CNN CEO's Fire: A Year After CNN Was Acquired in Deal With Discovery

Chris Licht was fired from his position as chairman and CEO of CNN on the heels of a 15,000 word Atlantic profile. The board member who said it was time for CNN to move past the highly partisan anti-Trump coverage has been overhyped according to John Malone in our book "CNN: A Biography"

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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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2:00 Front Page

56:37 Obsessions

1:00:50 Reader Mail

1:03:56 Favorite Item

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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