Jeff Zuckers's Effort to Come Back to CNN

I think it is tremendously hard, if not impossible, to both be a celebrity and be a manager. You really don't want to be the headlines to be about you. I find less sympathetic though, Jeff Zucker's effort to come back to CNN,. which is outlined.

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Strap in, Wretches. We’re going deep into the firing of CNN Chief, Chris Licht. We also breakdown Chuck Todd’s exit, Tucker’s full Twitter debut and the origins of McDonald’s Grimace.

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56:37 Obsessions

1:00:50 Reader Mail

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Show Notes:

The Atlantic: Inside the Meltdown at CNN

NYT: Could Jeff Zucker Fix CNN? He Seems to Think So.

Semafor: CNN lost trust over COVID coverage, internal report found

Politico: The Real Reason Chris Licht Got Fired From CNN