The relationship between Jeff Zucker and Michael Cohen tells you a lot about how things actually work in media and politics.
CNN president Jeff Zucker told the president’s disgraced lawyer Michael Cohen that he wanted to give Donald Trump a weekly show during a March 2016 conversation.
The exchange between Zucker and Cohen took place just hours before the GOP primary debate on March 10, which CNN was hosting.
In audio obtained by Tucker Carlson Tonight, the CNN head told Cohen that ‘you cannot be elected president of the United States without CNN’.
‘And, you know, as fond as I am of the boss, he also has a tendency, like, you know, if I call him or I email him, he then is capable of going out at his next rally and saying that we just talked and I can’t have that, if you know what I’m saying.’
He later added: ‘It’s not that I don’t want to talk to [Trump] every day. I’ve just got to be careful, because, I’ve just got to be careful … I just don’t want him talking about it on the campaign trail … But you know what? I’m going to give him a call right now and I’m going wish him luck in the debate tonight.’
Watch the report from Fox News’ Tucker Carlson below.
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What’s the news here? That the head of CNN likes Trump? So all the negative stuff on CNN cannot be because CNN wants to hurt Trump?
It’s CNN they can get away with anything they want to do.
Now the extreme anti-Trump obsession at CNN (Corrupt News Network) makes sense…..Trump obviously rejected Zucker’s insistence that “you cannot be elected president of the United States without CNN.” Not only did he spurn CNN but proved Zucker absolutely wrong—he won without CNN! Apparently that was unforgivable.
Well I guess the Trumpies who hate CNN will have to reconsider.
Wow. So it turns out that the chief of a has-been TV network whose primary focus is turning out lies about Donald Trump doesn’t believe the garbage lies his company is turning out. Or maybe Zucker realizes that President Trump is going to get re-elected and CNN won’t survive on four more years of fake news, distorted news, and outright lies.
Charliehall, not really. I hate CNN because of how pro Palestinian they are. Glad you enjoy that network
The irony of this headline with no news story in site about the Trump tapes screams of hypocrisy. Trump has murdered on his watch many of the BDE’s that you publish here due to COVID. You have to ask yourself, who’s been lying? CNN or FOX?
Slimshim1 i have a proof from reliable unanimous sources that you downed your grandmother in the bathtub ad buried her in a backyard.
It is not a Chidush