Chris Licht Angers CNN Staffers With Potential Charles Barkley Hire

New York Post ^ | February 22, 2023 | Carlos Greer

[nickcarraway]

CNN’s new CEO Chris Licht is looking for a slam dunk — and he hopes to find it in Charles Barkley, we hear. But network insiders think it makes the new boss seem like a basket case.

Licht — who developed something of a wunderkind reputation in the industry after he helped Stephen Colbert beat late night rival Jimmy Fallon at his last gig — took over at CNN in May 2022 after former boss Jeff Zucker was sunk by a sex scandal.

But ratings at the network — which is in the midst of a another scandal after anchor Don Lemon suggested White House hopeful Nicki Haley is “past her prime” — have been in a downward spiral. And Page Six has confirmed that execs have been in talks with the NBA legend and longtime broadcaster about appearing on the news channel in hope he can help the numbers to rebound.

[DannyTN]

Should have hired Gnarles Barkley.

Does that make me crazy?

[bagster]

Does that make me crazy?

No. Everything you say and do makes you crazy.

Kidding...I'm a kidder.

[griswold3]

Getting eyeballs for the train wreck, you cannot look away.

[Rummyfan]

I know one thing.... I'm much more likely to actually tune in to Charles Barkley occasionally than I ever (never!) would to Don Lemon. Or Anderson Cooper. I would ask these CNN journalists what about Joy Reid? Whoopi Goldberg? Georgie Stephenapolous? What the hell qualifies any of them to be on television?!

[rlmorel]

IMO, Charles Barkley is all over the map. Sometimes he says things and I think “Hey, he gets it” and other times, I think he is a racist moonbat.

[FlipWilson]

Why would Chris Licked not just fire them? How can they work if they are angry? Oh, I’m sorry, you are angry? Take some time off, like the rest of your career here.

[blackdog]

My opinion of Charles too. One day spot on articulate, next knucklehead extraordinaire. I really like him.

[Steely Tom]

I would ask these CNN journalists what about Joy Reid? Whoopi Goldberg? Georgie Stephenapolous? What the hell qualifies any of them to be on television?!

That they sold their souls to the Deep State, and will never waver from the message?

[blackdog]

https://youtube.com/shorts/J_PTq_m8mio?feature=share

[GulliverSwift]

Charles Barkley, an idiot, couldn’t do a worse job than Don Lemon.

[Mr. K]

So,.. staff get to approve Management’s hires?

[HYPOCRACY]

I vote Shaq.

[rlmorel]

Dang. I so appreciate hearing a prominent black make say those things. I don’t follow sports much anymore, so I am less likely to hear him say those knuckeheaded things…

[Jeff Chandler]

Charles Barkley possesses a sharp wit. Sometimes his knows what he’s talking about, and sometimes he’s an ignoramus.

[rlmorel]

LOL...well, I guess we will have to take what we can get from him!

He is a pretty smart guy, no doubt, but I wonder sometimes if his brain ever says to him “Charles! Don’t say that, because it completely contradicts what you said last week or last year!”