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In a stunning display of hypocrisy Wednesday, the liberal media performed a 180-degree turn in their opinion of former White House Strategist Steve Bannon. Before the new year, they all treated Bannon as the scum of the Earth and claimed he used his news outlet as a propaganda tool to rally alt-right racists and neo-Nazis. So what made them change their minds so drastically? He dished the dirt on President Trump in a book that’s soon to be released, written by journalist Michael Wolff.
On Wednesday evening, all three of the major news networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) put off reporting the winter storm making its way through the south and up the east coast so they could glorify Bannon’s comments.
“Good evening. And it's great to have you with us here on a very busy Wednesday night. That major storm slamming into the east. The track now shifting, more snow, and we'll show you in just a moment here,” announced ABC’s sensationalist anchor David Muir on World News Tonight. “But first, the hurricane that blew through the West Wing today. Steve Bannon turning on this White House, turning on the President's family.”
Muir handed the report off to Senior White House Correspondent Cecilia Vega who touted Hurricane Bannon for asserting that the controversial Trump Tower meeting was “treasonous.” “In an explosive new book, Bannon calls the sit-down ‘treasonous,’ ‘unpatriotic,’ and he says team Trump, quote, ‘should have called the FBI immediately,’” she hyped.
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