Rahm Emanuel Joins CNN as Political Commentator
variety.comBrian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Look out, Scott Jennings! CNN said it hired Rahm Emanuel, the former Obama advisor and Chicago mayor, as a senior commentator on political and global affairs.
Emanuel most recently served as U.S. Ambassador to Japan. His hire comes as CNN has tried to lure conservative and center-right viewers by enlisting the aforementioned Jennings, a former Bush advisor whose presence on the network has increased in recent weeks.
Jennings appears frequently in Washington political panels and on the primetime show “NewsNight,” and even recently made a foray into CNN’s more traditional news programming.
His support for the policies of the Trump administration has brought him directly into on-air conflict with several CNN anchors, who often accuse him of grandstanding.
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