{"id":1633591,"date":"2022-09-06T07:18:06","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T11:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1633591"},"modified":"2022-09-06T07:20:10","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T11:20:10","slug":"cnn-employees-increasingly-worried-about-their-job-security-after-wave-of-exits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-employees-increasingly-worried-about-their-job-security-after-wave-of-exits\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Employees Increasingly Worried About Their Job Security After Wave of Exits"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fcnn-employees-increasingly-worried-about-their-job-security-after-wave-of-exits%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=1633591&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 class=\"subheading\">CNN employees are nervous about their job security after a wave of far-left journalists exited the network since new leadership took control.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are freaked out. It almost feels like there\u2019s a pattern,\u201d an anonymous CNN journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/media\/2022\/09\/02\/john-harwood-cnn-chris-licht-stelter-opinion\/\">told<\/a> the <em>Washington Post<\/em>. \u201cIs there a purge going on?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThey seem to be sending a message: \u2018Watch what you say. Watch what you do,\u2019\u201d the source added.<\/p>\n<p>The recent fears come as recently installed CEO and chairman Chris Licht attempts to move CNN away from presenting far-left partisan coverage.<\/p>\n<p>On the first day on the job in May, Licht <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarafischer\/status\/1521121940286672897?s=20&amp;t=oa0Cl5UClxxgJ4KlfXq8EQ\">sent<\/a> a memo to staffers telling them, \u201cCNN must be a vital, relevant, and respected part of our culture. Sadly, too many people have lost trust in the news media.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_21939726\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/08\/wi\/ap\/media-cnn-reboot-television-producer-chris-licht-attends-hollywood-reporter-annual-powerful-people.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>CNN CEO Chris Licht attends The Hollywood Reporter\u2019s annual Most Powerful People in Media cocktail reception on April 11, 2019, in New York. (Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Following the August firing of the far-left host of <em>Reliable Sources<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2022\/08\/18\/cnns-brian-stelter-exit-network-reliable-sources-canceled\/\">Brian Stelter<\/a> \u2014 who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2020\/04\/20\/nolte-the-coronavirus-made-brian-stelter-cry\/\">admitted<\/a> he cried in his bed during the Chinese coronavirus pandemic \u2014 Licht, in a leaked editorial phone call, said that\u00a0\u201c[t]here will be more changes, and you might not understand it or like it,\u201d per the <em>Hollywood Reporter<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21865796\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/08\/wi\/ap\/media-cnn-stelter-brian-stelter-attends-15th-annual-cnn-heroes-star-tribute-york-dec-12-2021-cnn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21865796 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/media-cnn-stelter-brian-stelter-attends-15th-annual-cnn-heroes-star-tribute-york-dec-12-2021-cnn-1024x682-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Associated Press\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Brian Stelter attends the 15th annual CNN Heroes All-Star Tribute in New York on Dec. 12, 2021. (Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Two weeks after Stelter\u2019s exit, White House correspondent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2022\/09\/02\/cnns-white-house-correspondent-john-harwood-exit-network-turmoil\/\">John Harwood<\/a> exited the network. While Harwood\u2019s announcement appeared as if he exited voluntarily, the <em>Post<\/em> noted\u00a0that CNN insiders say he still had some time left on his contract.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12444777\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/GettyImages-494803670.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12444777\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/GettyImages-494803670.png\" alt=\"Debate moderators John Harwood (L) and Becky Quick take the stage at the third Republican Presidential Debate hosted by CNBC, October 28, 2015 at the Coors Event Center at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. AFP PHOTO \/ ROBYN BECK (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>John Harwood at the third Republican Presidential Debate hosted by CNBC, October 28, 2015. (ROBYN BECK\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>A week before Stelter was canned, legal analyst <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/08\/12\/cnns-jeffrey-toobin-to-leave-the-network\/\">Jeffrey Toobin<\/a> \u2014 who infamously masturbated during an October 2020 Zoom meeting with <em>New Yorker<\/em> and WNYC staffers \u2014 also exited the network.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21823181\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/08\/wi\/ap\/media-cnn-toobin-jeffrey-toobin-attends-pen-literary-gala-22-2018-york-toobin-rejoined-cnn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21823181 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/media-cnn-toobin-jeffrey-toobin-attends-pen-literary-gala-22-2018-york-toobin-rejoined-cnn-1024x753-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Associated Press\" width=\"1024\" height=\"753\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Jeffrey Toobin attends the PEN Literary Gala on May 22, 2018, in New York. (Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>One anonymous CNN producer told the <em>Post<\/em> that employees are worried about the new direction of the left-wing network in regard to its future coverage of upcoming elections and former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a really confusing and unsettling time from top to bottom at CNN,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t know anyone who is happy right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The wave of departures recently prompted disgraced former CBS news anchor, Dan Rather, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2022\/09\/04\/dan-rather-roasted-online-whining-exits-cnn\/\">ask<\/a>,\u201d What is going on at CNN?\u201d There is a lot of speculation on directives and motives.\u201d He was then <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanRather\/status\/1565806118693064704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1565859781360984066%7Ctwgr%5E19efd992fd310f195b03d1f01274faabf5eed92a%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fthe-media%2F2022%2F09%2F04%2Fdan-rather-roasted-online-whining-exits-cnn%2F\">mocked<\/a> online by conservative social media users in regard to his discredited past.<\/p>\n<p><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">You can follow Ethan Letkeman on Twitter at\u00a0<\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\"><a class=\"c-link c-link--focus-visible\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EthanLetkeman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EthanLetkeman\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">@EthanLetkeman<\/a><\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN employees are nervous about their job security after a wave of far-left journalists exited the network since new leadership took control. \u201cPeople are freaked out. It almost feels like<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1633593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1633591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1633591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1633593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1633591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1633591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1633591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}