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THIS IS CNN: Don Lemon goes berserker on Kaitlan Collins

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Songbird, Feb 5, 2023.

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  1. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Knowing whom to hire is exactly a studio head's job.

    And Malone has been the cable king for 40 years. He doesn't have a single name in his Rolodex?

    C'mon.
     
    Azrael, Jun 4, 2023
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  2. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    John Malone doesn't run Warner Brothers Discovery, nor does he even sit in the C suite. He sits on the board of directors. He isn't even even running Liberty Media, where he actually has a huge ownership stake and significant skin in the game. You are flailing around right now to try to convince me that Zaslav / Licht / whoever, haven't turned around CNN and probably don't have any good answer for doing it. ... when I don't need to be convinced of that. Unless the idea is that someone has a magical Rolodex with just the right person to do it. I do think you are wrong about that if that is what you are telling me, and the fact that Chris Licht hasn't done very well isn't evidence of it.
     
    The Big Ragu, Jun 4, 2023
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  3. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    I'm not flailing around doing anything.

    I'm asking how it's possible that people like Zaslav and Malone don't know a single person who might have been hired to run CNN.

    Not to turn it around. But someone with the background and skill set to simply run it.

    Even if all they did was poach a news director or managing editor from another network.

    It's mind boggling.
     
    Azrael, Jun 4, 2023
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  4. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    My opinion. ... They are TRYING something. They didn't need someone to simply run CNN. Last year income and viewership dropped off a cliff. CNN has been a sinking ship, and I am certain they weren't sitting there saying, "We need to poach someone from another network to run the place."

    They were saying, "We need to do something very different to try to save this network which is declining fast. We need a remake of some sort."

    It would be "mind boggling" to me. ... if they took something running perfectly smoothly and screwed around with a winning formula. Reading your posts, if I didn't know better, I might think that is what they have done. I just think they tried something -- hoping something very different (whatever vision they came up with) might jump start things -- and it is failing. And you are Monday Morning Quarterbacking it expertly. I also think that getting CNN back to where they desperately want it to be is something that isn't likely to happen, no matter what they try. It's not an, "Oh my god, this is so easy, look at how incompetent they are" thing to me.
     
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    The Big Ragu, Jun 4, 2023
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  5. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    The tags are gold!
     
    DanOregon, Jun 4, 2023
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  6. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    DanOregon, Jun 4, 2023
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  7. swingline

    swingline Well-Known Member

    Odds Cluck Todd shows up on Fox?
     
    swingline, Jun 4, 2023
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  8. Deskgrunt50

    Deskgrunt50 Well-Known Member

    In honor of Chuck Todd, never ask a follow-up question.
     
    Deskgrunt50, Jun 4, 2023
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  9. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    When someone on a message board asks who is qualified, that person is in effect asking the board. Not Zaslav or Malone - who, according to you, don't know anyway.

    Who is qualified to coach the Bulls?

    Shouldn't we be asking the GM who doesn't know who to hire?

    Circular.
     
    Alma, Jun 4, 2023
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  10. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    Licht was always going to be the guy after the guy (Zucker) who was there a long time and had created a certain culture. And CNN folks were likely to revolt a little bit out of sheer nature, much like the Grantland folks, upon getting the perfectly affable (and actual reporter) Chris Connelly as a boss, nevertheless saw him as Not Bill Simmons.

    Licht may be Useful in that way.

    If anything, Jimmy Pitaro may be the exception; he's still at ESPN as the guy after Skipper. Of course, Bryan Curtis wrote some story carping that Pitaro's meetings end on time and come with clear marching order - in contrast to Skipper. Clarity and punctuality being weaknesses, in this circumstance.
     
    Alma, Jun 4, 2023
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  11. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Azrael, Jun 5, 2023
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  12. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    Funny how The Atlantic piece drops and Stelter’s talked to 40 people in 48 hours and the NYT has a Zucker piece ready to roll.
     
    Alma, Jun 5, 2023
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