Media Research Center President David Bozell joined The Wilkow Majority Monday afternoon to address the Left’s hypocritical overreaction to Trump’s decision to exclude CNN, MSNOW, and Politico from the White House.
Bozell emphasized:
"You want to talk about censorship, look at what Mark Zuckerberg attested to... the Biden admin was all over Silicon Valley censoring those who questioned the Power Five narrative."
"You want to talk about censorship, look at what Mark Zuckerberg attested to... the Biden admin was all over Silicon Valley censoring those who questioned the Power Five narrative."
MRC's @DavidBozell pushes back on the left attacking Trump for "censorship" on @WilkowMajority pic.twitter.com/ceUY1CmYu0— Media Research Center (@theMRC) September 21, 2026
Trump’s decision was well-reasoned, unlike the response from the Left. Bozell explained that just as President Trump is not stripping away the Left’s right to report, he retains the right not to invite "fake news" into his inner circle. As CNN’s own Brian Stelter once admitted, "Freedom of speech does not guarantee freedom of reach," Bozell noted.
The media’s double standard is glaring, and their hyperventilation over this executive decision is equally dramatic. Bozell remarked:
“The idea that the president is banning the press and taking away freedom of speech, that is such an overreaction. It's such a hyperbolic, silly overreaction.”
Bozell suggested that Trump’s decision may have also been rooted in national security concerns. When the Washington Post accused Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and the Pentagon of underreporting casualties during the Iran conflict, and Hegseth called the claim a disgusting lie, the public was forced to choose whom to believe.
While this left-wing major newspaper continues to carry dangerous clout, public trust in the media overall has "sunk like a stone," Bozell noted. "For Republicans, it's 8% according to Gallup... If you add in every other voter demographic, it gets up to a sky-high 24%. You're not going to get much lower than that." He added, "CNN has lost 50% of its audience in the last 5 years." Considering the media’s current trajectory, Bozell clarified:
"If you follow the media landscape to its logical conclusion, you're going to have two distinct pools, one on the left and one on the right."
"If you follow the media landscape to its logical conclusion, you're going to have two distinct pools, one on the left and one on the right."
MRC's @DavidBozell on the @WilkowMajority pic.twitter.com/HMD73rb5p6— Media Research Center (@theMRC) September 21, 2026
Left-wing media outlets do not appear concerned by this growing divide. Bozell called them out directly: “You've got this group of left-wing operations that just don't want to play ball, don't want anybody in their sandbox.”
While these major outlets whimper when the President calls out their reporting, they have no problem taking cheap shots at the Right. Bozell highlighted additional examples of this double standard:
“We had a quote from Oliver Darcy, who works for CNN. He didn't just want to ban Fox News from the pool. He wanted to ban Fox News from the cable spectrum. Brian Stelter said it wasn't censorship to try to crush Fox News. It was harm reduction.”
These hypocritical outlets should take the Right’s reaction in stride and acknowledge that “the media environment is changing faster than they can contend with,” Bozell argued. “There are going to be new players, and when the White House brings new players into the building, they should be welcomed.”
Bozell concluded by exposing the legacy media's duplicitous conduct and calling out their deeply entrenched, elitist attitude.
Watch the full interview here:
