CNN Drops Novak
Media Matters
December 16, 2005
December 16, 2005 (Washington, DC) - Media Matters for America applauds
CNN's official announcement today that it will not renew its contract with
controversial conservative commentator and syndicated columnist Robert D. Novak
after 25 years of serving as a CNN commentator and program host.
Novak's contract with CNN was reportedly set to expire in early 2006, but he
has not appeared on the channel since August 2005 after being suspended for
uttering an obscenity and storming off the set. On December 7th, Media Matters
delivered nearly 5,000 letters from concerned viewers to CNN's Washington
Bureau urging them not to renew Novak's contract.
"We applaud CNN for taking the appropriate step of not renewing Robert
Novak's contract," said David Brock, President and CEO of Media Matters for
America. "CNN's overall news programming will benefit from not having a
commentator known to spread conservative misinformation to the American
public."
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