{"id":1743060,"date":"2022-11-17T18:47:51","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T23:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1743060"},"modified":"2022-11-17T18:47:55","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T23:47:55","slug":"cnn-chief-chafes-over-gutfeld-balks-when-journalist-points-out-he-beat-colbert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-chief-chafes-over-gutfeld-balks-when-journalist-points-out-he-beat-colbert\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Chief Chafes Over Gutfeld, Balks When Journalist Points Out: \u2018He Beat Colbert\u2019"},"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\">26<\/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-chief-chafes-over-gutfeld-balks-when-journalist-points-out-he-beat-colbert%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=1743060&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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/cnn\">CNN<\/a> President Chris Licht dismissed the news that Fox News host <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/its-kind-of-a-sick-boast-greg-gutfeld-rips-biden-for-making-the-leap-to-full-on-fascist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greg Gutfeld<\/a> was winning the ratings war against traditional late-night comedy hosts like his own former boss, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/fox-news-gutfeld-beats-colbert-in-late-night-show-viewers-key-age-demographics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen Colbert<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During a Thursday appearance on journalist Kara Swisher\u2019s podcast \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/can-chris-licht-turn-cnn-around\/id1643307527?i=1000586551899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On With Kara Swisher<\/a> \u2014 Licht argued that Gutfeld\u2019s late-night comedic offering \u201cGutfeld!\u201d could not be compared to traditional late-night programming, saying that it was \u201centertaining,\u201d but he \u201cwouldn\u2019t put it in the same category.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Swisher introduced the topic by asking how a news-first network like CNN could compete with the typical late-night fare on other networks \u2014 and she noted that Gutfeld had been fairly effective in bridging that gap at Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>Pointing out the fact that some \u2014 including her own sons \u2014 often got their \u201cnews\u201d with a side of humorous commentary from hosts like John Oliver, Swisher asked whether networks that included that type of programming held an advantage over a network that was trying to stick to the news alone \u2014 as CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/cnn-announces-new-programming-plan-and-elon-musk-is-already-on-board\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appears to be doing<\/a> under Licht\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cColbert is very influential in news. Could you inform a broader audience there than you could at CNN? My sons don\u2019t watch CNN. They watch John Oliver, and that\u2019s where they get their news,\u201d Swisher explained.<\/p>\n<p>Licht pushed back: \u201cBut it\u2019s not news.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it is, it\u2019s a point of view and it\u2019s pretty smart,\u201d Swisher replied \u2014 and Licht agreed, to a point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I think we\u2019re offering something different. And I think, there are certainly elements of that kind of delivery, right? Not necessarily comedy \u2026 it\u2019s informed perspective programming that allows you to make your own decisions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Licht objected further when Swisher suggested CNN might offer a late-night show like \u201cGutfeld!\u201d \u2014 and suggested that he didn\u2019t even put the Fox News ratings juggernaut in the same camp as the late-night shows on the legacy networks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would call him \u2014 just an entertaining show. I would not call him a late-night show. As someone who worked on a late-night show and knows what goes into that, I wouldn\u2019t put it in the same category,\u201d Licht said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe beat Colbert, but go ahead,\u201d Swisher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/markjoyella\/2022\/10\/27\/fox-news-channels-gutfeld-hits-25-million-viewers-highest-rated-night-in-shows-history\/?sh=2a1024c262aa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shot back<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre we gonna get into this conversation? That\u2019s not true,\u201d Licht said, adding, \u201cI\u2019m still gonna defend my friend, Stephen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Swisher again argued that Licht, with his own experience working in late-night television, might want to consider bringing one to CNN. \u201cYou\u2019re good at making these shows. Why not have one there? If you\u2019re talking about a panoply of things to give to people,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Licht\u2019s interview is available here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Obvi the media eats this one up, but this is a really interesting chat with new \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CNN<\/a>\u2069 head Chris Licht for non insiders. A lot to unpack. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yftXToufiZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/yftXToufiZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/karaswisher\/status\/1593342937831600128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2022<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN President Chris Licht dismissed the news that Fox News host Greg Gutfeld was winning the ratings war against traditional late-night comedy hosts like his own former boss, Stephen Colbert. During a Thursday appearance on journalist Kara Swisher\u2019s podcast \u2014 On With Kara Swisher \u2014 Licht argued that Gutfeld\u2019s late-night comedic offering \u201cGutfeld!\u201d could not &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1743063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1743060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1743060","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\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1743060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1743060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1743063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1743060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1743060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1743060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}