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Chris Licht understood what was wrong with CNN but had no idea of how to fix it
Photo (cc) 2010 by CNN Center I started out writing a much longer post about Tim Alberta’s astonishing 15,000-word takedown of CNN’s now officially embattled CEO, Chris Licht. But I decided there’s...
View ArticleChris Licht is out at CNN
He couldn’t have possibly survived that brutal profile in The Atlantic. CNN reports.
View ArticleA bit more on Chris Licht
My Northeastern colleague Mike Beaudet and I spoke with Tanner Stening of Northeastern Global News about the meltdown at CNN, culminating earlier this week in the firing of CEO Chris Licht.
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Trump’s ‘Meet the Press’ interview was a lie-filled exercise in pointlessness
Kristen Welker, the new host of NBC’s “Meet the Press” My main takeway from Kristen Welker’s interview with Donald Trump on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday is how little commentary there’s been after the...
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Does Fox News lead or follow its audience? Yes.
Brian Stelter. Photo (cc) 2017 by nrkbeta Does Fox News lead or follow its audience? I’ve long thought it was both. During the 2015-’16 presidential campaign, Fox tried to take out Donald Trump, as...
View ArticleThree for Friday
As social-media sharing continues to deteriorate, I am posting more links here for the benefit of Media Nation regulars. Here are three must-reads for your Friday morning: “Behind CNN Turmoil, a Series...
View ArticleReasons for optimism amid a startling run of newsroom cuts
I spoke with CNN’s Jon Passantino via email today for a story in the Reliable Sources newsletter about some causes for hope amid a startling run of newsroom cuts. Here’s what I said: “Billionaire...
View ArticleCNN’s new chief moves to put some news in cable news
Surely it’s a good thing that new CNN chief Mark Thompson is going to replace the network’s morning show with — well, with news. Leave a comment | Read comments
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McDaniel is out. But don’t get your hopes up that network execs have learned...
Ronna McDaniel. Photo (cc) 2018 by Gage Skidmore. Ronna McDaniel is out at NBC News. Veteran media critic David Zurawick writes for CNN, “It was two days of the most aggressive, public and passionate...
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It’s worth saying again: Let’s stop paying partisan political hacks to...
Reporting for double duty: Donna Brazile was a paid bloviator for CNN while she was also deputy chair of the Democratic National Committee. Photo (cc) by Tim Pierce. I’ve been arguing against hiring...
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