CNN Can’t Get Enough Trump

“Back in the spring, when Donald Trump first started making noise about a presidential bid, CNN President Jeff Zucker sent a message to his producers: Don’t cover him,” Politico reports.

“Trump had teased a presidential run many times before — in 1988, 2004, and 2012 — and Zucker had watched each time as the media got played by a braggadocious showman who relished the limelight. Zucker didn’t want CNN to get played again, sources there said.”

“Then, on June 16, Trump announced that he was, in fact, running for president. Since then, CNN has covered Trump more than 400 times on television and on its website, according to the Nexis database. That’s more coverage than CNN has given to Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Scott Walker or any other major GOP candidates. It’s even more coverage than CNN has given to Hillary Clinton.”