opinion
I have terrific news for CNN. Thanks to a extremely vital profile of CNN chief executive Chris Licht, EVERYONE is talking about the havingahardtime news network!
The Atlantic ran a 15,000-word piece on Licht under the heading “Inside the Meltdown at CNN,” and it triggered not simply off-the-record criticisms from CNN personnel however heading after heading about the network’s internal drama:
“Chris Licht promises to restore trust of CNN personnel after scathing post,” composed The Washington Post.“
“Chris Licht of CNN Faces a Crisis,” composed The New York Times.
Fox News got in on the action with “Mission Impossible: Why media are mauling CNN’s Chris Licht.”
Hey, at least The Atlantic’s Chris Licht profile has individuals talking about CNN onceagain!
This is the most public attention CNN has had in months, and it assisted me come up with a easy strategy to aid the once-mighty network: CNN must rebrand itself as the No. 1 source for news about what a mess CNN hasactually endedupbeing.
It’s clear there’s both an audience and a thirst for protection of CNN drama. Heck, whole crowds at Trump rallies have damaged into chants of “CNN SUCKS!”
So why not lean into that? Why let other news companies rake in scores and page views with their protection of a network attempting – and stoppingworking – to redefine itself?
CNN’s helpless mission for middle ground appears to make everybody upset
Aside from Licht, who according to The Atlantic profile and other reports appears concurrently overconfident and in over his head, CNN hasactually been havingahardtime with staking out an identity inbetween the left-leaning MSNBC and far-right-leaning Fox News.
That describes the network’s desire to host a town hall that enabled previous President Donald Trump, now a GOP governmental prospect, to lie and lie and lie some more in prime time while likewise berating the media, consistingof CNN itself. It was an humiliation, disliked by both the left and right and individuals at the network.
Please discuss where there’s middle ground inbetween thinking in truths and thinking in nonsense
That’s the issue with lookingfor a middle ground in this political environment: What is the middle ground inbetween “the 2020 governmental election was genuine” and “the 2020 governmental election was rigged and taken by a liberal Deep State hellbent on ruining America”?
Where precisely is the middle ground inbetween “LGBTQ+ individuals exist and needto be able to live their lives securely and authentically” and “A DISNEY MOVIE HAD A GAY CHARACTER SO I’M GOING TO LABEL THE WHOLE CORPORATION AND ANYONE WHO SUPPORTS IT A PEDOPHILE”?
CNN might attempt to discover a logical area inbetween conservative citizens who decline the hardcore-MAGA conspiracy/culture war rubbish and liberal-minded audiences lookingfor balance. But that doesn’t appear to be in the network’s strategies. Instead, it keeps attempting to get the individuals who chant “CNN SUCKS!” to like i