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HLN conservative S.E. Cupp has been on a roll this week with using her show (S.E. Cupp Unfiltered) to draw attention to the media’s massive liberal bias. First, a CNN host admitted he let an anti-gun teen get away with falsehoods, then she and her panel tore into the media for unfairly smearing Trump’s recent hires as unqualified talking heads. On Thursday, she ratcheted up the criticism by calling them out for being hostile to conservative views and hiring ones whose principles were squishy.
Cupp began the segment by asking her audience if conservatives had the ability to “crossover” to other media outlets that leaned left. She then played a clip of CNN media reporter Brian Stelter whining to conservative commentator Ben Shapiro that he and others in conservative media should get jobs in the liberal media.
She pointed to the recent case of Kevin Williamson, formerly of National Review, who was hired by the liberal Atlantic magazine. “A week ago they hired former National Review writer Kevin D. Williamson to be a contributor. So, are liberals applauding his move? No, the reaction to this has gone as you'd expect,” Cupp reported. She then highlighted the hate the move received from left-wing outlets.
“As a conservative who has worked at scores of networks and publications left and right, I will tell you, it's hard out there for a pimp. You heard me,” Cupp joked. She explained that most true conservatives were hired by the liberal media to be their “tokens or exotic animals to be gawked at.” She asserted that “when you're not busy translating your values to coastal liberal journalists and executives, you're against the wall defending them to a panel of 18 shouting pundits who think you are evil incarnate.”
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