DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN TOUGH ON CNN, HE CALLED THEM FAKE
NEWS, IN FACT LET ME SHOW YOU THIS TWEET --
>>IT WASN'T JUST TWEETS, HE
SAID IT AS WELL.
LET'S WATCH THE VIDEO.
>>A FEW DAYS AGO I CALLED THE FAKE NEWS THE ENEMY OF THE
PEOPLE, AND THEY ARE.
THEY ARE THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE.
>>AND AS I SHOWED YOU SPECIFICALLY IN THAT TWEET HE
MENTIONED CNN.
JEFF ZUCKER, WHO RUNS A CNN, WAS OUTRAGED BY
THAT, RIGHTFULLY SO, HE SAID TRUMP'S COMMENTS WERE, QUOTE --
>>SHOCKING, OKAY.
I THINK IT'S FAIR.
I'VE NEVER SEEN A
PRESIDENT SAY THAT THE PRESS IS THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, IT'S
OUTRAGEOUS, ZUCKER IS RIGHT ABOUT THAT.
IN FACT HE WENT ON TO SAY --
>>THAT PART I DON'T AGREE WITH, BECAUSE THAT PART IS NOT
SHOCKING.
POLITICIANS ARE COWARDS, THEY ARE ERRAND BOYS
FOR THEIR DONORS -- TO EXPECT THEM TO DO SOMETHING COURAGEOUS
IS A FOOL'S ERRAND.
OKAY, I UNDERSTAND THE SENTIMENT, AND
JEFF ZUCKER IS RIGHT ABOUT THAT.
OF COURSE IN RESPONSE HE WILL
SHOW DONALD TRUMP WHAT'S WHAT.
HE WILL HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE
AND CNN WILL BE THE WATCHDOG THEY NEED.
THAT IS WHY CNN TODAY
HIRED JASON MILLER.
WHO IS THAT?
TRUMP'S FORMER
COMMUNICATIONS ADVISOR AND SPOKESPERSON.
UGH, THAT'S
EMBARRASSING, DUDE.
AFTER HE CRITICIZES YOU AND SPIT IN YOUR
FACE, YOU DO HIM A FAVOR AND HIRE THE GUY WHO IS HIS
MOUTHPIECE?
AND YOU WILL PAY
DONALD TRUMP'S MOUTHPIECE TO BE ON YOUR AIR AND DO HIS
PROPAGANDA?
I WANT TO REMIND YOU OF THIS INTERACTION THAT DONALD
TRUMP HAD WITH JIM ACOSTA FROM CNN, THIS WAS RIGHT WHEN THEY
WERE MOST HEATED, AND LOOK AT HOW BADLY DONALD TRUMP TREATS
CNN HERE.
>>SINCE YOU ARE ATTACKING US, CAN YOU GIVE US A QUESTION?
MR.
PRESIDENT-ELECT --
>>NO, NOT YOU.
YOUR ORGANIZATION IS TERRIBLE.
>>SIR, CAN YOU STATE --
>>GO AHEAD, SHE'S ASKING A QUESTION, DON'T BE RUDE.
DON'T BE RUDE.
>>CAN YOU GIVE US A QUESTION?
>>I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU A QUESTION, YOU ARE FAKE NEWS.
GO AHEAD.
>>CAN YOU STATE CATEGORICALLY -- MR.
PRESIDENT-ELECT, THAT'S NOT
APPROPRIATE.
>>HE CALLED YOU FAKE NEWS, AND THEN YOU HIRED HIS MOUTHPIECE.
THAT REMINDS ME OF COURSE OF JOHN STOSSEL AND
DR.
DAVID D. SCHULTZ.
>>I THINK THIS IS FAKE.
>>YOU THINK THIS IS FAKE?
>>WHAT IS THAT, IS THAT FAKE?
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?
THAT'S
AN OPEN HAND SLAP.
YOU THINK THAT'S FAKE?
>>WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?
THAT'S AN OPEN HAND SLAP.
JEFF, HE OPEN HAND SLAPPED YOU AND WHAT DID YOU DO?
YOU PAID
HIS MOUTHPIECE, YOU HIRED HIS FORMER SPOKESPERSON AND YOU'RE
PAYING HIM A GOOD SALARY TO DO PROPAGANDA ON YOUR AIR.
THAT'S
EMBARRASSING.
YOU DID IT BEFORE TOO, WITH COREY
LEWANDOWSKI.
I'M FAIR AND BALANCED, I'LL HAVE SOME PEOPLE
TELL THE TRUTH AND SOME PEOPLE TELL LIES.
SOME PEOPLE THAT WILL
CHALLENGE THE GOVERNMENT A LITTLE BIT, AND THEN I'LL BRAG
ABOUT IT, AND THEN SOME PEOPLE WHO WILL JUST BE DOING
PROPAGANDA FOR THE GOVERNMENT.
NO MATTER HOW MUCH THEY LIE, IT
DOESN'T MATTER.
AND IT'S NOT LIKE HE'S THE ONLY PERSON WHO
SUPPORTS TRUMP ON CNN, THERE ARE TWO OTHERS AT LEAST, JEFFREY
LORD AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO MAKE OUTRAGEOUS DEFENSES OF DONALD
TRUMP, BUT THIS IS HIS FORMER SPOKESPERSON.
OUR GRAPHIC HERE,
MOST BUSTED NAME IN NEWS, THAT MIGHT SEEM HARSH, RIGHT?
IT
TURNS OUT IT DOESN'T MATTER.
IF YOU INSULT CNN, THEY HIRE YOU.
IF YOU REALLY INSULT CNN, THEY WILL PAY YOU A TON OF MONEY TO
INSULT THEM ON THEIR OWN AIR.
IT'S AN OPEN HANDED SLAP.
WHAT
ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?
THE ANSWER ISN'T NOTHING.
THE
ANSWER ISN'T YES, ABSOLUTELY SIR, I WILL HIRE YOUR FORMER
SPOKESPERSON IN AN EFFORT TO BE FAIR TO YOU.
THE CORRECT ANSWER
IS, ACTUALLY DO WATCHDOG JOURNALISM.
I DON'T CARE WHAT
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY SAYS, WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY SAYS, WHAT
TRUMP SAYS, WHAT THE GOVERNMENT SAYS -- WHAT IS THE TRUTH?
YOU
DON'T NEED TWO SIDES DOING PROPAGANDA.
YOU JUST NEED ALL OF
YOUR PEOPLE TO TRY TO ARRIVE AT WHAT IS REAL.
YOU DON'T NEED TO
PAY SOMEONE TO DO PROPAGANDA AFTER THEY SPIT IN YOUR FACE.
BUT THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS NEVER, EVER GOING TO GET IT.
JEFF ZUCKER SAID EARLIER, THE ERA OF ACCESS JOURNALISM IS
OVER.
WHAT IS THIS?
ISN'T OVER, IT TOOK LIKE A TWO-WEEK VACATION
AND THEN WENT BACK INTO IT.
THIS IS WHY NO ONE TRUSTS THE MEDIA.
LUCKILY THERE IS A NEW INDEPENDENT MEDIA, WE DON'T PLAY
THIS GAME.
CAN YOU IMAGINE US PAYING A TRUMP SPOKESPERSON?
[LAUGHTER] OR A DEMOCRATIC SPOKESPERSON.
OR ANY OF THOSE
GUYS.
NO, ARE JOB IS TO HOLD THEM TO ACCOUNT, THAT SHOULD BE
THE JOB OF EVERYONE IN THE MEDIA.
BUT CNN IS SO PROUD
TODAY.
THEY GOT A TRUMP GUY, THEY ARE PAYING A LOT OF MONEY,
MAKING IT RAIN ON HIM.
THEY ARE SO TRUSTED.
IN THE CAN'T FIGURE
OUT WHY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE LOST FAITH IN THE MAINSTREAM
MEDIA.
IT IS NOT THAT COMPLICATED.