[paudio]

It's called competition. With its ratings always behind FNC, CNN tries whatever it could to gain viewers...

[buwaya]

They could try reporting the news....

[Paul Atreides]

"There was this real feeling that if a story mattered, we should cover it.

The question is: what do they consider a story that matters?

He saw it as something more socially significant than that."

Just report the news, and stop trying to be a "force for social change."

[thoughtomator]

This is the key line:

"Your expertise is getting in the way of doing the kind of stories we want to see on CNN"

Her "expertise" being left-wing propaganda?

[SteveMcKing]

Greta quit CNN for similar reasons.

[LauraleeBraswell]

How about CNN gives Rush Limbaugh a timeslot. That would bring their ratings up.

[Petronski]

CNN would rather crap eyecandy than report the news thoroughly AND without bias.

[BigSkyFreeper]

If they spent more time reporting the news instead of trying to create news, their credibility level would be higher than it already is.

[MitchellC]

This is the other reason I don't watch CNN (on purpose). It's got the feeling of a stuffy, poorly-executed knock-off of Fox & Friends.

[csvset]

Fwiw, she has a blog.

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[BillyCrockett]

She said she was "neither a war correspondent nor an infotainment news bunny,"...

"News Bunny"? So, only ugly women should do the news? Uh... let's see... Helen Thomas as a TV news anchor....

[SkyPilot]

She said that as "neither a war correspondent nor an infotainment news bunny,"

[mewzilla]

Oh, I don't know. This chick seems to think she knows what's best for the nation. Seems like a real good fit with CNN.

[linkinpunk]

(Turner) saw (CNN)as something more socially significant."

No bias at CNN. Right?

I am sure that whatever Ted Turner thinks is "socially significant" is significant to us. /sarcasm