Lisa Desjardins Laid off From CNN

As TKNN has reported, Turner Broadcasting has been offering buy-outs and laying off employes as the company aims to streamline as part of the Turner 2020 initiative. CNN’s Lisa Desjardins, who has served as CNN Radio’s congressional correspondent until the service shut down, was laid off by the company. Desjardins […]


Mitch McConnell Campaign Manager Resigns

Sen. McConnell’s re-election campaign manager, Jesse Benton, has resigned. This comes as Kent Sorenson pleads guilty to false campaign finance reports. As a then-state Senator, Sorenson was a paid operative for the Bachmann campaign, but then accepted thousands of dollars from the Ron Paul campaign to endorse the Texan. However, […]


Paul Ryan Leading Hillary Clinton in 2016 Preliminaries

In the 2012 presidential election, Larry King hosted a mock debate for Funny or Die and Yahoo that featured actors playing the Republican candidates. At one point, King says that the only reason the candidates are running is to promote their books. While it was meant as a joke, most […]


With Positive Financials, Why is Turner Cutting? 1

Earlier this year, Turner Broadcasting CEO John Martin announced Turner 2020 which aims to streamline and “futureproof” the company by its fiftieth anniversary in 2020. Then this week, it was revealed that CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker had spoke about the forthcoming cuts and said that CNN is “going to do […]


NYT: We Support No One! (But If We Have to…)

The New York Times Editorial Board has written an editorial on the Democratic primary for the New York governor’ race. Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), who is seen as a potential 2016 candidate, is running for re-election, but he has been dogged by allegations of being soft on corruption. Cuomo was […]