“You have a certain segment of society that has had an unfettered megaphone to the leading journalistic organization in the world,” he told The Atlantic. Licht reportedly called the Clinton-era labor secretary Robert Reich to rebuke him for a critical column about CNN under his tenure and told friends that he would “destroy” the Democratic strategist Kurt Bardella for his own column. LICHT BRISTLES AT CRITICISM FROM DEMOCRATS The network head was also aware in the lead-up to the town hall that the makeup of the crowd would be “extra Trumpy.” Licht, who believes that the former president did “really bad shit” in office and provoked the media with “outrage porn,” gave the former president the break-a-leg prodding backstage just before the New Hampshire event, held May 10, the day after Trump was found liable for sexually abusing writer E. Here are just five striking moments - among many others - from one of the most revealing media profiles in recent memory.īEFORE THE TOWN HALL, LICHT TOLD TRUMP TO “HAVE FUN”
(As David Wirtschafter, then-president of William Morris, notoriously learned when The New Yorker wrote about him in 2005 the agency lost Sarah Michelle Gellar and Halle Berry as a result, and he issued a formal apology.) However, on occasion, prestige publications successfully lure top figures who are enamored by such cache to speak with unusual candor. These days, rigorous, all-access journalism of top business executives is increasingly rare, largely due to the significant risk of fallout. CNN CEO Chris Licht Ousted After Tumultuous Year
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