Jared Kushner Delivers Critique of CNN to Time Warner Executive [View all]

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Trumps son-in-law and adviser complains that coverage has been slanted against the president
Jared Kushner, senior White House adviser, has expressed the administrations deep concerns about CNNs news coverage.




Jared Kushner, senior White House adviser, has expressed the administrations deep concerns about CNNs news coverage.Photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News


By Keach Hagey and Damian Paletta


Updated Feb. 17, 2017 9:40 a.m. ET

Jared Kushner, President Donald Trumps son-in-law and close adviser, met with a senior Time Warner Inc. executive in recent weeks and expressed the administrations deep concerns about CNNs news coverage, according to a White House official and other people familiar with the matter.

In a meeting at the White House, Mr. Kushner complained to Gary Ginsberg, executive vice president of corporate marketing and communications at CNNs parent Time Warner, about what Mr. Kushner feels is unfair coverage slanted against the president, the people said.

The Trump administrations hostile posture toward the news media, especially CNN, has been evident in the presidents own statements and those of his press secretary and top aides. On Thursday, Mr. Trump lashed into CNN once again at a news conference, calling it very fake news with expert commentary that is almost exclusively anti-Trump.

But the anti-CNN push isnt just a public display meant to rally Mr. Trumps supporters. Behind the scenes, Mr. Kushner, the real-estate scion who until recently owned the New York Observer newspaper, has been pushing the issue with Time Warner executives including CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker. .....................



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Freedom of the press means nothing to the Trumps.



And -------Whatever happened to this standard that the WH was not supposed to hire immediate family???


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SnowflakePrincess ?@amandablount2 13h13 hours ago

@ananavarro He's just a child playing a grown-up game.
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WhenRightIsWrong ?@Right_All_Wrong 12h12 hours ago

@amandablount2 @ananavarro - And it's so painfully obvious, he's so out of his league...bigly.
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Danny Wallace ?@dannywallace 11h11 hours ago

@ananavarro I have a feeling you'll be supported x
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Robert Wisdom ?@RobertRayWisdom 13h13 hours ago

@ananavarro @WSJ Ana ,we might be on diff sides of some issues ,but I could def hang with you. Tell it like it is! #lovinthewayyouroll