President Trump made headlines this week by saying plainly that CNN “should be sold,” calling into question the competence and honesty of the people running the network as Warner Bros. Discovery faces competing takeover bids. His blunt assessment reflects what millions of Americans already know: a cable network that acts more like an ideological megaphone than a news organization has lost its claim on credibility.
The comments came amid the high-stakes bidding war over Warner Bros. Discovery, with Netflix and Paramount-Skydance circling the company and questions swirling about which suitors would be trusted stewards of major assets — including CNN. Trump made clear he would prefer a future where the network is divested or sold off rather than left in the hands of managers he called “corrupt or incompetent,” an unsurprising position from someone who watches the damage biased coverage does to the country.
At the same time, the White House threw down a gauntlet: Stephen Miller was made available to CNN for interviews, only for the network to reportedly decline, according to White House communications director Steven Cheung. The administration’s camp roasted CNN as “Chicken News Network,” arguing that Miller’s straight talk is precisely what the so-called journalists are too afraid to handle live.
CNN, for its part, hastened to deny that Miller was “banned,” insisting editorial choices drive guest bookings and that they’d have him back when news priorities warrant. That soft response only confirms what conservatives have suspected for years: networks posture as neutral while quietly shaping narratives, and they’re quick to call out conservatives but slow to accept pushback on their own turf.
If you’ve watched Stephen Miller in action, you know why anchors hesitate. His infamous clash with CNN’s Boris Sanchez — where he dismissed a racialized framing of immigration enforcement as “a dumb question” and methodically exposed the policy consequences of open borders — went viral because he simply outmatched the host’s gotcha script. It’s not bravery to avoid that kind of accountability; it’s cowardice dressed up as news judgment.
This episode is just the latest example of a legacy media outlet tripping over its own biases. When CNN anchors can mislabel a high-profile suspect on air, then shrug it off as a mistake, the public sees the pattern: sloppy reporting, rushed narratives, and a tolerance for error when it fits a left-wing storyline. Americans deserve networks that report facts, not networks that manufacture talking points and then play defense when caught.
Conservatives should stop treating the legacy press like a neutral referee and start treating it like the political actor it is. Push for accountability, demand real debate on the air, and support independent outlets that still believe in letting both sides answer hard questions. If CNN won’t face its critics, the marketplace of ideas will — and patriots will keep fighting for the truth.
