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The departures of Jeff Zucker and Chris Cuomo are the latest examples of how those at the top of US networks assume the rules don’t apply to themCable news ratings are in sharp decline, public trust in journalists is at all-time low, and one of most famous names in the media business is in a post-pandemic C-suite crisis ahead of an important midterm election.But the money keeps rolling in, at roughly a billion dollars a year in profit to its parent company, AT&T’s WarnerMedia, while data-driven content decisions push the network toward tabloid-like obsessions and a tone rooted in exaggeration and alarm. Continue reading...