2016 Postmortem

Rose Siding

(32,623 posts) Fri Jun 24, 2016, 09:05 AM Jun 2016

To be fair, CNN waited 4 whole days before hiring Trump's Lewandowski

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CNN is hiring former Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski. Lewandowski, who was fired from the campaign earlier this week, allegedly manhandled a reporter, and news outlets have reported he’s made “unwanted romantic advances” and “sexually suggestive and at times vulgar comments to -- and about -- female journalists.” He was also “accused of pushing a CNN reporter.” [Media Matters, 6/23/16; CNN.com, 6/23/16]
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CNN Previously Reported That Lewandowski Likely Signed “A Nondisclosure Agreement, So He Cannot Disparage” Trump. CNN senior Washington correspondent Jeff Zeleny reported on June 20: “Anyone who works for the Trump campaign signs a nondisclosure agreement, so he cannot disparage or anything like that at all, not that he might be inclined to.” [Media Matters, 6/23/16]
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CNN’s Stelter: Lewandowski Hiring “Is Bound To Be Controversial, Even Within The Newsroom.” CNN senior media correspondent Brian Stelter reported of Lewandowski’s hiring:

Lewandowski's hiring by CNN is bound to be controversial, even within the newsroom, in part because he was accused of assaulting a reporter, Michelle Fields, after a Trump press conference in March. He was later cleared of any charges.

More broadly, the Trump campaign's hostility toward the press has been widely criticized by journalism advocates.

But Lewandowski, in his new role as a regular guest who will be exclusive to CNN, brings the same thing some of CNN's other paid commentators bring: first-hand experience running a presidential campaign. [CNN.com, 6/23/16]

https://mediamatters.org/research/2016/06/23/cnn-staff-new-hire-lewandowski-inexcusable-and-unprofessional-behavior-repeatedly-faced-accusations/211160