Posted on 01/31/2017 6:31:09 PM PST by drewh
If you’re a regular viewer of CNN’s State of the Union, you may have noticed that in both episodes since inauguration, Jake Tapper has informed viewers of the following:
Follow Jake Tapper ✔ @jaketapper We asked the Trump WH to provide a guest to explain the order & clear up any confusion (even within its own govt). They declined. #CNNSOTU 9:08 AM - 29 Jan 2017 7,561 7,561 Retweets 9,709 9,709 likes Yes, for two weekends in a row no one from the Trump administration has gone on Tapper’s show, even though the CNN anchor is considered a fair-minded journalist by some prominent conservative voices.
But according to Politico, this may be part of a deliberate strategy to “ice out” CNN:
The White House has refused to send its spokespeople or surrogates onto CNN shows, effectively icing out the network from on-air administration voices.
“We’re sending surrogates to places where we think it makes sense to promote our agenda,” said a White House official, acknowledging that CNN is not such a place, but adding that the ban is not permanent.
One CNN reporter anonymously told Politico, “They’re trying to cull CNN from the herd.”
Trump administration officials appeared on other Sunday shows this week, they’ve been on Fox News, and Stephen Miller was even on MSNBC with Greta Van Susteren yesterday. But per Politico:
The last time an administration official was on CNN’s Sunday public affairs show “State of the Union” was Conway on January 8. She also appeared on CNN the following Wednesday with Anderson Cooper, the same day as then President-elect Trump’s press conference where he derided CNN for publishing a report that intelligence officials had briefed both Trump and former President Barack Obama that the Russians may have negative information about Trump.
The report says the administration is still answering questions from CNN reporters (Jim Acosta asked Sean Spicer during the first official presser last week), but Spicer has continued to publicly express frustrations with the tone of CNN’s coverage.
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Ain’t that a bitch?
Hey CNN,
GFY
Any news outlet that echoed the meme “muslim ban” should not have access to the whitehouse
CNN is one of the leaders of fake news so this makes perfect sense to me. GO TRUMP GO
NOTE TO CNN: You have earned the “ice”. I would be far more vindictive than Trump.
Good. Let’s see how long they last before groveling to the White House with an apology and change.
Works for me!!
Man, every time I think of something that Trump ought to do, next thing you know it comes out that he’s in fact doing it. Amazing.
CNN looked the other way in Iraq under Saddam to keep its Baghdad bureau. They fed debate questions to Hillary. They ran with the baby milk factory story. They refused to call Georgia, Georgia! Until the next day.
CNN is not news, it’s a liberal narrative shaper..
Trump has made an example out of CNN and the rest are a little wary of suffering the same fate.
It’s got to have ATT/Time Warner spooked about getting their merger approved. Stories out there that they are gong to spin off CNN to get it through.
And then there is the issue with cable systems bundling CNN, ESPN, and other heavy revenue channels in so that every subscriber, even the ones (or more correctly, ESPECIALLY the ones) who don’t even watch them are still charged upwards of $5-$7/month for those channels. Go to ala carte, and their cash cow suddenly goes dry.
Does CNN have a “right” to get an administration official to come on as a guest?
Does CNN have a “right” to even exist?
Screw those a-holes. They created the rift, they have to deal with the consequences.
Kiss a fat dog cnn.
” It works with dogs, but I’m not sure CNN is up to it.”
Bravo. Very true and funny. Trump’s rejection of CNN is giving CNN a spike in views. Tomorrow the views will continue decreasing to zero, like Yahoo and AOL.
Clinton News Network. It's basically a propaganda machine for the Clintons and the DNC.
White House could agree to interviews with CNN and other MSM on the condition that the entire interview would be aired. No editing.
You asked..’What is CNN?’
CNN is a TURD RATED CABLE NEWS NETWORK...SO SAY NIELSON RATINGS.
Crappy news network
Everyone knows CNN has no integrity.
CNN is all about just spewing LIES, More Lies, and Fake News!
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