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CNN President Jeff Zucker: ‘We’re Not Going To Be Shamed’ Into Covering Benghazi
The Daily Caller ^ | 20 May 2014 | Brendan Bordelon

Posted on 05/20/2014 4:32:53 PM PDT by mandaladon

CNN President Jeff Zucker declared his network would “not going to be shamed” into covering Benghazi and other stories without “real news value” at an awards dinner Monday.

Capital New York reports that Zucker explained CNN’s post-plane plans during an interview at the Deadline Club’s annual dinner on Monday night.

“I don’t think there’s any question about our commitment to breaking news, as evidenced by all the questions about the plane,” Zucker told The New York Times’ Bill Carter (RELATED: The five most ridiculous aspects of CNN’s missing Malaysian flight coverage).

“So we’re still there whenever that happens,” he continued, “but we’re going to supplement that with some different kind of storytelling.”

What kind of stories? “Climate change is one of those stories that deserves more attention, that we all talk about,” he explained — though he lamented the fact that “when we do do those stories, there does tend to be a tremendous amount of lack of interest on the audience’s part.”

But there are some stories Zucker is loathe to touch, like the House select committee on Benghazi scandal.

“We’re not going to be shamed into it by others who have political beliefs that want to try to have temper tantrums to shame other news organizations into covering something,” he explained, taking a not-so-subtle shot at the Republican Party. “If it’s of real news value, we’ll cover it.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: benghazi; benrhodes; bias; billcarter; cnn; demagogicparty; jaycarney; jeffzucker; libya; malaysia; mediabias; memebuilding; msm; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; obama; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; susanrice
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To: mandaladon

CNN is barely hanging onto hotel lobbies.


61 posted on 05/20/2014 6:02:40 PM PDT by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/ ?s)
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To: mandaladon

Good thing nobody is watching.


62 posted on 05/20/2014 6:03:29 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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To: mandaladon

We are not going to be shamed into caring about or watching CNN’s alternative “News”.


63 posted on 05/20/2014 6:07:25 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: muir_redwoods
You can always hope for another plane crash.

The perfect example was CNN interupting their constant coverage of the the missing plane with a Breaking News Story of...

... The Titanic sinking 102 years ago!

That pretty much says everything you need to know about CNN's news coverage.

Mark

64 posted on 05/20/2014 6:09:54 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: lee martell
No different than that booger eating moron, Eleanor Clift claiming that Steven's wasn't killed by terrorists. He died of smoke inhalation.

Sort of like saying that Daniel Pearl died of severe anemia (after terrorists slit this throat and sawed his head off!)

Mark

65 posted on 05/20/2014 6:17:24 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: mandaladon

CNN doesn’t matter.


66 posted on 05/20/2014 6:34:51 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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To: mandaladon

Mort, nobody watches you anymore anyway.

Are you still running hourly coverage the Flight 370 loss?


67 posted on 05/20/2014 6:44:00 PM PDT by G Larry (Which of Obama's policies do you think I'd support if he were white?)
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To: mandaladon

Tall tree, short rope.


68 posted on 05/20/2014 7:01:34 PM PDT by hdbc (FUBO)
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To: mandaladon

So aliens could invade and if Obama said aliens don’t exist CNN wouldn’t cover it.....

OK....


69 posted on 05/20/2014 7:01:44 PM PDT by GraceG
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To: mandaladon
The Propaganda Ministry is going all-in.

They might even start telling people at the top of the broadcasts, "We are not news. We are an official government propaganda organ. We will lie to you and love it while we are doing it."

And then they will smile, and launch into the 'news'.

70 posted on 05/20/2014 7:39:22 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: chris37

When the balloon goes up, the media is the first target.


71 posted on 05/20/2014 7:41:16 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: mandaladon

Who watches CNN anyway, except those captive audiences in airports.


72 posted on 05/20/2014 7:42:26 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Anything is possible, if you don't know what you're talking about.)
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To: FatherofFive

Just my view: Rush ‘mostly’ retired a long time ago...


73 posted on 05/20/2014 7:58:08 PM PDT by krunkygirl (force multiplier in effect...)
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To: mandaladon
CNN President Jeff Zucker: ‘We’re Not Going To Be Shamed’ Into Covering Benghazi

Cool!
It's your funeral!

74 posted on 05/20/2014 11:15:06 PM PDT by publius911 ( Politicians come and go... but the (union) bureaucracy lives and grows forever.)
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To: mandaladon

Media Bigwigs on the Obama State Dinner List: CNN President, Top NYT Editor, Stephen Colbert, and Al Sharpton
By Tim Graham | February 12, 2014 | 09:11

http://newsbusters.org/people/jeff-zucker#ixzz32KUKaw4Q

Obama-Supporter, MSNBC Alum Smerconish Gets CNN Show; Network Plays Up His ‘Independence’
By Matthew Balan | February 11, 2014 | 15:39

http://newsbusters.org/people/jeff-zucker#ixzz32KUU2mnL

Jeff Zucker Claims CNN’s ‘New Vision’ Still Provides More News Than ‘Any Other TV Network’
By Randy Hall | January 27, 2014 | 21:32

http://newsbusters.org/people/jeff-zucker#ixzz32KUfvOF5

CNN’s 2013 Primetime Ratings Lowest in 20 Years
By Noel Sheppard | January 2, 2014 | 16:20

http://newsbusters.org/people/jeff-zucker#ixzz32KUwNdL2


77 posted on 05/20/2014 11:37:25 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: mandaladon

CNN Shifting to ‘More Shows and Less Newscasts,’ Zucker Wants ‘An Attitude and a Take’
By Noel Sheppard | December 3, 2013 | 12:27

http://newsbusters.org/people/jeff-zucker#ixzz32KV8qW6o


78 posted on 05/20/2014 11:38:16 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: mandaladon

CNN and MSNBC Lose Almost Half Their Viewers in One Year
By Noel Sheppard | November 27, 2013 | 11:43

http://newsbusters.org/people/jeff-zucker#ixzz32KVJhdns


79 posted on 05/20/2014 11:38:53 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: mandaladon

In 1996, Zucker married Caryn Stephanie Nathanson, then a supervisor for Saturday Night Live, with whom he has four children. His son, Andrew Zucker, briefly served on the advisory board of Democratic politician Cory Booker’s startup tech firm


80 posted on 05/20/2014 11:41:40 PM PDT by kcvl
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