CNN Commentary

Chief Jeff Zucker defends airing Trump’s coronavirus pressers, says he gets more calls about this than anything else

March 30, 2020 // 1 Comment

CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker held a conference call this morning with CNNers, the Daily Beast reports, where he defended not cutting away from President Trump’s [. . . ]

Former BBC anchor Rico Hizon joins CNN Philippines

March 30, 2020 // 0 Comments

Former BBC World News anchor Rico Hizon is joining CNN Philippines, president Armie Jarin-Bennett announced, as senior anchor and director of news content development. Prior [. . . ]

Staffer on AC360 being tested for coronavirus; CNN’s Anderson Cooper anchors from home

March 20, 2020 // 1 Comment

Earlier today, Page Six reported a member of Anderson Cooper’s team on AC360 was being tested for coronavirus. “We have asked all of the people that have been in [. . . ]

Jay Shaylor, executive producer of the Situation Room, leaves for CBS’s Evening News

September 13, 2019 // 0 Comments

Jay Shaylor, who has executive produced The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer since 2013, is leaving CNN, and joining CBS News’ revamped Evening News with Norah [. . . ]

Rick Folbaum has left CNN, joined CBS46

September 13, 2019 // 1 Comment

CNN International weekend anchor Rick Folbaum, who has been freelancing with the network for almost a year, has left. Folbaum was anchoring for CNN from Atlanta at the CNN [. . . ]

Witness corroborates details against Don Lemon in the assault: “If someone had done that to me, I probably would have punched him”

August 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

In summer 2018, CNN anchor Don Lemon allegedly assaulted a bartender at Murf’s Backstreet Tavern, a bar in the Hamptons. Doug Hice says he saw Lemon, realized who he was, [. . . ]

CNN analyst Brian Karem announces decision to sue White House

August 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

Brian Karem, who serves as a CNN political analyst in addition to White House correspondent for Playboy magazine, announced Friday he intends to sue the White House over the [. . . ]

CNN has “benched” Pro-Trump commentators Steve Cortes and Ben Ferguson

August 16, 2019 // 2 Comments

Pro-Trump commentators Ben Ferguson and Steve Cortes have been benched by CNN, according to a recent report from the Hollywood Reporter. Cortes has not been on CNN proper in [. . . ]