Julie Roginsky vs. Scott Jennings and CNN

[SocialDemocrat61]

I’m Probably About to Be Banned From CNN — But Someone Has to Say This About Scott Jennings
Julie Roginsky

There are times when you need to tell your friends that they are committing a grave mistake, even if they resent you for telling the truth. This is to say: I’m fairly confident that this column will get me banned from CNN’s airwaves.

CNN once sold itself as the grown-up in the room. It was the network you turned to when the stakes got real. That reputation — earned over decades — was built on restraint, seriousness, and a basic respect for viewers. Which is why CNN’s continued reliance on Scott Jennings is not just baffling, but corrosive to its brand.

This is not about ideology. CNN has long — and rightly — made room for conservative voices. The problem is not that Jennings is a Republican. The problem is how he behaves, what he contributes, and what his presence signals about what CNN now tolerates.

On air, Jennings does not debate; he blathers. He talks over women with particular frequency, interrupts relentlessly, and treats panel discussions as contests of volume and obstinacy, rather than as exchanges of ideas. He mugs to the camera and rolls his eyes, while calling any fact he does not like a lie. It is performative obstruction — the cable news equivalent of flipping the board when you’re losing the game.

https://saltypolitics.substack.com/p/im-probably-about-to-be-banned-from

[Tadpole Raisin]

1. They want to be 'popular' and no longer even pretend

To be journalists.

As someone said, if it is raining outside and 1 person says it’s raining and another says it is not, your job is not to give each of them equal time as if this is a valid discussion. You tell your audience it is raining and fire the person who lies.

They don’t care.

[SocialDemocrat61]

2. I believe it was Christiane Amanpour

but I could be wrong.