.)
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To: SaveFerris
“Look forward to figuring out what’s next”

Translation:

"OMG, I've just been fired. They can't fire me...I'm famous and important."

"What the hell am I going to do now?"


18 posted on 09/03/2022 2:45:59 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

AMF, partisan hack.

Newsbusters is overflowing with examples of his bias and DNC activism.


19 posted on 09/03/2022 2:50:35 AM PDT by stratboy
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To: erlayman

A test pattern is an improvement over what they have now.


20 posted on 09/03/2022 2:52:43 AM PDT by stratboy
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