Yet they are in every airport
If McCarthy promised to remove CNN from airports, he'd cruise in.
Also in hospital family waiting rooms, rail stations, bus stations and many restaurants.
These were deals with money involved. No other content allowed to be displayed once the annual contract is in effect. But no one asked us.
"Does CNN pay to be in airports? CNN Airport was available in 58 airports in the United States. CNN would pay local airport authorities for the exclusive rights to run its programming on monitors throughout their terminals. Its breakfast and early fringe schedule included news programming from CNN and HLN, broadcast on a 10-second delay."
But good news----
CNN announces it is pulling network from airports, Twitter .... Jan 12, 2021 — Network President Jeff Zucker announced the CNN Airport Network will officially end on March 31, citing a "deep decline in airport traffic."