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CNN boss: If we break away from Trump coverage 'the audience goes away'
The Hill ^ | 11/01/18 | John Bowden

Posted on 11/01/2018 1:42:35 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

CNN President Jeff Zucker said his network's audience would dwindle if its news programming shifted away from covering President Trump.

In an interview published in the latest issue of Vanity Fair, Zucker said the reason why CNN spends much of the day reporting on Trump's day-to-day activities and his rhetoric stems from viewer demand.

“People say all the time, ‘Oh, I don’t want to talk about Trump, I’ve had too much Trump,’ ” Zucker told Vanity Fair. “And yet at the end of the day, all they want to do is talk about Trump."

"We’ve seen that anytime you break away from the Trump story and cover other events in this era, the audience goes away," he added. "So we know that, right now, Donald Trump dominates.”

Zucker said he wants CNN to be a home for both supporters and opponents of the president, despite harsh criticism of the news outlet from Trump and other Republicans.

“On MSNBC, you rarely hear from people who do support Trump," Zucker said. "We want to be home to both those points of view."

"It is true some of these folks are not very good with the facts, but that’s O.K. in the sense that it’s our job then to call them out," he added.

CNN is projected to report its most profitable year ever, a source familiar told Vanity Fair, though it lags behind both Fox News and MSNBC in average prime time viewership.

Trump frequently trashes CNN and its ratings, and has taken aim at Zucker in the past. The president wrote in August on Twitter that CNN's parent company should fire Zucker over CNN's ratings, which have improved significantly since Zucker took over.

"The hatred and extreme bias of me by @CNN has clouded their thinking and made them unable to function," Trump tweeted. "But actually, as I have always said, this has been going on for a long time. Little Jeff Z has done a terrible job, his ratings suck, & AT&T should fire him to save credibility!"


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 4thestate5thcolumn; biasmeanslayoffs; cnn; enemedia; jeffzucker; media; msm; trysellingthetruth
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To: Steely Tom
The WHAT?

The quire. You know, coconut hair.


21 posted on 11/01/2018 1:53:41 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: timestax
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22 posted on 11/01/2018 1:53:56 PM PDT by timestax
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To: yesthatjallen

Yet CNN just left President Trump’s press conference on the illegals from the caravan.


23 posted on 11/01/2018 1:54:56 PM PDT by freedom1st (Beware the Beto.)
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To: Steely Tom
quire noun \ˈkwī(-ə)r \ Definition of quire (Entry 1 of 2) : a collection of 24 or sometimes 25 sheets of paper of the same size and quality : one twentieth of a ream quire Definition of quire (Entry 2 of 2) archaic spelling of CHOIR First Known Use of quire Noun 15th century, in the meaning defined above History and Etymology for quire Noun Middle English quair four sheets of paper folded once, collection of sheets, from Anglo-French quaier, from Vulgar Latin *quaternum set of four, from Latin quaterni four each, set of four — more at QUATERNION
24 posted on 11/01/2018 1:55:06 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: yesthatjallen

Chris Plante mentioned a phone group-text channel he is part of for former and ‘some’ CNN employees, and the scuttlebutt is that CNN’s programming ‘style’ is largely due to Zucker’s explosive temper over being beaten to the punch by other networks, so they put anything on, even if it’s wrong.


25 posted on 11/01/2018 1:55:36 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: timestax
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26 posted on 11/01/2018 1:55:37 PM PDT by timestax
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To: freedom1st
Yet CNN just left President Trump’s press conference on the illegals from the caravan.

Major speech. How can they break away and call themselves a news organization.

27 posted on 11/01/2018 1:55:54 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: yesthatjallen

28 posted on 11/01/2018 1:57:12 PM PDT by Red Badger (No-platform us all you want. Ban us all you want. Smear us all you want. You canÂ’t stop an idea....)
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To: yesthatjallen

All 84 of them?!


29 posted on 11/01/2018 1:57:39 PM PDT by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: JoSixChip

No, your original word was more descriptive of their audience.


30 posted on 11/01/2018 1:58:43 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: Steely Tom

One twentieth of a ream.


31 posted on 11/01/2018 1:59:18 PM PDT by Ed Condon (subliminal messages here in invisible ink)
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To: yesthatjallen

Broadcast truthful news and see where it takes you, CNN.


32 posted on 11/01/2018 2:00:08 PM PDT by the_daug
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To: freedom1st
Yet CNN just left President Trump’s press conference on the illegals from the caravan.

youugtbefake

33 posted on 11/01/2018 2:00:17 PM PDT by timestax
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To: yesthatjallen
Little Jeff Z has done a terrible job, his ratings suck, & AT&T should fire him to save credibility!

We’re spoiled. Whoever our next President is, he’s going to seem sooo boring.

34 posted on 11/01/2018 2:00:52 PM PDT by dead (Give everyone in the migrant horde lawnmowers and Mexico will have beautiful grass.)
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To: yesthatjallen

There’s plenty to cover about Trump without being so biased and negative.

Lots of good things happening.


35 posted on 11/01/2018 2:01:04 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: yesthatjallen

There’s plenty to cover about Trump without being so biased and negative.

Lots of good things happening.


36 posted on 11/01/2018 2:01:05 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: yesthatjallen

There’s plenty to cover about Trump without being so biased and negative.

Lots of good things happening.


37 posted on 11/01/2018 2:01:05 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: yesthatjallen

There’s plenty to cover about Trump without being so biased and negative.

Lots of good things happening.


38 posted on 11/01/2018 2:01:05 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: yesthatjallen
p17
39 posted on 11/01/2018 2:01:15 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: Snickering Hound

Maybe they should try something new,,,the TRUTH.


40 posted on 11/01/2018 2:02:58 PM PDT by CMailBag
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