Cable News Network, CNN, has denied being paid, or contacted by American lobbying firm, Fleishman-Hillard, for a 2010 interview with President Goodluck Jonathan, contradicting the firm's claim that it contacted CNN, and other media for a string of interviews.
Fleishman-Hillard, contracted through a Nigerian consultant to the presidency, Caser's group, was to receive $58,200 to pitch interviews with advocacy groups, and major media outlets including Reuters, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN and Bloomberg.
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