“I know the past few days have been very difficult for this group,” Light says said at the time. “I fully acknowledge that this news cycle and my role in it overshadowed the incredible week of coverage we just had and distracted from the work of every single journalist in this organization. And I’m sorry for that.”
“While reading that article, I found myself thinking, CNN is not about me,” he continued. “I shouldn’t be in the news unless you have arrows shot at you. Your work should be written about.’
“To those whose trust I have lost, I will fight hard to regain it,” Licht concluded, “because you deserve a leader who will sit in the trenches and fight to make CNN the world’s most trusted name. stays in the news.”
