Jeff Zucker slams Fox News as 'state-run TV'

Jeff Zucker.
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CNN President Jeff Zucker isn't quite sure Fox News is an accurate name for his competitor's cable channel.

"The idea that it's a news channel, I think, is really not the case at all," Zucker said at an industry conference Thursday, per The Hollywood Reporter.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.