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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy Is CNN Paying John Kasich to Seemingly Trial-Balloon a 2020 Run?
Why Is CNN Paying John Kasich to Seemingly Trial-Balloon a 2020 Run?
Experts say CNN paying Ohios ex-governor for his punditry could cause ethical chaos, but neither network brass nor Kasichs camp seem all that worried.
Maxwell Tani
02.19.19
5:09 AM ET
CNNs political news reporters have found themselves in a bizarre, murky position: One of their newest colleagues may very likely run for president.
Before and since joining CNN a month ago as a paid on-air contributor, John Kasich has made no secret that he could run for president again. In fact, ever since the 2016 election, a consistent feature of political coverage has been headlines about the Republican ex-governor of Ohio mulling or considering a primary or third-party challenge against President Trump.
And when he appears on CNN, he sounds like hes on the stump.
Often asked to react to other candidates presidential aspirations and campaign moves, Kasich falls back on the messaging he tried out as a GOP primary candidate in 2016.
You must communicate to people in this country that we understand your struggles: health care, the fact that youre not getting ahead with your income, the fact that your kind cant get a job, Kasich said on CNN last month. Thats what people I believe want to hear. And well see who can articulate that.
Media critics knocked CNN for signing Kasich knowing he may still run for president, saying the network is effectively giving him a paid platform to build momentum for a future campaign.
I do believe CNN runs an ethical risk paying a potential candidate, Steven Roberts, a professor of media ethics at George Washington University, told The Daily Beast. The mixture of journalists/pundits/consultants/political operatives on CNN and other platforms is already confusing enough to viewers. Adding potential candidates as paid contributors crosses a line into chaos.
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Why Is CNN Paying John Kasich to Seemingly Trial-Balloon a 2020 Run? (Original Post)
babylonsister
Feb 2019
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Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)1. Because
CNN is an Infotainment organization and not a news organization. They will do what they believe will keep the audience tuned in between ads for drugs we never knew we needed.
Kurt V.
(5,624 posts)2. cnn likes lower corporate taxes too.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)3. Absolutely correct
Gotta chase those $$$$
melm00se
(4,994 posts)4. Doesn't mean squat until he actually makes
the announcement. Once he does, CNN will cut him off to avoid issues with the equal time provisions covering candidates for federal office.
hughee99
(16,113 posts)5. CNN has a vested financial interest in seeing someone run against Trump
In the primary.
912gdm
(959 posts)6. rating$
irisblue
(33,023 posts)7. The human skin over the internal RW republican looks almost normal.
And Santorum is obviously & overtly an ignorant racist tool.