Oh.... the ink barely dried on the stories about Licht's war on truth-telling journalists at CNN...

Bye bye... Don't let the door hit you on the way out! Go play w/Elon in his #Muskville sandbox full of #GQP and other conspiricists.

Chris Licht Fired at CNN After Programming Blunders, Staff Revolt

CNN chief executive Chris Licht, who faced growing public criticism and declining staff morale following several programming blunders and his own disparaging comments about the network’s journalism, was fired Wednesday, capping one of the shortest tenures for a CEO at the cable network.

It was a swift fall for the veteran television producer and a blow to stability at one of the largest news organizations in the world. Licht, 51, had barely been on the job for a year. He departed under pressure from his boss and patron, David Zaslav, chief executive of new parent company Warner Bros. Discovery who had charged him with moving CNN toward more centrist reporting and commentary.

A person with knowledge of Zaslav’s thinking said he lost confidence in Licht over time, following a series of missteps and “self-inflicted wounds.”

Licht had triggered negative headlines and internal backlash last month for his decision to broadcast a live “town hall” featuring Donald Trump that reeled out of control as the former president’s falsehoods and insults drew cheers from an audience stacked with GOP fans. Yet he was also struggling with the larger problem of failing to turn around CNN’s cratering ratings. His most high-profile programming decision — a revamped morning show — was a ratings disaster that culminated with the firing of longtime anchor Don Lemon.

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CNN Chairman and CEO Chris Licht is out after a brief and tumultuous tenure

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