2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumMedia Matters launches petition calling on CNN to cut ties with Lewandowski
Michael Calderone ✔ @mlcalderone
Media Matters launches petition calling on CNN to cut ties with Lewandowski:
http://mm4a.org/2bgBgz6
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"Despite all this, there is a bigger problem: Lewandowski is likely barred from criticizing Trump. We know that other Trump employees had a non-disparagement clause in their contracts with penalties upwards of $10 million for breaking it. There is every reason to believe that Lewandowski had one as well. And yet, to date, neither CNN nor Lewandowski has confirmed or denied whether he had such a clause in his contract with Trump.
CNN might have been able to work around one of these problems. But when you add it all up, Corey Lewandowskis continuing employment means that CNN is abandoning any attempts to be a ethical news network. This is a journalism catastrophe.
CNN is better off without Corey Lewandowski. While it is understandable that you want your news channel to be inclusive of different points of view, in this instance you have a better choice: Cut ties with Corey Lewandowski. Now.
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More and a Petition at Link
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)He's getting 500K for six month contract. Media matters willing to cough up 4 million for CNN buy out?
mcar
(42,307 posts)CNN has been completely negligent. I don't really care about their contract.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)He's not getting paid if he's not at the campaign headquarters.
Kingofalldems
(38,452 posts)Already been established that he is.
Good try.