Former CNN star anchor, Chris Cuomo is preparing to sue the Cable News Network for $18 million left on his contract, claiming that the media company’s President Jeff Zucker knew about his involvement in his brother’s sex scandal probe. Recall, CNN fired 51-year-old Cuomo on Saturday, December 4, citing his role in defending his brother, […]
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A U.S. judge has ordered the White House to restore the press credentials of CNN reporter, Jim Acosta, rejecting the Trump administration’s revocation of his pass to the building, according to the broadcaster. The White House said it would comply with the ruling and “temporarily reinstate” Acosta’s hard-pass to the building. The district judge’s ruling […]
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Popular international broadcaster, Cable News Network, CNN, has filed a lawsuit in a U.S District Court, against the United States President, Donald Trump, and some top White House Aides for barring Jim Acosta, its correspondent. The suit is seeking the immediate restoration of Acosta’s access to the White House. “The wrongful revocation of these credentials […]
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The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution on Thursday, rebuking President Donald Trump’s statement that the news media is “the enemy of the people”. The Republican-led Senate, in the unanimous resolution across the aisles, affirmed that the news media is not the enemy of the people. The Senate affirmed its commitment to protecting freedom of […]
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The CNN broadcaster released on Wednesday an alleged recording of then U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump’s conversation with his former attorney Michael Cohen, where the two seem to be discussing payments to buy the rights to a adult-film actress’s story about her purported affair with Trump. The discussion reportedly took place two months prior to […]
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Anthony Bourdain, a chef, storyteller, and writer, has committed suicide. Bourdain, 61, was a presenter and host of ‘Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown’ on CNN since 2013. According to the network, he committed suicide. The network reports that Bourdain’s close friend Eric Ripert, a French chef, found him unresponsive in his hotel room Friday morning. “It […]
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Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in an interview with Christiane Amanpour, CNN’s chief international correspondent, says President Muhammadu Buhari is actually fighting corruption and insurgency and has not disappointed him. Obasanjo on Thursday said Buhari should be given credit and encouraged to do more. “President Buhari has not disappointed me. Yes, he is […]
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On Sunday, US news network CNN made a mockery of the prolonged absence of President Muhammadu Buhari who has been out of Nigeria for 85 days. American journalist Fareed Zakaria, during the ‘GPS challenge,’ segment of the programme “The Global Public Square (GPS)” posed a trivia to viewers of his show: “The head of state […]
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Several major U.S. media outlets including New York Times, CNN and Los Angeles Times were barred from attending Friday White House briefing, indicating an escalation in the relationship between the media and the young Trump administration. Since he was sworn in on 20 January, Trump has been attacking the US media, deriding them as purveyors […]
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