Chris Wallace Quits (or "Quits") CNN, Supposedly to Focus on His Podcast or Something

Some people in media are game-changers, who command their own audience. People will follow them if they leave a network. They're above the network.

Other people are just slot-fillers who people will watch because they're too lazy to change the channel but no one will follow them anywhere. They need the network, they need the brand, they need the fake prestige. They need the slot where they are guaranteed at least a minimum level of audience, such as in airport waiting lounges.

I wonder which of the two Chris Wallace is.

Chris Wallace out at CNN after 3 years at the network

CNN's weekend program 'The Chris Wallace Show' averaged below 600,000 total viewers during the election year

Oh. Looks like he's a slot-filler.

Veteran broadcaster Chris Wallace is leaving CNN after less than three years at the network.

"Chris Wallace is one of the most respected political journalists in the news business with a unique track record across radio, print, broadcast television, cable television and streaming," CNN CEO Mark Thompson said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "We want to thank him for the dedication and wisdom he's brought to all his work at CNN and to wish him the very best for the future."

Wallace was offered a contract extension by CNN but chose to leave the network, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to Fox News Digital. His departure from CNN was first reported by The Daily Beast.

The 77-year-old told The Daily Beast he wants to go independent into streaming or podcasting.

So: Did he really quit, or was he fired?

He was fired, really:

According to a report from The Ankler last month, Wallace had been offered "a new deal for significantly less than the $8.5 million pact he inked under former CNN boss Jeff Zucker."

When you offer someone a "significant" pay cut, you're really firing them.

And yet they re-hired Tater. That must sting.

A 77-year-old is going to get into the podcast game? Is he going to do some collabs with the blowjob whore of Call Her Daddy?

A little update to the MSNBC story.

They're bragging about their election night ratings.

Obviously, everyone, including me, put on MSNBC to watch the meltdowns after Trump took a lead in Pennsylvania.

posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:34 PM

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