One former CNN contributor said they weren’t “surprised” that the network brought Toobin back but that “it’s insane they have him on air” after his transgression. Another insider observed that CNN came across as hypocritical. “Yeah, it’d be nice if occasionally CNN held itself to the same standards it correctly holds Fox to,” the source said. That sentiment was echoed by several Fox News insiders and staffers, who noted that CNN reporters would be on their “high horse” and have a “field day” if Fox did the same thing, and “rightly so.” At the same time, these network insiders also said this was another example of the “boys’ club” looking to “protect itself.” “It’s really atrocious that men who expose themselves on Zoom are welcomed back, yet a woman would be canceled in an instant,” another Fox insider said. “Toobin’s return shows that statements about investigations and making people feel ‘safe at work’ are nothing but lip service to shut people up.”