“We Are Waking Up This Morning With a War”: CNN Goes All In on Ukraine as the Next Act in Its Company Drama Begins

As Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine, triggering what has already been called the most serious conflict Europe has seen since 1945, CNN snapped into the type of all-hands-on-deck, boots-on-the-ground coverage that is the network’s bread and butter. Erin Burnett anchored the 7 p.m. hour from the western city of Lviv. Matthew Chance hastily donned a flak jacket and helmet while reporting live from Kyiv for Don Lemon’s prime-time show. Also in the capital, Clarissa Ward broadcast from a subway doubling as a bomb shelter, telling viewers, “This feels to me like scenes from World War II and the… Read Full Article