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Pete Hegseth Trashes CNN Mid-Briefing: \u2018The Sooner David Ellison Takes Over\u2026\u2019 \u2014Huffington Post<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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The defense secretary dismissed CNN’s reporting that the Trump administration underestimated Iran’s response to the Israeli-U.S. attacks.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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JUST SAYING:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
BY RAUL HERNANDEZ<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cEditorial independence will actually be maintained,\u201d Ellison told CNBC last week. \u201cIt\u2019s maintained at CBS, it\u2019ll be maintained at CNN.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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David Ellison and Bari Weiss<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Who in the hell believes David Ellison<\/strong> after that remark: “It’s maintained at CBS.”<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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He hires Bari Weiss. Weiss immediately brings in Erika Kirk<\/strong>, who goes out and tells the world Charlie Kirk wasn\u2019t a bona fide bigot.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Weiss lobed softball questions at Kirk pretending it was journalism and an “interview” with any news-gathering merit.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Then Tony Dokoupil gets elevated to anchor the CBS Evening News.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Dokoupil turns the moment into a performance about himself\u2014complete with tears.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Then Weiss reportedly tries to strong-arm a planned interview between Stephen Colbert and Texas legislator James Talarico.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Where did all this come from?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Trump.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"\"Ellison expects Americans to believe he\u2019s acting independently.<\/strong> But the pattern is obvious: a media company drifting toward the same right-wing narrative machine that feeds Fox News viewers.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Now Ellison says: Trust me.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Why should anyone?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Americans need to recognize what\u2019s happening.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It happened at Jeff<\/strong> Bezos’ Washington Post.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Billionaires are reshaping major media platforms while pretending they\u2019re not catering to the same propaganda pipeline \u2014 Fox “News”<\/strong>\u2014that fuels Trump\u2019s political movement.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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If the public wants accountability, there is one language corporations understand:<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Money.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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BOYCOTT<\/strong>: CBS. Dump Paramount and Skydance stock.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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When companies start hemorrhaging billions, that\u2019s when they discover that millions of Americans are fed up with being treated like fools.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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