CNN’s new president, Chris Licht, told his staff to refrain from using the phrase “the big lie” to refer to former President Donald Trump’s theories about Democrats stealing the 2020 presidential election. Mr. Licht clarified during the call that he was merely suggesting staff tone it down on using “the big lie,” and that it was not to be received as a mandate. “We have to call lies, lies, whether they’re small lies or big lies. CNN has mentioned “the big lie” 168 times this month according to TVEyes, a media monitoring service. “Its impact has become lost on the audience,” Mr. Licht wrote in a memo outlining his guidance for using the term.

Source: CNN June 16, 2022 16:43 UTC