Zucker Demands Retraction of Article Painting Him as Desperate to Acquire His Old Network

John Nolte at Breitbart News reports that former CNN president Jeff Zucker has requested a retraction for a Variety report that characterized him as desperate to acquire the network.

Nolte writes,

Jeff Zucker, The King of Fake News, the serial liar responsible for so much of this…

• Russia Collusion Hoax
• Hands Up, Don’t Shoot Hoax
• Jussie Smollett Hoax
• Covington KKKids Hoax
• Very Fine People Hoax
• Seven-Hour Gap Hoax
• Global Warming Hoax
• Russian Bounties Hoax
• Trump Trashes Troops Hoax
• Policemen Killed at Mostly Peaceful January 6 Protest Hoax
• Rittenhouse Hoax
• Eating While Black Hoax
• Border Agents Whipping Illegals Hoax
• NASCAR Noose Hoax
• The Georgia Jim Crow 2.0 Hoax
• Trump Assaulted Secret Service Agents and Grabbed Steering Wheel of Beast Hoax
• MAGA Assaulted Paul Pelosi Hoax
• COVID Lab Leak Theory Is Racist Hoax
• Hunter Biden’s Laptop Is Russian Disinformation Hoax
• Joe Biden Will Never Ban Gas Stoves Hoax
• COVID Deaths are Over-Counted Is a Conspiracy Theory Hoax

…and so, so, so much more, is whining and demanding a retraction over an embarrassing but pretty well-sourced Variety article that says Zucker tried and failed to buy CNN after he was ousted over a sleazy sex scandal.

“Throughout the story,” The Wrap notes, “[Variety executive editor Tatiana] Siegel characterizes Zucker as deeply bitter about his departure from CNN in 2022 and hell-bent on finding a way back to the network.” The Wrap adds that “An individual close to Zucker said that he is ‘stunned’ by the publication of the article and that the reporting about him was entirely ‘fabricated.’”

Variety stands by the story, and Nolte concludes, “Watching Jeff Zucker crybaby about being the victim of fake news is like watching water whine about wet or grass whine about green.”