Thursday 16 June 2022 04:46 AM New CNN boss latest crackdown at woke network BANS calling Trump election fraud ... trends now
CNN's new boss Chris Licht has ordered staff to stop using the phrase 'the big lie' to describe Donald Trump's 2020 election fraud claims, as it's a Democrat slogan.
The wording is a popular one for the network. According to Mediaite, the phrase has been said 168 times in the first half of June alone.
Hosts like Reliable Sources' Brian Stelter are often fond of the phrase to the point where they use it prominently in graphic packages and chyrons.
But Licht has ordered Stelter and other journalists to stop, and has suggested 'Trump's election lie' or 'election lie' as possible replacements.
He issued the edict days after warning staff over their incessant use of 'BREAKING NEWS' graphics on stories, which he said was melodramatic, and ultimately diluted the power of big stories when they did break.
Licht was asked to opine on the term during a conference call Tuesday with the network's management and the producers of various shows.
Chris Licht, the new president of CNN, is continuing his turn away from the network's prior lean toward liberals in an attempt to remake the network in the wake of its collapse under his predecessor Jeff Zucker
Licht, 50, has reportedly told his staff to no longer use the phrase 'the big lie' to refer to ex-President Donald Trump's phony claims about fraudulence in the 2020 election results
The wording is a popular one for the network. According to Mediaite , the phrase has been said 168 times in the first half of June alone
It's one of many changes being made by Licht, who took over on May 2 from the deposed Jeff Zucker
He allegedly said that he preferred staff avoid it, though was clear in saying that this was not mandatory.
A source said that Licht believes the specific phrasing of 'the big lie' - a reference to Hitler's Nazi propaganda efforts during the Third Reich - is a Democratic Party talking point.
CNN has come under fire for moving away from its well-respected news coverage towards dreary opinion programming, where hosts on seven and eight-figure salaries parrot woke talking points.
Licht is also said to be keen to move the well-resourced network back towards neutral news coverage, with CNN hailed over its coverage of the Ukraine war and other big international news stories.
CNN employees have suggested that the demand to stop saying the big lie was not met happily by people within the Atlanta-based network.
'It's worrisome that we're being told how to talk about one of the worst things that ever happened to American democracy,' a CNN insider said to Mediaite. 'We have to call lies, lies, whether they're small lies or big
