Despite enduring a decade-long, multi-billion-dollar media campaign aimed at discrediting him, President Donald Trump currently enjoys a higher average approval rating than former President Barack Obama at the same point in his second term.
CNN Max is shutting down. Warner Bros. Discovery announced that starting next month, HBO Max will no longer carry CNN’s 24/7 live feed. Instead, subscribers will only see select on-demand CNN programs like Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy, and The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper.
Senator Rand Paul (R‑KY) strongly criticized comments by FCC Chairman Brendan Carr regarding ABC and Jimmy Kimmel, calling them “absolutely inappropriate.” Paul made his remarks on Meet the Press, arguing that Carr crossed a constitutional line by suggesting regulatory consequences for ABC in response to Kimmel’s controversial monologue about the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
On Sunday’s edition of Meet the Press, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro accused President Donald Trump of trying to silence dissenting voices, particularly in relation to recent events involving comedian Jimmy Kimmel. Shapiro expressed concern that removing Kimmel from the airwaves for making a joke about Trump—and then for criticizing his response—represents a dangerous precedent for free speech in America.
In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, many observers have raised concerns about how mainstream media outlets are portraying both Kirk and his alleged killer. Critics argue the narrative is shifting rapidly: Kirk is being cast as both a martyr and provocateur, while the supposed shooter is at times depicted sympathetically or given broader ideological context.
Fox News star Greg Gutfeld made late-night history last week, with his first appearance on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon delivering the show’s largest audience of 2025.
Two prominent former mainstream media figures—Terry Moran of ABC News and Glenn Kessler of The Washington Post—have publicly acknowledged long-standing liberal bias within their former newsrooms. Their recent statements confirm what conservative audiences have observed for decades: corporate media institutions are ideologically skewed, lacking balance in political and cultural reporting.
