"Fox News, in my opinion, has followed an interesting trajectory of trying to have news news, I mean some actual journalism, embedded in a program schedule of all opinions. I would like to see CNN evolve back to the kind of journalism that it started with, and actually have journalists, which would be unique and refreshing, he added at the time."
"November 2021, you gave an interview. I think it was CNBC. And it sent shock waves through the CNN building, because it was John Malone saying something like, we need to return to the journalism that we used to practice. And everybody thought, uh-oh, he's going to single-handedly move us toward the center, maybe move us right of center. You're now looking and speaking at the one person who was excited at the prospect that you were going to do something, but you didn't!"
John Malone said he wanted CNN to return to traditional journalism and criticized the network's drift toward opinion-driven programming. Malone noted that Fox News had embedded journalism within a schedule of opinions and said CNN should evolve back to journalists doing reporting. Michael Smerconish pressed Malone about a 2021 CNBC remark and asked why Malone did not insist on pursuing an independent, centrist strategy to gain market share among independents. Smerconish cited that 43 percent of the country self-identify as independents. Malone answered by recounting a telling anecdote involving former CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker.
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