Tilting At Windmills

Tilting At Windmills

CNN CEO's leaving signals something important about the network

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Tom Knighton
Jun 09, 2023
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Earlier this week, CNN CEO Christ Licht left his role with the company. He hadn’t been there that long, but his tenure had been more than a little rocky.

I don’t mean that in a bad way. After all, Brian Stelter and Don Lemon were gone from television screens, which was a good thing.

After all, Licht wanted to restore balance and trust to CNN.

His departure tells us something very important about the network and the people who remain.

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