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It was apparent to me immediately

that I saw Chris after the town hall ended that he knew

this wasn't good.

Chris is Chris Lycht, the former CEO of CNN who was ousted this week.

And that's my colleague, Tim Alberta,

who's been reporting on Lycht for the past year.

This is a guy who I've gotten to know decently well

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