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Multiple CNN hosts and commentators defied CEO Chris Licht’s reported request to avoid using the phrase “big lie” to refer to former President Donald Trump’s claims about the 2020 election Wednesday and Thursday, according to a review of CNN programming by The Daily Caller News Foundation.
Licht asked on-air talent to avoid the phrase in a conference call Tuesday, citing concerns that using the Democratic-pushed term was compromising the network’s objectivity, Mediate reported. Licht instead suggested using phrases like “election lies” or “Trump’s election lie.”
Despite this request, hosts Anderson Cooper, Brianna Keilar and Don Lemon and senior political analyst Jon Avlon have continued to use the phrase since the conference call, video reviewed by TheDCNF shows. Avlon used the term seven times in what Keilar introduced as a “reality check” on “New Day“ Wednesday.
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