CNN’s own media reporter turns on embattled CEO

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. '” Darcy may also be drawing from a personal experience with the company's CEO; Mr Licht reportedly summoned him to his office following the network's Trump Town Hall event and chastised him for being "too emotional" in his coverage, according to Puck's Dylan Byers. Byers reported that Darcy and his editor were called in for a meeting with Mr Licht and “top executives in which they told him that his coverage of Trump town hall had been too emotional and stressed the importance of remaining dispassionate.” Chris Licht Darcy had previously called the town hall event a "spectacle of lies" and implied it did more damage to the state of the country than it benefitted. "And Collins was put in an uncomfortable position, given the town hall was conducted in front of a Republican audience that applauded Trump, giving a sense of unintended endorsement to his shameful antics.” The organization’s CEO has faced criticism from staff in the wake of the controversial Donald Trump town hall and a searing 15,000-word profile in The Atlantic. And he added: “To those whose trust I’ve lost, I will fight like hell to win it back, because you deserve a leader who will be in the trenches, fighting to ensure CNN remains the world’s most trusted name in news.” Licht didn’t specifically address why he participated in The Atlantic profile, which focused on issues including the launch of the network’s This Morning show featuring Don Lemon, Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins; on moves to include more Republican voices and a perceived rightwards shift; and on the widely criticised Trump town hall.