More details are emerging on how incoming CNN CEO Chris Licht plans to revamp the network and do away with much of its highly partisan content. New reports reveal that some of CNN’s on-air talent could soon be facing unemployment if they can’t adapt to the network’s less polarizing tone.
According to The Daily Wire:
“CNN’s new boss, Chris Licht, is evaluating whether personalities and programming that grew polarizing during the Trump era can adapt to the network’s new priority to be less partisan,” Axios reported, adding that sources indicated jobs could be on the chopping block in the wake of those evaluations. “If talent cannot adjust to a less partisan tone and strategy, they could be ousted.”
Axios also noted that Licht appears ready to give current employees and on-air talent some room to prove that they can adapt to a less combative presentation, encouraging them to engage in thoughtful interviews with people on both sides of the aisle — something that got progressively rarer leading up to and during former President Donald Trump’s time in office.
Toward that end, The New York Times reported on Sunday, the network plans to do away with snarky, partisan chyrons — and a much lighter touch on the “Breaking News” banner.
“CNN’s ubiquitous ‘Breaking News’ banner is gone, now reserved for instances of truly urgent events,” the NYT reported. “Snarky onscreen captions … are discouraged. Political shows are trying to book more conservative voices, and producers have been urged to ignore Twitter backlash from the far right and the far left.”
Could this mean familiar faces like Brian Stelter, Don Lemon, and Jake Tapper are finally fleeing your TV screen? Only time will tell but let’s keep our fingers crossed.
I don’t have cable, but look forward to see if it materializes on the clips. The 3 mentioned in the article definitely need to be axed. And don’t forget the joyless joy. She definitely needs to go ASAP. Her vocabulary consists only of racist this, and racist that!
Folding the entire network would be a blessing to the American Republic, but then who would carry the fraud, lies and corrupt water for the left?
I don’t think Joy could ever come around. She’s too far gone. Jake Tapper, maybe?
No Tapper POS needs to go
Jake always, always looks constipated.
It absolutely makes me so mad that he acts like he’s pro military. He’s even written a book or two about them.
What an insult
If they fire “highly partisan” announcers, they won’t have ANYONE remaining as ALL of their creeps are partisans!
CNN does cause stupidity. Hopefully they rid the idiots that host the news.
“on-air talent”: NOT!
“less partisan”: Should be “non partisan”, not less.
“If talent cannot adjust” : Again, Talent? NOT!
They are not journalist they are Russia and Chinese PROPAGANDISTS,,,,A BUNCH WILL NEVER NEVER WORK AGAIN….
GOODBYE.
You can’t make a silk purse out of a sows ear.
Even if they’ll tone down on their toxic and partisan narratives, people around the world will always remember them as “fake news” journalists. It’s better for CNN to let them go and start over with new newscasters.
After years of polarization why does he think getting rid of a few dufus talking heads is going to change many minds???
You cannot escape the consequences of one’s Actions.They worked to get Trump out of office now they are going to be out of their office. Oh, what poetic irony this is. Makes me smile.