Article in The Hill by Dominick Mastrangelo, 10/27/25
Headline: “CNN boss told staff to scale back White House demolition coverage: Report”
“CNN is denying a recent report that its head Mark Thompson recently met with officials in President Trump’s administration and afterward urged staff at the network to ease up on its coverage of the White House renovation project, which has torn down the East Wing.”
The report, published in the media-news outlet Status, cited people familiar who said staffers at the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned cable channel were ‘taken aback,’ after Thompson, who they said generally does not weigh in on daily editorial matters, suggested CNN’s viewership ‘isn’t all that interested in the story’. . .”
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https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5574665-cnn-white-house-east-wing-ballroom/
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Article in Daily Beast by Cameron Adams, 10/27/25
Headline: “CNN Boss Ordered Teardown Censorship After West Wing Visit”
Subhead: “CNN CEO said to be the latest media boss bending the knee before Donald Trump.”
“CNN chief Mark Thompson reportedly told the cable network’s reporters to ease up on coverage of the controversial demolition of the East Wing after a visit to the White House last week.
“Although denied by CNN, the report from the Status newsletter appears to be the latest example of media bosses bending the knee before the Trump administration.
“The historic White House East Wing was bulldozed last week to make way for President Donald Trump’s $300 million vanity project, a 90,000-square-foot ballroom that will be more than twice the size of the rest of the White House. . .”
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/cnn-boss-mark-thompson-told-reporters-to-ease-up-on-teardown-coverage-after-white-house-visit/
