Republican strategist Scott Jennings said Tuesday night that a Democratic strategist’s claim that conservatives control the media is “the craziest” claim he’s ever heard.
A panel on CNN NewsNight was discussing President-elect Donald Trump’s policies. schedule Vice President Kamala Harris is suing the Des Moines Register and pollster Ann Selzer over a poll that showed Vice President Kamala Harris leading Trump by 3 points in the 2024 Iowa election. After CNN host Abby Phillip expressed concerns about free speech, Democratic strategist Julie Roginsky named several news organizations she claims are “Trump supporters.” (Related: ‘The story isn’t over’: CNN’s Brian Stelter speculates on why ABC reached $15 million settlement with Trump)
“Do you know what I’m so fed up with, Scott?” Mr. Roginski said. “Fox News, the number one cable news network. The Wall Street Journal, the number one newspaper in circulation. The New York Post, the third largest paper in circulation. The number one in radio, Sean Hannity. The number one podcast. Person, Joe Rogan. All these people are Trump supporters. What, what anti-Trump media are you talking about?”
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Conservatives have long argued that the media has misrepresented Trump, and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance previously said in an Oct. 27 interview with Jake Tapper that Trump’s 2016 presidential He criticized CNN’s reporting on allegations that the campaign colluded with Russia.
MSNBC hosts and guests routinely tout claims that the 2016 Trump campaign colluded with the Russian government to defeat former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff of California He has repeatedly raised allegations of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia in 2016. , on air.
“Don’t you know about the anti-Trump media?” Jennings asked in response, to which Roginsky replied, “I don’t really know about the fact that you guys control everything from your podcast –” I was cut off.
“I mean, that might be the funniest thing you’ve said here. Believe me, there’s a lot of anti-Trump media,” Jennings responded.
“What I’m basically saying is you guys took over the airwaves. You guys took over the radio airwaves. You guys took over the podcasts,” Roginski claimed. “You took over most of it. So the reason you’re sitting here complaining is because all you’re doing is whining and complaining. Your reason for being is , all you do is be dissatisfied. You’re not really thinking about being a leader. You’re only thinking about being dissatisfied with the media.”
President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen says the president-elect has questioned whether the poll in question was an “intentionally fake poll” and, like ABC, the Des Moines Register is avoiding detection. He suggested that the lawsuit may be settled. (Related: ‘Are you saying I’m not a Christian?’: Scott Jennings furious when CNN host uses religion to call Jordan Neely a ‘victim’)
“What happens if you do it on purpose?” Cohen asked. “That’s why I believe ABC ended up disbanding because they didn’t want to be found out. As far as I know, there’s no other reason why they did it.”
“They relented because they wanted to appease Donald Trump,” Roginski argued.
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