enhanced_deficit
06-30-2017, 10:56 AM
This seems unprecedented unles Nixon had made such harsh direct attacks on media figues.
Do you agree that CNN's Jeff Zucker is a horrible human being?
In any case, while NYT neocons are usually blamed for fakenews about Iraq WMDs before war but cable media role in fakenews propaganda to aide warmongers in both parties does not seem to get indepth examination usually. Media in general seems to milk all sides for ratings if not for other nefarious aims.
http://thehill.com/media/340211-audio-shows-trump-threatens-to-sue-cnn-at-private-fundraiser
President Trump told supporters he wanted to sue CNN at a private fundraiser on Wednesday, according to audio released by The Intercept. (https://theintercept.com/2017/06/30/heres-the-audio-of-donald-trumps-private-rnc-fundraiser-at-his-own-hotel/)
“Boy, did CNN get killed over the last few days,” the president said referring to a retracted story that linked Trump ally Anthony Scaramucci to a Russian investment fund (http://thehill.com/media/339293-cnn-retracts-story-linking-trump-ally-scaramucci-to-russian-fund), triggering resignations at the outlet.
“It’s a shame what they’ve done to the name CNN, that I can tell you,” continued Trump, who frequently refers to the network as "fake news."
“But as far as I’m concerned, I love it. If anybody’s a lawyer in the house and thinks I have a good lawsuit — I feel like we do. Wouldn’t that be fun?” he said.The president’s comments come as tensions have flared between the administration and the media. (http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/339769-cnn-war-with-trump-gets-personal)
Conservative sting artist James O’Keefe has taken to releasing what he says is undercover video, appearing to show a producer questioning the network’s coverage of the Russia probe, as well as contributor Van Jones saying the story of collusion between Trump and the Kremlin is a “nothing-burger.”
“Van Jones — you see this man?” Trump said at the fundraiser.
“These are really dishonest people. Should I sue them? I mean, they’re phonies. Jeff Zucker, I hear he’s going to resign at some point pretty soon. I mean these are horrible human beings,” he continued.
Related
CNN's Jeff Zucker takes heat for dinner with Obamas
rare.us/rare-news/the-media/cnns-jeff-zucker-takes-heat-for-dinner-with-obamas/
Feb 18, 2015 - CNN president Jeff Zucker is defending his dinner at home with President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.
Angotti makes a fantastic point. It only takes a brief examination of CNN's activity over just the last several months to paint a rather vivid picture of a junkie news network fiending for another hit of the addiction that has become ratings, and like a true addict, CNN will apparently go to any length to get their drug.
Back in February of 2013, for example, just after President Obama came out and officially declared it acceptable for the U.S. government to execute citizens via drone missile without any kind of due process, CNN provided non-stop coverage of... a stalled Carnival cruise ship. Why?
Reports The Huffington Post:
"Many people mocked CNN for its wall-to-wall coverage of the Carnival Triumph cruise ship saga. But CNN is probably having the last laugh after its ratings spiked on the night of the ship's bedraggled return to port. Even people who had been on the Triumph told the network, live on air, that it was making too much out of the story, which it covered for hour after hour after hour on Thursday. Media critics scoffed at the spectacle, which is being widely seen as a harbinger of new chief Jeff Zucker's plans to add more sensational coverage. But the numbers didn't lie: people were interested. And numbers —not critical approval— are what CNN needs. Despite sky-high profits, its stubbornly moribund prime-time and morning ratings are what led to Zucker's arrival, as well as the ouster of several of his predecessors."
When it was revealed in May of 2013 that the Department of Justice secretly subpoenaed the private phone records of several Associated Press reporters and editors, CNN provided non-stop coverage of... the trial of Jodi Arias, who murdered her ex-boyfriend. Why?
In the post-9/11 world, CNN's neutral partisan position has allowed it to essentially play both sides and act as a mouthpiece for whichever of the two corporate, war-loving parties happens to be occupying the imperial chambers of Washington. When the U.S. invaded Afghanistan in late 2001, CNN sent out a memo to its correspondents urging them to balance coverage of civilian casualties with "reminders" that the country harbors those who attacked the U.S. on 9/11. In 2003, CNN helped the Bush administration sell the Iraq invasion to the public, a war with a death toll far surpassing 100,000 civilians. And in 2011, CNN helped the Obama administration sell the 2011 Libya invasion to the public, coincidentally after Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi spoke publicly about nationalizing the country's vast oil reserves, the largest in Africa.
CNN's neutrality is not without logic here. Both the Bush administration's war in Iraq and the Obama administration's war in Libya dramatically boosted the network's ratings.
http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/c236c2be8c254d4c9dbc76632d817066/billy-bush-and-jeff-zucker-nbc-tca-winter-press-tour-all-star-party-byd6f8.jpg
Jeff Zucker shares a laugh with Billy Bush
https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2008/04/images/20080422-4_p042208jb-0096-515h.jpg
Then NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker shares a laugh with Iraq war final decider W. Bush
April 22, 2008
CNN 'documentary' on George H.W. Bush paid for by Bush Library
www.baltimoresun.com/.../bal-cnn-documentary-george-bush-library-20140611-stor (http://www.baltimoresun.com/.../bal-cnn-documentary-george-bush-library-20140611-stor)...
Jun 12, 2014
For cable news, Iraq war is a clear victory – Poynter
www.poynter.org/2003/for-cable-news-iraq-war-is-a-clear-victory/9690/ (http://www.poynter.org/2003/for-cable-news-iraq-war-is-a-clear-victory/9690/)
Do you agree that CNN's Jeff Zucker is a horrible human being?
In any case, while NYT neocons are usually blamed for fakenews about Iraq WMDs before war but cable media role in fakenews propaganda to aide warmongers in both parties does not seem to get indepth examination usually. Media in general seems to milk all sides for ratings if not for other nefarious aims.
http://thehill.com/media/340211-audio-shows-trump-threatens-to-sue-cnn-at-private-fundraiser
President Trump told supporters he wanted to sue CNN at a private fundraiser on Wednesday, according to audio released by The Intercept. (https://theintercept.com/2017/06/30/heres-the-audio-of-donald-trumps-private-rnc-fundraiser-at-his-own-hotel/)
“Boy, did CNN get killed over the last few days,” the president said referring to a retracted story that linked Trump ally Anthony Scaramucci to a Russian investment fund (http://thehill.com/media/339293-cnn-retracts-story-linking-trump-ally-scaramucci-to-russian-fund), triggering resignations at the outlet.
“It’s a shame what they’ve done to the name CNN, that I can tell you,” continued Trump, who frequently refers to the network as "fake news."
“But as far as I’m concerned, I love it. If anybody’s a lawyer in the house and thinks I have a good lawsuit — I feel like we do. Wouldn’t that be fun?” he said.The president’s comments come as tensions have flared between the administration and the media. (http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/339769-cnn-war-with-trump-gets-personal)
Conservative sting artist James O’Keefe has taken to releasing what he says is undercover video, appearing to show a producer questioning the network’s coverage of the Russia probe, as well as contributor Van Jones saying the story of collusion between Trump and the Kremlin is a “nothing-burger.”
“Van Jones — you see this man?” Trump said at the fundraiser.
“These are really dishonest people. Should I sue them? I mean, they’re phonies. Jeff Zucker, I hear he’s going to resign at some point pretty soon. I mean these are horrible human beings,” he continued.
Related
CNN's Jeff Zucker takes heat for dinner with Obamas
rare.us/rare-news/the-media/cnns-jeff-zucker-takes-heat-for-dinner-with-obamas/
Feb 18, 2015 - CNN president Jeff Zucker is defending his dinner at home with President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.
Angotti makes a fantastic point. It only takes a brief examination of CNN's activity over just the last several months to paint a rather vivid picture of a junkie news network fiending for another hit of the addiction that has become ratings, and like a true addict, CNN will apparently go to any length to get their drug.
Back in February of 2013, for example, just after President Obama came out and officially declared it acceptable for the U.S. government to execute citizens via drone missile without any kind of due process, CNN provided non-stop coverage of... a stalled Carnival cruise ship. Why?
Reports The Huffington Post:
"Many people mocked CNN for its wall-to-wall coverage of the Carnival Triumph cruise ship saga. But CNN is probably having the last laugh after its ratings spiked on the night of the ship's bedraggled return to port. Even people who had been on the Triumph told the network, live on air, that it was making too much out of the story, which it covered for hour after hour after hour on Thursday. Media critics scoffed at the spectacle, which is being widely seen as a harbinger of new chief Jeff Zucker's plans to add more sensational coverage. But the numbers didn't lie: people were interested. And numbers —not critical approval— are what CNN needs. Despite sky-high profits, its stubbornly moribund prime-time and morning ratings are what led to Zucker's arrival, as well as the ouster of several of his predecessors."
When it was revealed in May of 2013 that the Department of Justice secretly subpoenaed the private phone records of several Associated Press reporters and editors, CNN provided non-stop coverage of... the trial of Jodi Arias, who murdered her ex-boyfriend. Why?
In the post-9/11 world, CNN's neutral partisan position has allowed it to essentially play both sides and act as a mouthpiece for whichever of the two corporate, war-loving parties happens to be occupying the imperial chambers of Washington. When the U.S. invaded Afghanistan in late 2001, CNN sent out a memo to its correspondents urging them to balance coverage of civilian casualties with "reminders" that the country harbors those who attacked the U.S. on 9/11. In 2003, CNN helped the Bush administration sell the Iraq invasion to the public, a war with a death toll far surpassing 100,000 civilians. And in 2011, CNN helped the Obama administration sell the 2011 Libya invasion to the public, coincidentally after Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi spoke publicly about nationalizing the country's vast oil reserves, the largest in Africa.
CNN's neutrality is not without logic here. Both the Bush administration's war in Iraq and the Obama administration's war in Libya dramatically boosted the network's ratings.
http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/c236c2be8c254d4c9dbc76632d817066/billy-bush-and-jeff-zucker-nbc-tca-winter-press-tour-all-star-party-byd6f8.jpg
Jeff Zucker shares a laugh with Billy Bush
https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2008/04/images/20080422-4_p042208jb-0096-515h.jpg
Then NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker shares a laugh with Iraq war final decider W. Bush
April 22, 2008
CNN 'documentary' on George H.W. Bush paid for by Bush Library
www.baltimoresun.com/.../bal-cnn-documentary-george-bush-library-20140611-stor (http://www.baltimoresun.com/.../bal-cnn-documentary-george-bush-library-20140611-stor)...
Jun 12, 2014
For cable news, Iraq war is a clear victory – Poynter
www.poynter.org/2003/for-cable-news-iraq-war-is-a-clear-victory/9690/ (http://www.poynter.org/2003/for-cable-news-iraq-war-is-a-clear-victory/9690/)