The anchor assessed that “Many CNN staffers found that be offensive. Jeff Zucker found that to be quite disturbing because he’s looking at that thinking, what is Discovery’s key shareholder going to do to CNN?”

“It’s a joke. It’s not real, and he’s wrong,” said Auletta in response to Malone’s harsh critique.

However, Auletta continued, “If I was at CNN and I was an employee and I loved working under Jeff Zucker for understandable reasons I would be concerned.”

“And if you watch CNN, the anchors are much more animated with opinions than they were when Ted Turner started the network,” The New Yorker writer added.

“True,” Stelter concurred.

“So I would be a little nervous if I was at CNN, yes,” concluded Auletta.