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    Masshole JamesJ.K. Trotter
    6/27/16 1:05pm

    CNN is just being honest about their total embrace of all things Trump by hiring Corey. Even Msnbc is now Trump 24/7 so I kind of appreciate the honesty of that hire. I mean, if he did sign a non-disclosure agreement and can’t say anything bad about Trump then he was hired to cheerlead for Trump and not to provide an expert analysis of Trump’s campaign, right?

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      dothedewMasshole James
      6/27/16 1:07pm

      I mean, if he did sign a non-disclosure agreement and can’t say anything bad about Trump then he was hired to cheerlead for Trump and not to provide an expert analysis of Trump’s campaign, right?

      One would think that this would require a disclaimer to that effect each time Corey appeared on camera, wouldn’t one? Like, if it is ethical at all to hire this guy for a news network, you’d have to disclose this conflict of interest, wouldn’t you? Or doesn’t it matter bc he is a pundit?

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      BernieLostGetOverITdothedew
      6/27/16 1:08pm

      so you actual care about ethics in journalism? ew

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    BobbySeriousJ.K. Trotter
    6/27/16 1:03pm

    Fuck it, let’s stop pretending CNN is news, it’s political entertainment, nothing more. That is, when an airplane or white teenage girl hasn’t gone missing.

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      DrWhoSoccerStarBobbySerious
      6/27/16 1:13pm

      Let’s not forget when there’s a shooting. They get a hard on when a shooting happens.

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      BobbySeriousDrWhoSoccerStar
      6/27/16 1:15pm

      Oh yeah, you just know that production room is like...

      GIF
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    Myrna MinkoffJ.K. Trotter
    6/27/16 1:11pm

    An insurmountable issue with Stelter’s reporting method is the fact that, for a news organization of CNN’s size, an informal poll of “more than a dozen” staffers will never produce a reliable indication

    And I think most people probably would not respond to an email from a coworker that was basically asking them to criticize a higher-up’s decision. That’s opening the door to a lot of very unpleasant potential consequences.

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      shelwoodMyrna Minkoff
      6/27/16 7:12pm

      Also a little dubious about how many women and Latinx staffers were on Stelter’s secret email list.

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    Dave J.K. Trotter
    6/27/16 1:05pm

    I hear Don Lemon is so angry he is refusing to say anything moronic until Lewandowski is gone! So, I am really conflicted now.

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      PetenrepeatDave
      6/27/16 1:18pm

      It's funny you think he has that kind of control.

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      crouching tigerDave
      6/27/16 2:10pm

      Unless Lewandowski has some fresh takes on missing airliners, I have no interest in what he has to say.

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    CharitybJ.K. Trotter
    6/27/16 1:46pm

    Aren’t young female reporters the feral Lewandowski’s natural prey? This move makes sense for sustainable ecological reasons, even though I can see why the existing population of reporters are a little nervous about the zoo officials’ decision to introduce a predator into their habitat. Nature isn't fair.

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      hotoynoodleCharityb
      6/27/16 3:14pm

      so, it’s a plan by cnn on how to cut payroll?

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      Charitybhotoynoodle
      6/27/16 3:46pm

      Pretty much. they call it population control. Once the prey population declines to sustainable levels, they will control the Lewandowski species by introducing its natural predator, the Eastern Ivanka.

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    AnastraceJ.K. Trotter
    6/27/16 2:08pm

    I’m not too surprised honestly. What I was surprised about, was that it was CNN who hired this pile of garbage. I figured FOX would cream itself to pick that guy up.

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      shelwoodAnastrace
      6/27/16 7:14pm

      I imagine that was Manafort and the Trump kids plan, too. They must be absolutely shocked that CNN fell for it instead of Fox.

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    Fabian KnockwurstJ.K. Trotter
    6/27/16 5:53pm

    Not likely to affect any ratings but i hereby pledge [right-hand-up] not to watch CNN again (even in airports) nor knowingly buy any currently sponsored products (toyota, coca-cola, geico ...) until it can be proven that a notably nasty character like Corey Lewandowski no longer works for them.

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      ManchuCandidateJ.K. Trotter
      6/27/16 1:06pm

      Jeff Zucker has quite the gift for fucking up TV news. First Today, now CNN.

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        jrfunkensteinJ.K. Trotter
        6/27/16 2:22pm

        Read it this morning on Rawstory and couldn’t believe it; fucking shameful, but that’s just about the extent of CNN’s bullshit journalism.

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          raincoasterJ.K. Trotter
          6/27/16 8:33pm

          It’s like someone said of the Tronc shitshow: somebody has forgotten that like 80% of their employees are professional bullshit detectors.

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