{"id":1265103,"date":"2022-02-02T13:26:05","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T18:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1265103"},"modified":"2022-02-02T13:26:14","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T18:26:14","slug":"cnn-blasted-after-zucker-resigns-over-relationship-with-colleague-industry-insiders-suggest-more-to-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-blasted-after-zucker-resigns-over-relationship-with-colleague-industry-insiders-suggest-more-to-story\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Blasted After Zucker Resigns Over Relationship With Colleague, Industry Insiders Suggest More To Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcnn-blasted-after-zucker-resigns-over-relationship-with-colleague-industry-insiders-suggest-more-to-story%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1265103&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>CNN was slammed on Wednesday following an explosive revelation that led to the network\u2019s head, Jeff Zucker, resigning from his spot after he admitted to having a relationship with a colleague.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Zucker said:<\/p>\n<p><em>As part of the investigation into Chris Cuomo\u2019s tenure at CNN, I was asked about a consensual relationship with my closest colleague, someone I have worked with for more than 20 years. I acknowledged the relationship evolved in recent years. I was required to disclose it when it began but I didn\u2019t. I was wrong. As a result, I am resigning today.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I came to CNN on January 28, 2013. Together, we had nine great years. I certainly wish my tenure here had ended differently. But it was an amazing run. And I loved every minute. I am grateful to the thousands of incredibly talented CNN and Turner Sports employees who helped make this such a joy for me, and such a success for all of us. I wish each of you nothing but the best in the years ahead. With gratitude and much love.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Industry insiders suggested that there was more to the story and that details would eventually come out that would shock CNN employees.<\/p>\n<p>Notable responses included:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ben Shapiro<\/strong>, The Daily Wire: \u201cZucker was nailing Gollust who used to work for Andrew Cuomo. Zucker was paying Chris who was working for Andrew. CNN spent all of 2020 painting Andrew as the greatest governor in the country while he shoveled covid+ elderly into nursing homes, then covered it up.\u201d<strong>Matthew Belloni<\/strong>, reporter: \u201cPotentially important: I\u2019m told CNN received a litigation hold letter recently from Chris Cuomo lawyers, demanding, among other things, preservation of all communications between Zucker, comms chief Allison Gollust, and Andrew Cuomo.\u201d<strong>Megyn Kelly<\/strong>, journalist: \u201cZucker\u2019s relationship with Gollust went on for years, and what he did to keep her near him (as he kept advancing her up the line) will be even more stunning to the CNN news room.\u201d<strong>Joe Concha<\/strong>, The Hill: \u201cPeople inside the building already have busy thumbs and there\u2019s much more to this Zucker story that goes well beyond a consensual relationship with a colleague. A few folks close to the former CNN president should be very nervous right now.\u201d<strong>Sean Davis<\/strong>, The Federalist: \u201cZucker didn\u2019t get fired for screwing a staffer. He was given the opportunity to resign for screwing a staffer in lieu of being fired for something far worse. This is CNN, y\u2019all. The network still employs a Zoom masturbator as its top legal analyst. It has zero standards.\u201d<strong>Karen Ho<\/strong>, reporter: \u201cJeff Zucker\u2019s legacy at CNN reflects a long-term prioritization of spectacle and profits over actual news judgement, with devastating consequences for US politics and the news industry at large.\u201d<strong>Mike Cernovich<\/strong>, political commentator: \u201cThe Jeff Zucker story doesn\u2019t add up. Must be more to it. Being hidden.\u201d<strong>Nicholas Fondacaro<\/strong>, reporter: \u201cZucker\u2019s sexual misconduct explains why Chris Cuomo was able to hang on as long as he did, Jeffrey Toobin was allowed to come back, and why they had not 1 but 2 pedophiles (that we know of) on the payroll.\u201d<strong>Erick Erickson<\/strong>, radio host: \u201cThe Zucker termination is another remind the elite don\u2019t think the rules apply to them.\u201d<strong>Greg Pollowitz<\/strong>, Twitchy: \u201cI think everyone at CNN who says they are \u2018stunned\u2019 or \u2018shocked\u2019 at the Zucker news is lying. There\u2019s no way this Jan 4 Radar Online article didn\u2019t set off a nuclear bomb inside CNN.\u201d<strong>Steve Krakauer<\/strong>, reporter: \u201cEveryone who needed to know about Zucker\u2019s relationship with Gollust already knew. So the question is what JUST happened, and \u2013 perhaps most importantly \u2013 what else there is, that resigning immediately will keep from getting out.\u201d<strong>David Martosko<\/strong>, Daily Mail: \u201cAmong the weirdest things I\u2019ve read about the Zucker scandal is that Gollust and her husband moved into the apartment above Zucker and his wife. Same building, one floor apart. On purpose, while everyone was still married.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN was slammed on Wednesday following an explosive revelation that led to the network\u2019s head, Jeff Zucker, resigning from his spot after he admitted to having a relationship with a colleague. In a statement, Zucker said: As part of the investigation into Chris Cuomo\u2019s tenure at CNN, I was asked about a consensual relationship with &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1265103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1265103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1265103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1265103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1265103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1265103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1265103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}