Maybe with Jake the Fake, it just depends on the party of person involved. 
Posted on 01/22/2025 10:35:19 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
CNN journalists avoided mentioning the most sordid elements of President Donald Trump’s past—including his felony conviction and two impeachments—during inauguration day broadcasts after the network’s top boss told them to show some deference to the most powerful person on earth.
That’s according to a report in media news publication Status, authored by the well-sourced erstwhile CNN media reporter Oliver Darcy.
During a routine editorial meeting on Sunday, meant to plan the extensive logistics of an inauguration, CNN CEO Mark Thompson told journalists to avoid “pre-judging Trump,” Status reported.
In addition to instructing them to keep an open mind about Trump’s second term—three days in, the president has already launched attacks on birthright citizenship, pardoned violent insurrectionists, and withdrawn from the World Health Organization and Paris climate agreement—Thompson told his journalists he does not want CNN’s “coverage to relitigate the past.”
Among those in attendance were Jake Tapper and Anderson Cooper, star anchors who have long reported on Trump’s record of scandals, opining at length on everything from sexual misconduct allegations made against him by over two dozen women to his attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
That previous coverage, however, came under the leadership of former boss Jeff Zucker, who threw the weight of CNN at Trump during the president’s first term in office, allowing on-air talent to directly address his stream of falsehoods.
Thompson would have none of that and urged talent to withhold expressions of indignation aimed at Trump or his conduct.
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Tapper won’t be able to help himself.
Maybe with Jake the Fake, it just depends on the party of person involved.
That is NOT "sordid".
Well, since ABC has had to fork over $15 million for lying about Trump and other media outlets are facing possible defamation judgments against them, I would say that CNN is concerned about being sued.
The author of this article does not seem to share the concern, since he claims that Trump “pardoned violent insurrectionists.” I don’t recall that Trump has done anything of the sort.
Apparently, CBS is also considering settling a lawsuit brought by Trump.
The leftist media outlets have been shameless in their lies and innuendos about Trump since 2015; it’s nice to see a few of them have to face consequences.
I’d like to see how long CNN lasts if cable networks are required to let customers choose which stations they want to have, rather than give customers a package of various stations like they do now.
One thing columnists do know how to use is a thesaurus.
They are experts at finding every possible adjective imaginable to describe things
Acosta is already acting out with his TDS. I don’t think he’ll follow the rules.
Too late, Mark. Your network is a dumpster fire headed for the ash heap of history.
A ‘felony’ conviction for misreporting financial statements PURSUANT TO COMMITTING ANOTHER FELONY.
OK, smart guy journalist, please identify that OTHER felony conviction that MADE the misreporting a felony, rather than a misdemeanor.
Oh, there IS none!
So, Mr./Ms./ whatever Sean Craig, STFU until YOU provide said info.
BTW, why isn’t PDJT or his legal team, pursuing this MASSIVE miscarriage of justice?
Wow, the bias there leaps up and smacks you right in the face!
Not masochist enought to even finish the excerpt.
The boss probably said something like 'just this once' or something vacuous like that. He can't say because they are up against the wall. Because that would be news and probably sink the ship.
They don’t have the money to pay millions or billions in lawsuits.
Tree/Forest/Hear?
CNN trying to get it’s ratings up to a 4.
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