The cable channel continues damage control over hiring a long-time Republican operative for a high-ranking editorial gig. (cnn - you never disappoint)
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Officials at CNN have told the Democratic National Committee that their new politics editor, Sarah Isgur, will have no editorial decision-making control over the network’s coverage of the 2020 elections, a Democratic official familiar with those conversations told The Daily Beast.
The assurance mark the latest scaling back of Isgur’s role at CNN amid criticism from Democrats over her hiring. The former top communications aide to Attorney General Jeff Sessions was brought on board the network to help lead its political coverage for the 2020 election. But, since then, CNN assured the DNC that Isgur would not participate in the debates that the network hosted for Democratic candidates vying for the party’s presidential nomination. And after that, the network said Isgur would not be involved in the town halls it hosted for those Democratic candidates.
The Democratic source said the assurance was made directly to Chairman Tom Perez from the top ranks of CNN. Prior to then, several presidential campaigns had reached out to the committee to express their concerns about the possibility that Isgur would play a lead editorial role in the network’s coverage of the campaign.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cnn-assures-dems-sarah-isgur-wont-have-editorial-control-in-any-2020-coverage/?utm_source=Mediaite+Newsletter&;utm_campaign=4b15623ec1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_29_09_46_COPY_20&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_643c243cd6-4b15623ec1-281951461
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OOHHHH, READ THIS ONE, TOO:
WTF?!?!
CNN Staffers ‘Demoralized’ by Hiring GOP Operative as Editor
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