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Axed CNN+ Staffers Take Aim At Network After Spending ‘Gobs Of Money’ On ‘Hangover’ Brunch

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Source: Mega; CNN

May 2 2022, Published 3:06 p.m. ET

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CNN lavished itself and the party circuit in Washington D.C. during White House Correspondents' Dinner weekend and spared no expense, less than two weeks after it shut its streaming service and left hundreds without jobs.

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Guests at CNN’s “Political Hangover” brunch, held at a former body shop-turned-lofty event space in DC’s Union Market district, sipped on drinks such as Bloody Mary and Aperol Spritz — and even had handcrafted edible Japanese candy.

“It’s nuts. The network never ceases to amaze, doesn’t it?” said one displaced CNN staffer told RadarOnline.com.

“Here they are spending gobs of money on a ‘hangover’ brunch to close out WHCD weekend. Management is tone-deaf. Then again, frugal spending isn’t really their forte," the insider continued.

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CNN+ shut down operations less than a month after it launched at an estimated cost of half a billion dollars.

Chris Licht, the cable giant’s freshly minted CEO, who replaced the disgraced Jeff Zucker, was hobnobbing alongside on-air talent including Jake Tapper, Dana Bash, Jim Acosta, Brian Stelter, and Don Lemon.

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Tapper proudly used Twitter to show off high-priced candy of his dogs Winston and Clementine sculpted by artist Candy5.

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Notably not in attendance was Chris Wallace, the former Fox News star who quit the conservative network for CNN.

Roughly 300 staffers were offered six months' severance when CNN axed its streamer.

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The disaster of CNN+ is just the latest mess surrounding the network. Zucker was forced to resign in February after RadarOnline.com's explosive exposé blew the lid off his secret affair with the network's then Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Allison Gollust.

Zucker and Gollust were both ousted after an internal investigation found they went against company policy by failing to disclose their romance.

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