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John Harwood leaves CNN

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What is going on at CNN? Jeffrey Toobin is out. Brian Stelter is out. And now John Harwood. Jeremy Barr at The Washington Post asks if there is a “purge” going on at the network. Read more here. In honor...

CNN cancels “Reliable Sources.” Brian Stelter is out

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Too bad. Reliable Sources was one of my favorite CNN shows. I tried to watch it every week because host Brian Stelter often had thoughtful guests, including scholars, on the show. I especially enjoyed his critiques of Fox News during...

CNN pulls the plug on CNN Plus

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Well, that didn’t last long. Here is Jeremy Barr and Paul Farhi at The Washington Post: CNN’s new parent company abruptly pulled the plug on the network’s $100 million venture into online streaming — a spectacular reversal that stunned employees...

What can we expect from CNN under Chris Licht?

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Licht, the former Executive Producer of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” promises less liberal politics and more news gathering. Here is Mike Allen at Axios: Under new chief Chris Licht, CNN will dial down the prime-time partisanship and double...

Some changes at all three major cable networks

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Three new hires: Fox News doubles-down on right-wing Trumpism by giving Jesse Watters a nightly show at 7:00pm. Watters made his bones doing “man-on-street” interviews for the Bill O’Reilly’s former Fox show, “The O’Reilly Factor.” He has a well-deserved reputation...

Was Chris Cuomo an entertainer or a journalist?

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CNN fired him because he violated journalistic “standards and practices” by helping craft his brother Andrew’s response to sexual harassment charges. Here is Edwards Helmore at The Guardian: But the larger question concerns to what extent US cable news has...

CNN fires Chris Cuomo

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Interestingly enough, someone tweeted this earlier today: Here is Brian Stelter: CNN said Saturday that anchor Chris Cuomo has been “terminated” by the network, “effective immediately.”The announcement came after an outside law firm was retained to review information about exactly...

Rick Santorum lands at Newsmax

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CNN fired him after he gave a lecture to the Young America’s Foundation and said, “We birthed a nation from nothing. I mean, there was nothing here. I mean, yes, we have Native Americans but candidly there isn’t much Native...

How long can Eric Metaxas continue to defend Mike Lindell?

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I am guessing until the money dries up. But that’s just a guess. Did you see Lindell’s recent interview with CNN? This would be hilarious if so many Americans, especially evangelical Christians, didn’t believe it. Watch: “It’s proof of nothing.”...

Rick Santorum is out at CNN

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Here is The New York Times: Rick Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator and Republican presidential candidate, has been dropped from his role as a CNN political commentator amid controversy over recent remarks in which he seemed to erase the role...

CNN does a documentary on an evangelical anti-vaxxer

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CNN’s Elle Reeve apparently wanted to do a story on evangelicals and the COVID-19 vaccine. So she went to Tony Spell’s Life Tabernacle Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This is what she came up with: A few thoughts: The fact...

An anti-vaxxer changes her mind

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Here is CNN: I am going to guess this woman is an evangelical based on her use of the term “holy crud” and her reference to friends that “really poured into me.” But I could be wrong....