I don't know that Licht is right-wing so much as he's a spineless company man who'll do exactly what the bosses tell him. At CBS, Colbert being liberal (however ineptly the show came off) made money, so that's what he gave Viacom/Paramount. John Malone wants CNN to tilt to the right, so that's what he's giving them there. As Tom Lehrer sang, "Don't say that he's hypocritical / Say rather that he's apolitical."
As for Amanpour and Anderson, the former could probably write her own ticket anywhere if she has enough and leaves, and Anderson, with his "silo" scolding, has already indicated how much of a toadying lickspittle he's willing to be. --Dave Sikula On Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 4:06:17 PM UTC-7 Mark Jeffries wrote: The question is this: The right have been told for years and years by Fox News how CNN is evil. Does Licht think he can get them to change their mind when that's all they've heard for years--and unless they can get Tucker Carlson to join them and maybe Hannity or Ingraham? I'll bet that if Carlson joined them tomorrow, the right would be calling him a traitor. And let this be said: If Licht is so right wing, why did he stay with Colbert so long? As much as us in the group didn't like what he did to the Late Show, it still has to be said that Colbert wasn't a ratings hit on CBS until LIcht took over. It's not exactly like Republicans came flocking to guest on Colbert when he was a hit (and is--"Gutfeld!" is only successful in the ratings when everybody else is on vacation or on strike, plus he's on at 11 and has the built-in advantage of viewers who leave the TV on Fox News all day and won't switch unless Meemaw wants to watch Andy Griffith reruns on MeTV). Mark Jeffries spotl...@gmail.com -- 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/a51754ae-5bc8-4628-8133-e5227a3ebce1n%40googlegroups.com.
