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CNN Lays Off 40+ Senior Journalists
Breibart - Big Journalism ^ | 1-23-2014 | John Nolte

Posted on 01/23/2014 12:06:34 PM PST by Sir Napsalot

The Financial Times reports that more than 40-plus senior journalists have just been laid off at CNN and its sister network, HLN. Most of the layoffs occurred in November, were concentrated in Washington, Atlanta, and New York, and, according to CNN, mostly involved those already closing in on retirement.

One person fired, however, was a pregnant producer just two weeks away from giving birth.

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A spokesperson told the Financial Times that around 100 new people will be added to the staff and that the network is not "abandoning news by any stretch of the imagination," but merely "expanding the definition of news."

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


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Reporting 'news' from social media is not reporting news. And thus they have to "expanding the definition of news."
1 posted on 01/23/2014 12:06:34 PM PST by Sir Napsalot
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To: Sir Napsalot

It doesn’t take an expensive journ-o-list to regurgitate a White House press release.


2 posted on 01/23/2014 12:08:12 PM PST by null and void (We need to shake this snowglobe up.)
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Note: Most of the laid off occurred last Nov.

But only now becomes ‘news’.


3 posted on 01/23/2014 12:08:38 PM PST by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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40+ liberals paying for their votes....it’s hell when one is hoisted on ones own petard. ROTFLMAO!!!


4 posted on 01/23/2014 12:10:20 PM PST by ontap
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CNN Lays Off 40+ Senior Journalists

Its not like they really needed them or used them.

6 posted on 01/23/2014 12:10:47 PM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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CNN has journalists? Who knew?

Geez, you would swear that people such as Wolf Blitzer and Candy Crowley are Obama campaign operatives, not news reporters.


7 posted on 01/23/2014 12:10:57 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego (Interesting)
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They do not qualify as journalists if they work for CNN. They are spinners and propagandists.


8 posted on 01/23/2014 12:11:21 PM PST by Starboard
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“It doesn’t take an expensive journ-o-list to regurgitate a White House press release.”

Spot on!


9 posted on 01/23/2014 12:11:53 PM PST by brownsfan (Behold, the power of government cheese.)
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Only read the headline and it just cheered me up.
It is wonderful NEWS.


11 posted on 01/23/2014 12:14:15 PM PST by Christian1
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Just getting rid of the higher salary older folks so that they can hire cheaper younger or foreign to replace them.


12 posted on 01/23/2014 12:14:41 PM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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“expanding the definition of news.”

They hired 5 new “journalists” for the Kardashian beat.


13 posted on 01/23/2014 12:16:00 PM PST by DManA
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The ones that are left have to spin zeros bogus employment numbers.
I shouldn’t enjoy this, but I do


14 posted on 01/23/2014 12:16:06 PM PST by daku
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A spokesperson told the Financial Times that around 100 new people will be added to the staff and that the network is not "abandoning news by any stretch of the imagination," but merely "expanding the definition of news."

Sounds more like CNN is expanding the definition of "unemployment" to include more people, such as those are now former CNN employees.
15 posted on 01/23/2014 12:20:03 PM PST by Milton Miteybad (I am Jim Thompson. {Really.})
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A good start...


16 posted on 01/23/2014 12:20:10 PM PST by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th (and 17th))
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My guess is that all 40 of these people are now working directly for Obama in some federal government capacity... as opposed to working only indirectly for Obama at CNN.


17 posted on 01/23/2014 12:20:30 PM PST by Obadiah (I Like Ted.)
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CNN has journalists?


18 posted on 01/23/2014 12:20:58 PM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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Sounds like the rumors of CNN moving from news to reality shows just may be true.
CNN will then be to news what The History Channel is to history.


19 posted on 01/23/2014 12:21:27 PM PST by Tupelo (I am feeling more like Philip Nolan every day)
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More Hope and Change for CDNNC Marxists.

Pray America is Waking


20 posted on 01/23/2014 12:26:28 PM PST by bray (http://www.braylog.com/id47.html)
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