{"id":1258,"date":"2023-06-03T08:57:54","date_gmt":"2023-06-03T08:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=1258"},"modified":"2023-06-03T08:57:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T08:57:54","slug":"chris-licht-architect-of-cnns-trump-town-hall-steps-aside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=1258","title":{"rendered":"Chris Licht, architect of CNN’s Trump town hall, ‘steps aside’"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The captain of the Titanic steps apart. CNN CEO Chris Licht has ceded management of enterprise operations to David Leavy, chief company officer for CNN\u2019s dad or mum firm. In Licht\u2019s yr as CEO, CNN\u2019s scores, income, and popularity have plummeted. pic.twitter.com\/bvw0JicaTt<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mike Sington (@MikeSington) June 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Underneath Licht\u2019s tenure, it actually has been a horrible yr for CNN. Undecided what \u201cceded management of enterprise operations\u201d means. Might be a resignation, or firing, or demotion, or switch to another a part of Warner Bros.\u00a0Discovery\u2019s huge empire.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Every day Kos employees author Hunter definitely was hoping for a firing<\/a>\u00a0after Licht\u00a0learned all the wrong lessons<\/a> from his disastrous Trump city corridor. Heck, Licht\u2019s response was to chew out CNN\u00a0media reporter<\/a> Oliver Darcy for publicly criticizing the occasion!\u00a0Mark Sumner was glad to level out CNN\u2019s ratings collapse<\/a> within the wake of that\u00a0city corridor. Additionally, I hadn\u2019t realized it, however Keith Olbermann took to the pages of Every day Kos to trash Licht<\/a> final September.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Anyway, the man made no pals together with his \u201clet Republicans lie\u201d model of journalism as a result of, actually, that\u2019s not what journalism is meant to be. It\u2019s supposed to tell folks of the\u00a0reality.<\/em>\u00a0CNN\u2019s employees hated what Licht was attempting to do. The viewers hated it, and left in droves. Freaking Newsmax<\/em> began beating CNN in scores. And the enterprise fits hated it, as a result of if cash isn\u2019t being made, what\u2019s the purpose? Briefly, he shit the bed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Good riddance. Too dangerous CNN didn\u2019t take heed to Hunter\u2019s recommendation\u00a0and provides\u00a0Christiane Amanpour the job.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n