Did Jake Tapper call Chris Cuomo 'terrorist'? CNN staff erupts over Jeff Zucker resignation
Top talents of CNN are expressing anger over the sudden resignation of network president Jeff Zucker. In a leaked audio clip of the company meeting, star journalist Jake Tapper confronted Warner Media’s CEO Jason Kilar over the idea that Zucker was forced out by Chris Cuomo. In the heated meeting Tapper demanded Kilar to address the perception that Zucker lost his job by declining to pay Chris Cuomo the $18 million remaining on his contract.
According to the audio recording leaked by Business Insider, Tapper said, “the perception that Chris Cuomo gets fired by CNN... Chris Cuomo hires a high-powered lawyer who has a scorched-earth policy, who then makes it very clear to the world that unless Jeff gives Chris Cuomo his money, they're going to blow the place up.” In the meeting Tapper also referred to Cuomo as “terrorist”.
