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Reliable Sources

What's Next For CNN Following This Week's Shakeup?

Reliable Sources

CNN

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3.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Joanne Lipman, Mara Schiavocampo, Ken Auletta, David Zurawik, and Claire Atkinson all join Brian Stelter with analysis. Plus: Senator Amy Klobuchar discusses a bipartisan effort to level the playing field with Big Tech, and "Red Carpet" author Erich Schwartzel talks about China's soft power and influence in Hollywood. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, here we are, I'm Brian Stelter live in New York and this is Reliable Sources, where

0:06.6

we examine the story behind this story and figure out what's reliable.

0:10.7

This hour we have in-depth coverage of the shakeup right here at CNN, plus a new controversy

0:15.9

involving Joe Rogan will Spotify ever hold him accountable.

0:19.8

Plus, NBC's coverage of the Beijing Olympics, they are not holding back when it comes to

0:25.0

China's human rights abuses.

0:26.8

We're going to analyze that coming up, and later big tech platforms leaching money

0:31.4

from local media.

0:32.8

Does DC have the solution?

0:34.6

Senator Amy Klobuchar joins us in a few minutes, but first the future of cable news.

0:40.4

Inside CNN, this was a week like no other.

0:44.0

The sudden removal of CNN boss Jeff Zucker has rattled this news outlet to its core.

0:50.1

Staffers are confused, angry, and concerned about what might come next.

0:54.8

So let me try to explain it based on my reporting from inside this very organization.

0:59.7

Since Wednesday morning's resignation shock, I've talked with at least 100 people here,

1:04.7

at all levels, as well as sources on the outside, who represent all the players.

1:10.3

And the dominant question that I'm getting from inside CNN is why?

1:15.7

Why did this happen?

1:17.3

This is the ugliest shakeup at CNN since the day his Ted Turner was still walking the halls.

1:22.7

Zucker was in charge one minute and he was gone the next, so why?

1:26.6

Even employees who didn't like him are mad, because this made CNN look bad.

1:31.8

So they want to know why, they want to know what happened.

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