Erin Burnett has been accused of "shameless self promotion" by fellow staffers over her claims that she's a shoo in for the coveted anchor role on CNN's morning show, a well placed network insider tells Breaking Celebrity News exclusively.

The source says that the 36-year-old has been boasting to co-workers that she has had "several meetings" with newly appointed CNN head honcho, Jeff Zucker, about her taking over the gig currently held by Soledad O'Brien.

“Erin's camp has been floating the idea that Jeff Zucker is considering a package of moving former TODAY show EP Jonathan Wald to mornings to launch a new program with her as one of the anchors.”

Wald is currently the EP on Piers Morgan's show and highly respected TODAY show veteran.

“There's a lot of serious speculation going around that Erin’s camp actually leaked a recent story to the press claiming that she's in contention for the switch to the mornings."