six of people are quacking their hearts out in auditions to be the CNN duck . They 're quacking like ducks in love , answering the phone or getting bad news . `` Everyone is secondary to the duck because the duck is such an amazing campaign , '' he said . Winner gets a Hundreds -figure salary and benefits for their quacking perfection . New duck replaces comedian Leonard Bates , who was fired for tweets about Alabama .
six of people are quacking their hearts out in auditions to be the CNN duck . They 're quacking like ducks in love , answering the phone or getting bad news . Winner gets a Hundreds -figure salary and benefits for their quacking perfection . New duck replaces comedian Leonard Bates , who was fired for tweets about Alabama .