CNNs president Jeff Zucker goes into the control room while Jake Tapper is interviewing Kellyanne Conway one of Donald Trumps closest advisers. He orders Tapper: Keep going keep going keep going!" He orders the executive producer to skip commercials. That extends the planned 7-minute interview to 25 minutes. Just ******* nail her!" he says.
That insiders report comes from CNN Media Coordinator Christian Sierra talking to Project Veritas.
The undercover documentary filmmaker continues to release more videos exposing CNNs bias against Trump and conservatives. I covered the first video here. While clearly biased against conservatives and Trump the network also picks and chooses winners and losers among the Democratic presidential candidates as well.
Much of the undercover video coverage features 9 a.m. meetings at CNN run by its president Jeff Zucker. They were recorded by CNN employee Cary Poarch.
All About the Ratings
Sierra claims the network is biased against the lesser Democratic presidential candidates. Asked who he thought CNN was unfair towards he responded I think probably Yang and Klobuchar. One of the lesser ones. Just cause theyre going to talk about Biden more Warren and Sanders. Theyre not going to mention others. They want to cover the people who are on the top. They dont want to cover the bottom."
Sierra told Project Veritas the network is biased against the lesser Democratic presidential candidates.
At one meeting Zucker asks CNN vice president and political director David Chalian if Andrew Yang is a viable presidential candidate. David are we taking Andrew Yang seriously enough?" Chalian responds Yeah I mean I think we I dont know why we wouldnt take him you know most of these candidates seriously. We should definitely be looking at why Andrew Yang is resonating. Do I think hes a likely nominee? No I dont."
Zucker wants a Democrat for president Sierra says. He thinks CNN generally prefers Warren. Zucker appears to like Kamala Harris Pete Buttigieg Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden. For example Zucker admitted that Kamala Harriss call for Twitter to suspend Trumps Twitter account wasnt likely to go anywhere but still called for a segment discussing it. They dont like Tulsi. They dont like Tulsi Gabbard. Because she supports Assad and shes not taking a conventional route when it comes to one policy stuff like that."
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But they decide their coverage even of their favorites by the ratings. CNN Media Coordinator Nick Neville is heard explaining why Bidens full campaign rally isnt broadcast in its entirety. Its all about the ratings. They probably think its boring. People would change people would change the channel" he said.
However senior justice correspondent Evan Perez was caught on video warning against Biden. Now Ill tell you this. Joe Biden has a problem. Because his son was trading in his name. It looks bad. It smells bad. Its not illegal. Nothing is illegal about it. How do you go and say that Donald Trump is the person? Get him out of here and convict him when your son is doing the same ****."
Employees Cant Stand the Network
In the third video released by Project Veritas CNNs manager of field operations is caught denouncing the network. I hate seeing what we were and what we could be and what weve become" said Patrick Davis. Its just awful. I mean we could be so much better than what we are. And the buck stops with him Zucker. I havent listened to a 9 a.m. call in about 15 years. I just stopped. Just I cant listen to it. Its all ******. Its all just a bunch of *******. And I wish that wasnt the case." Several CNN employees complained about the excessive Trump coverage. Scott Garber Senior Field Engineer at CNN said We used to cover news. We used to go out and do stories. But Trump is more important." Adia Jacobs CNN technical operations supervisor echoed this. When Zucker took over it wasnt until Trump that we ended up being all Trump all the time."
The only way this will go away is when he Trump dies. Hopefully soon."
Nick Neville said He Zucker basically said **** all the other stories." CNNs floor manager Mike Brevna observed Its the Trump Network dog. Its like everything is all Trump they not even thinking about anybody else. They sold themselves to the devil."
Some of the comments were downright hateful. CNN field production supervisor Gerald Sisnette said This is a story thats not gonna go away. The only way this will go away is when he Trump dies. Hopefully soon."
Infotainment
Chalian says CNN is not middle-of-the-road. He says its become infotainment. For example Zucker gave advice on pushing stories about impeachment. So my point here is I know theres 7000 impeachment stories that Look I am the one thats saying we should just stay on impeachment. But he said referring to Trumps calling for moats with snakes and shooting immigrants in the legs when a story of this magnitude comes up and you can objectively say Youre out of your mind you should do it and say Youre out of your mind." Poarch said he came to CNN as a registered Democrat and supported Bernie Sanders for president in 2016. Unfortunately All that I thought I knew and hoped to be at CNN was false." He went on Its an unwritten rule that if you are center center right or heaven forbid full right Republican Trump supporter then you are not welcome at CNN." President Trump has threatened to sue CNN over the bias against him. An attorney for Trumps reelection campaign sent CNN a letter on Friday detailing the allegations. The letter claims that CNN misrepresented itself as an objective news source to its viewers and its advertisers. It also accused the network of violating a journalistic code of ethics. It warned CNN that Trump and his campaign would be suing to get a substantial payment of damages as well as all other appropriate measures that are necessary to fully address the magnitude of the situation." Follow Rachel on Twitter at Rach_IC. Follow The Stream at streamdotorg. Send tips to [email protected].