https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2023/05/12/ultraviolet-calls-for-firing-of-cnn-ceo-as-trump-town-hall-draws-3-3-million-viewers-n550255
UltraViolet calls for firing of CNN CEO
as Trump town hall draws 3.3 million viewers
Hot Air, by Karen Townsend
Posted By: Dreadnought, 5/12/2023 11:33:48 AM
Why did CNN host a town hall with former President Trump? For the ratings, baby. The network has been in the ratings doldrums for so long that it decided Trump was the person to put them in the win column. He did. The town hall got a Tucker Carlson level rating with 3.3 million viewers. CNN was the most-watched cable news network of the evening and that hasn’t happened in years. Axios reports that on an editorial call with CNN employees Thursday morning, CEO Chris Licht defended the event. “It is our job to get those answers and hold him accountable,’ he said while acknowledging that covering Trump is “messy