President Trump’s backing of a rescission of more than $1 billion in advance funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is freaking out the leftist media. On Saturday night, CNN media reporter Brian Stelter smeared the effort as “right out of the autocratic playbook.” The Left will be the heroes if “there are pro-democracy coalitions that are stronger than the wannabe autocrat.”
On CNN Newsroom in the 7 pm hour, anchor Jessica Dean first asked about the Trump White House taking the wire services out of the daily press-pool rotation, so AP and Reuters have less daily access. Stelter claimed “the bigger picture is very clear. The Trump White House wants fewer skeptical reporters and more sycophants. They want a lot fewer hardballs.” But the “good news” is that CNN and ABC and NBC are “still asking the tough questions.”
Left unsaid: did CNN and…
