"Those folks are never ever going to watch CNN and they're never going to watch any network that's a factual news network. Lemon also said a moment earlier that Ellison and his Paramount Skydance mistakenly think they're gonna gain an audience by trying to move a network in a certain direction in these days it's to the right because they think that audience is going to come to them."
"Really, who we want to talk to is the 70% of Americans and really around the world that identify as center left, as center right, he said. Ellison added, we want to be in the truth business, we want to be in the trust business, and that's not going to change."
Don Lemon criticized incoming CNN owner David Ellison's strategy to reposition the network toward centrist and right-of-center viewpoints to attract more viewers. Speaking at the New Orleans Book Festival, Lemon argued this approach is fundamentally flawed, asserting that MAGA voters will not watch any factual news network regardless of its political slant. He referenced a conversation with Kevin O'Leary about CNN moving toward the middle, dismissing the idea as foolish. Ellison had previously stated that 70% of Americans identify as center-left or center-right and represent an untapped audience for CNN, emphasizing the network's commitment to truth and trust.
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