I guess the annual appearance of a progressive journalist was too much for Licht.
On Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 9:32 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > This show seems among the tamest to remove, which again leaves me > skeptical of their claims to focus less on the politicization of the news. > When they drop-kick the aforementioned Cooper or (please God) Don Lemon, I > might begin to believe that the network is trying to change for the better. > Stelter was largely forgettable… not necessarily bad at his job, but not > enough people will give enough of a crap about his leaving (or even notice) > to make any perceptible difference. At best this is a symbolic move, but > only to a smattering of people who bother to pay attention. > > On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 4:54 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> (Apologies for replying to myself; I hit send prematurely). >> >> I keep seeing this news categorized as part of WBD’s attempt to move CNN >> to the “middle”. Maybe, though, as a resident of the “left” it does not >> really feel that way to me. CNN is a couple of things, some bad, some good, >> but none particularly liberal. >> >> They have been very personality driven, which includes opinion. To the >> extent that Licht and his masters are trying to wring that out of their >> newscasts, that would be good IMO. Anderson a Cooper is probably their best >> asset, yet I find him almost unwatchable given his history of making major >> stories about himself. Less if that please. >> >> Over the last decade or so they have not so much been liberal as willing >> to push back against Trump. As we have seen, challenging Trump does not >> make you a liberal. In the Zucker era though, it did reek of opportunism, >> as Trump outrage made for good ratings (something Trump himself is proud >> of). Stelter gets accused of this a lot, and is maybe guilty of it some >> significant though still minor fraction of the time. >> >> I can see the value in trying to start with a clean slate, getting rid of >> voices that were too associated with a kind of self promoting anti-Trumpism >> so that the critical and skeptical journalistic voice, cutting in all >> directions equally, can more credibility come through. If that is what >> Licht is up to, then fine. But if Licht/Zaz are on a mission to >> de-controversialize CNN, to rid their network of voices perceived by the >> Trump Right to be biased against them, then we are seeing the worst >> nightmare of corporate, Stock Market culture sucking the substance and >> power out of any attempt to do News. In this sense, the bigger news is not >> the firing of Stelter, but the cancellation of Reliable Sources. In an age >> in which television news is dominated by what goes on at Fox, a Media Beat >> will inevitably lead to a critical eye cast on conservative media (liberal >> media too, though I doubt Zaz and his Wall Street pals sweat that part very >> much). Of course, in the immediate climate, a Media Beat will almost >> certainly be casting a critical eye on Zaslov and WBD itself. The >> willingness and ability to cast that self critical glance is one of the >> definitions of credible journalism. >> >> If Licht schedules a new Media show and names a new correspondent to that >> Beat with full portfolio, then I will take all this a step in a positive >> direction. If what follows is silence in the coverage of the media, then it >> will signal something very ugly. There is something worse than the >> histrionic, self indulgent personality shit show that we have been exposed >> to at CNN for ten years, and it is the well behaved, inoffensive propaganda >> of the corporate shill. >> >> On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 at 3:43 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> “CNN’s chief media correspondent Brian Stelter is leaving the company, >>> and the network will cancel the 30-year-old weekly media news show that he >>> has hosted since 2013.Sunday’s episode of “Reliable Sources” will be the >>> last… The cancellation news, which was first reported by NPR, is the first >>> major programming shake-up under the management of new network boss Chris >>> Licht.” >>> >>> >>> >>> https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/08/18/brian-stelter-cnn-reliable-sources-licht/ >>> -- >>> Sent from Gmail Mobile >>> >> -- >> Sent from Gmail Mobile >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJDN5FH_P3pJdCCSEZacA9LLJunw3OHXZgHEaUUpkVW-g%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJDN5FH_P3pJdCCSEZacA9LLJunw3OHXZgHEaUUpkVW-g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Kevin M. 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