re: Report — CNN’s Cooper, Wallace, Tapper on ‘Chopping Block’

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If Megyn toes the company line they won’t watch her either.

Hint: it ain’t the host

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Correct. I think what would need to happen is for the talent to be able to keep doing their social media and have it independent from the network, so the reporter can help assure viewers/fans that they aren't being influenced behind the scenes at the network. The talent would need complete autonomy written into their contract.

I don't think networks work that way these days though, like there may be some sort of NDA about discussing editorial overrides of the talent's network content or something.

The talent should also not go unless they can bring their own team (producers and such) who are also covered by the talent's autonomy clause.

After that, the network will need more than one. Megyn Kelly chairing a show or the evening news might help, but the vast amount of the rest of the programming is still vulnerable to the leftist messaging which has caused viewers to abandon CNN so they would need an entire lineup just to start digging themselves out of the hole. One shovel ain't doin' it.

Throw out similar offers to Attkisson, Carson, Ngo and Greenwald. If the latter two can't do a whole show, give them big spots on the big shows.

Each of these have well over a million followers on Twitter alone, that's roughly 2x what CNN averages in their primetime. CNN needs to realize they need this talent far more than the reverse, and the talent needs to realize that as well when they go into negotiations with CNN (and not be afraid to let the deal fall though).