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CNN chief Jeff Zucker may have to eat crow after blasting Fox News as a bullhorn for the White House. Unconvinced pundits have noted that the media executive gave Donald Trump a huge platform by enlisting him for \u2018The Apprentice.\u2019<\/p>\n
Speaking at the South by Southwest Festival on Saturday, Zucker argued that the Democratic National Committee is under no obligation to allow Fox to host a presidential primary debate \u2013 describing the rival network as a mouthpiece for the Trump administration.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the question should be, is Fox state-run TV or is the White House state-run government by Fox TV?\u201d<\/em> he mused, characterizing Fox as a \u201cpropaganda network\u201d<\/em> that enjoys a \u201ccompletely symbiotic\u201d<\/em> relationship with the White House.<\/p>\n His jab at Fox didn\u2019t sit well with commentators, however. Zucker, many argued, wasn\u2019t in a position to chide others for providing a platform for Donald Trump.<\/p>\n \u201cFox is a horrible blight on democracy\u2026 But let\u2019s not discount Zucker\u2019s role in building Trump. Zucker was behind The Apprentice. Zucker\/CNN gave Trump ridiculous airtime in 2016,\u201d<\/em> wrote businessman Rakesh Agrawal.<\/p>\n Fox is a horrible blight on democracy. Hannity has more control over policy than most in government (e.g. intelligence agcys.) But let’s not discount Zucker’s role in building Trump. Zucker was behind the Apprentice. Zucker\/CNN gave Trump ridiculous airtime in 2016. @brianstelter<\/a>https:\/\/t.co\/R9Vy7GZWvT<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Rakesh Agrawal (@rakeshlobster) March 10, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n As the former president of NBC, Zucker was responsible for signing Trump for the hit reality show \u2018The Apprentice\u2019 \u2013 seen by many as the springboard which made his rapid rise in politics possible.<\/p>\n Others argued that Zucker and CNN have been equally damaging to America\u2019s political discourse.<\/p>\n Jeff Zucker isn\u2019t wrong about FOX but he is also responsible for a lot of the damage done to the media\u2019s rep and political discourse https:\/\/t.co\/eicD4VT2tr<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Al\u00e9x Young (@AlexYoung) March 10, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n jeff zucker’s comments about fox news are just more phony wwe-style posturing. cnn has almost as many trump apologists in the pundit rotation as fox. its all a joke. a rigged game meant to fool and lie to the the audience.<\/p>\n
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