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New Audio Outs CNN Chief Jeff Zucker as an Early Trump Supporter

If Jeff Zucker had gotten his way, it now appears Trump would have gotten a pass — right into a CNN studio.

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CNN President Jeff Zucker at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, in 2018.

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Before Jeff Zucker devoted his channel full-time to attacking President Trump, he did his best to ensure candidate Trump’s rise, according to newly revealed audio recordings of the CNN chief’s pandering to the Trump campaign.

Like his network’s talking heads, Zucker has long claimed that CNN’s coverage to Trump is guided by a commitment to the Truth and nothing else.

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Tobias Hoonhout

Tobias Hoonhout is a media reporter for National Review Online.

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