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 CNN MEMO ADVISES STAFF ON REPORTING JESSE JACKSON SCANDAL BOOK
 
 **Exclusive**
 
 A CNN internal memo advises staffers to hold off reporting on a new book which presents a damning portrait of former  CNN host and civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson.
 
 The CNN memo obtained by the DRUDGE REPORT, penned by a reporter in the network's Chicago bureau, points out how the author of SHAKEDOWN: EXPOSING THE REAL JESSE JACKSON -- may not be trustworthy!
 
 "Kenneth Timmerman is a long time writer and investigator touting conservative causes," the CNN memo notes.
 
 "He is recently a failed political candidate [ran for US Senate in Maryland] whose own bio points out he studied creative writing at Brown."
 
 SHAKEDOWN hits stores this week; it quickly raced to the top of the AMAZON hit sales parade.
 
 REGNERY PUBLISHING set a first run of 150,000 copies, a record for the house.
 
 Developing...
 
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