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demmiblue

(36,742 posts)
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 09:42 AM Sep 2022

Don Lemon, Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins to Anchor New CNN Morning Show

NEW YORK, NY – September 15, 2022 – CNN Worldwide Chairman and CEO Chris Licht announced today co-anchors for the network’s reimagined morning show, his first major programming move since taking the helm of CNN in May. Anchored by Don Lemon, Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins, the new morning news program will debut later this year with a fresh name, format and set.

“There is no stronger combination of talent than Don, Poppy and Kaitlan to deliver on our promise of a game-changing morning news program,” said Licht. “They are each uniquely intelligent, reliable and compelling; together they have a rare and palpable chemistry. Combined with CNN’s resources and global newsgathering capabilities, we will offer a smart, bold and refreshing way to start the day.”

Don Lemon, one of CNN’s most recognizable news personalities, will close the curtain on his nightly program Don Lemon Tonight to headline the brand-new morning show. Lemon, a New York Times best-selling author and award-winning journalist whose 30-year career in broadcast news includes 16 at CNN, has played a prominent role in every major news event over the past decade. He helped to reignite CNN’s primetime lineup when he landed the coveted 10p timeslot in 2014. During his time at CNN he has produced numerous documentaries and specials; and served as moderator for multiple political town halls and co-moderator for a 2020 Democratic Presidential Debate.

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John Berman and Brianna Keilar will continue to anchor New Day until the new program premieres. Both will assume new roles at the network later this year. Additional details will be announced in the coming weeks.

https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2022/09/15/don-lemon-poppy-harlow-kaitlan-collins-cnn-morning-show/
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Don Lemon, Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins to Anchor New CNN Morning Show (Original Post) demmiblue Sep 2022 OP
A demotion for Lemon masked as a prestigious opportunity-- uh huh. And onward goes the demolition hlthe2b Sep 2022 #1
exactly what I was thinking as well.... a kennedy Sep 2022 #3
I liked the Berman/Keilar team in the morning. kentuck Sep 2022 #2
Interesting trio. Raven123 Sep 2022 #4
Berman dilutes her, IMO. Baitball Blogger Sep 2022 #14
Poppy and Kaitlan. I am picturing 2nd graders CurtEastPoint Sep 2022 #5
I was just thinking the other day that Poppy needed to Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2022 #37
One step closer to the door. I hope Don is already negotiating his next move. nt Samrob Sep 2022 #6
Plus it's a huge lifestyle change. Don't morning show people Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2022 #39
This will be a right-wing morning show! Sympthsical Sep 2022 #7
You're kidding about Lemon being right wing, right? brush Sep 2022 #11
Very much so Sympthsical Sep 2022 #13
Well-played. BlackSkimmer Sep 2022 #15
Of course that is not the point of the OP. Kingofalldems Sep 2022 #16
In a spherical world Sympthsical Sep 2022 #18
Yet you discuss them not knowing the players Doc Sportello Sep 2022 #23
But it is the point of the ridiculous hair-on-fire conspiracy theory that has been pushed Just A Box Of Rain Sep 2022 #25
I wonder if Licht knows he can't call it "Fox & Friends". Hugin Sep 2022 #8
What's happening to Jim Scuitto? greatauntoftriplets Sep 2022 #9
Can't have Don on prime time, bashing Trump & cult. CrispyQ Sep 2022 #10
Ratings are the only reason for this. jimfields33 Sep 2022 #22
So who gets Lemon's evening slot? RussBLib Sep 2022 #12
Lemon averaged 660,000 viewers in August Sympthsical Sep 2022 #21
Books by RW pols go to the top of the bestseller lists because they are propped up by mass buys Doc Sportello Sep 2022 #24
Who's mass buying ratings? Sympthsical Sep 2022 #28
Try responding to what I wrote Doc Sportello Sep 2022 #33
People do prefer agreeable sources Sympthsical Sep 2022 #34
Try responding to what I actually wrote Doc Sportello Sep 2022 #40
I give this six months, if that. By then it won't matter. gldstwmn Sep 2022 #30
Here is a thought Mr Licht. Fire everybody. pwb Sep 2022 #17
Maybe Lou Dobbs is available? gldstwmn Sep 2022 #31
Like reshuffling the chairs on the Titanic will get long time CNN faithful back despite MLAA Sep 2022 #19
I was impressed with Brianna Keilar's interviews. skip fox Sep 2022 #20
Keilar whined about Biden's anti-MAGA speech. Marius25 Sep 2022 #26
I can handle differences of opinion. Elessar Zappa Sep 2022 #27
Ugh. His show was the only one that I still watched regularly. gldstwmn Sep 2022 #29
Kaitlan Collins is the crack White House Corresspondent right now. applegrove Sep 2022 #32
Omg disagree a million % Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2022 #36
Kaitlin Collins???? Ugh. Can't believe she's still around. She was like last choice Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2022 #35
This seems like a great combo gulliver Sep 2022 #38

kentuck

(110,947 posts)
2. I liked the Berman/Keilar team in the morning.
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 09:52 AM
Sep 2022

It was a good escape from Morning Joe and Mika.

However, lately, it seems like they were prohibited from saying anything about the Trump case? I guess he thought it was getting too much coverage?

Raven123

(4,714 posts)
4. Interesting trio.
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 09:54 AM
Sep 2022

I liked Keilar better as a solo host in the afternoon. For me, the Berman-Keilar duo just didn’t work.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
37. I was just thinking the other day that Poppy needed to
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 09:51 AM
Sep 2022

Change her name to one with more gravitas. She actually has gravitas. I can't even utter Poppy and Kaitlan in the same sentence tho. Maybe a overzealous high school yearbook type.

Sympthsical

(8,925 posts)
7. This will be a right-wing morning show!
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 10:04 AM
Sep 2022

With that famously right-wing fringe personality . . . uh . . . Don Lemon.

I have no idea who the other two are.

Doc Sportello

(7,453 posts)
23. Yet you discuss them not knowing the players
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 12:02 PM
Sep 2022

Hard to make a point when you admitted you are ignorant of two-thirds of those who re being discussed.

 

Just A Box Of Rain

(5,104 posts)
25. But it is the point of the ridiculous hair-on-fire conspiracy theory that has been pushed
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 12:22 PM
Sep 2022

relentlessly here on DU.

A conspiracy theory concocted by an ultra-right source (the Free Beacon) and seemingly swallowed whole cloth.

It is ripe for sarcasm. To say the least.

CrispyQ

(36,221 posts)
10. Can't have Don on prime time, bashing Trump & cult.
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 10:14 AM
Sep 2022

Stick him on a morning show that no one watches.

CNN's shift to the right doesn't make sense to me. Right-wingers don't want Fox light, they want Newsmax & OANN.

Sympthsical

(8,925 posts)
21. Lemon averaged 660,000 viewers in August
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 11:11 AM
Sep 2022

The time slot is already failing without Licht's input.

Other cable prime time shows are in the 2.5 - 3 million range. Anderson Cooper is CNN's best evening person with around a million viewers. The network isn't a charity. I don't know why people think it should be operated like one. "Sure no one's watching, but it says what I want to hear."

That's not how businesses work. That's not how any of this works.

Doc Sportello

(7,453 posts)
24. Books by RW pols go to the top of the bestseller lists because they are propped up by mass buys
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 12:11 PM
Sep 2022

From RW sources. According to your "free hand of the market" take why would they do that? They lose money. Of course it's because they want to control the narrative. And your slur on people who recognize this (thanks in large part to Licht and Malone admitting their goals for the network to be more repub friendly) and on anchors who you admit you know nothing about means your input is based on ignorance. So why the hubris about the subject? You one of those Adam Smith acolytes who think it's all about money and not power?

And those "other" prime time shows you speak of, you mean like Hannity, etc.? I guess you agree with Malone and want to see more RW nutjobbery because, hey, it brings in viewers and money. Malone has plenty of money. The difference here is not viewers but narrative. That's how it really works.

Sympthsical

(8,925 posts)
28. Who's mass buying ratings?
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 01:21 PM
Sep 2022

You're comparing apples and oranges. Are millions of people being bribed to watch Fox? Where can I get this gig? I'll leave anything on in the background for some ducats.

How is the truth a slur? If objective facts - the measured ratings - are a slur, then any inconvenient fact could be construed as a vicious slur. How does that comport with having an objective, reality-based understanding of the world? This simply isn't a sound way of thinking.

The simple fact of the matter is, if people wanted to watch Don Lemon's evening program, they would be watching it. They aren't. So those who are running a business whose revenues are based on viewership are going to want to try to get more viewers.

And let's not get into the open secret that more Democrats are watching Fox than CNN or MSNBC. I don't watch cable news, but I do often learn in liberal spaces about what Tucker Carlson said the night before. I almost never hear about what Don Lemon had to say. If Sean Hannity farts, it's everywhere. If Anderson Cooper has a thoughtful discussion, it's crickets.

Whose fault is that? Whose fault is it if a liberal host isn't attracting viewers? Whose fault is it that people would rather hate watch Fox News than watch Don Lemon and disseminate his words? The onus isn't on the right-winger to watch a liberal show. The onus is on us.

If we're not even watching these shows, who are you mad at?

Doc Sportello

(7,453 posts)
33. Try responding to what I wrote
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 08:53 PM
Sep 2022

It really isn't hard to understand the point I was making. Your point was it was all about ratings and profits. I made the point that RW funders take a loss when they buy up books to make it appear they are popular. It's called an analogy. Sheesh.

Your slur was obvious with this, and I quote: ""Sure no one's watching, but it says what I want to hear." meaning people on here and elsewhere only watch it to hear things they agree with. Obviously you never saw Keilar's terrific Roll the Tape segments where she used videos of people's own words to catch their hypocrisy and deceit. Same with Stelter. It was great journalism and badly needed during the trump years. She did take on Democrats but mostly it was repubs and you know why? Because as most everyone on here knows it was repubs who were the ones doing the lying and corrupting our government. Also not hard to understand.

And what the hell is that line " the onus in on us" to watch right-wingers and disseminate a different view? Have you tried that on FB or other forums? That is how they disseminate misinformation and trying to prove them wrong with factual information doesn't work, as everyone now understands. That paragraph contains so many misunderstandings of the history of the RW and media in general that it would take many pages to explain it. Buying the media to disseminate their propaganda has been an ongoing enterprise by the RW powers that be. Fox News lost millions when it started and used political influence and paying cable outlets for subscribers instead of the other way around. They also got pols like Guiliani to work behind the scenes to get them on cable.

Frpm Wkki: "To accelerate its adoption by cable providers, Fox News paid systems up to $11 per subscriber to distribute the channel.[36] This contrasted with the normal practice, in which cable operators paid stations carriage fees for programming. When Time Warner bought Ted Turner's Turner Broadcasting System, a federal antitrust consent decree required Time Warner to carry a second all-news channel in addition to its own CNN on its cable systems. Time Warner selected MSNBC as the secondary news channel, not Fox News. Fox News claimed this violated an agreement (to carry Fox News). Citing its agreement to keep its U.S. headquarters and a large studio in New York City, News Corporation enlisted the help of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's administration to pressure Time Warner Cable (one of the city's two cable providers) to transmit Fox News on a city-owned channel."

Your free hand of the market myth would say that was a business decision, but it was more importantly as numerous books and articles and Ailes' own words have shown, first and foremost a political move to gain control of the national narrative. It continues to this day. The hate you talk about is a key strategy move that is a psychological tactic that has horrible consequences. Hey, tonight Erin Burnett had on a DeSantis shill defending the migrant stunt tonight as CNN slowly turns into Fox Lite. You probably would have approved of this "both siderism".

You keep saying "we" are not watching as if you are the only one who counts. People do watch CNN, including many of the people in power. Just because you don't or attack them for ratings (a history lesson: news shows weren't originally created to make money, they were created to fulfill the Founding Fathers mandate of a free press serving as a bulwark against corruption and tyranny in this then-new medium of television) doesn't display your knowledge. It shows the opposite. You admit you don't even know who some of the biggest players are. If I don't have knowledge about a subject, I try not to give opinions as if I do. You should either read up on the history of the media or quit pontificating on a subject you self-admitted you don't know much about.

Sympthsical

(8,925 posts)
34. People do prefer agreeable sources
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 09:36 AM
Sep 2022

Look at the selection of what shows are consumed, channels, publications, what news sites are "allowed", what Twitter personalities are promoted, etc. It's a very narrow band of ideologically allowable information. Which is fine if you're aware it is limited in such a way. It's when people narrow down the acceptable sources to that narrow slice and then claim they're getting complete objective information that the trolley goes well off the tracks. Which, unfortunately, is often the case. The number of times I have to laterally read or find correct information because what is spread is twisted completely out of context, omitting salient facts, or just plan false or wrong is staggering.

But you kind of have to read the room with that sort of thing. I know where I am, so I expect that partisan slant on things. It's why I don't rely on any one place as source material. The amount of "What is not being said here?" is often much, much higher in partisan spaces. That's just Internet 101.

I'm not saying "we" as in me. I already noted I don't watch cable news. Frankly, I don't give a shit what happens on those channels. I am as invested in them as I am in Peppa Pig - and both are about as useful to the population. Actually, no. Peppa Pig is probably more useful, because at least kids are learning vaguely useful lessons from it.

I'm saying "we" as in liberals. I remember back in the 00's when Air America tried to be a liberal Rush Limbaugh. Which is a good idea, since right-wing dominance of radio has been a problem in this country for the past thirty or forty years. Then no one listened to it. Even in New York City, it completely failed. Liberals didn't tune in. So, liberal radio didn't succeed, even though partisans claimed there was this vast demand for it.

Whose fault was that? Whose fault is it when the content is available, but our side doesn't consume it?

Cable news channels aren't a public service no matter what the networks did sixty years ago. Again, you are not comparing two like things. You're mashing everything together and hoping it sticks. Everything on cable is a business and is intended as a business. It is designed as a business. That is why they are part of a paid subscription service rather than broadcast over the public airwaves. If you think cable is supposed to be a public service, I'm not sure where you've been for the past four decades of its existence. It has never been one, it will never be one. It is a paid service.

As for not knowing who every single cable news host is, I'll wear that one like a badge of honor. I don't need to watch the channels to know how to look up ratings charts. I also don't need to know who various astronomers are in order to look up astronomy information. Weird how that works.

And just as a total QED of my point. One of the first threads I saw this morning when I opened this page?

This one: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217162955

Ok. Where's the Anderson Cooper posts? Where's Don Lemon? Where is any liberal from cable news? None on the front page.

But Tucker Carlson is right there, first thing in the morning. That's practically every morning.

Again, I'm not so sure you're mad at the right people. If you just want to be angry what you want isn't what you're getting, I get that. My Costco doesn't sell a kind of garlic olive oil I like that I know they sell at other Costco's. But I don't need a vast conspiracy or corporate malfeasance to explain why they don't have it. It's just economics. Doesn't sell well there apparently.

Cable news is junk food. It's fine in moderation. It's when people claim it's significant part of a healthy daily diet that I start to take issue. And then, after consuming that junk food daily, they start looking a little doughy while claiming, "I'm healthier than I've ever been. I'm downright svelte!"

It's like, if people want to convince themselves of that, sure. But mirrors don't lie.

Doc Sportello

(7,453 posts)
40. Try responding to what I actually wrote
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 12:41 PM
Sep 2022

You are giving unsolicited advice on a topic you admit you don't know anything about. I already answered your "people want agreeable sources". You don't either read or understand or care what others think. Yet you give long responses on a topic that you don't give shit about or know about, according to your own words. You slur posters and anchors you don't know and then try to justify it by saying you wear your ignorance with a badge. Your are right about one thing. Mirrors don't lie. Try looking in one.

gldstwmn

(4,575 posts)
30. I give this six months, if that. By then it won't matter.
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 01:37 PM
Sep 2022

It will take them years to rebuild their audience.

pwb

(11,204 posts)
17. Here is a thought Mr Licht. Fire everybody.
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 10:46 AM
Sep 2022

It is all stale. Your talkers, your commercials, your contributors, we all already know what they will say and the questions they will ask and the answers they will give. Its Groundhog Day news to a lot of us. Unwatchable most times. There is not 24 hour of news and every day is not Election Day. You all deserve what is happening to you. We don't like backward.

MLAA

(17,162 posts)
19. Like reshuffling the chairs on the Titanic will get long time CNN faithful back despite
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 10:59 AM
Sep 2022

the lurch to the right.

Elessar Zappa

(13,649 posts)
27. I can handle differences of opinion.
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 12:31 PM
Sep 2022

I don’t require that anchors agree with me on everything. Brianna Keilar does a good job and I’ll continue to watch her.

gldstwmn

(4,575 posts)
29. Ugh. His show was the only one that I still watched regularly.
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 01:33 PM
Sep 2022

I like Anderson Cooper but I'm not usually able to watch his show. They had John Avlon doing election coverage the other night. I can't stand that guy. Where was John King? Is he gone too? Goodbye CNN.

applegrove

(118,006 posts)
32. Kaitlan Collins is the crack White House Corresspondent right now.
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 02:57 PM
Sep 2022

She was great. What a demotion for her.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
35. Kaitlin Collins???? Ugh. Can't believe she's still around. She was like last choice
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 09:46 AM
Sep 2022

After Trump pulled credentials from real journalists.

gulliver

(13,142 posts)
38. This seems like a great combo
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 09:55 AM
Sep 2022

I'm waiting and seeing on CNN, but this is a positive development.

As WH correspondent, Collins asked Trump one of the best challenge questions I've ever heard him asked, "Who told you that?" That's a knockout punch question for a guy like Trump. He either has to say he got his lie from someone else or admit he got it from himself. Collins was also briefly banned from the WH by Trump. She's solid.

They still haven't dumped Jake Tapper, but one can dream.

Wonder if Haberman might not make a move from the NYT. She could bring some tough-minded gravitas to a show.

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