Scott Jennings is the Media Research Center’s favorite right-winger who doesn’t entirely reside in its right-wing media bubble — he appears on CNN. The MRC has devoted numerous posts to his pearls of right-wing wisdom and adherence to the approved, promoting him in earnest starting in 2022 and 2023. For instance:
- Jennings Slams CNN on Biden Failures & Nasty Partisan Dems
- CNN’s Jennings Goes One-on-Three on Dems’ Commitment to Law and Order
- Jennings CRUSHES CNN for Defending Credit Cards Tracking Gun Buys
- Jennings Mocks: Libs Angry at Court Because They Don’t Get Their Way!
- Franken Runs to Acosta for Help After Getting Schooled by Jennings
- Jennings Educates CNN Panel On Florida’s Anti-CRT History Laws
- Jennings SCHOOLS CNN: Dems Will Smear Any GOP Nominee Like Trump
- WATCH: Jennings Fires Back After CNN Lefty Ties Parental Rights to White Nationalism
- Jennings LAYS Into Weingarten on CNN for Pandemic School Closings
- Jennings Schools CNN ‘Historian’ Rewriting History of Debt Limit Talks
- CNN’s Jennings SLAMS Kamala Harris for Lying About Florida’s Education Reforms
- CNN’s Jennings Levels HILARIOUS Clapback at Dems Celebrating Court Case vs. Trump
- Scott Jennings SAVAGES Biden, Stuns CNNSOTU Panel Into Nervous Laughter
In 2024, though, the MRC went into full Jennings-fluffing mode:
- CNN’s Jennings Takes a Minute to Undo CNN’s 24/7 Trump Trial Hype — No Minds Will Change
- CNN Pundit Scott Jennings Thwacks Democrat on Biden’s Student-Loan Erosion of Law
- Scott Jennings DROPS CNN Host on Trump and Murdering, Raping Illegal Aliens
- CNN’s Scott Jennings OWNS Paul Begala Over Biden Attack On SCOTUS
- Ex-Biden Advisor Squirms As Jennings Grills Him On Hunter Being In WH Meetings
- Scott Jennings SCHOOLS CNN Panel on Biden ‘Decency’, Decline
- CNN’s Scott Jennings CLOWNS Kamala Harris’s Former Spokesperson
- CNN’s Scott Jennings Sarcastically ‘Welcomes’ Kamala Harris To GOP After Border Ad
- CNN Lefties EXPLODE When Scott Jennings Drops Facts on ‘Ornery’ Biden Being Forced Out
- Jennings Upsets CNN Panel By Not Being Wiling to ‘Give Up’ Values To Vote Harris
- CNN Cannot STAND Scott Jennings Raising Doug Emhoff Girlfriend-Slapping Allegation
- CNN’s Scott Jennings RIPPED the Media for Getting the Whole Election Wrong
- Scott Jennings Completely BREAKS CNN Panel, Multiple Meltdowns Ensue
- CNN’s Scott Jennings ROASTS Unfunny Late-Night Regime Comics
- CNN’s Scott Jennings MOCKS Hypocrisy of Dead ‘Fascism’ Narrative
- Scott Jennings Schools CNN Thunderdome After They Tie Penny to Alleged CEO Murderer
- CNN’s Scott Jennings Calls Out the Hypocrisy of Selective Manifesto Publication
- ICYMI: CNN Thunderdome Harangues Jennings With Claims Border, Economy Are Great
Needless to say, the MRC refused to note the times that Jennings himself was SCHOOLED (to coin a phrase) by his fellow CNNers. For instance:
- CNN Debate Crew Hammers Pro-Trump Analyst Over Abortion Claim In Post-Debate Brawl
- Kara Swisher Throws Down With Scott Jennings On Hunter Biden Laptop Story: ‘You Don’t Know What You Are Talking About’
- CNN Anchor Torpedoes Pro-Trump Scott Jennings Defense Of Trump On Racist Rally Jokes: ‘It Wasn’t Just This Comedian’
- ‘That’s a Very Smug Way To Look at Me’: CNN Guest Not Happy With Glare From Scott Jennings
- Audie Cornish Mocks Scott Jennings During CNN Dustup: ‘He Needs a Clip for the Internet’
And for the MRC, of course — which also praised Jennings’ extracurricular activities as well. A Nov. 30 column by Jeffrey Lord cheered that Jennings was named to the editorial board of the Los Angeles Times and played up purported liberal anger over it:
All of which decidedly underlines the hard fact that for all their goings on about Trump being opposed to democracy, it is in fact the Left that hates genuine democracy.
Intellectual diversity is, of course, a bedrock principle of democracy. One of the central tenets of democracy is the freedom to speak one’s mind on the issues of the day. The point of the First Amendment is to ensure that freedom of speech is guaranteed to American citizens.
Thus the uproar over the appointment of a conservative to the Times editorial board is a showcasing for the Left’s intolerance of intellectual diversity and their hatred for genuine democracy at work.
Lord is not going to mention the utter lack of intellectual diversity at the organization that publishes his column. Neither will Tim Graham, who praised Jennings in his Dec. 6 podcast:
CNN analyst Scott Jennings filled in for Salem Radio talk show host Mike Gallagher this week, and one of the most interesting interviews was with Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, the billionaire owner of the Los Angeles Times. He divulged to Jennings he’s privately developing a “bias meter,” a new AI-powered technology to enhance the balance of the news stories at his paper.
The medical mogul added, “What we need to do is not have what we call ‘confirmation bias’ and then that story, automatically, the reader can press a button and get both sides of that exact same story based on that story. And then give comments. Now, I’m giving you some little breaking news here but this is what we’re currently building behind the scenes. And I’m hoping that by January we launch this.”
Jennings replied, “So we’re talking about a fusion of content created by journalists and technology that you’re developing that will give the readers a more well-rounded or complete view of any given story at any given time.”
Graham failed to mention that Soon-Shiong hired Jennings to be on his editorial board, so this was obviously going to be a softball interview of a new employee asking gushy questions of his new boss — the kind the MRC purports to hate.