Former CBS News President Confirms Most Cable News Hates You, Trump Supporters

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RedState

In an op-ed at the Wall Street Journal Monday, a former head of CBS News confirms what the nation has known for some time, whether parts of it wanted to admit it or not: the mainstream media has become “unrelentingly liberal.”

Van Gordon Sauter, who served as president of CBS News from 1982-83 and then again in 1986, says that two out of the three leading cable news networks, claiming neutrality to the last but spurred by their “fear and loathing of President Trump,” have accelerated what was a creeping tilt toward leftism to become the mouthpiece of “the resistance.”

 

The news media is catching up with the liberalism of the professoriate, the entertainment industry, upscale magazines and the literary world. Recent arrivals are the late-night TV hosts who have broken the boundaries of what was considered acceptable political humor for networks.

To many journalists, objectivity, balance and fairness—once the gold standard of reporting—are not mandatory in a divided political era and in a country they believe to be severely flawed. That assumption folds neatly into their assessment of the president. To the journalists, including more than a few Republicans, he is a blatant vulgarian, an incessant prevaricator, and a dangerous leader who should be ousted next January, if not sooner. Much of journalism has become the clarion voice of the “resistance,” dedicated to ousting the president, even though he was legally elected and, according to the polls, enjoys the support of about 44% of likely 2020 voters.

Interestingly, Sauter lays out the reasons that the situation has devolved to the extent that there is no going back. “The media likes what it is doing. Admires it. Celebrates it. There is no personal, professional or financial reason to change. If anything, the gap will expand,” he writes.

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Now he tells us...