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CNN Is Reportedly Being ‘Iced Out’ by Trump Administration
Mediaite ^ | 7:47 pm, January 31st, 2017 | Josh Feldman

Posted on 01/31/2017 6:31:09 PM PST by drewh

If you’re a regular viewer of CNN’s State of the Union, you may have noticed that in both episodes since inauguration, Jake Tapper has informed viewers of the following:

Follow Jake Tapper ✔ @jaketapper We asked the Trump WH to provide a guest to explain the order & clear up any confusion (even within its own govt). They declined. #CNNSOTU 9:08 AM - 29 Jan 2017 7,561 7,561 Retweets 9,709 9,709 likes Yes, for two weekends in a row no one from the Trump administration has gone on Tapper’s show, even though the CNN anchor is considered a fair-minded journalist by some prominent conservative voices.

But according to Politico, this may be part of a deliberate strategy to “ice out” CNN:

The White House has refused to send its spokespeople or surrogates onto CNN shows, effectively icing out the network from on-air administration voices.

“We’re sending surrogates to places where we think it makes sense to promote our agenda,” said a White House official, acknowledging that CNN is not such a place, but adding that the ban is not permanent.

One CNN reporter anonymously told Politico, “They’re trying to cull CNN from the herd.”

Trump administration officials appeared on other Sunday shows this week, they’ve been on Fox News, and Stephen Miller was even on MSNBC with Greta Van Susteren yesterday. But per Politico:

The last time an administration official was on CNN’s Sunday public affairs show “State of the Union” was Conway on January 8. She also appeared on CNN the following Wednesday with Anderson Cooper, the same day as then President-elect Trump’s press conference where he derided CNN for publishing a report that intelligence officials had briefed both Trump and former President Barack Obama that the Russians may have negative information about Trump.

The report says the administration is still answering questions from CNN reporters (Jim Acosta asked Sean Spicer during the first official presser last week), but Spicer has continued to publicly express frustrations with the tone of CNN’s coverage.

[featured image via CNN]


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: fakenews; first100days; keepowt; trump45; trumpmedia
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To: drewh

Ain’t that a bitch?


41 posted on 01/31/2017 6:52:30 PM PST by umgud
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To: drewh

Hey CNN,

GFY


42 posted on 01/31/2017 6:52:54 PM PST by WeatherGuy
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To: South Hawthorne

Any news outlet that echoed the meme “muslim ban” should not have access to the whitehouse


43 posted on 01/31/2017 6:53:19 PM PST by usual suspect
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To: drewh

44 posted on 01/31/2017 6:53:41 PM PST by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable!)
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To: drewh

CNN is one of the leaders of fake news so this makes perfect sense to me. GO TRUMP GO


45 posted on 01/31/2017 6:54:19 PM PST by Parley Baer
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To: drewh

NOTE TO CNN: You have earned the “ice”. I would be far more vindictive than Trump.


46 posted on 01/31/2017 6:54:30 PM PST by Rapscallion ( Equal justice is an American principle)
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To: rightwingcrazy
Trump is standing there with a rolled up newspaper.Everytime CNN acts up he whacks them on the nose with it.Some dogs can be very resistant to training and this may take a while.
47 posted on 01/31/2017 6:55:30 PM PST by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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To: drewh

Good. Let’s see how long they last before groveling to the White House with an apology and change.


48 posted on 01/31/2017 6:56:26 PM PST by Reno89519 (Drain the Swamp is not party specific. Lyn' Ted is still a liar, Good riddance to him.)
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To: drewh

Works for me!!


49 posted on 01/31/2017 6:56:47 PM PST by Parmy (II don't know how to past the images.)
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To: drewh

Man, every time I think of something that Trump ought to do, next thing you know it comes out that he’s in fact doing it. Amazing.


50 posted on 01/31/2017 6:56:51 PM PST by Behind the Blue Wall
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To: drewh

CNN looked the other way in Iraq under Saddam to keep its Baghdad bureau. They fed debate questions to Hillary. They ran with the baby milk factory story. They refused to call Georgia, Georgia! Until the next day.

CNN is not news, it’s a liberal narrative shaper..


51 posted on 01/31/2017 7:04:26 PM PST by cardinal4 ("Sat stonefaced while the building burned..")
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To: rb22982

Trump has made an example out of CNN and the rest are a little wary of suffering the same fate.

It’s got to have ATT/Time Warner spooked about getting their merger approved. Stories out there that they are gong to spin off CNN to get it through.

And then there is the issue with cable systems bundling CNN, ESPN, and other heavy revenue channels in so that every subscriber, even the ones (or more correctly, ESPECIALLY the ones) who don’t even watch them are still charged upwards of $5-$7/month for those channels. Go to ala carte, and their cash cow suddenly goes dry.


52 posted on 01/31/2017 7:04:35 PM PST by leftcoaster
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To: drewh

Does CNN have a “right” to get an administration official to come on as a guest?

Does CNN have a “right” to even exist?

Screw those a-holes. They created the rift, they have to deal with the consequences.


53 posted on 01/31/2017 7:05:35 PM PST by Two Kids' Dad (((( More and More Winning! ))))
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To: drewh

Kiss a fat dog cnn.


54 posted on 01/31/2017 7:06:01 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life ~ Vote!)
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To: rightwingcrazy

” It works with dogs, but I’m not sure CNN is up to it.”

Bravo. Very true and funny. Trump’s rejection of CNN is giving CNN a spike in views. Tomorrow the views will continue decreasing to zero, like Yahoo and AOL.


55 posted on 01/31/2017 7:06:07 PM PST by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94))
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To: MIchaelTArchangel
What is CNN?

Clinton News Network. It's basically a propaganda machine for the Clintons and the DNC.

56 posted on 01/31/2017 7:06:48 PM PST by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: drewh

White House could agree to interviews with CNN and other MSM on the condition that the entire interview would be aired. No editing.


57 posted on 01/31/2017 7:09:33 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (If you think the party that freed the slaves are the racist ones, you probably are a liberal.)
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

You asked..’What is CNN?’

CNN is a TURD RATED CABLE NEWS NETWORK...SO SAY NIELSON RATINGS.


58 posted on 01/31/2017 7:11:25 PM PST by haircutter
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

Crappy news network


59 posted on 01/31/2017 7:11:28 PM PST by vigilante2 (Re-elect nobody)
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To: drewh

Everyone knows CNN has no integrity.

CNN is all about just spewing LIES, More Lies, and Fake News!


60 posted on 01/31/2017 7:14:02 PM PST by EnglishOnly (Fight all out to win OR get out now.)
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