Meaning of CNNer | Babel Free

Definitions

An employee of the multinational cable news channel CNN.

Examples

““Why did he do it?” was a common question⟳. Several former CNNers offered an explanation. Reese Schonfeld recalled, “Ted [Turner] has always had an enormous drive⟳ for power . . . sex and money was a distant third.””

“Ted Turner, it’s said, fines CNNers who use⟳ the word “foreign” (we’re all in this together, as he sees it); […]”

“CNN founder Ted Turner, at an Ash Wednesday retirement party for the legendary anchor Bernard Shaw, noticed the ashes on many of his CNNers’ foreheads and said, “What are you, a bunch of Jesus freaks? You ought to be working for FOX.””

“His extramarital involvement with Katie [Couric] was a topic of gossip at Harrison’s, the local watering hole favored by CNNers.”

“Former CNNers who were instrumental in helping me grow⟳, as well as offering me career guidance, include⟳ Sue Bunda, Peter Dykstra, Sandy Malcolm, and Henry Mauldin.”

“While some CNNers say⟳ the pair supported Katie [Couric] and that she benefited from their support⟳, others say⟳ they led her on.”

“CNNers anywhere in the world could report⟳ developments quickly to anyone network-wide who had an interest⟳ in the story (the alias still exists, for any new details).”

“In just my first week, I heard stories of past CNNers falling in love⟳ with Cubans and being quickly discarded by their would-be Cuban life mates shortly after they arrived in the States.”

“But it wasn’t just a lot of my fellow CNNers who were convinced that Hillary Clinton was going to carry⟳ the state as part of what came to be called the “blue wall”—Northeastern and Midwestern industrial states that were presumed to be in the Democratic (Clinton) corner.”

“The way old-time CNNers saw⟳ it, hiring Rick Kaplan away from ABC News was the clearest message that things were not going to stay⟳ the same.”

“Some of these Dems and CNNers will tell⟳ you I said nigger, but I didn’t.”

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