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brooklynite

(94,601 posts)
Wed Feb 20, 2019, 10:52 PM Feb 2019

CNN Assures DNC: Ex-Sessions Aide Sarah Isgur Won't Work on Democratic Debates

Source: The Daily Beast

The Democratic National Committee has sought and received assurances from CNN that the network’s new politics editor, Sarah Isgur, will not be involved in the debates that the channel hosts and moderates for the Democratic primary.

The assurances were provided after the committee expressed reservations to CNN over Isgur’s history in Republican politics and after officials at the committee raised concerns over her alleged connections to a now-retracted Fox News story on the debunked Seth Rich conspiracy theory.

CNN announced this week that it had hired Isgur to help oversee the network’s coverage of the 2020 election. Until late last year, she had served as Jeff Sessions’ top spokesperson at the Department of Justice after previously working on campaigns for Carly Fiorina and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX).

Her hiring set off a round of recriminations from journalists, who argued that the longtime Republican operative had no prior experience in the news industry, and from Democrats, who believe she brings a clearly established ideological agenda with her to her new post.



Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/cnn-assures-dnc-ex-sessions-aide-sarah-isgur-wont-work-on-democratic-debates/?via=twitter_page

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CNN Assures DNC: Ex-Sessions Aide Sarah Isgur Won't Work on Democratic Debates (Original Post) brooklynite Feb 2019 OP
and I just cancel the one CNN show I dvrd each day, Inside politics, since that's her beat. Bye CNN. TeamPooka Feb 2019 #1
Perhpas you should wait until you actually see a change in coverage? brooklynite Feb 2019 #4
Nope. It will be gradual, a slow poisoning of thought. They want fox viewers that's why they hired TeamPooka Feb 2019 #7
I agree with this lancelyons Feb 2019 #25
Did you wait for Trump to be President before you thought he'd be a disaster? dem4decades Feb 2019 #8
Keep the heat on them. redstateblues Feb 2019 #2
CNN Feedback form 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2019 #3
Thanks for the link. Ligyron Feb 2019 #6
Thanks for the link! Catch2.2 Feb 2019 #11
Thanks, just sent a strong critical message. JudyM Feb 2019 #23
Thanks, I sent my opinion in too! lilactime Feb 2019 #24
Thanks for the link happy feet Feb 2019 #30
My feedback? True Blue American Feb 2019 #32
This is Jeff Zucker's doing. He will do anything to keep Trump in power. Dawson Leery Feb 2019 #5
Because he got "The Apprentice" on TV in the first place. alp227 Feb 2019 #16
Ok, weaseling that addresses nothing people have expressed concern about. nt DRoseDARs Feb 2019 #9
Oh, that makes me feel SO MUCH BETTER. catbyte Feb 2019 #10
+1 sandensea Feb 2019 #12
Nepotism. alp227 Feb 2019 #17
I wouldn't be surprised sandensea Feb 2019 #19
It's OK, we're only going to use her to lead the cheering squad at all of Trump's pep rallies! tanyev Feb 2019 #22
I'm sure that nobody from CNN is on this site to read this, but hotrod0808 Feb 2019 #13
this is not good enough. she will still be shaping biased coverage overall. EveHammond13 Feb 2019 #14
The daily coverage is the issue radius777 Feb 2019 #15
I'm not watching cnn anymore. notdarkyet Feb 2019 #26
God they really fucked themselves. truthisfreedom Feb 2019 #18
Americans assure CNN they won't watch KGOP slop propaganda Achilleaze Feb 2019 #20
Good deal Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #21
They can all compete over the ever shrinking repub pool, because dems are deserting their notdarkyet Feb 2019 #27
CNN can't find ANYBODY more qualified? I'll take the job. I worked at McDonalds once. Firestorm49 Feb 2019 #28
Is the DNC really this obtuse? She'll still be overseeing coverage of the election! Stand and Fight Feb 2019 #29
+1 lilactime Feb 2019 #31
but, but Stephanopoulous. radius777 Feb 2019 #34
Dems need to boycott CNN; turn it off, don't click their clips, flood CNN w/outraged feedback. stuffmatters Feb 2019 #33
she's also a Seth Rich conspiracist. /nt radius777 Feb 2019 #35
WOW, as if one on the Supreme Court wasn't obscene enough. Now controlling CNN election coverage stuffmatters Feb 2019 #36

TeamPooka

(24,229 posts)
1. and I just cancel the one CNN show I dvrd each day, Inside politics, since that's her beat. Bye CNN.
Wed Feb 20, 2019, 10:56 PM
Feb 2019

take your Fox wannabe dreams and stuff it.

TeamPooka

(24,229 posts)
7. Nope. It will be gradual, a slow poisoning of thought. They want fox viewers that's why they hired
Wed Feb 20, 2019, 11:32 PM
Feb 2019

her
They want them, so they don;'t get me.
it's either or.
Rachel Maddow has the best ratings on cable news now and I'm part of that group so they're alienating the winning audience for them with moves like this.

 

lancelyons

(988 posts)
25. I agree with this
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 11:21 AM
Feb 2019

They are angling to get fox news views over.

I dont know why but when you have Brian Stelter complaining, this it says alot.

alp227

(32,034 posts)
16. Because he got "The Apprentice" on TV in the first place.
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 12:34 AM
Feb 2019

Whether he was NBC's entertainment president or CNN's president, Zucker has a lot to gain personally with Trump in power whether as a reality TV star or sadly as President of the United States.

sandensea

(21,639 posts)
12. +1
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 12:11 AM
Feb 2019

You'd think her not having a journalism degree would have disqualified her in itself.

And yet, CNN chose to pass up any number of qualified candidates and scrape the bottom of the barrel instead.

It's either rank incompetence on their part or nepotism - and they should be ashamed of either one.

alp227

(32,034 posts)
17. Nepotism.
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 12:35 AM
Feb 2019

Think about this: As NBC entertainment president, CNN's president Jeff Zucker made Trump a reality TV star by getting The Apprentice on his network.

hotrod0808

(323 posts)
13. I'm sure that nobody from CNN is on this site to read this, but
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 12:13 AM
Feb 2019

WHY FUCKING HIRE HER AS A POLITICAL EDITOR IF SHE ISN'T GOING TO WORK ON POLITICAL ASSIGNMENTS LIKE THIS?!? This is the dumbest move CNN has made since they gave Corey Lewendowski a platform to spread hate and disinformation.

radius777

(3,635 posts)
15. The daily coverage is the issue
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 12:24 AM
Feb 2019

not just the debates!

This woman is a GOP hack who will guide the daily coverage in a RW direction and trash our candidates.

truthisfreedom

(23,148 posts)
18. God they really fucked themselves.
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 12:42 AM
Feb 2019

Now every time they report positively on 45 they’ll be attacked by the left. Idiots. They’re falling into 45’s trap. They’re creating fake news.

Fire her NOW. Before it’s too late. Never bring contamination into the fold.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
21. Good deal
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 06:59 AM
Feb 2019

I still don’t watch their 24/7 Breathless Infotainment. Gave up on them and the other cable noise long ago.

notdarkyet

(2,226 posts)
27. They can all compete over the ever shrinking repub pool, because dems are deserting their
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 11:30 AM
Feb 2019

Message. Sick of trump. Figure it out.

Stand and Fight

(7,480 posts)
29. Is the DNC really this obtuse? She'll still be overseeing coverage of the election!
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 11:51 AM
Feb 2019

That's far more powerful than being involved with just the debates. Surely, they can't be daft enough to think this "concession" by CNN will make a difference! Have they forgotten about the media's hit job on Hillary in 2016?

radius777

(3,635 posts)
34. but, but Stephanopoulous.
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 06:13 PM
Feb 2019

except he was in front of the camera, and everyone could make up their minds on what he had to say. He was also much more qualified to do anything than this lady, who will simply guide coverage behind the scenes to benefit the man (Trump) she took a loyalty oath to.

the RW simply runs circles around Dems, why we always lose these close elections.

stuffmatters

(2,574 posts)
33. Dems need to boycott CNN; turn it off, don't click their clips, flood CNN w/outraged feedback.
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 05:33 PM
Feb 2019

Isgur is a longtime enemy of women's rights with an easily accessed history of forced birther fervor. Never a journalist only an operative/ propagandist for the most misogynist, racist RW stooges from Cruz, Sessions to Trump.

Until this RW shill is replaced, I suggest that the DNC and our candidates also refuse airtime to CNN. They need us more than we need them, especially if CNN election coverage is going to be controlled by a professional RW political propagandist.

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