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Showing Original Post only (View all)'We Want To Win Back Your Trust': New CNN Boss Chris Licht Makes Groveling 'Apology Tour' To GOP [View all]
We Want To Win Back Your Trust: New CNN Boss Chris Licht Makes Groveling Apology Tour To GOP Lawmakers On Capitol HillCNN chairman and CEO Chris Licht is desperately trying to win back Republican viewers by having GOP lawmakers return as guests to the network, Radar has learned.As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Licht was named head of CNN in April nearly three months after his predecessor, Jeff Zucker, was forced to resign from the network in disgrace for failing to disclose his relationship with fellow network executive Allison Gollust.
While Licht was appointed to save the struggling network from a slew of scandals that included not only Zucker and Gollusts resignations but also the abrupt firing of Chris Cuomo, the 50-year-old newsman and producer was also appointed to rescue CNN from a plague of plummeting ratings.
That is why, in mid-July, Licht reportedly secretly met with a number of Republicans on the first floor of the U.S. Capitol building in an effort to convince the lawmakers to return as guests on CNN.
In fact, according to the Washington Free Beacon, Licht had one simple message for the Republican lawmakers: We want to win back your trust..Although Lichts meetings and conversations with Republicans at the Capitol last week largely remained private, lawmakers who spoke to the Washington Free Beacon told the outlet that the new CNN chief pleaded for them to return to the air on the network and that he promised they would be treated fairly.
While Licht was appointed to save the struggling network from a slew of scandals that included not only Zucker and Gollusts resignations but also the abrupt firing of Chris Cuomo, the 50-year-old newsman and producer was also appointed to rescue CNN from a plague of plummeting ratings.
That is why, in mid-July, Licht reportedly secretly met with a number of Republicans on the first floor of the U.S. Capitol building in an effort to convince the lawmakers to return as guests on CNN.
In fact, according to the Washington Free Beacon, Licht had one simple message for the Republican lawmakers: We want to win back your trust..Although Lichts meetings and conversations with Republicans at the Capitol last week largely remained private, lawmakers who spoke to the Washington Free Beacon told the outlet that the new CNN chief pleaded for them to return to the air on the network and that he promised they would be treated fairly.
https://radaronline.com/p/cnn-boss-chris-licht-apology-tour-gop-lawmakers-capitol-hill/
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'We Want To Win Back Your Trust': New CNN Boss Chris Licht Makes Groveling 'Apology Tour' To GOP [View all]
tulipsandroses
Aug 2022
OP
I sincerely thought they were addressing liberals until I got to the end of the headline.
ZZenith
Aug 2022
#6
They never had GOP viewers...and they have shit on Democratic viewers...well who cares about them.
Demsrule86
Aug 2022
#37
Giving voice to the fascist party. Turn off CNN. And let them and their advertisers know
Hotler
Aug 2022
#39
Translated: CNN New Boss Going To Reinforce Attitude that CNN is "Certainly Not News"
AZLD4Candidate
Aug 2022
#40