CNN anchor Jake Tapper said on Monday that “things are really good right now” at his network since embattled chief Chris Licht was fired.
He went on to say that while he agreed “wholeheartedly” with Licht’s nonpartisan approach to journalism, he didn’t feel CNN needed a “wholesale revision” but rather just a “few tweaks.” In Tapper’s opinion, CNN—along with the entire news industry—had been “knocked off our equilibrium” due to the disruption of Donald Trump’s presidency.
Asked whether he felt the “firing was the right thing to do,” the CNN stalwart said he wasn’t “here to judge” whether it was the correct move. At the same time, however, he lauded the executive team that replaced Licht and noted that the network’s employees seem genuinely happy. “I’m bummed that it didn’t work out. But I will say that things are really good right now,” he declared, adding that he “legitimately” loves and admires the four executives in charge of the network at the moment.
“I think they’re doing a great job and the focus is back our journalism, not on palace intrigue and not on media criticism,” he concluded. “And morale hasn’t been better in years.”
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