Few things better exemplify the inability of the left to tolerate contrary viewpoints than the recent struggle session framed as an "Internal Town Hall" when CNN CEO Mark Thompson was confronted by leftist staffers who claimed they were offended by the existence on their network of conservative commentator Scott Jennings.
It seems they agreed with recent NewsNight guest Cameron Kasky, who arrogantly declared to Jennings that he was somehow not permitted to use the term "illegal alien" despite the fact it is a legal term written into immigration law.
#DealWithIt -- According to Oliver Darcy, someone whined and whined to CNN's Mark Thompson at the company town hall, demanding to know why @ScottJenningsKY is allowed to exist there...
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 30, 2026
“Later in the town hall, Thompson fielded a range of other questions, including why in-house…
The left-leaning Daily Beast went into further detail about the CNN town hall/struggle session/confrontation on Friday with a story by Ewan Palmer revealing the deep level of angst felt by the staffers over the mere presence of Scott Jennings in "CNN Boss Confronted by Staff Over MAGA Pundit’s On-Air Behavior."
CNN boss Mark Thompson was pressed by staff about why the network has not reined in MAGA mouthpiece Scott Jennings’ on-air rhetoric.
Thompson hosted an all-hands meeting with CNN employees, giving them the opportunity to raise questions and concerns about the network’s current state and future.
During the meeting, staff questioned the behavior of Jennings, who frequently gets into verbal spats with other CNN guests as a firebrand Trump loyalist.
One area of concern was Jennings being allowed to describe undocumented immigrants as “illegal aliens,” a term that violates the network’s editorial standards, according to Status.
So the very people who struggle to define "man" or "woman" feel qualified to declare legal terms embedded in the law to be taboo?
Palmer also cited one of the liberal guests who has proven herself incapable of debating Scott Jennings on CNN demanding his removal despite the fact he is perhaps the main reason why many people tune into that network:
Earlier this month, Democratic political operative Julie Roginsky published a critique of CNN for repeatedly inviting Jennings to appear on its shows.
Writing in her Salty Politics Substack, Roginsky questioned why Jennings is allowed back on the network when he is “rude, dismissive, and antagonistic in ways that feel personal rather than substantive,” especially toward female guests.
“CNN should ask itself a simple question: what is Scott Jennings adding that could not be accomplished by any number of conservative analysts who are capable of making arguments without bad-faith theatrics?” Roginsky wrote.
“The answer, uncomfortably, appears to be conflict for conflict’s sake. Jennings reliably generates clips and provokes reactions. And in an era when cable news executives are chasing engagement metrics, that reliability seems to matter more than integrity.”
"Rude, dismissive, and antagonistic." That is actually a description of many of the liberals, including Roginsky, who find themselves unable to rationally debate with Jennings. Of course, we also get the type of liberal who, finding himself unable to engage in debate, ends up helplessly mugging for the cameras with weird facial expressions which Jose Antonio Vargas did on Thursday's NewsNight while Scott Jennings was speaking.
Tim Walz continues to publicly fantasize about starting another American Civil War, even calling Minneapolis the next “Ft. Sumter.” His desperation to be the modern Jefferson Davis is … a choice, I guess? pic.twitter.com/Chtgx0tmhk
— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) January 30, 2026
