Here's Zucker's view of the whole sorry mess (gift link, no paywall): https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/04/business/jeff-zucker-cnn-chris-licht.html?unlocked_article_code=ks_CJAXx0E2TKWJc8W23z8d8BgQ_HXUDHXXi3sZ78wLOGOd6vOsgUXLplIIyiSk_-eiImd1TqVu1S77gxJYeAjqqcauHtN3IS80mSwTrZ3jtd_mQIoz5T841vCx7sCT7WSRs5nLs00DqyX7kllKaYK4Bv1sJbo3lLVOfeMh_rD_t3D4-TsXDNw4uWG6vZysgRjXn1jqsBB_dqIr8wGt8EuO8B1sYHOHuE1OjgaeM2mNfvgnBPzvIl2amV1iRHp5U5pM9o6ULimr31Y4orDsLfJf2-GveMO9BPH50PRo7iv7JV8_4uwsxe1__UDEYJpL2ZnToibA82tvsZco4sQiK8TudeiSpOQ&smid=url-share
And Brian Stelter expands on the tweets in his first writing on CNN since Licht fired him: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/06/can-chris-licht-survive-at-cnn.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email On Monday, June 5, 2023 at 10:53:43 AM UTC-5 Kevin M. wrote: > On Mon, Jun 5, 2023 at 8:34 AM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The question is if what seems to be happening happens and Licht is out, >> can he come crawling back to Colbert (WGA strike permitting) or is he >> truly done in broadcasting? >> >> As unlikely as it is, it could still happen. >> > > More likely he gets a job at Newsmax. They like people with fungible > morality. > > >> Mark Jeffries >> [email protected] >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 4, 2023 at 8:29 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> One of the Ex-CNN precincts heard from… >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, 2 Jun 2023 at 9:18 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Very long (9000 words) and very long awaited. I found it was easy to >>>> get around the Atlantic paywall be accessing it through the many links on >>>> Twitter (is it always that easy to get around paywalls?). >>>> >>>> I am very surprised that Licht comes off so much worse than even I had >>>> previously seen him. I knew he was enthralled to his corporate overlords, >>>> but assumed he was also competent and perhaps even talented. Perhaps he >>>> is, >>>> but not in his current position, and he is lying either to everyone else >>>> or >>>> himself about what he is doing and why. >>>> >>>> He repeats the same analogy several times in the piece, trying to >>>> convey his sense of what it means to get more balance in CNN’s coverage: >>>> “His >>>> network would host people who like rain as well as people who don’t like >>>> rain. But, he said, CNN would not host people who deny that it’s raining >>>> when it is.” >>>> >>>> Licht seems clueless to the obvious contradiction here, since by >>>> putting Trump and his fluffers on, with little or no effective counter, to >>>> deny the election and justify their attempt to overthrown the >>>> Constitutional transfer of power, he is exactly hosting people who deny it >>>> is raining when it is. Licht may or may not be self deluded, but his >>>> bosses >>>> are clear eyed - they want CNN to be another conservative News voice. >>>> Period. Not more accurate or with more journalistic integrity, just more >>>> conservative. >>>> >>>> As I have been arguing for years, Licht is of course right that there >>>> were serious problems with Zucker’s CNN, but the problem was not that they >>>> were too liberal or ideological, but too personal. CNN scored through the >>>> Trump era by turning the news into a cult of personality, with so many of >>>> the anchors and reporters making the story about themselves. Cooper is not >>>> the most obnoxious, but he pioneered this approach to cable news a long >>>> time ago, reporting on war and disaster by telling us more about how it >>>> made him feel than what was actually happening. A little of this, in >>>> extremis, is gripping (the catch in Cronkite’s voice as he reports the >>>> death of a President). As a SOP, it is a disaster. >>>> >>>> The solution is not to make the staff more like Fox, but to train them >>>> to focus on the facts. Licht pays lip service to this, but in practice is >>>> only focused on questions like: “Do gun owning farmers in Kansas like our >>>> show?”. And that’s because that is the only kind of question Zaslov and >>>> Malone care about. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, 2 Jun 2023 at 4:14 PM JW <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> From The Atlantic: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/06/cnn-ratings-chris-licht-trump/674255/ >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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/CAKSNnOE-3Z03Y5t%2BR2yQ7B3gDfJ6Y6JRi0cOYmUjhi-jKbNbhA%40mail.gmail.com >>>>> >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKSNnOE-3Z03Y5t%2BR2yQ7B3gDfJ6Y6JRi0cOYmUjhi-jKbNbhA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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/CAKGtkYJzpkznpEzPYE%2Bzaa0VhLZfPcs7_XLvZcMAcH-2r68x9Q%40mail.gmail.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJzpkznpEzPYE%2Bzaa0VhLZfPcs7_XLvZcMAcH-2r68x9Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> 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/CAJ_uKi-YzKDzZDhn--3KaX%2BdM8h0zybraMS-hD9%2B1-QYQzwKSA%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi-YzKDzZDhn--3KaX%2BdM8h0zybraMS-hD9%2B1-QYQzwKSA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Kevin M. 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