Quote: Isha Sesay left cable news to write about her time covering the 2014 abduction of 276 Chibok schoolgirls by the terrorist organization Boko Haram: "An 'othering' of Africa still exists in newsrooms."

Isha Sesay became a TV news star in 2014, leading a CNN news team to a Peabody Award with her coverage of the kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls in Chibok, Nigeria, by the Boko Haram terrorist group. The Britain-born journalist, 43, stayed with the story over the years, spending time with many of the 164 girls who escaped or were eventually released as part of the negotiations with the Nigerian government, as well as with the families of the 112 still unaccounted for — even after public attention moved on. But in August, the CNN International anchor quit cable news because, in part, she was tired of Trump stories ("There was no respite"). She put her experiences covering the schoolgirls into a book, Beneath the Tamarind Tree, which Dey Street published July 9.

You've said one of the reasons you left CNN was Trump …

I hit a crossroads at CNN. It was a perfect storm of factors. There were editorial decisions that would have involved moving from L.A. [to Atlanta], which I didn't want to do, but also I just didn't want to do any more Trump. Even at CNNi, we were doing at least 75 percent Trump. There was no respite. I had hit a fatigue with Trump and it was sucking all the oxygen out of the room. I have a charity that empowers adolescent girls in Africa [W.E. Can Lead]. These stories matter to me, and this is what I want to put my energy in. I just wanted more agency in my life.

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I imagine a lot of the audience who believes it is really tired of "Orange Man Bad" 24/7.

(07-10-2019 06:13 PM)bullet Wrote:  I imagine a lot of the audience who believes it is really tired of "Orange Man Bad" 24/7.

What audience?

(07-10-2019 06:40 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(07-10-2019 06:13 PM)bullet Wrote:  I imagine a lot of the audience who believes it is really tired of "Orange Man Bad" 24/7.

What audience?

Airport travelers.

(07-10-2019 07:01 PM)BuffaloTN Wrote:  

(07-10-2019 06:40 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(07-10-2019 06:13 PM)bullet Wrote:  I imagine a lot of the audience who believes it is really tired of "Orange Man Bad" 24/7.

What audience?

Airport travelers.

Doctors offices.

Who?

(07-10-2019 06:40 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(07-10-2019 06:13 PM)bullet Wrote:  I imagine a lot of the audience who believes it is really tired of "Orange Man Bad" 24/7.

What audience?

Mach, redwing Tom, Little Mensa Man, CB Pap smear.

(07-10-2019 09:19 PM)memphistiger89 Wrote:  

(07-10-2019 06:40 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(07-10-2019 06:13 PM)bullet Wrote:  I imagine a lot of the audience who believes it is really tired of "Orange Man Bad" 24/7.

What audience?

Mach, redwing Tom, Little Mensa Man, CB Pap smear.

Aren't they all one half-wit with multiple personality disorder?

You know we're in grim times when some of the best options for actual investigative left-facing reporting comes from Last Week Tonight (sans the election episodes) and VICE. It really should not be on them to do the job that mainstream news will not.

There really is no point tuning in. The few times I have tuned in it's like they're stuck in 2016 because they are all still saying the exact same stuff.

(07-10-2019 06:53 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  

(07-10-2019 09:19 PM)memphistiger89 Wrote:  

(07-10-2019 06:40 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(07-10-2019 06:13 PM)bullet Wrote:  I imagine a lot of the audience who believes it is really tired of "Orange Man Bad" 24/7.

What audience?

Mach, redwing Tom, Little Mensa Man, CB Pap smear.

Don't forget HappyAppy or whatever and that dude who's popped up recently, something pilot.