CNN Host Says Zucker Ouster Has Been a DANGER to Network’s ‘Mental Health’

Dylan Byers is a Puck news reporter On Monday, another piece of nauseating news was deliveredCNN’s post-Jeff Zucker aftermath and what it means for you. The D.C. bureau had a funny meetingThat was warned His ouster was dangerous for democracy and left CNNers brainless without Zucker’s edicts, it was New York City’s turn. And, apparently, Zucker’s sudden resignation has been, according to Alisyn Camerota, “a huge shockwave to all our mental health.” 

Byers, a former CNN Media reporter obtained audio from the meeting and said it. “highlighted the profound sense of loyalty that CNN’s on-air talent have expressed toward Zucker and the overwhelming sense of grief that they feel in his absence[.]”

Byers said that, as “the grieving continues—and continues, and continues,” it’ll take “some time” for WarnerMedia’s Jason Kilar to recover from having been “a human scream towel for aggrieved anchors to express their frustrations.”

In other words, they’re a cult.

As the co-host for the weekday afternoon edition CNN NewsroomCamerota claimed that CNN employees are going through the same thing. “destabilizing,” “unsettling,” “a huge shockwave to all of our mental health.”

“One of the secrets to mental health is understanding, and the way that happens is getting some answers and some closure. And we don’t have that. We don’t understand why the death penalty was necessary,” She added.

Camerota claimed that Zucker should be pushed out of his office. “affecting my mental health, personally, is the death penalty Aspect of this” as “[i]t’s really bewildering.”

Hours after Zucker’s resignation, she Publicly swooned that she felt the news “deeply personally” in having lost “a remarkable person and an incredible leader” with “this uncanny ability to make…every one of us feel special[.]”

Quest Means BusinessRichard Quest is a host whose famous for doing This) compared CNN employees to soldiers in war (click “expand”):

Richard Quest, the CNN International host, notably questioned Kilar’s handling of the ouster. He described CNN as “an entire company of war pilots that you send out everyday to do battle against governments and other C.E.O.s,” and said that “when it comes to our own company, we’re going to exercise the same critical questioning.” Quest then asked Kilar if there wasn’t “a more imaginative result that would have allowed you to keep the captain instead of throwing the captain overboard while the ship is about to go through icebergs. Was it not possible to find a different solution that would have accomplished the values that you wished to attain, but at the same time didn’t leave us open to the intense and critical pressures that we’ve now received in the last week?”

Kilar dealt with the question calmly. “It does come back to our values and our principles,” he said. “The answer is: our values come first, and that absolutely is at the heart and soul of this, and I’ll leave it at that.”

Camerota’s co-host Victor Blackwell also made an appearance in Byers’s piece as he lamented that WarnerMedia suits ducked “uncomfortable”Conversations could be seen as condoning sexual relations between employees.

Long thought to be Chris “Fredo” Cuomo’s brother from another mother, Don Lemon pressed Kilar by wondering “what message it sends to the journalists in this company, and also to the larger company, that someone can break with those journalistic standards and get paid handsomely for it.” 

Brian Stelter, who is cartoonish in his portrayal of a child, offered a drool-filled, embarrassing kiss to the camera. Sunday’s Trustworthy SourcesNewsletter, describing CNN as filled with noblemen and women whose critics are heartless, unethical, and dangerous trolls (click “expand,” emphasis his):

The abrupt departure of CNN’s chief executive, Jeff Zucker has brought about tremendous internal turmoil and extensive news coverage outside. CNN is the subject of a lot of discussion right now. It doesn’t make any sense. So I want to address that – and channel the feelings of the 100+ staffers who I have spoken with since Zucker’s shocking resignation – by sharing some observations.

First of all, reporters often marvel at CNN’s sheer size when joining it.

CNN is much more than you see from the outside.

(….)

Perfect but still impressive

CNN is not perfect. CNN will not be perfect because there is no such thing.There will be mistakes made by reporters, segments and shows that go off-track, as well as a lack of story selection. Some panels will contain too many pundit-laden panel discussions, others will include too little analysis. Sometimes, there will be too many groupthinkers and not enough reflection.

The place you are in is constantly improving. Never stop striving to improve.

(….)

[O]In the days before Zucker’s ouster, while staffers burned text chains, Slack channels, and Slack channels, over 135 correspondents broadcast live from all corners of the globe. The website published more than 215 stories, and almost 90 original videos. What about internal news alerts, you ask? There are too many. This is the real raw product CNN — it’s not me making a mistake that becomes viral on Twitter or a guest rant that causes scandal on Fox.

It’s important to stress again that this raw product is imperfect. You can ask ten CNN staffers to give you ten complaints about inefficiency behind the scenes. There’s always more to be done. However, the real flaws in the place don’t compare to what CNN’s most vocal critics imagine. Take, for example: Trolls destroy CNN’s rating, but CNN is still a top-10 cable network.While partisans may scream about certain commentators and the brand is far greater than any pundit,

We hope the Chinese state media flunkies read this and took notes about how propagandizing works!

Stelter also took childish tone toward Discovery and CEO John Malone, lamenting those who don’t fall in line about CNN’s majesty and believe “the Zucker-era CNN was lacking in real journalism clearly were not watching CNN directly.”

“My best guess is that they were watching talking heads and reading columnists complain about CNN,”He added.

CNNers believed this corporate hack was a ruse. “offend[ed]” “rubbed…the wrong way” by Malone’s notion that a Discovery-run company would, once again, “actually have journalists”Fox News and be competitive

Following a pant-on-fire claim “[s]avvy journalists”CNN has similar recommendations “are always open to feedback and constructive criticism,” Stelter’s corporate speak wound down with both a threat and another joke:

CNN might do better at telling its story. It’s not mine job.

(….)

CNN leadership is likely to change. It has done so many times before. It is possible that the shape of the company may shift. People and priorities may shift. CNN will never lose its purpose. It can’t.