CNN apologized and disciplined a producer who was caught on tape Thursday joking about Donald Trump’s plane crashing as it arrived in Indianapolis, a new report said Friday.
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A video showed veteran CNN correspondent Suzanne Malveaux prepping for a live shot and talking to the unidentified producer as Team Trump was arriving to crow about a deal with air conditioner manufacturer Carrier to save about 800 jobs from moving to Mexico.
“If I do this, it means he’s landed,” the producer said. “That means his plane’s crashed — no, I’m kidding.”
The video showed Malveaux — who joined the network in 2002 — reacting with a stunned face but laughing at the remark.
“An unfortunate and inappropriate remark was made by one of our producers off camera yesterday,” a CNN rep said in a statement, Business Insider reported.
“We have apologized to the Trump transition team, and the producer has been disciplined.”
Trump routinely lambastes the media in general but has also singled out some outlets for verbal abuse, including CNN.
During a meeting with media bigs at Trump Tower last month, he went after CNN President Jeff Zucker for what the president-elect said was coverage that was biased against him.