In Lord’s axing, Trump loses one of his most vocal, indefatigable supporters. Why do you expect anyone to take you seriously when you don’t take yourself seriously.” To which Lord replied, in a now-deleted tweet, “Seig Heil!” (Lord defended himself on Twitter, arguing that he was merely “mocking a fascist.”) as M.M.F., or “Media Matters Fascists,” which argued that the organization is comprised of a group of “anti-free speech bigots who, in typical fascist style, make it their mission to shut down speech they don’t like.” (Media Matters has been advocating for an ad boycott of Fox News’s Sean Hannity, whom Lord counts as a friend.) Carusone responded, “Your headline has a mistake in it.
in 2010.” On Thursday, Lord tweeted a follow-up column to Carusone that referred to M.M.F.A. In this instance, Carusone had told Lord that a column he’d written for the American Spectator was “full of lies” about financial support from billionaire George Soros, which Carusone clarified amounted to “one donation one time. “Jeffrey Lord is no longer with the network.”Įarlier in the week, Lord had gotten into a scuffle with Media Matters for America (M.M.F.A.) President Angelo Carusone, with whom Lord has feuded in the past. “Nazi salutes are indefensible,” a spokesperson for the network said in a statement. Cabrera exits CNN during a tumultuous time at the network, which is in the midst of restructuring under its boss Chris Licht.Jeffrey Lord, who launched an unlikely career as CNN’s resident ambassador to Donald Trump’s America, was abruptly fired by the network Thursday afternoon after he wrote “Sieg Heil!” to a liberal activist in the midst of a Twitter dispute, CNN’s Brian Stelter reports. Earlier this month, CNN boss Chris Licht slashed hundreds of jobs, including well-known CNN correspondents Alison Kosik, Martin Savidge, Alex Field, Mary Ann Fox and Chris Cillizza, as well as gutting sister network HLN.Ĭabrera’s departure was her decision and not part of that bloodbath, multiple sources told The Post. CNN and Cabrera didn’t respond to requests for comment.Ĭabrera exits CNN amid steep cost cuts at the ratings-challenged network. Cabrera, who joined CNN in 2013, is expected to re-emerge at NBCU’s sister network MSNBC. slot at MSNBC, which is owned by NBCUniversal, after sitting out the non-compete clause in her CNN contract, Variety reported. That opportunity will come at MSNBC, two sources told The Post.Ĭabrera will re-emerge as the anchor of the 11 a.m. 22.) I’m looking forward starting a new chapter in my career, and excited for new opportunities, challenges and growth to come!” CNN anchor Ana Cabrera is expected to decamp for NBCUniversal. (My final show will be a week from today, Dec. Discovery-owned network, which laid off hundreds of workers this month.Ĭabrera tweeted that her last day at CNN would be next week after working there for nearly a decade. hour, confirmed Thursday that she is leaving the Warner Bros. The anchor, who currently hosts CNN’s 1 p.m.
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