The news network's chief executive said that much of the criticism around CNN's changes, 'especially from the left,' since his tenure began eight months ago has been 'stunning.'
, CNN’s chief executive expressed that outside criticism of the company’s many moves in the last eight months — particularly from media pundits such as former colleague and former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann — have been ill-informed. “The uninformed vitriol, especially from the left, has been stunning,” he said, “which proves my point: so much of what passes for news is name-calling, half-truths and desperation.
Licht was addressing responses to, among other things, his approach around featured voices on the network, which he says is aimed at offering “a rational conversation about polarizing issues” and a version of news not dictated by Trump “24/7.
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