CNN host dreams of a ‘whole network’ for ‘independent thinkers’

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“Why not say, ‘Hey, this is the path. We’re not going to be MSNBC, we’re not going to be Fox. We’re going to go after independent thinkers’?” Smerconish said Oct. 7 at the Un-Convention, a gathering designed to “find common ground” across politics. "And I don’t just mean just me on Saturday. We’re going to build a whole network around that principle.”



Jeff Zucker, who for nine years served as president of CNN Worldwide, expressed reservations about Smerconish’s concept. First of all: “The reality is there’s not 25 of you,” said Zucker, referring to skilled broadcasters who aren’t ideologically typecast. Another consideration: “I’m not sure there’s enough day-in, day-out passion for that to succeed.”



https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/20/smerconish-centrist-network-zucker-cnn/

 

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“Why not say, ‘Hey, this is the path. We’re not going to be MSNBC, we’re not going to be Fox. We’re going to go after independent thinkers’?” Smerconish said Oct. 7 at the Un-Convention, a gathering designed to “find common ground” across politics. "And I don’t just mean just me on Saturday. We’re going to build a whole network around that principle.”



Jeff Zucker, who for nine years served as president of CNN Worldwide, expressed reservations about Smerconish’s concept. First of all: “The reality is there’s not 25 of you,” said Zucker, referring to skilled broadcasters who aren’t ideologically typecast. Another consideration: “I’m not sure there’s enough day-in, day-out passion for that to succeed.”



https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/20/smerconish-centrist-network-zucker-cnn/

Well I agree that a polarized media has had a very negative effect on the country. I would welcome a network for free thinkers if it actually was for free thinkers. The one problem I saw was using "non-ideological" in reference to CNN. That may have been what it was in the past but not any longer.