Dan Rather Gets More Than He Bargained for After Asking What’s Going on with CNN Shakeup

Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather turned to his audience after a continuing shakeup at CNN left him in the dark.

“What is going on at CNN?” Rather asked Friday.

“It’s a serious question. There is a lot of speculation on directives and motives. What’s really going on? And is it being noticed by the audience?”

What is going on at CNN? It’s a serious question. There is a lot of speculation on directives and motives. What’s really going on? And is it being noticed by the audience?

— Dan Rather (@DanRather) September 2, 2022

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The former news anchor’s bewilderment came as White House correspondent John Harwood abruptly left CNN Friday.

Hot on the heels of the cancellation of another network standby, Brian Stelter’s “Reliable Sources,” the departure hinted that something much bigger is at play in the CNN newsroom.

And while Rather was apparently having trouble piecing these shakeups together, his post was soon flooded with comments explaining it all.

Do you like what’s happening at CNN?

Yes: 100% (2 Votes)

No: 0% (0 Votes)

Although people’s explanations varied, these comments alone should make it clear to Rather that CNN is no longer embracing the rabid anti-right rhetoric that it has championed for years.

Rather may have gotten more than he bargained for as some used the shift at CNN to attack the former anchor’s own inglorious exit from the mainstream media world.

It’s called trying to be fair and balanced
You wouldn’t know what that means because you tried to interfere in a Presidential election with fake documents from Kinko’s

— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) September 3, 2022

Some others speculated the moves were to shift the network close to sane, normal news coverage.

Well, Daniel. When a news organization is having its reputation destroyed by partisan journalists and producers who are clearly in the tank for one political party, they’re forced to clean house in order to restore trust with the public.

Like when CBS fired you and Mary Mapes.

— AdamInHTownTX (Not a Biologist) (@AdamInHTownTX) September…

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