Why CNN Executives Are Really Selling Out Their Network to Protect Scott Jennings
Julie Roginsky
CNN is not going to fire Scott Jennings for his profanity-laced outburst on Thursday night or for his myriad other temper tantrums, mostly directed at women. It is not because he is indispensable or because he is enlightening — nor is it because he is converting Fox viewers into CNN loyalists.
As several media outlets have reported, many of his colleagues loathe Scott Jennings. It is not because he is a Trumper. There are other pundits at CNN who support Donald Trump but none has thrown the puerile temper tantrums that Jennings has. It is also not because he is so effective that he makes liberals cower. Jennings has all the debating skills of a high school sophomore who tries to own his English teacher after reading Atlas Shrugged.
Let me preface this by saying that I grew up worshipping CNN. When other kids wanted to meet Wynona Ryder, I wanted to meet Christiane Amanpour. The network is still filled with incredible journalists who perform their jobs without fear of favor. They deserve better than this.
Unfortunately, CNN’s current CEO, Mark Thompson, beclowns the legacy he was handed with comments like this about Jennings:
“Scott’s like D’Artagnan, he’s got his sword out and he’s got about four Democrats against him, but he spiked them all off. That’s much more like it, I think. He’s a worthy opponent, as it were, for the Democrats in the room,” he added. “And it makes for not just good television, but also for in some ways, a slightly deeper testing of the ideas all the way around that table.”
https://saltypolitics.substack.com/p/why-cnn-executives-are-really-selling
Sounds like the idiot who said, "Trump may be bad for America but he's great for our ratings."
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There,... I feel better now.
