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Podcast: Townhall Review | Commentaries
Episode: Ed Morrissey: Turn Out the Licht, the Party’s Over for News
Description: The Chris Licht Era at CNN came to an abrupt halt just thirteen months after it began. Licht faced an organization in crisis after Jeff Zucker’s removal, and did little to correct either its ratings or its credibility. Licht had implemented a strategy designed to return CNN to the center and oriented toward hard-news reporting. It became clear, even before a devastating profile in The Atlantic, that Licht never got his organization to buy into his strategy. His decision to air a town hall event with Donald Trump as a Republican presidential candidate provoked a rebellion am...