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"One of the things I think this administration hasn’t figured out yet is that there’s only one television network that is seen in Beijing, Moscow, Seoul, Tokyo, Pyongyang, Baghdad, Tehran and Damascus — and that’s CNN," Zucker said. "The perception of Donald Trump in capitals around the world is shaped, in many ways, by CNN. Continuing to have an adversarial relationship with that network is a mistake."
This sounds more like blackmail than anything else. We all kinda had this feeling already, but the fact that he goes public with this statement just confirms his intent to spread dissension rather than news.
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This sounds more like a blackmail than anything else. We all kinda had this feeling already, but the fact that he goes public with this statement just confirms his intent to spread dissension rather than news.
I think CNN hasn't figured out yet that they are no longer relevant.
This sounds more like a blackmail than anything else. We all kinda had this feeling already, but the fact that he goes public with this statement just confirms his intent to spread dissension rather than news.
He's just stating a fact. I'm guessing there was no other way to explain reality to the White House, who seems intent on declaring war on our democratic free press.
To start off one's Presidency by declaring war on the free press is foolish and naive. No White House loves the press. There is always a sort of adversarial relationship.
Trump is learning a lesson. He can deny the press access and interviews and information, but ultimately, the free press is as powerful as the Presidency. It's in our Constitution and part of our democracy. It's not going anywhere, and it has a bully pulpit, too.
Trump is used to bullying those without power. He may have met his match.
He's so thin skinned that it seems abnormal. He is going to be criticized every day he is in office, just like all the other Presidents. He had better get used to it, or his legacy will be that he went down in flames like Nixon.
CNN is a highly respected, legitimate news organization. It employs the best of the best. If a President has trouble with CNN, that President has a problem with the public getting information. And that's a problem.
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He's just stating a fact. I'm guessing there was no other way to explain reality to the White House, who seems intent on declaring war on our democratic free press.
To start off one's Presidency by declaring war on the free press is foolish and naive. No White House loves the press. There is always a sort of adversarial relationship.
Trump is learning a lesson. He can deny the press access and interviews and information, but ultimately, the free press is as powerful as the Presidency. It's in our Constitution and part of our democracy. It's not going anywhere, and it has a bully pulpit, too.
Trump is used to bullying those without power. He may have met his match.
He's so thin skinned that it seems abnormal. He is going to be criticized every day he is in office, just like all the other Presidents. He had better get used to it, or his legacy will be that he went down in flames like Nixon.
CNN is a highly respected, legitimate news organization. It employs the best of the best. If a President has trouble with CNN, that President has a problem with the public getting information. And that's a problem.
Conway came out yesterday saying the WH would have to re-think its relationship with the press.
Sounds like the press is thinking about their relationship with the WH as well.
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