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CNN boss Mark Thompson told star anchors including Jake Tapper not to trash Donald Trump’s record during the inauguration.
DEFERENCE TO DONALD

CNN Boss Warns Star Hosts to Avoid Trashing Trump’s Record

During Trump’s first term in office, the network didn’t hesitate to opine on Trump’s history of scandal.

Sean Craig

Chris Wallace in front of static TVs with the CNN logo
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HE IS THE NEWS

Chris Wallace Quits CNN to Build Future in Streaming

The veteran broadcaster, 77, will walk away from his seven-figure role in a watershed moment for cable TV.

Hugh Dougherty

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DONALD’S AMERICA

When Facts Are a Matter of Opinion

We are now at a point in politics, a new book warns, where reality has lost its authority: Facts are considered a matter of opinion.

Philip K. Howard

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Red All Over

Meet The Winner of Survivor: NYT

He’s the hardened BBC veteran who once bit a colleague’s arm and somehow emerged unscathed. Why Jill Abramson lost against the Sulzbergers’ imported CEO.

Nico Hines

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UNION JACKED

The British Are Here

ABC and NBC News have British chiefs, the CEO of the New York Times used to run the BBC—how and why have the British risen to such exalted positions within American media?

Lloyd Grove

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Savile Scandal

More Fallout at the BBC

The BBC is investigating why a report about abuse allegations against Jimmy Savile, one of its former stars, was scuppered.

Peter Jukes

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Savile Scandal

Will Thompson Survive at NY Times?

The drip, drip, drip of damaging information and shifting timelines could have a fatal impact on thenew career of the Times CEO, says Michael Moynihan.

Michael Moynihan

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Savile Scandal Reaches NYT

Steve Hewlett reports on whether New York Times will be damaged by widening Savile scandal.

Steve Hewlett

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No Honeymoon

Rocky Start for NY Times’ New CEO

Mark Thompson faces a contract battle at the Times, and questions over the BBC’s Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal. By Daniel Gross and Michael Moynihan.

Daniel Gross

Bureaucratic Maneuvering

Proposed Orwell Statue Faces Orwellian Politics at BBC

David Frum

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PAPER OF RECORD

The Gray Lady’s Shotgun Wedding

The New York Times's Mark Thompson has a legacy of bloodletting and self-preservation. By Peter Jukes.

Peter Jukes

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