A CNN panelist believes the media is biased in favor of conservatives.
Democratic strategist Julie Roginsky said on a panel this week that the biggest news outlets backed Donald Trump in the last presidential election and accused Republicans of complaining about the media for the sake of having a grievance.
“Do you know what I’m so tired of?” Ms. Roginsky said to Republican strategist Scott Jennings. “The number one cable news network, Fox News. The number one paper by circulation, The Wall Street Journal. Number three paper by circulation, the New York Post.”
She continued: “The number one person on the radio, Sean Hannity. The number one person on podcast, Joe Rogan. All of these people are Trump supporters. What media are you talking about that’s anti-Trump?”
“You guys control everything,” she added.
Mr. Jennings called the claim the “nuttiest” theory he’d heard for the Democrats’ presidential loss.
The incredulous Mr. Jennings asked her if she is “not familiar with the anti-Trump media?”
“I mean, of all the things I’ve heard you say out here, that might be the nuttiest,” he said.
Ms. Roginsky doubled down though, later in the “CNN NewsNight” program.
“What I’m basically trying to say is that you guys have taken over the airwaves. You guys have taken over the radio airwaves. You guys have taken over podcasts,” she said.
“And now you’re sitting here complaining — because all you guys do is whine and complain. Your entire raison d’etre is to have grievances,” she concluded at Mr. Jennings. “You don’t actually think about leading. You just think about having grievances against the media.”
