![]() Zaslav didn’t clarify in response, and it immediately went viral on social media, where users pointed to it as an acknowledgement that CNN leans left politically. Did you say to the left?” Kernan said, before taking back the question, saying he “probably shouldn’t have said that.” Zaslav’s comment drew a surprised response from CNBC host Joe Kernan, who wondered aloud if it was a reference to CNN’s ideological bent. ![]() Why would they go anywhere else? And then we’re the leader in news to the left,” Zaslav told CNBC on Friday. “We have this great entertainment menu, which should keep people in the home, from the kids to the grandparents. ![]() The boss of CNN’s new parent company said on Friday the network was “the leader in news to the left” – but his communications team soon scrambled to walk back the frank admission, insisting he wasn’t talking about politics.ĭiscovery CEO David Zaslav, whose media giant is set to close its merger with CNN’s owner WarnerMedia this spring, made the surprise remark during a discussion about the network’s future – days after the abrupt resignation of the network’s president, Jeff Zucker. Most trusted name in snooze: CNN+ draws fewer than 10,000 daily viewersīrian Stelter pushes back after guest says CNN is ‘partisan’īrian Stelter confronted by college student over CNN’s reporting recordĬhris Wallace, ‘1619 Project’ author Nikole Hannah-Jones argue over ‘racist’ World War II generation
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