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brooklynite

(96,882 posts) Tue Oct 4, 2022, 08:07 PM Oct 2022

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Is John Dean part of the CNN sucking up to the GOP strategy?

He's on CNN now analyzing the Mar-a-Lago records situation.

(btw: nobody I've heard today has been "pro-Trump" on this story)

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Is John Dean part of the CNN sucking up to the GOP strategy? (Original Post) brooklynite Oct 2022 OP

???? He's been super critical of Trump NoRethugFriends Oct 2022 #1

And yet they're still putting him on the air... brooklynite Oct 2022 #4

That's putting it mildly. Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #7

No, he is not budkin Oct 2022 #2

He's been a commentator on CNN for years. greatauntoftriplets Oct 2022 #3

TFG just filed a nonsense defamation lawsuit against CNN for 475 million PurgedVoter Oct 2022 #5

He's not an employee of CNN, as far as I know. DinahMoeHum Oct 2022 #6

He is a paid contributor... brooklynite Oct 2022 #8

NoRethugFriends

(3,780 posts)

1. ???? He's been super critical of Trump

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Oct 4, 2022, 08:42 PM

Oct 2022

brooklynite

(96,882 posts)

4. And yet they're still putting him on the air...

Reply to NoRethugFriends (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 4, 2022, 09:48 PM

Oct 2022

I think people over-reacted to stories about what CNN is going to do to its news coverage.

Just A Box Of Rain

(5,104 posts)

7. That's putting it mildly.

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #4)

Tue Oct 4, 2022, 10:54 PM

Oct 2022

budkin

(6,849 posts)

2. No, he is not

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Oct 4, 2022, 08:44 PM

Oct 2022

So his days are numbered on CNN.

greatauntoftriplets

(179,347 posts)

3. He's been a commentator on CNN for years.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Oct 4, 2022, 09:44 PM

Oct 2022

PurgedVoter

(2,721 posts)

5. TFG just filed a nonsense defamation lawsuit against CNN for 475 million

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Oct 4, 2022, 09:53 PM

Oct 2022

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/donald-trump-files-475-million-defamation-lawsuit-against-cnn
They may be right wing now, but probably not Maga right wing. I don't think they are going to provide any cover for TFG.

DinahMoeHum

(23,680 posts)

6. He's not an employee of CNN, as far as I know.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Oct 4, 2022, 09:55 PM

Oct 2022

n/t

brooklynite

(96,882 posts)

8. He is a paid contributor...

Reply to DinahMoeHum (Reply #6)

Tue Oct 4, 2022, 10:57 PM

Oct 2022

"They" wouldn't ask him to participate if they didn't want his opinion pn the air.

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