{"id":1752370,"date":"2022-11-27T06:04:08","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T11:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1752370"},"modified":"2022-11-27T07:33:18","modified_gmt":"2022-11-27T12:33:18","slug":"new-cnn-chief-says-rumors-they-may-move-to-the-center-are-bs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-cnn-chief-says-rumors-they-may-move-to-the-center-are-bs\/","title":{"rendered":"New CNN Chief Says Rumors They May Move to the Center Are BS"},"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%2Fnew-cnn-chief-says-rumors-they-may-move-to-the-center-are-bs%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=1752370&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/73db0697-b23b-4918-98b7-4d6ee23b4fe7-1110x740-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>For those of you afraid CNN might return to its ancient roots and start reporting actual news, fear not.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/a289eb16-6aa4-4b4e-831a-aa4663b7c9fd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Financial Times<\/a> published Monday, newish CEO Chris Licht made things clear. Though he\u2019s rejiggered the lineup since replacing Jeff Zucker in May, viewers can still expect nothing close to a down-the-middle foray into facts.<\/p>\n<p>To hear Chris tell it, a pure, reliable relaying of information doesn\u2019t jive with modern times. These days, you\u2019ve got to have some razzmatazz. In fact, he seems downright offended by the idea that CNN would be a news organization:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOne of the biggest misconceptions about my vision is that I want to be vanilla, that I want to be centrist.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>His response to such an idea:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThat is bull***t.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t fly in 2022:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cYou have to be compelling. You have to have edge.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As noted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/23\/cnn-boss-chris-licht-calls-bulls-t-on-network-criticism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>, the outlet\u2019s certainly been on the edge:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n[I]n the years since Trump has been out of office, CNN\u2019s ratings have tanked\u2026 CNN has plunged far below Fox and MSNBC, with none of its shows cracking the top 20 in October, according to Nielsen.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But as for being compelling, Chris isn\u2019t necessarily wrong. Consider this clip of actual news, and how it compares to Americans\u2019 contemporary sensibilities; also, enjoy CNN\u2019s 1980 mission statement:<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>Nowadays, who needs news when they can get half (or less of) the story? Chris reckons the network needs a point of view:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIn many cases, you take a side.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That should work out well to host Don Lemon. In June of last year, he <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/alexparker\/2022\/08\/29\/they-suck-at-their-job-joe-rogan-searches-for-the-reason-cnns-anchors-should-be-fired-n619379\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a>, \u201cI don\u2019t do opinion. \u2026 [I] do point of view.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even so, Don would presumably prefer CNN to be centrist. He <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/sister-toldjah\/2020\/02\/12\/don-lemon-democrats-are-a-centrist-party-n128443\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asserted<\/a> the following to former Clinton Administration spokesman Joe Lockhart in 2020:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201c[I]\u2019ve been giving people the facts about the Democratic party, that it\u2019s actually a centrist party\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As you may know, Don and others have been shifted \u2014 and, in some cases, shafted \u2014 under new network management. Back to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/23\/cnn-boss-chris-licht-calls-bulls-t-on-network-criticism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Post<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Since taking the reins, [Chris Licht] axed opinionated media reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/brandon_morse\/2022\/08\/23\/more-people-than-ever-gathered-to-watch-reliable-sources-burn-but-fox-news-still-beats-stelter-n616380\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brian Stelter<\/a>, who hosted the now-defunct <em>Reliable Sources,<\/em> White House correspondent John Harwood and dethroned <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/alexparker\/2021\/06\/18\/don-lemon-says-crt-critics-need-to-stop-being-judgmental-and-making-it-about-them-n398951\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Don Lemon<\/a> from his ratings-challenged 10 p.m. primetime show. The left-leaning Lemon now co-hosts morning show <em>CNN This Morning<\/em> with Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As for partisanship, don\u2019t get Chris wrong; he\u2019s swearing off the center, but he doesn\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/a289eb16-6aa4-4b4e-831a-aa4663b7c9fd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">believe<\/a> CNN should be particularly Left or Right:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSometimes, you just point out uncomfortable questions. But either way, you don\u2019t see it through a lens of Left or Right.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It appears the CEO wants a more dynamic delivery. If you keep everything at maximum intensity, nothing is intense:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIf everything is a crisis, if everything is 11, if everything is breaking news, then no one listens when there actually is a crisis. When you say, \u2018No, no \u2014 really \u2014 the house is on fire now.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/a289eb16-6aa4-4b4e-831a-aa4663b7c9fd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Financial Times<\/a> he wants the network to be \u201cmore like a newspaper.\u201d Of course, the question is, <em>\u201cWhich<\/em> newspaper?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the case, it sounds as if CNN will hold on to a few things that have kept viewers and readers riveted. After all, who wants this\u2026<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>\u2026when you can have this:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joe Rogan uploads damning evidence accusing CNN of altering his COVID announcement video: &#8216;Yellow Journalism&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PAeWCHfqPl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/PAeWCHfqPl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TheBlaze (@theblaze) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theblaze\/status\/1480200450452246534?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>More razzmatazz to come.<\/p>\n<p>-ALEX<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>See more content from me:<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/alexparker\/2022\/11\/23\/california-first-graders-get-an-after-school-satan-club-n663042\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California First Graders Get an \u2018After School Satan Club\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/alexparker\/2022\/11\/22\/man-sized-teddy-bear-with-human-hands-helps-ladies-during-long-lonely-nights-n662523\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Man-Sized Teddy Bear With Human Hands Helps Ladies \u2018During Long, Lonely Nights\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/alexparker\/2022\/11\/20\/christian-church-publishes-a-prayer-promoting-grateful-assisted-suicide-n661962\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christian Church Publishes a Prayer Promoting \u2018Grateful\u2019 Assisted Suicide<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Find all my RedState work\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redstate.com\/alexparker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>here<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Thank you for reading! Please sound off in the Comments section below. <\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\nTrending on Redstate Video\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those of you afraid CNN might return to its ancient roots and start reporting actual news, fear not. 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