Top CNN exec resigns as WarnerMedia chief accuses her and former network boss Zucker

[brooklynite]

Source: CNN

(CNN Business)Nearly two weeks after CNN president Jeff Zucker was forced out of his position, his former lieutenant Allison Gollust has also resigned from the company.

In a memo to staffers Tuesday evening, WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar said Gollust resigned after an investigation "into issues associated with" former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo and his brother Andrew, the former New York governor.

"Based on interviews of more than 40 individuals and a review of over 100,000 texts and emails, the investigation found violations of Company policies, including CNN's News Standards and Practices, by Jeff Zucker, Allison Gollust, and Chris Cuomo," Kilar said in the memo.

"We have the highest standards of journalistic integrity at CNN, and those rules must apply to everyone equally," Kilar added. "Given the information provided to me in the investigation, I strongly believe we have taken the right actions and the right decisions have been made."

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/15/media/jeff-zucker-allison-gollust/index.html

[LoisB]

1. I'm sure they all left or are leaving with at least golden (if not platinum) parachutes. Mr. Kilar,

I'm not too sure I'd brag about journalistic integrity at CNN. Maybe at one time, now CNN seems as if they're trying to be Fox-lite.

[Sherman A1]

2. "We have the highest standards of journalistic integrity at CNN"

[Budi]

3. 🤣 My immediate reaction also.

They should have just omitted that statement



"We have the highest standards of journalistic integrity at CNN"

[spooky3]

5. Reminds me of when Peg Bundy was pretending to be a

Phone sex operator and refused to date a “client” (Griff) because “we have the highest ethical standards here.”

[LogicFirst]

4. My husband and I stopped watching CNN because of their low journalistic standards.

[hippywife]

6. "We have the highest standards of journalistic integrity at CNN.."

[monkeyman1]

7. well shit , laughing at this so hard , in the shower I go , had a boo,boo !

[ZonkerHarris]

8. Now back to our special investigation into TV of the 90s!

[True Blue American]

9. As long as this guy is on integrity rings hollow.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/10/media/jeffrey-toobin-returns-cnn/index.html

[jcmaine72]

10. I wonder what comes next?

CNN has almost been completely eviscerated by these recent scandals. My biggest fear is that someone will take over CNN and try to emulate Fux News' sleazy approach of appealing to the least common denominator.

News agencies placing ratings and clicks over truth and accuracy is part of the reason why we have such an ill-informed populace. We don't need more misinformation. What we need is honest and fair reportage.

[lagomorph777]

11. Would Ted Turner have allowed such shenanigans and Trump-humping?

[jcmaine72]

12. Ted Turner was/is a nut.

That said, to his credit, when CNN was at its height as the most respected and watched cable news network in the world, he did little to interfere with its day-to-day operations. He let the industry professionals he hired handle things, and they did a great job. Yes, they were bland, white bread, and formulaic....but they were the gold standard of cable news and trusted enough by most Americans to be their go-to news network during any international or national crisis.

[2Gingersnaps]

13. Couldn't be worse than Zucker could it?

He was the executive that greenlighted "The Apprentice" and turned a Queens goon into a reality TV celebrity. And when Zucker fell, instead of thanking him for all he had done for him, the goon issued his "what have you done for me lately" one finger salute.