You are correct, because I don’t see a plus side to talking to CNN. They hate him, and will do everything they can to spin this to his disadvantage.
IOW, I don’t think he’s more clever than Sarah Palin.
The Obama Administration and associated race baiters are engaged in an effort to misportray Zimmerman as a racist in order to create a racial incident to be used in false propaganda as an opportunity to rally political support around themselves and their political agenda. Ideally they would have liked to see Zimmerman convicted of murder with special circumstances regarding racism. In the absence of a conviction for murder, they want to misportray Zimmerman as a man who was actually guilty of committing a racial murder of an unarmed and harmless youth, yet a jury set the guilty racist murderer free with a wrongful not guilty verdict due to a lack of sufficient evidence. Along with their control of the MSM (MainStream Media), they want to perpetuate this false incitement to hatred by intimidating Zimmerman to remain silent about his innocence, like a murderer concious of his guilt.
Zimmerman knows this misportrayal of him is utterly false and a monumental lie. He recognizes the wisdom of his attorneys’ advice that he must remain silent while the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation to avoid giving them statements to be corrupted into false evidence for a grand jury indictment. Nonetheless, he must also be concerned about fostering the false impression he is a guilty man remaining silent because of being concious of his guilt. He is worried not only about himself, but also about his family and friends who remain at risk so long as there is a false impression that he is a guilty racist murderer who escaped justice. So, he follows the legal guidelines as best he can to defend his reputation while trying to avoid touching on matters relevant to the DOJ investigation.
Is he taking risks an attorney sees as unacceptable. Yes, of course. But, the attorneys don’t have to worry every day about the inhumane death threats his family has to endure every day. These are just some of the risks that have to be confronted by not talking to the press. So, when weighing risks faced by talking to the press versus not talking to the press, George is sacrificing his own safety to protect other people, and not just his own reputation.