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Zucker created Trump the TV sensation, which was the necessary foundation for Trump the candidate. Years later, after moving from NBC to CNN, Zucker recollected very well that Trump was a self-proclaimed “ratings machine” — a rare instance of Trumpian truth-telling.
CNN infamously took his campaign speeches live, sometimes going so far as to broadcast images of an empty lectern with embarrassing chyrons such as “Breaking News: Standing By for Trump to Speak.” You can’t buy that kind of media.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/02/03/jeff-zucker-donald-trumo-cnn/
I remember that. CNN gave Trump free time to campaign.
CNN infamously took his campaign speeches live, sometimes going so far as to broadcast images of an empty lectern with embarrassing chyrons such as “Breaking News: Standing By for Trump to Speak.” You can’t buy that kind of media.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/02/03/jeff-zucker-donald-trumo-cnn/
I remember that. CNN gave Trump free time to campaign.
So Zucker spent the next 4 years bashing Trump to make up for his miscalculation in 2016.