Reporters Savage CNN For Hiring Former Trump Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski

Written by Media Matters Staff

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Media figures across the political spectrum are ripping CNN after the network hired former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski to be a political commentator on the network.

CNN’s new employee allegedly manhandled a reporter, and news outlets have reported he’s made “unwanted romantic advances” and “sexual comments about female journalists.” He was also “accused of pushing a CNN reporter.”

Here’s what some media figures are saying about the hire:

1. Run campaign centered around bigotry and paranoia



2. Get charged with assault



3. Get fired



4. Profit! https://t.co/7nGPt2MOqv

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 23, 2016

CNN reporters must be THRILLED: https://t.co/pciuDLyXBp

— Michael Barbaro (@mikiebarb) June 23, 2016

That time CNN's new paid contributor Corey Lewandowski physically pushed away a CNN reporter https://t.co/IawnMxnj7b pic.twitter.com/lNBQrv3Ics

— McKay Coppins (@mckaycoppins) June 23, 2016

Prayers for all the women at CNN.

— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) June 23, 2016

Some female CNNers aren't going to be too psyched to see @CLewandowski_ on a panel with them sometime soon. https://t.co/hpJkQAERl6

— Betsy Rothstein (@betsyscribeindc) June 23, 2016

Ok, so I can't stomach Fox or MSNBC, and now I can't watch CNN. I guess that means more ESPN. Bye-bye, CNN. https://t.co/ANyrgZC5Jp

— Stuart Rothenberg (@StuPolitics) June 23, 2016

Cable networks happy to overlook unfortunate accidents like grabbing a reporter to be able 2 get sum ~insider~ takes https://t.co/1VdFeB5cqR

— Jeremy Barr (@jeremymbarr) June 23, 2016

FWIW: Lewandowski WOULD be within the norms of cable news hires if he hadn't helmed a campaign unprecedented in its hostility to the press.

— Kyle Blaine (@kyletblaine) June 23, 2016

TBF, paying Lewandowski a salary is arguably just a fair and square commission cut for the massive revenue windfall Trump has brought CNN.

— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) June 23, 2016

Only a company lacking in self-respect could do it. That's what I think @SamFeistCNN and @CNN don't get about this. https://t.co/Jik02xFeIT

— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) June 23, 2016

You can't make this sh*t up: https://t.co/J3yNDctI1V pic.twitter.com/WiCn0KBnBV

— Charles P. Pierce (@ESQPolitics) June 23, 2016