{"id":1519383,"date":"2022-06-16T17:19:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T21:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1519383"},"modified":"2022-06-16T17:19:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T21:19:10","slug":"new-cnn-boss-doesnt-want-staffers-saying-the-big-lie-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-cnn-boss-doesnt-want-staffers-saying-the-big-lie-report\/","title":{"rendered":"New CNN Boss Doesn\u2019t Want Staffers Saying \u2018The Big Lie\u2019: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-cnn-boss-doesnt-want-staffers-saying-the-big-lie-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1519383&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Referring to Former President Donald Trump\u2019s claims that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/2020-election\">2020 presidential election<\/a> was stolen as \u201cThe Big Lie\u201d is reportedly a \u201cBig No-No\u201d at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/cnn\">CNN<\/a> under new leadership.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Mediaite reported that CNN president Chris Licht told CNN staffers on a Tuesday conference call to refrain from referring to Trump\u2019s claims as \u201cThe Big Lie\u201d because that phrase is seen as a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/democratic-party\">Democratic<\/a> talking point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s worrisome that we\u2019re being told how to talk about one of the worst things that ever happened to American democracy,\u201d an anonymous CNN source reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tv\/scoop-new-cnn-boss-chris-licht-wants-staff-to-stop-calling-it-the-big-lie\/\">said<\/a> to Mediaite. \u201cWe have to call lies, lies, whether they\u2019re small lies or big lies. Is there any lie bigger than that lie?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Licht took over the network this past spring after Jeff Zucker was forced to resign due to an undisclosed relationship with a CNN employee.<\/p>\n<p>The new network president almost immediately instituted changes at the cable outlet.<\/p>\n<p>In a memo sent to staffers shortly after his appointment, Licht laid out his vision for the company under his direction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026too many people have lost trust in the news media,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/down-to-weeks-if-not-days-brian-stelter-to-get-pink-slip-report\">said<\/a> in the memo. \u201cI think we can be a beacon in regaining that trust by being an organization that exemplifies the best characteristics of journalism: fearlessly speaking truth to power, challenging the status quo, questioning group-think, and educating viewers and readers with straightforward facts and insightful commentary, while always being respectful of differing viewpoints.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Licht also recently advised employees to refrain from using the \u201cBreaking News\u201d banner on the station, unless it is truly warranted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are truth-tellers, focused on informing, not alarming our viewers,\u201d Licht <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/06\/02\/cnn-breaking-news-guidelines\">said<\/a> in a memo that was obtained by Axios.\u00a0\u201cYou\u2019ve already seen far less of the \u2018Breaking News\u2019 banner across our programming,\u201d the memo also noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has become such a fixture on every channel and network that its impact has become lost on the audience,\u201d Licht also said.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, The Daily Wire also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/down-to-weeks-if-not-days-brian-stelter-to-get-pink-slip-report\">reported<\/a> that anchor Brian Stelter is allegedly on thin ice at the network and could potentially be fired within \u201cweeks,\u201d according to one report.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire further noted that Stelter has repeatedly displayed partisanship on his show \u2014 something that Licht wants CNN to move away from.<\/p>\n<p>For example, The Daily Wire pointed out that in February, \u201cStelter <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/cnn-chief-zucker-resigns-two-days-after-brian-stelter-sneers-over-people-trusting-joe-rogan-more-than-cnn\/\">ripped<\/a> podcast host Joe Rogan while trumpeting his own network, babbling, \u2018You think about major newsrooms like CNN that have health departments and deaths and operations that work hard on verifying information on COVID-19, and then you have talk show stars like Joe Rogan, who just swing it, who make it up as they go along. And because figures like Rogan are trusted by people that don\u2019t trust real newsrooms, we have a tension \u2014 a problem that\u2019s much bigger than Spotify, much bigger than any single platform.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Referring to Former President Donald Trump\u2019s claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen as \u201cThe Big Lie\u201d is reportedly a \u201cBig No-No\u201d at CNN under new leadership. 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