Veteran journalists don’t casually raise editorial independence on their way out the door. As a result, it’d be hard to argue there isn’t at least a loose connection between her statements and Skydance’s arrival.
"She makes it, inevitably, about her. How she was brave enough to take on the big, bad leader of CNN for this issue...oh, please. Everyone is criticizing the guy."
Borrell Associates projects that figure will climb considerably over the next four years as the industry undergoes what it describes as a "great reshuffling."