CNN Assures Dems: Sarah Isgur Won’t Have Editorial Control in Any 2020 Coverage

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The cable channel continues damage control over hiring a long-time Republican operative for a high-ranking editorial gig.

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Published Feb. 26 2019 2:32PM EST

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Officials at CNN have told the Democratic National Committee that their new politics editor, Sarah Isgur, will have no editorial decision-making control over the network’s coverage of the 2020 elections, a Democratic official familiar with those conversations told The Daily Beast.