Report: CNN Poised to Fire Some ‘Highly Partisan’ Hosts

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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.



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