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Business Wars

Wondery

History, Business, David Brown, Management

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

It's February 2017 and CNN is mounting a comeback through its clashes with President Donald Trump. And Fox News is on a mission to own election coverage. But its emphasis on making election night calls early puts it in hot water with its core audience. Soon, Fox News faces an existential threat.

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0:00.0	February 2017, CNN Studio in Washington, D.C.
0:13.0	A producer huddles before a huge control panel.
0:16.0	The wall in front of him is covered with dozens of screens,
0:19.0	all showing different live camera feeds.
0:22.0	One producer peers at the feed from the White House. showing different live camera feeds.
0:23.0	One producer peers at the feed from the White House South Lawn.
0:26.6	In the shot is Kelly Ann Conway, a blonde-haired senior advisor to the President.
0:32.1	She's wearing a cream-colored suit and looking confident
0:35.0	about the verbal jousting that's about to begin. Donald Trump became
0:39.7	president 18 days ago and he's at war with CNN. He calls it fake news and
0:46.2	primarily gives interviews to Fox News. But now CNN anchor Jake Tappers got a
0:52.0	chance to tackle Conway on her boss's anti-SianN stance.
0:56.9	The producer narrows his eyes.
0:58.6	Do we have powder?
0:59.9	She looks shiny.
1:00.9	A short solid man with a bald head moves in from behind the producer.
1:05.2	He's CNN chief Jeff Zucker.
1:08.0	Previous CNN bosses didn't tend to get involved in editorial decisions. But Zucker's hands on and chasing maximum ratings.
1:16.0	Ah, she's fine.
1:18.0	Zucker and Trump go way back.
1:20.0	At NBC, Zucker made Trump the star of the apprentice.
1:24.0	So when Trump began his presidential run,
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