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CNN's President Says It Was A Mistake To Air So Many Trump Rallies And "Let Them Run"
BuzzFeed ^ | October 14, 2016 | Mary Ann Georgantopoulos

Posted on 10/15/2016 2:08:09 PM PDT by Zakeet

CNN President Jeff Zucker on Friday said it was a "mistake" to air so many Trump rallies "and let them run" in 2015, giving the candidate an unfettered platform to call Mexicans rapists, support bans on Muslims from entering the US, and overall grow his base, which includes white nationalists.

"If we made any mistake last year, it's that we probably did put on too many of his campaign rallies in those early months and let them run," Zucker said at a talk at the Harvard Kennedy School. "Listen, because you never knew what he would say, there was an attraction to put those on air."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cnn; mediabias; msm; trump; trump2016
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We biased our broadcasts against the Donald ... portraying him as a raving right wing lunatic ... and it backfired when the peasants liked what they heard!

1 posted on 10/15/2016 2:08:09 PM PDT by Zakeet
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I wonder what the ratings were for a Trump Rally compared to whatever else CNN would be showing at the same time.


2 posted on 10/15/2016 2:10:19 PM PDT by escapefromboston (manny ortez: mvp)
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We are sorry we let the TRUTH slip out...’cause our lies did not work as well afterward.


3 posted on 10/15/2016 2:12:11 PM PDT by madison10 (Praying for team Trump.)
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Glad you fixed that—now CNN has turned into a 24-7 bash Trump hate-fest that nobody watches!

Keep up the good work—until your sponsors walk away in disgust.


4 posted on 10/15/2016 2:13:38 PM PDT by cgbg (This space for rent--$250K)
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To: Zakeet

“The most insidious power that the media has, is the power to ignore.” - Chris Plante, WMAL


5 posted on 10/15/2016 2:14:06 PM PDT by Lexington Green (Why isn't Hillary in jail?)
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To: Zakeet

Well, fire your entire CNN crew for their multiple “mistakes” and then fire yourself, Jeffie Poo, for not being as pretty as you think and so slow on your feet to correct YOUR multiple “mistakes”.


6 posted on 10/15/2016 2:17:30 PM PDT by Resettozero
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To: Zakeet
Speaking of Raving nutters.
Old Jeffery allowed his small kids to used in
The Creepy Holly-Weird Obama Dear Leader Sing Along in 2008.
The Clinton Crime machine got him this gig after getting Fired at NBC for destroying its evening programming .
In 2000, Gore asked this Dem operative to be his communication director .

Jeffrey is a Clinton plant just like old Stephy the campaign smear merchant at ABC.

7 posted on 10/15/2016 2:17:47 PM PDT by ncalburt
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Speaking of Raving nutters.
Old Jeffery allowed his small kids to used in
The Creepy Holly-Weird Obama Dear Leader Sing Along in 2008.
The Clinton Crime machine got him this gig after getting Fired at NBC for destroying its evening programming .
In 2000, Gore asked this Dem operative to be his communication director .

Jeffrey is a Clinton plant just like old Stephy the campaign smear merchant at ABC.

8 posted on 10/15/2016 2:17:48 PM PDT by ncalburt
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I was at the Trump rally in Portsmouth NH today. The crowd kept turning around and yelling insults to the platform where the media was filming the event. Special hatred was targeted at CNN.

Americans hate the media. We told them today. Over and over and over and over.

But I think the media remains clueless why their ratings fall.


9 posted on 10/15/2016 2:17:55 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Abortion is what slavery was: immoral but not illegal. Not yet.)
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Need further proof about CNN?

Nothing more need be said.

(Except to the mega bimbo over at MSNBC.)


10 posted on 10/15/2016 2:18:25 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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It is time to make a list of ALL SPONSORS on CNN and issue boycotts of their products.


11 posted on 10/15/2016 2:18:38 PM PDT by GATVR (The World is too small for less than brotherhood, and too dangerous for less than truth!)
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Has anyone ever seen him and Andrew Zimmern in the same room?

12 posted on 10/15/2016 2:18:52 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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Pravda runs strong with this douche.


13 posted on 10/15/2016 2:19:00 PM PDT by Azeem (There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo.)
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CNN=Communist News Network

CNN=Clinton News Network

14 posted on 10/15/2016 2:21:27 PM PDT by Don Corleone (Oil the gun, eat the cannolis, take it to the mattress.)
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Hey Zucker!

Look this up and know you corrupt media crapweasels will have your day of justice:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Streicher


15 posted on 10/15/2016 2:21:32 PM PDT by sevlex
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To: ClearCase_guy

Good job.


16 posted on 10/15/2016 2:21:42 PM PDT by MarkeyD (Obama is a victim of Affirmative Action)
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To: Zakeet

“Our mistake was letting people hear for themselves rather than giving theme our edited opinion on what was said”


17 posted on 10/15/2016 2:21:54 PM PDT by Personal Responsibility (We need a separation of press and state!)
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We biased our broadcasts against the Donald ... portraying him as a raving right wing lunatic ... and it backfired when the peasants liked what they heard!


And CNN did it in collaboration with Podesta and the Hillary Campaign because Hillary and Podesta thought Trump was the easiest to beat in the general as documented in the wiki leaks Podesta e mails

Donald Trump has really changed the world in the space of 12 months

18 posted on 10/15/2016 2:21:54 PM PDT by rdcbn ("There is no means of avoiding a final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alt)
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To: Zakeet

It is all about the ratings.


19 posted on 10/15/2016 2:22:59 PM PDT by kabar
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To: ClearCase_guy

But I think the media remains clueless why their ratings fall.<<<

The media is like a lot of other businesses. They fail to respect their customers. They believe their customers are their advertisers rather than those who listen and purchase from the advertisers.

WE have the power of the purse, and apparently, we need to display that power more often.


20 posted on 10/15/2016 2:23:35 PM PDT by PrairieLady2
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