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valleyrogue

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13. CNN, under the "leadership" of Jeff Zucker, CREATED Trump the candidate.
Sun Nov 9, 2025, 11:42 AM
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That is a FACT that everybody seems to overlook. Trump was literally a product of the media through The Apprentice, when Zucker headed NBC, through and beyond his presidential candidacy and disastrous non-consecutive terms. The blame rests SOLELY on CNN and Zucker for taking a very serious thing, the presidency, and turning into a "reality TV show." There was NO movement behind Trump, a joke candidate along the lines of Pat Paulsen in 1968, UNTIL Zucker and CNN gave Trump unlimited airtime, thus denying the opportunity for far more qualified GOP candidates to get their messages across during the 2016 campaign.

It was ALL CNN. Fox and the rest of them piggybacked later.

Zucker has a LOT to answer for. So does CNN.

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