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Another opinion, which I think might be closer to the mark:

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign...tand-a-chance/

According to the New York Times, Zaslav said “he believes that CNN’s coverage veered too far into ‘advocacy’ journalism under his predecessor, Jeff Zucker. Mr. Licht has sought to include on-air perspectives from commentators and newsmakers across the political spectrum, including conservatives.”

Good idea, but that’s not what CNN viewers wanted. People tune into cable news to get precisely what Zaslav and Licht were trying to get away from — advocacy journalism.

Unless it’s a story about the first shots fired in a foreign war, or about terrorists attacking Americans on 9/11, viewers don’t tune in to get down-the-middle, straight news reporting. They tune in to get their own biases validated by famous people on TV.

And finally, this:

We no longer live in the media world of Walter Cronkite, who was once voted the most trusted man in America. We live in hyper-partisan times, and cable news both reflects that American divide and exacerbates the divisions — for ratings and for advertising dollars.