With sinking ratings, CNN has been trying to cut back and reorganize. One of the things they did is in addition to giving anchor Kaitlan Collins her own show, “The Source,” she also has to cover the White House as a correspondent again. I wonder what she has to be thinking about that move.
Now that President Donald Trump is in office, the network no longer have someone in the White House hiding from reporters. Indeed, you might just have the most transparent president ever. The media seems to have discovered again that they can ask questions, and they might get answers. And sometimes, they may get answers that put them in their place, as Kaitlan Collins did when raising questions with Trump on Thursday.
Trump was just signing an executive order on tariffs–an event which he had the press in to witness, as we reported earlier.
But he was still showing the EO around when Collins tried to ask a question. It did not go well:
LMAOO
KAITLAN COLLINS: Mr. President, you won the White House, in part because of high inflation. If your tariffs make prices go up…
TRUMP: Excuse me, we haven't asked you to speak yet, please.pic.twitter.com/mYWgQQihCs
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 13, 2025
“Mr. President, you won the White House in part because of high inflation. if your tariffs make prices go up…” Suddenly, Trump just dropped her, scolding her for talking out of turn, “Excuse me, we haven’t asked you to speak yet, please.” […]
— Read More: redstate.com
Independent Journalism Is Dying
Ever since President Trump’s miraculous victory, we’ve heard an incessant drumbeat about how legacy media is dying. This is true. The people have awakened to the reality that they’re being lied to by the self-proclaimed “Arbiters of Truth” for the sake of political expediency, corporate self-protection, and globalist ambitions.
But even as independent journalism rises to fill the void left by legacy media, there is still a huge challenge. Those at the top of independent media like Joe Rogan, Dan Bongino, and Tucker Carlson are thriving and rightly so. They have earned their audience and the financial rewards that come from it. They’ve taken risks and worked hard to get to where they are.
For “the rest of us,” legacy media and their proxies are making it exceptionally difficult to survive, let alone thrive. They still have a stranglehold over the “fact checkers” who have a dramatic impact on readership and viewership. YouTube, Facebook, and Google still stifle us. The freer speech platforms like Rumble and 𝕏 can only reward so many of their popular content creators. For independent journalists on the outside looking in, our only recourse is to rely on affiliates and sponsors.
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