Trust in the mainstream media is at all-time lows in the United States due in large part to the belief among many that most news organizations have a political lean to them “report” accordingly, whether left or right.
I think it’s inarguable at this point that most of them indeed do have a bias, though the degree of bias at each one is subject to debate.
That said, even with the understanding in mind that large majorities in America – including both Republicans and Democrats – see the media as politically slanted one way or the other, rarely do you have a current member of the mainstream press openly admit it (in fact, most reject the suggestion), whether through a literal admission (“I am biased”) or an implicit one, the latter of which we get from the likes of the casts and crews of “news” organizations like CNN on a near-daily basis.
These are the last implicit admissions, made by a CNN reporter. However, some may argue that Kasie Hunt’s tweet earlier today, as anchor/chief nationally affairs analyst Kasie Hunt stated, goes beyond being implied, and I can see where this is fair.
Hunt’s tweet was apparently in response to reports that the paid family and medical leave portion of President Biden’s so-called “Build Back Better” bill was going to be cut out thanks to objections from West Virginia Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin, who along with Arizona Democrat Sen. Kyrsten Sinema have been major obstacles to Biden’s plan to “fundamentally” change (read: radicalize) America via the massively bloated Democrat-wish list bills currently on the table.
After hearing about the news, Hunt – formerly of MSNBC infamy – took to the Twitter machine to actually threaten Democrats with negative coverage if they didn’t get this thing done complete with “paid leave” included:
If paid leave is left out of this bill, I’m going to spend the midterms covering how suburban women who turned on the GOP over Trump are responding to Democratic governing in DC — especially after the pandemic
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) October 28, 2021
It has been saved hereFor posterity.
Though it was a rather astonishing admission of bias against Republicans, her followers didn’t seem to take it that way, laughably suggesting in so many words that she was a Republican cheerleader because she wasn’t criticizing Republicans for their alleged role in stalling the spending package, even though not a single Senate Republican needs to vote for it in order for it to pass.
“I mean, there are 52 Senators that oppose things that could benefit millions of Americans, but, sure, let’s focus on the 48 that are trying to help,” said one left-wing Twitter userWho received hundreds of retweets.
“Make sure they know it’s 2 Democratic Senators and 50 Republican Senators opposed, a 25:1 ratio,” wroteAnother.
This isn’t how legitimate journalism should work. Now if Hunt was an opinion writer or commentator or something along those lines, it would be different, so much so that it wouldn’t even be worth writing about.
Hunt, however, is supposed to be an objective anchor. She should leave her biases behind and not bring them with her to work. Unfortunately, CNN has made it clear that they don’t operate that way.
Nevertheless, it is something to be grateful for that another part of this failing network chose to show their true colors. You get positive coverage if you give me what I need. If not, I’ll put you on blast.
Just incredible that she said it out loud – another black eye for journalism for sure, but I’ll take it.
Needless to say, this is yet one more on a long list of blows against her colleague Chris Cillizza’s hilarious (and infamous) declaration five years ago about how “reporters don’t root for a side. Period.”
Then again, maybe we shouldn’t be so tough on journalists who just come right and tell us who they really are, right?
It seems strange for journalists to announce that they will engage in bias reporting when a piece or legislation isn’t what they want. You aren’t really journalist, are you?
— Nefarious Means (@MeansNefarious) October 28, 2021
‘Nuff said.
Flashback to some of Hunt’s greatest hits:
— NBC News ‘Journalist’ Says Joe Biden Doesn’t Lie ‘As a Rule,’ Gets Wrecked With Reminders
— Kasie Hunt of NBC News Swoons Over Joe Biden Because…He Refuses to Answer a Question
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