CNN Hires Former Trump Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski

Riggs6/23/2016 9:00 PM

After Corey Lewandowski was interviewed by Dana Bash earlier this week, he promptly walked into a CNN exec office… https://t.co/r2QFCSEIWV
— Alex Weprin (@alexweprin) June 23, 2016

Politico — Former Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is joining CNN as a political commentator, according to a source familiar with the arrangement.

It’s a salaried position and will make Lewandowski exclusive to CNN, effective immediately.

Cue all the losers screaming “OMG OMG BUT HE ASSAULTED TITS MCGEE OMG!”

Lewandowski assaulted a reporter…like, a month and a half ago, right? You’d think CNN might care, but I guess not…
— Noah Berlatsky (@nberlat) June 23, 2016

Absolutely disgusting move by CNN, re: Lewandowski. Political trolls like him don’t deserve airtime.
— (((Robert Leu))) (@insert_funny) June 23, 2016

So what I learned from Lewandowski’s hiring today: basically I can get a salaried position at @CNN if I assault a journalist. #NeverCorey.
— ColdChrisFiles (@ColdChrisFiles1) June 23, 2016

Ray Rice? Never can work again
Corey Lewandowski? Will be paid from this moment forward. https://t.co/h7i1gRMfdG
— (((Baba Adeptus))) (@adept2u) June 23, 2016

So CNN have hired Trumps puppet Lewandowski, really cnn, REALLY!!
— Colin Mathie (@madnutter0102) June 23, 2016

What happens when you assault a woman on video? You get hired by @CNN, apparently. https://t.co/F86OGouRYp
— Bad Influencer (@untimelygamer) June 23, 2016

Required Michelle Fields photo:

Look squids it’s real simple. Step out of your utopian fantasy land and into reality for me one time. CNN isn’t some purist news outlet. You know that. I know that. Everybody knows that. Turn it on for 5 minutes and you’ll immediately realize that. They’re not driven exclusively by integrity telling them the stories that should be covered. Not even close.

They’re driven by ratings. That’s the ticket. Ratings. Do they have some journalistic integrity? Yes. Of course. But the newsroom balances its journalistic obligations with the business team’s business obligations and wallah, you get Corey Lewandowski on payroll.

He’s not there as some uniquely talented political commentator. He’s not even there as some Trump insider (he signed a non-disclosure w/Trump). He’s there for ratings. That’s his ticket. Ratings. This is America. This is capitalism. Things in capitalist America run on money. Ratings = money. Lewandowski = hired. Simple.

Here’s a fella who finds himself in quite the pincer. CNN’s senior media correspondent.

The logic behind CNN hiring Lewandowski is obvious: He’s the ultimate Trump “insider” https://t.co/QSb4ZrJiJD pic.twitter.com/A1q6co2bpX
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 23, 2016

On top of that, any other media figures screaming at CNN are morons. Their bosses would have hired Lewandowski if they had the pull or the cash that CNN has. But CNN’s able to make the best offer because CNN’s bigger than almost anybody else because CNN understands how the world works and cranks #ratings #ratings #ratings.