CNN’s Jennings: Trust In Media Low Because News Product Is Bad
Charlie Kirk Staff
04/23/2025

CNN conservative commentator Scott Jennings shredded the mainstream media on a live mainstream media show, as he said the product stinks.
“The situation of media being under attack. And so, they’ve created a situation where,” media analyst Jeff Jarvis said to Jennings on CNN host Abby Phillip’s panel.
“You’ve almost got it. Keep going. What — what the right wing is taking advantage of is finally the American people saying enough is enough. They’re tired of feeling like the mass media screens out one viewpoint versus another in political coverage. They’re tired of media institutions favoring one party over another. They’re tired of narratives over factual stories. If I had any advice for “60 Minutes” or anybody else, it would be just cover the news and try to be fair about it and stop putting your finger on the scale, especially during the pandemic,” Jennings responded.
“That’s — that’s — you’re — you’re talking about the old mass media myth, that you could have this thing that was in the middle. The Walter Cronkite saying, that’s the way it is, when it wasn’t for many Americans the way it was, when people were pissed off,” Jarvis said.
“People — but people back in those days trusted the media, didn’t they?” Jennings asked.
“No, they just couldn’t be heard because there was no truth. And now that we have the Internet,” Jarvis said.
“Look at the Gallup poll. It was here, and now it’s here. It’s fallen off of a cliff,” Jennings said before the host chimed in.
“Yeah, we do have that gala polling about trust in media. And now, as in recent years, and let’s be honest, Scott. A lot of this is driven by the rhetoric on your side of the aisle. ,” she said.
“You think it’s driven by the rhetoric and not the performance” Jennings hit back.
“But my point is this, if you’re CBS or any other news outlet, the reason that you have lost trust ought to be obvious to you and the way to fix it also ought to be obvious to you and it has nothing to do with Donald Trump and everything to do with the product. Just try to make a better product that appeals to more people and the way you appeal to more people is by not crapping on half or more than half of the country because of their values and political views,” he said.