CNN President Jeff Zucker at the 11th annual CNN Heroes gala in New York in December. Fox News host Sean Hannity called Zucker’s comments “CNN Fake News.”[ CNN vs. Fox: Why these two cable networks can’t stop talking about each other ]Zucker’s remarks may not be surprising to those familiar with CNN and Fox News’s long and bitter feud, which dates to Fox News’s inception in 1996. But the rivalry has intensified during Trump’s presidency, with CNN and Fox hosts criticizing one another’s coverage of the president almost daily. Zucker’s remarks Thursday, however, hint at the growing divide between Fox News’s opinion programming and news division. Now I am ashamed.”Last week, chief Fox News anchor Shepard Smith criticized Fox News’s opinion side, telling Time magazine that those hosts “don’t really have rules” that they are required to follow.

Source: Washington Post March 23, 2018 00:47 UTC