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Jeff Zucker Helped Create Donald Trump. That Show May Be Ending.

In speaking to dozens of people who know Mr. Zucker over the past few weeks, I heard two distinct theories of what is going on now: One is the current version of CNN — amped up outrage and righteousness — is just Mr. Zucker’s latest reflexive adaptation in search of ratings. The other is that Mr. Zucker, TV’s Dr. Frankenstein, has been willing to dent his network’s nonpartisan brand in order to kill his runaway monster, Mr. Trump.

Preston Beckman, who was NBC’s executive vice president for program planning and scheduling just before Mr. Zucker’s ascendancy there, said Mr. Zucker’s thirst for ratings blinded him to the damage he was doing by offering saturation Trump coverage.

“He’s a ratings whore — and I’m telling you that as a ratings whore,” Mr. Beckman told me. “But it’s one thing to be a ratings whore in prime time and it’s another thing to be a ratings whore when it comes to news.”
 
This publicity stunt didn't go well, unless it's all been a stunt and he suddenly is virus-free.

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Uh, yeah.
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Yeah its weird Republicans complain about democracy constantly. They defend the electoral college by saying "do you want NY and California picking the president"..... like thats how Democracy is supposed to work. Person with most votes wins. Someone its offensive to let the majority win. These same people would be losing their minds if Republicans were consistently winning the popular vote but still losing the electoral college.
 
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