CNN President Jeff Zucker said CNN is the only cable news network on a constant mission for truth, slamming Fox News as “state-run” television and MSNBC as “the opposition.”

Mr. Zucker summed up the big three cable news networks in a recent radio interview with New Yorker Editor David Remnick.

“So look, there’s three cable news networks,” he said. “You know, certainly in prime-time and in the morning, Fox is state-run TV, and is extolling the line out of White House. MSNBC has become the opposition, and I think CNN is seeking the truth.

“And that’s really the way we look at the map: State-run TV, the opposition, and we’re looking for the truth,” he said.

Mr. Zucker said the other cable news networks have “clear” political agendas, unlike CNN.

He went on to say that President Trump’s verbal attacks calling CNN and the mainstream media “fake news” is “unfortunate” and dangerous for democracy.

“I think it’s an unfortunate phrase,” he said. “I think we should all try to avoid it. I think it’s also dangerous and unfortunate that the President of the United States and the people around him would try to denigrate an institution like the media which is one of the bedrocks of this country.

“What he means by fake news is news that he doesn’t like,” he continued. “And there is a difference between news that is not real and news that he doesn’t like.”

Mr. Zucker also slammed Fox News for perpetuating Mr. Trump’s “fake news” narrative.

“There are folks on both sides of the aisle that are pushing out propaganda,” he said, “but I think that what we’re trying to do at CNN is trying to tell the objective truth. That’s our goal.”

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