CNN’s new CEO taps controversial, hard-charging ‘a–hole’ Virginia Moseley to lead newsroom
NY Post
CNN’s new boss has tapped a hard-charging, controversial executive to run the struggling network’s newsroom — with some of the rank and file claiming that she is a “tyrant” with “no people skills whatsoever”.
Mark Thompson — a British-born media mogul who took the helm as CNN’s CEO in October — on Wednesday named Virginia Moseley to the new role of executive editor at the left-leaning outlet.
CNN staffers were immediately on edge over the promotion of 61-year-old Moseley, according to sources. While one insider called her an “astute, excellent journalist,” others complained about Moseley’s fierce approach to management.
“Tyrant is the word that you hear used the most to describe her,” said a source. “She has reduced reporters and producers to tears. She fires before she aims.”
The source added that Moseley “swirls things up,” “magnifying” small mistakes, “blowing them up” to make you feel like “the whole world is coming unglued and she alone can fix it.”
Moseley had been part of a trio of interim execs steering the network after Thompson’s predecessor Chris Licht was ousted after roughly a year at the helm.
