{"id":1804446,"date":"2023-01-13T07:34:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T12:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1804446"},"modified":"2023-01-13T07:36:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T12:36:02","slug":"maybe-if-cnn-hired-a-real-conservative-its-viewership-wouldnt-tank-so-badly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maybe-if-cnn-hired-a-real-conservative-its-viewership-wouldnt-tank-so-badly\/","title":{"rendered":"Maybe If CNN Hired A Real Conservative, Its Viewership Wouldn\u2019t Tank So Badly"},"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\">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%2Fmaybe-if-cnn-hired-a-real-conservative-its-viewership-wouldnt-tank-so-badly%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=1804446&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-->\n<p>CNN announced the recent hiring of Adam Kinzinger, an ex-Republican who was known for being one of the most vocal anti-Trump members in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Much had already been written about the changes that took place at CNN after Jeff Zucker was dismissed and Chris Licht became the chief executive officer. Many stories have focused on a supposed shift to the middle in politics. But in fact, very little has actually changed at CNN, and the likeliest explanation for that has to be the political sensibilities of Licht and his boss, David Zaslav, as CNN\u2019s leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Take Zaslav. Zaslav was a fan of Zucker and CNN before the merger of Discovery, which he led, and Warner Media. <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/tv\/news\/david-zaslav-sun-valley-warner-bros-discovery-netflix-1235309552\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Say it<\/a> The latter was \u201cthe greatest news brand in the world with the greatest journalists.\u201d This is despite widely reported claims by Zucker that CNN has gone too left and that he wants it more to be friendly to Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Adding to doubts about Zaslav\u2019s sincerity regarding moving CNN\u2019s programming to the center is the partisanship shown in his past political contributions. Those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.campaignmoney.com\/political\/contributions\/david-zaslav.asp?cycle=16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Contributions<\/a> skew overwhelmingly to Democrats, with $66,800 to the Hillary Victory Fund in 2016, $100,000 to Nancy Pelosi\u2019s Victory Fund in 2019, and more than $100,000 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>But all of that is nothing compared to Zaslav\u2019s biggest tell, his hiring of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_Licht\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Licht<\/a> in February as CNN\u2019s CEO. As the CEO of Warner Bros. You are the head of Warner Bros. and you have to hire a new leader for CNN to change its biased direction. You would need to hire someone with previous experience as a producer. \u201cThe Late Show With Stephen Colbert\u201d And, before that? \u201cMorning Joe\u201d What is MSNBC?<\/p>\n<p>It would be a joke if it weren\u2019t true. Despite the canning of Brian Stelter, Chris Cuomo, and Jeffrey Toobin, CNN\u2019s roster is still filled to the gunwales with people like Brianna Keilar, Don Lemon, Dana Bash, David Axelrod, and Jim Acosta.<\/p>\n<p>There are also many left-leaning writers at CNN, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/12\/20\/opinions\/criminal-referrals-jan-6-committee-filipovic\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jill Filipovic<\/a> (\u201cIndicting Trump would be incredibly controversial, but it may be the only remedy\u201d), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/12\/20\/opinions\/historical-context-january-6-committee-report-zelizer\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Julian Zelizer<\/a> (\u201cThe January 6 committee\u2019s devastating conclusions\u201d), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/12\/16\/opinions\/elon-musk-twitter-journalists-alaimo\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kara Alaimo<\/a> (\u201cElon Musk is running Twitter like dictators run their states\u201d), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/12\/23\/opinions\/jan-6-report-mirror-test-hemmer\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nicole Hemmer<\/a> (\u201cThe January 6 report is a \u2018mirror test\u2019 for the American people\u201d). CNN published all these pieces last month.<\/p>\n<p> Licht\u2019s a Joke <\/p>\n<p>The New York Times\u2019 Dec. 18 article\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/12\/18\/business\/media\/chris-licht-cnn.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cThe Education of CNN\u2019s Chris Licht\u201d<\/a> Licht mentions that he believed Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert was the best choice. \u201cwould work\u201d As a potential successor to Chris Cuomo. Licht&#8217;s statement is a perfect example of his political incompetence and shows how hopeless he really is as the captain for a CNN that desperately needs starboard.<\/p>\n<p>There is unavoidable evidence that Licht\u2019s stewardship isn\u2019t working. A <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/tv\/news\/most-watched-channels-2022-tv-network-ratings-1235475170\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The diversity story<\/a> Publiated at the end of December, sourced<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contrary to much of the commentary, very little has changed at CNN since its new Chief Executive Officer Chris Licht took over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1666,"featured_media":1804449,"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":[546],"tags":[14704,9373,4914,6919,11966,5001,5907,10257,9118],"class_list":["post-1804446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-badly","tag-cnn","tag-conservative","tag-federalist","tag-hired","tag-real","tag-tank","tag-viewership","tag-wouldnt"],"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\/1804446","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\/1666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1804446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1804446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1804449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1804446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1804446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1804446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}