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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWaPo Report: The Trump Campaign Paid The Firm Of CNN's Corey Lewandowski $20,000 In July
Washington Post Reports Paid CNN Contributor Is Still Receiving His Regular $20,000 Monthly Fee From Trump Campaign.
CNN, which has repeatedly defended its hire of former Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski as a paid contributor, will soon have to explain why he is still receiving his regular salary from the Trump campaign.
As Media Matters has documented, Lewandowskis hiring by the network on June 23 prompted widespread criticism from media experts who called the relationship profoundly disturbing, problematic, and a sea of muck. Last month, Media Matters president Bradley Beychok sent a letter to CNN president Jeff Zucker detailing the numerous ethical concerns surrounding Lewandowski, including questions about the reported non-disparagement agreement he has with the Trump campaign, and the disclosure by the network in early July that he was still receiving severance from the Trump campaign while working for CNN. After all of this, Zucker defended the hire, saying Lewandowksi had done a really nice job.
On August 3, it was reported that Lewandowski returned to advising Trump despite his paid commentary position with CNN. A Washington Post report on August 21 seems to confirm that Lewandowski is still actually on the Trump campaign payroll:
While Trumps payroll remained a fraction of Clintons last month, he continued to pay one former staffer: ousted campaign manager Corey Lewandowski received his regular $20,000 monthly fee on July 6 two weeks after he was jettisoned and had been hired by CNN as a political commentator. Trump has continued to call on Lewandowski for advice since his departure, a dynamic that contributed to friction with campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who resigned last week.
As Media Matters has documented, Lewandowskis hiring by the network on June 23 prompted widespread criticism from media experts who called the relationship profoundly disturbing, problematic, and a sea of muck. Last month, Media Matters president Bradley Beychok sent a letter to CNN president Jeff Zucker detailing the numerous ethical concerns surrounding Lewandowski, including questions about the reported non-disparagement agreement he has with the Trump campaign, and the disclosure by the network in early July that he was still receiving severance from the Trump campaign while working for CNN. After all of this, Zucker defended the hire, saying Lewandowksi had done a really nice job.
On August 3, it was reported that Lewandowski returned to advising Trump despite his paid commentary position with CNN. A Washington Post report on August 21 seems to confirm that Lewandowski is still actually on the Trump campaign payroll:
While Trumps payroll remained a fraction of Clintons last month, he continued to pay one former staffer: ousted campaign manager Corey Lewandowski received his regular $20,000 monthly fee on July 6 two weeks after he was jettisoned and had been hired by CNN as a political commentator. Trump has continued to call on Lewandowski for advice since his departure, a dynamic that contributed to friction with campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who resigned last week.
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/08/21/report-trump-campaign-paid-firm-cnns-corey-lewandowski-20000-july/212544
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WaPo Report: The Trump Campaign Paid The Firm Of CNN's Corey Lewandowski $20,000 In July (Original Post)
spanone
Aug 2016
OP
lapfog_1
(29,199 posts)1. and the really surprising thing about this
is that Trump thinks this numnuts is worth $240,000 a year.
no_hypocrisy
(46,086 posts)2. I'm surprised that Trump is paying Lewandowski, period.
Motley13
(3,867 posts)3. I don't get it, he works there &
he is interviewed on CNN with the opposing side, saw him this morning, trumping the maggot.
Shouldn't he be doing the interviewing?
And shouldn't the reporters , at the very least, supposed to give the appearance of non-party affiliation?
spanone
(135,828 posts)4. looks like CNN has a serious ethical problem.