BREAKING : White House Just Cut Ties With CNN!
President Trump refuses to allow his officials or surrogates to appear on FAKE NEWS networks, so they’ll no longer be allowed on CNN.
From Politico
The White House has refused to send its spokespeople or surrogates onto CNN shows, effectively icing out the network from on-air administration voices.
“We’re sending surrogates to places where we think it makes sense to promote our agenda,” said a White House official, acknowledging that CNN is not such a place, but adding that the ban is not permanent.
A CNN reporter, speaking on background, was more blunt: The White House is trying to punish the network and force down its ratings.
“They’re trying cull CNN from the herd,” the reporter said.
Administration officials are still answering questions from CNN reporters. But administration officials including White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer and senior counselor Kellyanne Conway haven’t appeared on the network’s programming in recent weeks.
Spicer, speaking at an event at the George Washington University on Monday, denied that CNN was being frozen out, pointing out that he’s answered CNN’s questions in the regular daily briefings.
But, he added “I’m not going to sit around and engage with people who have no desire to actually get something right.”
The last time an administration official was on CNN’s Sunday public affairs show “State of the Union” was Conway on January 8. She also appeared on CNN the following Wednesday with Anderson Cooper, the same day as then President-elect Trump’s press conference where he derided CNN for publicizing an unsubstantiated dossier claiming the Russians had salacious information about him. At the press conference, the president-elect refused to take a question from CNN correspondent Jim Acosta, who shouted out to him.
After his inauguration, Trump has continued blasting CNN as “fake news.”
Since then, Conway, Spicer, Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and even Vice President Mike Pence have made the rounds on the major Sunday shows but, notably, CNN’s “State of the Union” has been cut out.
“State of the Union” anchor Jake Tapper said on his show and via Twitter that the White House has declined his invitations to appear.
“We invited the Trump White House to offer us a guest to provide clarity and an explanation of what the president just did, especially given so much confusion, even within its own government by those who are supposed to carry out this order,” Tapper said on Sunday as he introduced a segment about the Executive Order banning visitors from some countries and putting a hold on the United States’ refugee policy. “The Trump white house declined our invitation.”
Tapper said something similar the previous Sunday.
Last week, New York Magazine reported that Trump’s feud with CNN has roots in his relationship with its president, Jeff Zucker, a former NBC president who brought Trump’s “The Apprentice” television show to the network. Trump, the magazine reported, has told White House staffers that he feels personally betrayed by Zucker and that Zucker should be programming CNN more favorably toward him because of their long relationship.
In an interview with New York Magazine, Zucker said he’s not worried about getting access to Trump.
“I think the era of access journalism as we’ve known it is over,” Zucker said. “I think our credibility is higher than ever, and our viewership is higher than ever, and our reporting is as strong as ever.”
“One of the things I think this administration hasn’t figured out yet is that there’s only one television network that is seen in Beijing, Moscow, Seoul, Tokyo, Pyongyang, Baghdad, Tehran, and Damascus — and that’s CNN,” he noted.
Part of the effort to ice out CNN may be related to ratings.
CNN “Reliable Sources” host Brian Stelter wrote in one of his recent newsletters that an aide in “Trumpworld” told him that his ratings would likely be hurt “because no Trump administration officials had agreed to be interviewed.” Stelter said in that newsletter that his ratings were in fact his highest since last November’s election coverage at 1.3 million viewers.
It’s hard to tell whether “State of the Union” ratings have been affected by the lack of Trump officials, considering that it’s less than two weeks since the Inauguration. While far behind the broadcast shows and “Fox & Friends” on cable news, the last two weeks of “State of the Union” have seen higher ratings than on Jan. 8, the last time a Trump official appeared. Last Sunday the show had 1.25 million viewers during the 9 a.m. broadcast, and 1.42 million viewers in the noon rebroadcast.
It’s not unusual for a White House to tangle with certain outlets. A former official in President Barack Obama’s office acknowledged that they had their “battles with Fox,” and that there may have been some times where “we sent people on other networks and not on Fox.” But as a general rule, the official said, officials would go on the network.
“I think, in my hazy recollection is it would be unusual to do all [the networks] except one. What drives that is sometimes amount of time available to the person doing them,” the official said. “If they are stiffing CNN intentionally, that is different than what normally happens.”
A spokesperson for Fox News did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Screw CNN don’t allow them to the briefing rooms and just keep labeling them as the fairytale network!
I would relegate them to the back of the room along with HOPO.
Once advertisers lack customers because their NOT watching CNN, they’ll be outed as faking ratings just like election %ratings were fudged. Fake CNN, who even watches it anymore?
Until you tweet advertisers, it will continue to air lies. Go after them, CNN will die on it’s own. 🙂
Those who Practice to Deceive !!
Belong Way Back with Adam& Eve !!
I have been watching cnn every day I watch fox and then cnn to see how they will spin the lies to the American people cnn I have internet Google I can look up all what is being deferent and common sense says you lie fake news I will stop watching you trash my elected president mr Trump
That’s exactly what we need to continue to do, bc every reporter at CNN is a liar! CNN IS A DISGRACE TO THE NEWS NETWORKS IN THIS COUNTRY AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD!
Excellent choice of words to describe cnn, the FAIRY TALE network. I approve this message.
CNN dying dinosaur
See ya
When Anderson Goes Looking For Another Anchor Job…He Needs To Pick A News Organization… That Requires More Of Him…Than Being Gay…
He just needs to retire and drink in Times Square once a year.
I want honest news, cnn has a way of twisting peoples words,very sad I use to watch cnn all the time but those days are gone
Right on, Trump! We’ve got your back! This has been the best presidency ever!
There are great leaders and there is TRUMP. The greatest ever.
LOL, that picture
looks like he sat on something that didn’t agree with him
You reap what you sow… Lemonheads.
So Please that CNN the most corrupt news outlet is being called on the carpet. I stopped watching CNN in the 90’s.
Most of the rest of us stopped watching CNN during the presidential run because CNN twisted and lied over and over and over again becuase they were the Clinton News Network or now known as the Communist News Network. Their broadcast crew are the most despised among all journalists, however, we cannot really call anyone working for CNN a journalist, but rather a Soros or Clinton puppet.
Soros funded CNN is more like the Communist Nazi Network. You can’t really call the BS that CNN puts out “news”.
When i want to watch Nazi propaganda, I turn On CNN, to see what Nazi Is on. When i want the truth i watch Fox, Hannity, Judge Pierro.
Jake put this station in decline and lemon helped him. He needs to be fired, maybe he could join the military so he could report from the front lines.
MY FAMILY DO NOT WATCH THEM ANYMORE. liars
Wise Decision…teresita!
George Soros will pay them for their disloyalty. Until they are no longer useful to them.
Until Soros is arrested and handed over to countries that have a warrant on him, it will continue. ABC is going the same way, the View should be off the air.
sicks cull themselfs
The problem is with the Lying (Selective Memory on Facts, Distorting or Lying about Facts then reporting it as News, Forgetting History of Obama’s Cuban Migrant Policy Ban Conniving Media (CNN&MSNBC) in this country, They just want to Toy with, Manipulate people and Facts, I hate being Played with Deceptive practices or Selective memory on Facts this is why I wont watch CNN& MSNBC. 100% Totally Fake & Animated News. (Paid Anti-Trump Protesters & Crocodile Tears Schumer) President Trump is 100% Correct go on line search for whats going on in Germany and Europe.
Right on I could not agree with you more……..what is happening in this country is both wonderful for those of us who are true Americans and pro-Trump…enforcement of the law, what a blessing and breath of fresh air……compared to the leftist insane who are too embarrassed now to admit that Clinton was just a Soros puppet of lies and deceit and not to mention herself a criminal and crook as has been the agenda of the Clinton’s for years now ….just look at the body count they have left murdered to keep their “place” in Washington. Ugh! Enough. Thank god for a real President Trump. Yeah!!!
Shhhhhh…don’t tell anyone but CNN really isn’t a news organization. Just in case you haven’t noticed. LOL
So happy that somebody is finally call you out CNN as absolutely left-leaning biased deplorables themselves. Why can’t they just tell the real news without making s*** up and telling us what the hell I think about everything we really don’t care just give us the news but I won’t be watching anyway cuz I cannot stand you
Amen!! Leftist sad sorry group of fake journalists delivering a dinner of fake news every day
They are LYING again with Fake News about their ratings. Let Zucker keep on with the ego! I hope they FAIL. Have NEVER seen a network openly campaign for a candidate lie & even cheat during debates! After the loss when their attacks and lies didn’t work they started a campaign to obstruct, attack, delegitimize our new POTUS. So keep on lying and if you don’t need him GREAT because Americans don’t need you! I turned them off, unsubscribed months ago and will NEVER return.
Of course, they are LYING ABOUT THEIR RATINGS….Never in a million years would that motherZucker tell the truth about his failing fake news machine CNN. ..Well… we can play that game too….we will sit back and watch CNN DIE….Yes, they still have the ear of most of the msm in Europe and capital cities around the world BUT the alternative news folks on Youtube and elsewhere in the World and Europe — have also popped up like mushrooms in the last 18 months because especially the European people have realized that they have been screwed over BIG LEAGUE by Brussels and Germany — and now just like in the USA, the European people have started to mistrust the polls, surveys, investigations, all the liberal and SJW politicians and the msm —- especially since Europe has been invaded by illegal immigrants, fake refugees, and terrorists….. CNN’s days are numbered in Europe as far as remaining to be considered a “credible and reliable source of news”…..No more — those days are almost over.
Hooray! Now when the news gets out around the WORLD — that POTUS Trump won’t even let CNN in the room how can CNN say they have reporters who see and hear everything first hand?! CNN will be blatantly LYING and doing the “he said, she said”, “anonymous source”, “our source does not want to be named” BS that is clearly not very good journalism! It will be obvious that CNN is no longer in the loop! Yes! CNN you are DONE, you motherZuckers! 🙂
Well said, Shirley! A hundred thumbs up for you! 🙂
Amen to that!
Ratings are below MSNBC, how low can you go.
IMHO it is about time the WH et al let CNN ‘stew in their own juice’! CNN states that their ratings have increased!!! Better to leave the low level media in thee gutter where they have put themselves? They have been baiting Trump et al for months witheir ‘gotcha questions’, and rude behaviour and they deserve what they are experiencing. About Time!!
HaHaHa It’s about time someone put Cartoon News Network in their place. I haven’t watched them for a couple decades because I learned of their lies and bias a long time ago. Let ’em rot in their garbage news.
I blame them for most of the chaos and unrest in our Nation. They have been, and still are on the Democratic payroll aiming to instill fear in our young people who are easily mislead and coercing them to believe that it’s a bad idea to protect our people, strengthen our economy, nominate leaders who will actually work for them, strengthen our Military, have better health care, and to have a President who calls for us to be first in consideration of his decisions.
Amen!
Well think of it this way, Anderson.
You’ll have more time to act-out those bondage routines with Kathy Griffin and maybe help Mariah Carey get her dance routine right for next New Year’s Eve.
Poor Anderson Pooper…. Lmaooo
CNN can now stew in their own juice and I suggest that they move their biased operation to Syria! Where their Muslim roots are!
@John Adams, tough Bozo. Your “story” is all wrong anyway. So hat tip to you. NOT!
Love that pic of the 1st class billionaire d*ckhead Anderson.
“A CNN reporter, speaking on background, was more blunt: ‘The White House is trying to punish the network and force down its ratings.’ That’s not true. Keep spinning your lies and hysteria. We are not interested in wasting our time on inauthentic “news”.
cnn= crocked news network, who’s going to watch these fakers on tv?
Cry baby. Anyone can paste your story link on social media but you whine about it here. Are you a puppet sheeple libitard too?
“Zucker said. “I think our credibility is higher than ever, and our viewership is higher than ever, and our reporting is as strong as ever.”” Even MORE FAKE NEWS! LOL
He wishes, LOL.
Adios evil CNN. Bunch of deplorable, vicious, liars, jacked-up version of a network. YOU MESSED WITH THE WRONG PERSON. I can’t be happier!!!! ALLELUIA.
This is what happens when you report opinion and not the facts.
As a person who relies on the news media as a source of my information, it was very apparent that much of what was reported by CNN was just an opinion and not a fact.. I turned them off a long time ago.
We the people need to be watch dogs on all of the new media… They are suppose to report facts not opinions . anything else is not acceptable!
Because CNN is the only US news seen in all those foreign countries and continues to air biased reports, that is all the more reason to cut them out until such time as they start doing their jobs honestly.
Neither did your website ask for permission on any material that you published. Good luck with your so called case. LMAO!
#Replace CNN with Paul Joseph Watson & Milo Yiannopolous
I draw the line at Milo, a filthy disgusting homosexual.
#maga
John Adams, You big baby!! You’re pathetic
[…] President Trump sent CNN a strong message, they found out the hard way that he is no pushover. Trump refuses to tolerate anyone threatening his god name, least of all the biased CNN bullies. Trump pushed back against the network and hit them where it hurts, their wallet. He’s refused to allow his officials or surrogates to appear on FAKE NEWS networks, so they’ll no longer be appearing on CNN. […]
Praise the Lord for President Trump’s to not let CNN do the the coverage of the White House. CNN can do their news in hell! Remember God annointed President Donald J. Trumpa as the president of God’s United States. God bless President Donald J. Trump n his family n God bless America.
They always have a source, yet never has anyone backed them up, Jake and the rest copy from others.
[…] President Trump sent CNN a strong message, they found out the hard way that he is no pushover. Trump refuses to tolerate anyone threatening his good name, least of all the biased CNN bullies. Trump pushed back against the network and hit them where it hurts, their wallet. He’s refused to allow his officials or surrogates to appear on FAKE NEWS networks, so they’ll no longer be appearing on CNN. […]
Haha! That asshole says ‘I think we have a bigger audience now more than ever.’ It’s over bitch! CNN is dead if you don’t succeed at getting Trump assassinated it’s all coming apart. CNN, MSNBC, CIA, Hillary for prison, Obama for treason, Bush for treason, the pedophile rings, the lies. It’s all comin down. INFOWARS!
Let them decline on ratings and go away! FAKE NEWS. I have actually tried to watch them a couple of times. They never have anything good to say. They are not patriots! Their label as Americans is fake. Just because you was born and raised here does not make you a true AMERICAN. The constitution rules our lands and if you don’t like it leave! Canada, Mexico, Europe…..anywhere. We don’t care as long as you leave……TRUMP 2020!
Donald J Trump.
Best. Damn. President. Ever.
Public placex ALL are tuned to CNN now to try 2 protect their crashing ratings! No FOX no MSNBC. The gyms where I go, even the gym at our community, ONLY GETS CNN and 3 other channels. Like in the 50’s Big Companies all in the same pocket covering for LYING CNN! 24 HOUR FITNESS one of the worst!
COPY-WRITTEN?? Are you serious? The correct term is “copyrighted”… LOL!
COMMUNIST NEWS NETWORK – CRAPPY NEWS NETWORK – CLINTON NEWS NETWORK – what else is new?
LUGENPRESSE.
TRUMP 2024! TERM LIMITS ARE GONE! CRY SJW LIBERAL TEARS!!