CNN media reporter Oliver Darcy announced Thursday that he is leaving CNN to launch a new newsletter.
Darcy Confirmed He announced his departure to Mediaite, saying he was honored to work at the network “at a time when the truth is under attack.” Newsletter“Status” is an independent subscription-based show that will be delivered to subscribers’ inboxes every Sunday through Thursday evening.
“Reporting for CNN and serving as steward of the Reliable Sources franchise has been the honor of my life, especially at a time when the truth is under attack and people are searching for accurate, trustworthy information,” Darcy told Mediaite. “Covering the information sector has never been more important, and I’m excited to launch Status, embark on this new journey and exercise my entrepreneurial spirit.”
Darcy worked at CNN for seven years.
During his time at CNN, Darcy repeatedly called for censorship of right-wing groups and public figures, and in a November 30, 2020, CNN newsletter wrote that Twitter should mark then-President Donald Trump’s entire account as false. according to To Fox News.
“Nearly every tweet from the President has been labeled as misinformation at this point, which got me thinking,” Darcy wrote at the time. “Why hasn’t Twitter taken steps to label the President’s entire account as a known source of election misinformation? Why not stop there? Why not label accounts that repeatedly spread claims that the platform must fact-check?”
Oliver Darcy is no longer with CNN. He seems to be delusional about starting his own venture and people will pay $150 a year to read his propaganda. Good luck! https://t.co/YEz6glL6xI
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) August 8, 2024
Darcy also called on cable news companies to remove Fox News, Newsmax, and One America News Network from their platforms for alleged misinformation in a January 28, 2021 interview. analysis.
“Yes, Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, Mark Levin and others are responsible for the lies they perpetrated for their audiences, but the networks that broadcast their shows to millions of homes across the country also share some responsibility, and yet we say little or nothing about them,” Darcy wrote.
Recently, Darcy was in a relationship with piece He called on companies with “basic ethics” to refrain from doing business with people who he said were spreading “dangerous and hateful rhetoric,” citing tickets sold to Daily Caller News Foundation co-founder Tucker Carlson’s 15-city arena tour. (Related: Tucker Carlson is going on tour, and CNN is trying to stop it)
Darcy also slammed his then-employer CNN for hosting a town hall meeting with Trump in May 2023. He reportedly Heated Argument Former CNN president Chris Licht sat down with Darcy after the event, and Licht reportedly told Darcy that covering the event was “emotional.”
Darcy again criticized CNN’s Dec. 13 town hall meeting with then-Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswami, arguing that the network should not have given then-candidate Ramaswami a platform where he allegedly “told dangerous lies.”
Darcy is the latest in a long line of veteran CNN staffers to leave the company, including Brian Stelter, John Harwood and John Avlon.
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