It’s an idea that would make any news executive salivate. What if MSNBC revived CNN’s old “Crossfire” show, enlisting Tucker Carlson from the right and Don Lemon from the left? Such a concept would…
— a whopping amount by any standard. There is speculation that some of the comments dug up as part of the discovery process showed Carlson denigrating Fox News.about Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley that many deemed offensive to women. On April 5,detailing alleged instances of misogyny and other troubling incidents during his years at CNN.
Though Lemon pledged to be more sensitive on air and internally after the on-air gaffe about Haley, CNN executives began to feel the damage had been done. Chemistry among Lemon and his co-anchors, Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins, was off. The show was having trouble booking newsmakers, and ad-sales staffers at corporate parent Warner Bros. Discovery faced headwinds enlisting sponsors, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Of course, the question remains: Why did CNN CEO Chris Licht keep Lemon on for the past few weeks if things weren’t going well? “I was informed this morning by my agent that I have been terminated by CNN. I am stunned,” Lemon said in a statement on April 24. “After 17 years at CNN I would have thought that someone in management would have had the decency to tell me directly.
Can cable news turn away from such personalities? There are plenty more where Carlson and Lemon came from, and a seemingly infinite number on talk radio, satellite radio, podcasts and subscription-based streaming outlets — all competitors for the cable-news audience. Still, people are trying. CNN’s newest Sunday program, “The Whole Story,” offers a documentary-style deep dive into a single topic, such as the plight of migrants crossing South America or solutions for climate change. MSNBC’s new weekend hour hosted by Jen Psaki, the former White House press secretary,
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