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Veteran journalist Katie Couric<\/a> doesn\u2019t seem to think ratings-challenged CNN can hack it in the modern media era.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s incredibly challenging in the current media environment to be a down-the-middle network,” Couric told Variety in a report out this week.<\/p>\n

Former CNN boss Jeff Zucker denied the widely scrutinized Variety story that indicated he\u2019s eager to purchase the network where he was president for nearly a decade. Zucker was\u00a0forced out of CNN<\/a>\u00a0last year ahead of a long-planned merger that put the network under the control of Warner Bros. Discovery.\u00a0<\/p>\n

New management led by Chris Licht briefly attempted to restore CNN\u2019s more down-the-middle approach journalism after it sharply tacked to the left under Zucker, but Licht was fired last month amid widespread staff dissatisfaction with his leadership.<\/p>\n

EX-CNN BOSS JEFF ZUCKER’S TEAM ANGRILY DENIES REPORT HE’S BEEN TRYING TO BUY NETWORK: ‘AGGRESSIVELY FALSE’<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Couric, who briefly worked at CNN and later worked with Zucker when he was the executive producer for NBC\u2019s “Today” and on her own talk show,\u00a0doesn\u2019t see CNN attracting non-liberal viewers anytime soon.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It would take a truly brilliant programmer to figure out how CNN could once again become a town square with different perspectives on important, complex issues,” Couric continued. “And even then, I\u2019m not convinced people would even want to watch that in this hyper-partisan world. It\u2019s a huge conundrum.”<\/p>\n

CNN\u2019s ratings have been dismal for much of President Biden\u2019s time in the White House. Last week, the long-straggling network managed only 594,000 average total viewers from 7-11 p.m. ET, compared to 2.1 million for Fox News and 1.4 million for MSNBC.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Licht, who was hand-picked by Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav “tamp down spectacle” that was rampant during the Zucker era, was fired in June<\/a> after just over a year on the job. Licht was regularly attacked by liberal media critics for such moves as doing a town hall with former President Trump.<\/p>\n

CHRIS LICHT\u2019S CNN OUSTING PAVES WAY FOR TRIO OF JEFF ZUCKER-ERA HOLDOVERS TO SATISFY STAFFERS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Some observers have accused CNN of returning to its Zucker-era style of liberal opinion programming in recent weeks. Earlier this month, the network was roasted for fixating on “imagery” of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s trip to a Subway sandwich shop, as anchor John King branded the move as a “message to Donald Trump<\/u><\/a>.”<\/p>\n

During the second quarter of 2023, CNN averaged a meager 463,000 total day viewers compared to 1.2 million for Fox News and 796,000 for MSNBC. During primetime, CNN managed only 573,000 average viewers while Fox News nearly tripled that total with 1.7 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While Couric\u2019s quote was on-the-record, much of the Variety report on Zucker looking to purchase CNN has been questioned. Zucker\u2019s spokeswoman Risa Heller denounced reporter\u00a0Tatiana Siegel\u2019s 4,000-word piece<\/a> in a scathing statement to Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

FOX NEWS\u2019 PRIMETIME LINEUP OF LAURA INGRAHAM, JESSE WATTERS, SEAN HANNITY, GREG GUTFELD SWEEPS CABLE NEWS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“There used to be a time when Variety held its content and its reporters to a high standard of truth and facts in journalism, but those days are clearly over. It is stunning to read a piece that is so patently and aggressively false,” Heller said. “On numerous occasions, we made it clear to the reporter and her editors that they were planning to publish countless anecdotes and alleged incidents that never happened. They did so anyway.”<\/p>\n

Couric now oversees her own operation, Katie Couric Media.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fox News’ Jeffrey Clark contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

For more Culture, Media, Education, Opinion, and channel coverage, visit <\/strong><\/i>foxnews.com\/media<\/strong><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/katie-couric-doubts-former-network-cnn-succeed-modern-era-huge-conundrum <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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