The day is rapidly approaching when stories regarding the misconduct of the establishment media will cease to exist because the establishment media itself will no longer exist. However, until that time comes, we still have CNN and MSNBC to serve as reminders of why we consider them adversaries of truth.
On Monday night, both networks took deliberate actions to censor the speech of former President Donald Trump, following his resounding victory in the Iowa caucus. Interestingly enough, CNN’s behavior seemed to be the less severe of the two.
Alternatively, it is possible that CNN’s establishment supporters simply appeared more unskilled and inexperienced in their act of censorship.
Initially, the network aired a portion of Trump’s speech. However, when he broached a topic that was inconvenient for the establishment, CNN’s censors swiftly intervened. Just seven seconds after the former president criticized the “invasion” along the southern border, CNN’s Jake Tapper began speaking over Trump, effectively preventing viewers from hearing the victorious candidate’s remarks.
Tapper continued to ramble on for another 20 seconds, accusing Trump of “repeating his anti-immigrant rhetoric.” The camera then shifted away from Trump and returned to Tapper in the studio.
Journalist Nicholas Fondacaro shared a 42-second clip of CNN’s censorship on the social media platform X. Fondacaro also highlighted the precise timing of Tapper’s interruption.
CNN's Jake Tapper cuts away from former President Trump's Iowa victory speech immediately after he started talking about President Biden's border crisis.
"Here he is, right now, under my voice. You can hear him repeating his anti-immigrant rhetoric," he decried. pic.twitter.com/1FRLfyj62H— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) January 16, 2024
In a rather amusing demonstration of audacity, Rachel Maddow, a well-known purveyor of falsehoods, informed the audience that MSNBC was unable to broadcast any portion of President Trump’s speech.
“There is a cost to us as a news organization of knowingly broadcasting untrue things,” Maddow said.
CNN's Jake Tapper cuts away from former President Trump's Iowa victory speech immediately after he started talking about President Biden's border crisis.
"Here he is, right now, under my voice. You can hear him repeating his anti-immigrant rhetoric," he decried. pic.twitter.com/1FRLfyj62H— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) January 16, 2024
It is undoubtedly clear to anyone who recalls one of Maddow’s most notorious incidents that there is irony in her statement.
In the attached video from 2021, Maddow expressed her support for the COVID-19 vaccine.
“Now we know that the vaccines work well enough that the virus stops with every vaccinated person,” Maddow told her viewers, which will be remembered as one of the media’s craziest lies of all time.
March 29, 2021
Rachel Maddow spread some of the most egregious false claims about the COVID vaccine of anyone, going into explicit detail clearly articulating clearly false claims with great confidence.@maddow should apologize for her lies.pic.twitter.com/SnpQJLsuee
— Kevin Bass PhD MS (@kevinnbass) October 9, 2023
Others also noted the irony:
The only thing funnier than MSNBC refusing to cover an election winner is Russiagate hoaxer Rachel Maddow condemning the practice of “knowingly broadcasting untrue things” https://t.co/eUoDYST6Ot
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) January 16, 2024
Same people who claim they care about “democracy” refuse to cover Republican candidate’s speech.pic.twitter.com/S1uHeCL8GM
— Sara Gonzales (@SaraGonzalesTX) January 16, 2024
About to play former President Trump's victory speech from last night. The brass as @CNN and @MSNBC would not air it…because they aren't news channels. The are channels of opinion which wish to exclude center-right opinion, with consequent deep damage to their "news" brands.
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) January 16, 2024