Rick Davis was a 40-year veteran of CNN, serving his last 22 years as the company’s Executive Vice President of News Standards and Practices until February 2021. In that role, he was responsible for managing a team that worked daily with CNN colleagues across the country and globally to ensure that CNN’s reporting was fair, accurate, and responsible. Oversight also included review and approval of CNN staff’s outside work, books, speeches, and appearances in feature films and TV series. Davis also reviewed all political advertising for approval and worked with the business units of CNN to review their operations to be in compliance with CNN standards.