reporting comes out why and what other elements there were. my point here is regardless even if they did want him out, he and frankly by hiding that relationship handed them ammunition that was simply not necessary. joanne and mara thank you. claire, stick around. at&t ceo john stankey is about to spin off warner media. he says he thinks the best days of cnn are still in front of it. so what is ahead for this news outlet? this week the discovery ceo who will be taking over the company praised cnn s abilities and leadership in global news gathering. he said he is good friends with zucker but had nothing to do with him leaving. the question is now about whether the vision for cnn may also be influenced by key shareholder john malone who has been critical of cnn including as recently as last november. let s talk about that with ken avletta. he has been a writer for the
gulust, he said yes but he had not disclosed it before. now, inside cnn people had wondered were they together? but there s a big difference between wondering and knowing. what people did know and i m channeling the feelings of many sources when i say this is that zucker and gulust made each other better at work. they were an incredibly effective team. she was essentially his chief of staff. she could have been in line to run cnn, but now all that s gone. and you can draw a straight line from andrew cuomo s downfall to zucker s. it is almost shakespearian. when zucker s boss warner media ceo found out about the relationship last week he brought it to his boss at&t chief john stankey. my guess is zucker knew there would be fallout because he had violated the code of conduct for not disclosing his relationship with his board senate but he did