Posted on 03/02/2017 9:04:43 PM PST by MarvinStinson
CNN's President Jeff Zucker has dictated questions that are unfavorable of President Donald Trump to his anchors while they are live on set, according to reports.
There have been several instances in which Zucker took the reins, according to the Hollywood Reporter and the Daily Caller.
During a 25 minute long debate between CNN anchor Jake Tapper and White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway on Feb. 7, Zucker called the control room to tell them to ignore commercial breaks.
"He was telling my executive producer, ‘Keep going!'" Tapper said.
Tapper and CNN's Wolf Blitzer were recapping Trump's Feb. 16 conference when they interviewed Jeff Lord, a former CNN contributor and Trump supporter. During the interview, Lord said that Trump was "relaxed" and "on point" during the press conference. Moments later Zucker called Tapper through a direct line and had him pose a question.
"What about the 57 percent of people who didn’t vote for him? Doesn’t he have to be their president, too?" Zucker said.
Within moments, Tapper asked Lord the question structured around what Zucker wanted.
As the debate continued, Lord pointed out that Trump asking Urban Radio Networks' African-American reporter April Ryan to set up the meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus is proof that Trump was appealing to the African-American base.
Zucker picked up the phone again, and had the anchors ask another question.
"Then why does he have to ask April Ryan to get a meeting?" Zucker said.
Zucker and Trump have known each other since before Zucker approved "The Apprentice" in 2004. Zucker told New York Magazine in October that Trump's attacks on his network made him "sad."
"It’s just unfortunate that the most powerful person in the world is trying to delegitimize journalism and an organization that plays such a vital role in our democracy," he said.
Zucker is not the only network president who has a direct line to his anchors. Former Fox News host Megyn Kelly wrote that the former Fox News chairman Roger Ailes called her multiple times "to question how hard she was being on Trump during the election," the Daily Caller reported.
Seems like the media has done that on their own, Mr. Zucker. Trump is just pointing it out.
Is CNN an outlet for a CIA disinformation & domestic destabilization?
Didn’t Obama issue an Executive Order authorizing domestic propaganda & CIA disinformation programs within the United States?
Trump needs to issue an EO that makes such activities by federal agencies illegal. The Congress & Senate need to investigate if such things are true.....how about a Special Prosecutor?
Money laundering
CNN => Communist News Networked with CIA Director and former communist John Brennan
At some point, some guest is going to rattle their cage, and then turn to the camera (while live) and suggest that Zucker come out of the shadows. They will cut to an advertisement but it won’t help.
CNN is still making money, mostly by letting high-cost contracts go and just hiring new people at lesser cost.
In a democratically held election, the Republicans won. CNN forfeited their dubious objectivity long ago and continue to engage in partisan activity for the left generally and Democrats in particular. It's their right, under the first amendment. But it's a lie to call it news or journalism or CNN an organization vital to the People.
CNN => Communist News Networked with CIA Director and former communist in college, John Brennan
It was passed by congress in the summer of 2013 search for smith-mundt
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/smithmundt/index?tab=articles
Jake Tapper from CNN is the one who keeps emailing and messaging David Seaman, the Intrepid pizzagate researcher, saying nasty things.
Jake Tapper apparently despises him.
No bias there, huh?
CAUGHT IN THESE LIES:
http://dtforpres.blogspot.com/2016/11/cnn-lies-multiple-times-to-help-hillary.html
They were caught lying about the O’Keefe videos again the other day.
“CNN forfeited their dubious objectivity long ago and continue to engage in partisan activity for the left”
Are you SURE that CNN is NOT involved in sedition against the President and not a functional element of the international communist movement?
Fake Jake Tapper living up to his name.
CNN: CARTOON NEWS Network
CNN, we make it up because you’re too dumb to decide....
The WaPo is the goto print CIA outlet. The CIA needs to be caged wrt domestic covert ops.
Is this the “Free Press” I keep hearing about.
Guests need to go into the studio wearing high power jamming equipment they can turn on and off as needed.
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