CNN Continues Airing COVID Pressers | Talking Points Memo

Still waiting for Zucker to make a good decision about political coverage during a campaign.

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More along the lines of a recreation of early vaudeville, you know, “Gaslight Village”…

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" According to a Daily Beast report Monday, Zucker said during an internal employee call that he has “probably spent more time on this topic than anything else believe it or not” by fielding an increasing amount of emails and calls on the subject."

Never wondered why I see.

" to continue airing the briefings live due to the opportunity for reporters to ask questions."

But their not getting any credible answers from Trump.

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Canadian Trumpers? Spreading COVID-45 better /farther than ever…

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It is a good thing for America to hear from its leader in a time of crisis. Oh, how I wish we had one.

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Apparently they have started turning the mic off on followups and moving to the next question…

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The ratings are high because everyone is scared shitless for their lives and is hoping desperately that amidst all the posturing and ass-kissing they’ll announce the adherence to one or two of the screamingly obvious policies that other countries have implemented months ago. This actually happened yesterday with the abandonment of the NY quarantine farce and the extension of the shelter-in-place to April 30.

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You know and I know that there is a danger in that, if “synopsis” becomes a substitute for live airing…

Distortions and falsehoods can proliferate.

Therefore, measures would have to be implemented to combat that.

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There is a good 25% that would vote for Trump in a heartbeat…

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Can we boost that to 100% by a creative export agreement?

NAFTA or USYMCA forbids dumping…

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Cnn defenfs their airing surreal tv. I defend my right to not watch that fuckwad lie thru his whitened teeth.

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CNN head Zucker is the same asshole who ran all of Trump’s insane Nuremberg rallies in 2015-2016, and essentially gave him $1 billion in free political advertising.

Zucker is trying to re-elect Trump.

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Nah, they’re from Quebec. Likely just scared dipshits.

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TPM honchos? Are you listening?

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Seems to me like it shouldn’t be too hard: put it on a 5-10 minute delay, cut away whenever it’s nonsense, go back when it’s good information. In practice, you keep Fauci et al, and you end up cutting away every time Orange Voldemort is talking out of not-his-mouth and through his hat.

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There are currently 4 cases in the Yukon…

That’s almost 10% of the population…

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Heh just let trump have air time and distortions and falsehoods will absolutely without fail proliferate like mushrooms out of bullshit in a darkroom.
I wait impatiently to vote this bastard out.

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I wait impatiently to walk this bastard out. In cuffs…

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Orange should suit him…

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