"Can you blame a TV executive such as Zucker for doing his job — striving for the highest possible ratings and profits? Maybe not at NBC, where as the head of the entertainment division, Zucker bore no responsibility to the public interest when he made Trump a reality-show star. But when it comes to CNN’s news coverage — its journalism — that’s a different matter. Decisions about covering a presidential campaign should consider what’s best for citizens as well as what’s best for Time Warner’s shareholders... But it is, after all, the responsibility of the press to hold candidates accountable, not to provide publicity."
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Monday, October 3, 2016
Jeff Zucker’s singular role in promoting Donald Trump’s rise; Washington Post 10/2/16
Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post; Jeff Zucker’s singular role in promoting Donald Trump’s rise:
Sunday, August 21, 2016
Donald Trump Is Going To Be Elected; Huffington Post, 8/21/16
Michael Rosenblum, Huffington Post; Donald Trump Is Going To Be Elected:
"And Donald Trump is great TV. He knows how to entertain. He understands ratings. Hillary Clinton is crap TV. She may be smarter, better prepared, a better politician. It won’t matter. She is terrible entertainment. That’s just how it is. Depressing, but true. He is Kim Kardashian. She is Judy Woodruff. Who gets better ratings? Who would you rather watch for the next four years? Honestly... In 1825, the great French gastronom Brillat de Savarind said, “tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are”. Today, in America, we can safely say, “tell me what you watch and I will tell you what you are”. And what do we watch? It isn’t The PBS Newshour."
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