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 alleged protection of his brother, then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
In an interview with The New York Times published on Dec. 18, Licht addressed the criticism he has received after attempts to make CNN less partisan, including shaking up the network’s morning lineup by moving host Don Lemon, an outspoken critic of former President Trump, out of a primetime slot and into “CNN This Morning” alongside Kaitlyn Collins and Poppy Harlow….