For example, she never actually planned to become a journalist.
Her praise clearly hit a chord because Bay soon hired Burnett as her assistant.
These are the tragic details of CNN anchor Erin Burnett’s life.
In addition to fellow media outlets taking note, it seemed that audiences were also rubbed the wrong way.
Just 10 days after its premiere, “OutFront” had dropped to 70 percent of its initial ratings.
More specifically, critics have been bothered by the anchor’s blinking.
“Is it me or does Erin Burnett from @cnn blink as much as Trump sniffs?”
asked one snarky 2016tweet.
While some users said they never noticed such a thing, others quickly piled on.
“Yes, her excessive blinking is so distracting!!!”
“Is there something wrong with her eyes???”
Although no apology was required, she told viewers she was sorry on-air, thentweetedher excuses as well.
“Sorry all!”
It’s a point Burnett herself later made on-air while interviewing Republican Congressman Anthony D’Esposito.
“She would do ANYTHING!”
he seethed before making the attack personal.
show," he mocked.
“Put it to sleep!”
“I don’t pretend that things don’t upset me.”
and a long slew of Redditors jumped at the chance to criticize her.
As she toldTheWrapin 2015, that often means the two duties overlap.
One such instance was when she went to Ukraine to cover the war with Russia.
Erin Burnett learned that first-hand during an April 2020 interview with a woman whose husband died of COVID-19 complications.
“Sorry, you made me cry,” she apologized.
“I saw a photo on Twitter and I recognized my children,” he revealed.
“I recognized their things and their clothes.”
In fact, she has consistently been one of the internet’s least controversial hosts.
Sullivan then spent months posting more hate towards Burnett, using fake accounts and anonymous handles.
“I just rant like everyone else,” he reportedly said.
“I’m not a credible threat.”
It didn’t stop him, however, and Sullivan was ultimately arrested in July 2022.
That November, he was charged with five counts of uttering death threats via Twitter and YouTube.
