<p>New CNN CEO <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/cnn-chief-chafes-over-gutfeld-balks-when-journalist-points-out-he-beat-colbert/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Licht</a> pushed back — hard — against claims that he wanted the network to be more &#8220;centrist&#8221; under his leadership, calling the notion &#8220;bulls***.&#8221;</p>
<p>Licht explained his position during a <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/a289eb16-6aa4-4b4e-831a-aa4663b7c9fd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recent interview</a> with The Financial Times, saying that his goal was not to drive the network straight down the middle — rather, he said, he wanted to get away from the constant five-alarm-fire news alerts that ultimately had the effect of watering down what was real news.</p>
<p>&#8220;One of the biggest misconceptions about my vision is that I want to be vanilla, that I want to be centrist. That is bulls***,&#8221; Licht said, arguing that it wasn&#8217;t about being Left or Right of center — it was about presenting news in a way that made people want to watch.</p>
<p>&#8220;You have to be compelling. You have to have edge. In many cases you take a side. Sometimes you just point out uncomfortable questions. But either way you don’t see it through a lens of left or right,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>Licht&#8217;s <a href="https://freebeacon.com/media/cnn-toobin-stelter-harwood/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">early moves</a> at the helm of the cable news giant led many to believe that he intended to weed out some of the more heavily partisan programming: he terminated senior media reporter Brian Stelter and canceled his Sunday morning show &#8220;Reliable Sources&#8221;; he relegated longtime evening anchor Don Lemon to a morning show co-hosting gig; and he fired longtime White House reporter John Harwood.</p>
<p>But Licht, who previously worked for late-night comedian Stephen Colbert, has appeared to struggle to find the right balance — which he says should include lighter content in addition to breaking news.</p>
<p>&#8220;If everything is a crisis, if everything is 11, if everything is breaking news, then no one listens when there actually is a crisis,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;When you say, &#8216;No, no — really — the house is on fire now.'&#8221;</p>
<p>But if the past is prologue, the shake-ups at CNN may be far from over. Licht announced on Monday that programming director Michael Bass, a longtime ally of previous CNN president Jeff Zucker, would be leaving at the end of the year. According to a <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2022-11-21/cnns-top-programming-executive-will-leave-at-years-end" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from The Los Angeles Times, this move was not entirely unexpected and might be followed by more high-profile exits.</p>

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