Ex-WaPo, CNN Propagandist Chris Cillizza: How Will Journos Do Their Jobs If They Can’t Defame Trump; The Only Way To Stop Corporate Media From Lying Is By Literally Making Them Pay

Ex-WaPo, CNN Propagandist Chris Cillizza: How Will Journos Do Their Jobs If They Can’t Defame Trump?

Cillizza infamously asserted in 2016 that ‘Reporters don’t root for a side.’:

If there’s one thing corporate media have made clear over the last eight years, it’s that their very existence is predicated on degrading Donald Trump and boosting Democrats’ political agenda. Trump knows it, Americans know it, and, as ex-Washington Post and CNN columnist Chris Cillizza proved on Monday, the press knows it.

It should come as no surprise then that when Trump sued ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos for falsely claiming Trump raped E. Jean Carroll, the Disney-owned corporate media giant decided to settle. Instead of subjecting itself to legal discovery that could reveal more slander against the president-elect, ABC News tried to rid itself of the case by pledging $15 million to Trump’s presidential library fund.

The decision to pay up instead of dragging out depositions did not sit well with newsroom activists across the nation. One of the biggest fits pitched came from Cillizza who, after hearing word of Trump’s recent legal victory, went into a tizzy on X about how the settlement “sets an incredibly dangerous precedent — and undermines journalists doing their jobs.”

The ABC news settlement with Donald Trump sets an incredibly dangerous precedent — and undermines journalists doing their jobs.

I talked with @chucktodd about it all. Watch via the link in my bio! pic.twitter.com/jMpi2gQm3n

— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) December 16, 2024

Cilliza’s whining did not stop there. In a 10-minute rant posted to his YouTube page the same day, the “So What” founder complained that the settlement was just another example of how “the mainstream media keeps giving in to Donald Trump.”

“They didn’t settle because they were worried about losing,” he argued. “They settled because they didn’t want to have a high-profile fight with the incoming president of the United States.”

He’s right that making Trump “feel better and more comfortable … is not the role of the media.” Becoming unpaid spokesmen for the Democrats’ campaign against their top political enemy shouldn’t be on the résumé either, but it’s a position the propaganda press is all too eager to fill. In ABC News’ case, the cost of filling that position was quite literal. —>REEAD MORE HERE

The Only Way To Stop Corporate Media From Lying Is By Literally Making Them Pay:

Just days after ABC News settled a massive defamation lawsuit for lying about the then-former president, President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he would be suing other members of the corrupt media. The message is clear — if the propaganda press cannot stop peddling lies, then they will be held accountable.

While holding an unscripted press conference Monday at Mar-a-Lago (that perhaps lasted longer than all the unscripted press conferences President Joe Biden has done in four years), Trump went after CBS News for the deceptive editing of the “60 Minutes” interview with Vice President Kamala Harris.

“We’re filing one on ’60 Minutes’ where they took Kamala’s answer, which was a crazy answer, a horrible answer, and they took the whole answer out, and they replaced it with something else she said later on …” Trump said.

It is unclear whether Trump is referring to a new suit or a suit that was previously filed in November against the network. The November suit was filed in the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Texas alleging that the deceptively edited video amounted to “unlawful acts of election and voter interference” and intended to “mislead the public and attempt to tip the scales” of the election, according to CNN.

Trump also said Monday he would be filing a suit against former pollster Ann Selzer, who released a poll days before the election showing Trump losing deep red Iowa to Vice President Kamala Harris by three percentage points. Trump alleges the poll was designed to discourage Republican turnout and amounted to election interference (Trump ultimately won the state by nearly 14 percentage points). NBC News reported Tuesday that a suit was filed in Polk County, Iowa, seeking “accountability for brazen election interference.” According to the report, Trump “is making the claim under the Iowa Consumer Fraud Act, which prohibits deceptive advertising.” —>READ MORE HERE

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