CNN believes that journalists should be neutral. That has two enormous problems. It's boring - and hence, the terrible ratings. But much more importantly, it's the wrong standard. Journalists aren't supposed to advocate for the midpoint between two political parties, they're supposed to advocate for the truth - which isn't necessarily on either side of the political debate. You're supposed to be objective, not neutral. If they were objective, they would harshly criticize both parties. Instead they do the opposite, where they try to appease both sides. That isn't journalism, that's marketing for the powerful. Firing Don Lemon or Chris Licht was never going to solve this core problem.

Journalists seem more like propagandists to me. No one questions the powerful.