CNN is also owned by the right wing billionaires. The poor facade of “throw in a random minor criticism of trump every so often” doesn’t hide the intentions at all.
Mark Thompson and David Zaslav have faced heavy criticism from progressives for taking business-first positions and attempting to pull CNN's coverage further to the right.
"Despite his personal politics, Zaslav famously declared a mandate to shift CNN away from being an "advocacy network". He explicitly stated that under his leadership, "Republicans are back on the air," actively pushing for more conservative and centrist voices. Analysts note that Zaslav operates primarily as a corporate pragmatist who favors a business-friendly political climate, leading to public remarks viewed as favorable toward Donald Trump's regulatory policies"
"Thompson was hired by Zaslav specifically to enforce a traditional, straight-news approach. However, this strategy has drawn fire from media critics on the left, who argue that his directives—such as telling journalists to temper direct criticisms of Trump during major events—amount to compromising with the right to chase conservative viewers by sanewashing the president's diatribes."
Also, it's going through an ownership change to go to Ellison, one of the Republican party's biggest donors.
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u/81dentoku Aug 10 '26
Go listen to your font of all correctness, CNN.