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ificandream

(11,837 posts)
Wed May 17, 2023, 02:53 PM May 2023

CNN names Kaitlan Collins to fill prime-time vacancy in Chris Cuomo's old slot

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Source: Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — CNN said Kaitlan Collins will host a new hourlong show at the center of the prime-time lineup, filling a slot left vacant since the firing of Chris Cuomo and as the network’s ratings are at a low ebb.

Collins will begin regularly hosting the 9 p.m. Eastern show next month, the network said Wednesday, making the announcement during a Warner Discovery sales presentation to advertisers.

The ex-White House correspondent moderated CNN’s town hall with former President Donald Trump last week, but was generally held blameless for criticism the event received.

“She is a smart and gifted journalist who we’ve all seen hold lawmakers and newsmakers accountable,” CNN Chairman Chris Licht said in a memo to staff members. “She pushes politicians off their talking points, gets real answers — and as everyone who’s worked with her knows — breaks a lot of news.”

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/cnn-collins-licht-cuomo-primetime-09f81bc8406a3067e077ef9ac632ae23



LOL .... there are so many better journalists at CNN.
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CNN names Kaitlan Collins to fill prime-time vacancy in Chris Cuomo's old slot (Original Post) ificandream May 2023 OP
'F' Crazyness Not News. I don't watch them period and do not intend to! overleft May 2023 #1
Same here. ificandream May 2023 #2
Same. I like Jim Acosta, and I like that CNN spooky3 May 2023 #3
Right Winger Casady1 May 2023 #4
and she didn't challenge a single answer Trump gave during this town hall.... Chakaconcarne May 2023 #7
Not true. tableturner May 2023 #12
What can you say? LenaBaby61 May 2023 #21
CN who? GenXer47 May 2023 #5
There's the Cherry on top for doing that town hall shit show. Kaitlin cashed in. Comfortably_Numb May 2023 #6
Keith Olbermann had said it was a foregone conclusion that she'd get it. ificandream May 2023 #8
she put up some minimal resistance but I don't think she really want to take him down in any way LymphocyteLover May 2023 #13
She let him talk all over her. She meekly asked questions that Marmalard Mussolini Comfortably_Numb May 2023 #17
As the Titanic sinks, a new boatswain is named rurallib May 2023 #9
Well... Mike Nelson May 2023 #10
Quelle surprise! LymphocyteLover May 2023 #11
As they now hold the 4th spot in viewership behind newsmax, I'm just sure she will change PortTack May 2023 #14
"smart and gifted" she sure kept those things hidden Raine May 2023 #15
The Cable News Network that Ted Turner created is... Mawspam2 May 2023 #16
I wonder if her and Licht have something going on? kimbutgar May 2023 #18
"She pushes politicians off their talking points, gets real answers " IcyPeas May 2023 #19
Oy. Talk about failing up! nt SunSeeker May 2023 #20
Locking thread MustLoveBeagles May 2023 #22

overleft

(404 posts)
1. 'F' Crazyness Not News. I don't watch them period and do not intend to!
Wed May 17, 2023, 02:56 PM
May 2023

ificandream

(11,837 posts)
2. Same here.
Wed May 17, 2023, 02:58 PM
May 2023

I have been only a casual watcher of CNN, but that ended after the "town hall."

spooky3

(38,632 posts)
3. Same. I like Jim Acosta, and I like that CNN
Wed May 17, 2023, 03:03 PM
May 2023

In the past covered more hard news than does MSNBC, eg more info on Ukraine. But this is offset by Licht’s/Malone’s direction.

 

Casady1

(2,133 posts)
4. Right Winger
Wed May 17, 2023, 03:03 PM
May 2023

she used to write for the Daily Caller. She has stated her parents were apolitical. You know immediately that is BS.

Chakaconcarne

(2,787 posts)
7. and she didn't challenge a single answer Trump gave during this town hall....
Wed May 17, 2023, 03:10 PM
May 2023

or at least that's what I'm hearing.

tableturner

(1,838 posts)
12. Not true.
Wed May 17, 2023, 04:04 PM
May 2023

LenaBaby61

(6,991 posts)
21. What can you say?
Wed May 17, 2023, 08:35 PM
May 2023

A barely c-list, no-talent anchor with a top job making gobs of money. My friend told me that she's from a very right-winged, thuglican family in Alabama. No wonder she droned on and on about George Soros being "The death of whatever" when she worked for an equally no-talented, blathering liar in tuckums eyes:

Hard pass on anti-semite blather and LIES, and on mediocre Collins

TNN (Trump News Netowk) is CRATERING in the ratings. Poor Jim Acosta

 

GenXer47

(1,204 posts)
5. CN who?
Wed May 17, 2023, 03:06 PM
May 2023

Never heard of em.

Comfortably_Numb

(4,188 posts)
6. There's the Cherry on top for doing that town hall shit show. Kaitlin cashed in.
Wed May 17, 2023, 03:09 PM
May 2023

ificandream

(11,837 posts)
8. Keith Olbermann had said it was a foregone conclusion that she'd get it.
Wed May 17, 2023, 03:13 PM
May 2023

He was right. From what I saw of clips (I didn't watch the shit show) Collins did nothing to stop Trump.

LymphocyteLover

(9,847 posts)
13. she put up some minimal resistance but I don't think she really want to take him down in any way
Wed May 17, 2023, 04:04 PM
May 2023

Comfortably_Numb

(4,188 posts)
17. She let him talk all over her. She meekly asked questions that Marmalard Mussolini
Wed May 17, 2023, 06:41 PM
May 2023

dodged. I’ll take Keith’s predictions any time. Worst….person…in the world!!! Go Keith.

rurallib

(64,688 posts)
9. As the Titanic sinks, a new boatswain is named
Wed May 17, 2023, 03:35 PM
May 2023

"Welcome aboard," says Captain Licht as the ship lurches mightily and tips upside down. "You are well equipped for the challenge!"

Mike Nelson

(10,943 posts)
10. Well...
Wed May 17, 2023, 03:48 PM
May 2023

... of course. CNN and Trump both used the "Town Hall" for promotional purposes.

LymphocyteLover

(9,847 posts)
11. Quelle surprise!
Wed May 17, 2023, 04:03 PM
May 2023

PortTack

(35,820 posts)
14. As they now hold the 4th spot in viewership behind newsmax, I'm just sure she will change
Wed May 17, 2023, 04:14 PM
May 2023

Their fortunes

Raine

(31,177 posts)
15. "smart and gifted" she sure kept those things hidden
Wed May 17, 2023, 04:43 PM
May 2023

in that Town Hall.

Mawspam2

(1,106 posts)
16. The Cable News Network that Ted Turner created is...
Wed May 17, 2023, 06:31 PM
May 2023

...officially dead.

The official time of death was the date Discovery Networks closed on the Time Warner Media deal.

Discovery has no interest in news or journalism. They make money on Cake Boss, Property Brothers, and Naked and Afraid. As Rupert Murdock so exquisitely said, 'It's not about red or blue, it's about $GREEN$. CNN was a third place money loser and has been for years.

This IS the new model. Time to change the name to Discovery Truthiness.

kimbutgar

(27,248 posts)
18. I wonder if her and Licht have something going on?
Wed May 17, 2023, 06:57 PM
May 2023


no they probably just have a mutual admiration for the orange menace.

IcyPeas

(25,474 posts)
19. "She pushes politicians off their talking points, gets real answers "
Wed May 17, 2023, 07:11 PM
May 2023

Ummmm.... no

SunSeeker

(58,283 posts)
20. Oy. Talk about failing up! nt
Wed May 17, 2023, 07:51 PM
May 2023

MustLoveBeagles

(16,397 posts)
22. Locking thread
Wed May 17, 2023, 10:39 PM
May 2023
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