Chris Licht, who gave pink slips to vocally anti-Trump hosts, says network must have ‘no agenda other than the truth.’
WFB
CNN CEO Chris Licht, who has fired left-wing hosts and worked to woo back Republicans, said that he’s only halfway through a “gut renovation” of the network.
Licht, a 2022 Washington Free Beacon Man of the Year, sat with Politico reporter Tim Alberta for multiple interviews for a profile, including one soon after CNN hosted a town hall event with former president Donald Trump. The CEO, who took over last year following the resignation of longtime network president Jeff Zucker, said that his “renovation” of CNN would take at least another year.
When Licht came to power, he worked on wooing Republicans, an “audience neglected by the network for the past several years,” the Free Beacon reported. He fired vocally anti-Trump hosts such as Brian Stelter and Don Lemon, saying they were “off mission.” And he has adopted a “down-the-middle mantra” to “differentiate CNN” from what he considers the extremes of Fox News and MSNBC, Alberta wrote.
Giving a platform to Republicans, including Trump and his supporters, is “incredibly important, if we’re going to understand the country,” Licht said.
While CNN reporters once railed against platforming Trump, Licht hosted a town hall for him, which ended up as CNN’s most watched candidate event in years. Before Trump went on stage, Licht even told the former president, “Have fun.” read more
Hey Chris! Licht this!
If he was at all serious he would have called out the Bimbo who called everything false during the Town Hall.
Did I miss that?
“CNN CEO Chris Licht, who has fired left-wing hosts”
Well since they are all lefties anyone who is fired would fall into that category.
“network must have ‘no agenda other than the truth.’
*yawn*
Since Fox News seems to be committing Hari-Kari, CNN may soon become the closest thing to real news among the alphabet networks. Whodathunkit?
Trading places?
Still don’t care, except if the left hates it I’m for it.
Don’t care. I’ll continue to never watch CNN.
“…says network must have ‘no agenda other than the truth.’ ”
Talk is cheap. (actually worthless, if it is lies)