published by the Atlantic on Friday, CNN's CEO Chris Licht shared his thoughts on the lack of diversity in the media industry — and why he believes media has a misguided idea of what it means to be diverse.
"A Black person, a brown person and an Asian woman that all graduated the same year from Harvard is not diversity," Licht told Atlantic reporter Tim Alberta, referring to a statement he made at a conference that created controversy among his own DEI staff at CNN. Alberta commented that Licht sought to"recruit reporters who are deeply religious and reporters who grew up on food stamps and reporters who own guns.
"I think 'Defund the police' would've been covered differently if newsrooms were filled with people who had lived in public housing," Licht continued. When pressed by Alberta to elaborate on why, Licht responded,"They have a different relationship with their need with the police."'Republicans are back on the air'
Last year, Licht was hired by Warner Media Discovery head David Zaslav with the directve to move CNN further toward the ideological center. Zaslav has been