Holding a mirror up to the media is an important part of democracy, and in this episode, I hold that mirror up regarding the media’s absence in covering the Twitter Files, and then their eventual rush to defend the government–Big Tech collusion. It is truly incredulous that the vast majority of the corporate media has…
Corporate Media Ignores Twitter Files, Then Defends FBI
CNN Leaving CNN Center Building in Downtown Atlanta
ATLANTA—CNN is moving out of the CNN Center, its longtime downtown Atlanta home by the end of this year. The cable channel’s weekday anchors are all already in New York or Washington, but CNN still has digital and CNN International operations in Atlanta. Spokesperson Bridget Leininger confirmed in an email that the remaining CNN staff…
Adam Kinzinger Joins CNN as Senior Political Commentator
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) will be joining CNN as a senior political commentator, the legacy media giant announced on Jan. 4. The move comes after the formal end of the 117th Congress, in which Kinzinger served. Early in the Congress, Kinzinger announced that he would not be seeking reelection. “Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL)…
Fox Dominates Cable News Ratings While MSNBC and CNN Continue to Struggle
A general downward trend continued for cable news consumption in 2022, with the left-leaning MSNBC and CNN networks particularly hard hit, according to the latest Nielsen Media Research ratings. Despite 2022 being a newsworthy year, opening with the Jan. 6 hearings and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and moving forward with coverage of the economy and…
CNN CEO Chris Licht Takes Aim at ‘Vitriol’ From Left Amid Effort to Make Network Less Partisan
CNN CEO Chris Licht has taken aim at the “vitriol” directed at him from liberals over changes that have been made at the network since he took over earlier this year, calling it “stunning.” Licht took over CNN in May after President Jeff Zucker abruptly resigned in February following an investigation into former anchor Chris Cuomo’s…
Twitter Suspends Accounts of Journalists From CNN, New York Times Under New Doxxing Policy
Elon Musk’s Twitter suspended the accounts of multiple journalists, including ones from The New York Times, The Washington Post, and CNN, on Thursday after they allegedly violated the platform’s terms of service. The accounts that were suspended belonged to CNN’s politics and tech correspondent Donie O’Sullivan, The New York Times’ technology reporter Ryan Mac, The…
Ex-CNN Producer Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Charge in Deal
BURLINGTON, Vt.—A former CNN television producer pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to using interstate commerce to entice and coerce a 9-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity at his Vermont ski house. As part of the plea deal, the government will drop the two remaining counts of enticement of a minor against John Griffin,…
From CNN to Gannett, Media Industry Laying Off Workers Amid Recession Fears
It is not only the tech sector that is going through industrywide layoffs and hiring freezes. A growing number of media outlets are firing staff and implementing a broad array of cost-cutting measures in response to recession fears, falling advertising revenue, and annual losses. From CNN to Gannett, more businesses are expected to announce a…
CNN’s Chris Licht Informs Staff ‘Incredibly Hard’ Layoffs Have Begun
CNN on Wednesday informed staff members that layoffs were being initiated at the company amid a bleak outlook for the global economy. In a memo to employees, CNN CEO Chris Licht said the layoffs are “incredibly hard” and described them as a “gut punch.” “Today we will notify a limited number of individuals, largely some of our paid contributors,…
New CNN CEO Reveals How Network Will Cover Trump After 2024 White House Announcement
Chris Licht, CNN’s new top executive, said his channel will not cover former President Donald Trump as much as during his White House term and 2016 campaign. “We have fact-checkers ready to go. We will put things in perspective. We will not let everything he does consume the news cycle, right?” Licht told “On with…
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