Karoline Leavitt: Need For New Leadership At CNN “Evidenced By My Exchange” With Kaitlan Collins
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday addressed CNN’s future, echoing President Trump’s Wednesday comments that the network should be sold, saying new leadership is needed, as “evidenced by my exchange” with CNN White House reporter Kaitlan Collins.
REPORTER: And the second thing is on the Netflix Warner Brothers deal. The president did address this also yesterday. He said that he believes that the sale of CNN should be attached to that deal with Netflix or with Paramount, if anything happens to either of them. Can you just explain what the president’s planning to do going forward to continue to make that case similar to what he made yesterday? KAROLINE LEAVITT, WHITE HOUSE: Well, I think the president’s comments yesterday about the sale of CNN and new leadership is evidenced by my exchange with a CNN reporter in this room. Their viewership has gone down, their ratings has declined, and I think the president rightfully believes that network would benefit from new ownership. With respect to this deal, he has great respect for both companies who are bidding against one another, and I won’t weigh in any further than that.
