Leftist Activist Head and CEO of @CNN, Jeff Zucker, Resigns Due to Corruption.

originally posted by: TzarChasm

originally posted by: network dude

originally posted by: 1947boomer

originally posted by: nugget1
I wonder where Zucker's wife fit into his 'consensual' relationship with his coworker? They divorced in 2019 after 23 years of marriage.

Zucker's wife probably fit into his consensual relationship about where Melania Trump fit into Donald Trump's consensual relationships with Stormy Daniels and other bimbos.

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Is the WAT supposed to stand for What About Trump?

It has been decided that the WAT award is a Whataboutism trophy. You will have to clarify with underwerks for certain, I'm just the guy handing out trophies. It's my job.

LOL. You would think no one here ever cheated. I know better.

He had a relationship with a colleague. So what?Not my business.

I don't consider this corruption. A little lack of character yes.

Making a mountain out of a mole hill. The guy will just become a lobbyist and make tons of money.

a reply to: putnam6

Yes it does. That woke left is as phony as hell. Even Bill Maher is all over their case.

www.thewrap.com...

originally posted by: TerryMcGuire
a reply to: stosh64

Would you mind if I ask a few questions about this?

Where is the corruption you mention in your headline. All I could read from what you offer is that he had a relationship with a colleague he had failed to report. Does that cover the corruption allegations made in your headline, or is there more, other than speculation.

Also, you call him a leftist activist. Just how far left might he be if he ran a huge corporation based on the principles of capitalist media?

Left denotes social policy, not economic principle. 2 different stripes that folks tend to commingle to everyones confusion.

The modern left in the US has taken on strange airs of fascism. They control media, significant government control...both being used to exert a controlling force over the population. That is textbook fascism, only updated to how it looks in 2022.

originally posted by: MiddleInsite
LOL. You would think no one here ever cheated. I know better.

He had a relationship with a colleague. So what?Not my business.

I don't consider this corruption. A little lack of character yes.

Making a mountain out of a mole hill. The guy will just become a lobbyist and make tons of money.

You should call CNN and give them a stern talking to. Not sure if you have the mental capacity to grasp this, but it's just a thread reporting the news. We didn't fire Jeff.

a reply to: TzarChasm

I don't know as PV could get much closer to this than low level rumors. But yeah, a nice package is likely involved.

originally posted by: TerryMcGuire
a reply to: putnam6

Yes it does. That woke left is as phony as hell. Even Bill Maher is all over their case.

www.thewrap.com...

Not picking on you i swear...

I was discussing Maher with my mom. It seems to me that he is #1: an entertainer. His politics are secondary, or even tertiary, to his employment. He made himself known as a "leftist" in the Bush years by lobbing turds at Bush. He did it because it became very popular and he made money from it.

THere is no money to be made from agreeing with Biden. He rode out the Obama years by retaining the Bush outrage. Now...folks who he'd "consider" his audience are moving to digital platforms for media. For him to retain an audience on TV will require him to engage the older, more conservative crowd.

Its easy pickings for him. "Woke" is ridiculous, and everyone knows it except the 15% of the population who follows those online bots that form Woke opinion. Monetizing it is his best bet at this point. I'd say that his opinions being expressed relate more to his desire to continue monetizing his current revenue streams for a few more years before retiring, and that means appealing to the people left on those streams: righties.

originally posted by: The GUT

originally posted by: TerryMcGuire
a reply to: putnam6

Thanks P. I looked at the links you offered and found that yes, like most of us here know, CNN is an official propaganda outlet. That they stoop to some pretty low tricks to influence their masses. It's a given ain't it? But is it corruption or just back room fulfillment of the networks objectives while lying to the public about it's upstanding news reporting?

I think we can safely say that disingenuous propaganda that touches our existential lives is corruption, Terry.

I agree completely Gut. But getting into the existential nature of corruption by singling out one case rather than drawing in the entire scope of just ''media degradation'' serves only to exacerbate the wishful dream that it only exists with ''those guys over there on that side'' dontcha think?

Xuenchen famously banners about Hegelian Dialectic. For me it can be a useful tool. The two seemingly opposed positions being stated, example Fox good guys, CNN bad guys vrs Cnn good guys, Fox bad guys, can be studied in unison to find the synthesis or higher truth that both to some common degree are what they claim the other to be. From this we may arrive at a ''higher truth'' that mass media is highly propagandist and not to be trusted on an existential level at all. On an existential level, I find it hard to even trust myself.

originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan

originally posted by: TerryMcGuire
a reply to: stosh64

Would you mind if I ask a few questions about this?

Where is the corruption you mention in your headline. All I could read from what you offer is that he had a relationship with a colleague he had failed to report. Does that cover the corruption allegations made in your headline, or is there more, other than speculation.

Also, you call him a leftist activist. Just how far left might he be if he ran a huge corporation based on the principles of capitalist media?

Left denotes social policy, not economic principle. 2 different stripes that folks tend to commingle to everyones confusion.

The modern left in the US has taken on strange airs of fascism. They control media, significant government control...both being used to exert a controlling force over the population. That is textbook fascism, only updated to how it looks in 2022.

I tend to think of it as "left brain" and "right brain" which somewhat simplifies the personality of respective platforms.

a reply to: bigfatfurrytexan


Not so strange actually.

NAZI /Engish translation/ National Socialist Workers Party.

Nazis were Socialists. Then under Hitler they evolved to total fascists and totalitarians. The evolution is totally normal for extreme Socialists. The only real difference is that Fascism is honest about their intentions.

a reply to: bigfatfurrytexan

Gawd tex, that pretty cynical. But basically what is going on with him.

He is, if nothing else a very acerbic wit. He can be scathing and very pointed, I give him that.

He plays to his crowds for sure. Back when the lock downs were in full swing he at least had the honesty to pepper his monologues with videos of ''canned audiences'' laughing. That was a brilliant theatrical move. But once the lock down was over he reverted to not ''canned laughter, but rather his staff or coterie whooping it up in response to his jokes. It's easy to notice, the same voices, the same guys in the back ground cheering, hooting affirmation for whatever his point is. And he makes sure to give them enough time to deliver that affirmation after each point he presents.

All of that aside and even though I think much of what you point out about him to be true, I think he still has a little more in the way of personal opinion that he is guided by, his first show was called " politically incorrect''. He has skirted the divide between right and left pretty successfully if you ask me. Like you pointed out about him on Bush, that was a trough to be fed at for a decade. And Trump, well Trump, a veritable smorgasbord

This must be upsetting to so many on here who repeat verbatim what CNN "reports."

The same Brian Stelter the other day or so claimed that CNN has more credibility then Joe Rogan...

The president of CNN announced that he will leave the network, following the revelation that he had a relationship with a colleague.

According to a report from The New York Times, Zucker was involved with CNN’s executive Vice President, Allison Gollust.

timcast.com...

Who is Allison Gollust? CNN boss Zucker steps down citing undisclosed relationship with longtime colleague.

Gollust became close to Zucker when the duo worked together at NBC starting in 1996. She eventually left the Peacock Network and was appointed as former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's communications director in 2012. However, she bolted to join Zucker at CNN only four months later.

www.foxnews.com...

She worked for Andrew Cuomo. So why did CNN defend Cuomo like they did? Hmmmm?

originally posted by: MiddleInsite
LOL. You would think no one here ever cheated. I know better.

He had a relationship with a colleague. So what?Not my business.

I don't consider this corruption. A little lack of character yes.

Making a mountain out of a mole hill. The guy will just become a lobbyist and make tons of money.

So basically, you are agreeing with the general attitude here? Firing someone for an affair is strange?

That's why so many think it has a lot more to do with CNN's persistent ratings declines, the scandals, the problems with employees being caught in less minor sexual wrong-doing, etc.

It all adds up to a problematic workplace, and Zucker was in charge of all of it.

originally posted by: MiddleInsite
LOL. You would think no one here ever cheated. I know better.

He had a relationship with a colleague. So what?Not my business.

I don't consider this corruption. A little lack of character yes.

Making a mountain out of a mole hill. The guy will just become a lobbyist and make tons of money.

Well, part of the irony is, go search CNN affair scandals within a date range previous to 2020, loads of CNN stories about affairs in the workplace of the general public, these aren't presented in a positive light. Many of these innocent participants are skewered and scorned by CNN, the made bank on exposing everybody else's affairs.

So yea it's understandable people see this as what's good for the goose is what is good for the gander.

originally posted by: 1947boomer

originally posted by: nugget1
I wonder where Zucker's wife fit into his 'consensual' relationship with his coworker? They divorced in 2019 after 23 years of marriage.

Zucker's wife probably fit into his consensual relationship about where Melania Trump fit into Donald Trump's consensual relationships with Stormy Daniels and other bimbos.

Boy it looks like a lot of shady stuff went down at cnn . I think you’re on the wrong thread . Donald trump is not the subject of this thread . I’m sorry he moved into your head .

I am often amazed at how powerful men can have such bad Richard control. They risk an entire career over banging a colleague. McDonald's CEO had to step down last year for the same thing. Zucker could easily afford a host of concubines outside of the work place.

Many corporate boards that used to turn a blind eye to this type of stuff are being more vigilant about executives sleeping with staff because of the "Me Too" movement even when the relationship is consensual.

My dad told me when I started working in professional world... "Don't get your honey where you make your money"

Does anyone wear pants at CNN?

So....who is the next pervert in charge at CNN?

a reply to: stosh64