“The free world needs a reliable source” were some of CNN host Brian Stelter’s final words on his last show Sunday—three days after CNN decided it didn’t, canceling his show in the most dramatic change in its quest to move toward the center.
’s final words on his last show Sunday—three days after CNN decided it didn’t, canceling his show in the most dramatic change in its quest to move toward the center.its longest-running program, dedicated each block to the importance of a free press in a battered democracy and featured segments with journalists Carl Bernstein, Brian Karem, and a panel of media reporters.
“The thing about TV is it’s fleeting,” Stelter said in his opening monologue. “A lot of it is not meant to be remembered. but this program transcended that…Founding host Bernard Kyle and Rick Davis said this program was meant to be a critical lens on the media—such a special thing, a critical lens on the media.”
That critical lens, however, did not seem to fit the new CNN under construction by CEO Chris Licht and his corporate overseers David Zaslav and John Malone., a shock move that prompted concerns for CNN’s editorial direction under the new Warner Bros. Discovery banner. The Daily Beast previously reported that Licht did not want to make the decision.
Those concerns bled into Stelter’s show, which he has hosted since 2013 and has built a brand around through a nightly newsletter and podcast.media reporter Claire Atkinson pondered on Sunday whether Malone was responsible for his firing. “He's a businessman. He’s looking at where the money and audience is,” Atkinson said. “The viewership on the left is split between CNN and MSNBC, and the viewership on the right is all at Fox News. They have a bigger audience, lots of money, and perhaps he's saying ‘If we shift a little bit this way, maybe we'll get that, too.’”in the immediate aftermath on Thursdayclaiming he has little to do with the network even as he admitted he wanted CNN to adopt a more “centrist” tone.
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