‘Extra Trumpy’: Atlantic profile of CNN chief Licht details town hall disaster

The CNN chief executive, Chris Licht,

the network’s New Hampshire town hall with Donald Trump last month to be “extra Trumpy”, according to a report on Licht’s attempts to remodel the news giant, how the Trump event came to be and how the controversy it set off continues to reverberate through US politics and media.

In a lengthy profile published on Friday, Tim Alberta of the Atlantic wrote: “Licht wasn’t scared to bring a bunch of Maga enthusiasts onto his set – he had…