John Malone says WarnerMedia-Discovery getting rid of CNN would be the 'coward's way out'

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John Malone says WarnerMedia-Discovery getting rid of CNN would be the 'coward's way out'
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There's a place for CNN in the proposed $43 billion combination of WarnerMedia and Discovery, billionaire media mogul John Malone told CNBC.

, billionaire media mogul John Malone told CNBC in a recorded interview that aired Thursday.

"I would like to see CNN evolve back to the kind of journalism that it started with, and actually have journalists, which would be unique and refreshing," said the cable TV pioneer and longtime chairman of Liberty Media, which is a major shareholder in Discovery. "I do believe good journalism could have a role in this future portfolio that Discovery-TimeWarner's going to represent."announced a deal to combine its content unit WarnerMedia with Discovery.

"A coward's way out would be to sell [CNN] or spin it off and then sell it," Malone said, in response to a question from CNBC's

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