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CNN tries closing the authenticity gap

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Dan Barrett
Mar 24, 2026
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There was a newsletter from Puck’s Dylan Byers last week that kinda bugged me.

Byers was writing about some efforts at CNN to shift up the visual presentation of its programming.

Byers explained:

On air, Anderson Cooper and two guests were seated at a table speaking into massive desk microphones that channeled Edward R. Murrow. Anderson’s jacket was off, h…

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