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“We’re covering more news than we ever covered before and most of that is on our digital platforms,” he said. “Everybody here is going to find out what’s going on from their phone. And so we provide all that news and information (online). People are not going to come to TV to find a wheel of (stories about) what’s going on in the world. They’re going to find that on their phone. On television we go much deeper on the one, two, or three stories driving the news that day.”
Zucker emphasized that digital has expanded CNN’s reach to unprecedented levels. “We’ve had three of the most-watched years in the history of CNN. In digital, nobody touches in terms of audience levels.”
Zucker was also asked about his complicated relationship with President Trump. Zucker was running CNN at the time that “The Apprentice” turned Donald Trump into a household name. Zucker said he was concerned that Trump’s incessant hammering of mainstream news organizations is dangerous to journalists.
“He has whipped up anti-media sentient that is dangerous and frankly harmful and potentially incredibly dangerous,” Zucker said. “I think he doesn’t even understand the danger he’s causing the journalists and the danger he’s doing to media organizations. None of that changes our daily responsibility which is to get the facts right and tell the truth. Our job is to hold those in power accountable. That’s our only job.”
Zucker’s comments came on the same day as opening statements in the anti-trust trial in Washington, D.C. that will determine the fate of AT&T’s $85.4 billion merger with CNN parent Time Warner. Trump’s animus toward CNN is widely viewed as one reason why the Justice Department is fighting the merger. Zucker said he has “absolutely no idea” if those assumptions are true. “The case is happening now, we’ll let that play out,” he said.
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