Zucker and Schadenfreude

By Rich Kozlovich 

There's been a load of schadenfreude over CNN Chief Jeff Zucker resigning, or being forced to resign, this week, and I have no doubt it's justified.  It's been a bad week for leftist media this week, and everyone seems to be joyfully telling the story about him being called to task because:

As part of the investigation into Chris Cuomo’s tenure at CNN, I was asked about a consensual relationship with my closest colleague, someone I have worked with for more than 20 years. I acknowledged the relationship evolved in recent years. I was required to disclose it when it began but I didn’t. I was wrong. As a result I am resigning today.

Really?  C'mon man, do you really believe that's it?  

This is a network that seems awash in sex scandals.  Think about this:

Chris Cuomo was apparently a long time sexual harasser on the job and it took a long time to do anything about it. "Jeffrey Toobin was caught masturbating on a work Zoom call" and he's still on the air. "Two CNN producers are implicated in sex crimes involving children. The first, John Griffin, is charged with trolling underage girls for sex. The second was a producer for Jake Tapper’s basement-rated show."  "On top of all that, CNN anchor Don Lemon has been credibly accused of a sexual assault and remains on the air, despite a viewership that regularly dips below 500,000."

But Jeff Zucker destroyed CNN with his arrogance, extreme leftist delusions, lies, misinformation, anti-Trump conspiracy claims and his network's open embrace of leftist "political violence against the right and encouraged riots in predominantly black neighborhoods."

• The Russia Collusion Hoax, the Covington Kids, “Hands Up; Don’t Shoot,” among countless others.
  

There's more to this Jeff Zucker story that's not being covered in my opinion.  Think about this.

• First, this wasn't any secret tryst.  Everyone knew about it, it was an "open secret".
  
• Second, these were two consenting adults who decided to violate their vows of fidelity to their mates, destroying their marriages in order to have this affair. No one was being forced! I have to seriously wonder at her taste in men, but that's another story, and maybe not a pretty one.
  
• Third, his paramour is still working there.  If this was such a big deal, why hasn't she been fired or forced to resign?
  
• Fourth, there are new owners at CNN and want to change the network's direction, but just like Biden doubles down on his failed policies, I'm convinced he was fighting the new owners, and was going to ignore the new owners instructions and double down on his stupid policies.  It's my view Zucker is an absolutely arrogant jerk, with a big ego and a bad attitude, and he's an incompetent lefty, and they wanted him out and weren't going to put up with him.  

This wasn't about sex, it was about competence, and media corruption.   This was the new owners way out to getting rid of him, and since there is a morality clause in their contracts, they can fire him for cause and not pay him off.   So he resigned.  Now, I think that's the real story.......... with a caveat. 

 

Think about this.  He resigned, he wasn't fired! They must have given him the option and he chose to resign instead of being fired.  Why?  It's my understanding he had an unfulfilled contract, and if they had fired him it could end up on court, but he resigned instead.  Why?

 

Here's the questions that should be asked.  

• Did they secretly agree to pay him off?  If so, that's the end of the story.   
• If not, the story continues and one has to wonder: 
• Do they have a lot more on Zucker?
• If they do, what is it?   
• What could he have done that was so bad it would get him to acquiesce so easily and quickly, and go quietly into the night.

Just a thought.