The Media Research Center has continued to fawn over resident CNN right-winger Scott Jennings. here’s how that looked in the final few months of 2025:
- THUNDERDOME: Without Abby Phillip There to Cut Them Off, Jennings & Singleton CLOWN Panel Libs Defending Texas Fleebaggers
- THUNDERDOME: Scott Jennings Honors the Heroism of ‘Big Balls’
- THUNDERDOME: Dem Congressman Tries to Gotcha Scott Jennings on Guns, Gets SHUT DOWN
- THUNDERDOME: Scott Jennings Brutally SCHOOLS a Meidas Bro
- THUNDERDOME: Scott Jennings Triggers CNN Panel Libs over ‘Pregnant People’
- THUNDERDOME: Scott Jennings SCHOOLS Liberal Professor on Free Speech, Kimmel Suspension
- Scott Jennings DESTROYS MSNBC’s In-House Hammerphobe Lawrence O’Donnell
- CNN’s Jones and Jennings Unsettled by Divisive Mamdani Victory Speech
- CNN’s Jennings Presses Liberal Kara Swisher on Dismissing Hunter Biden Laptop Censorship
- CNN’s Collins Plays Dems Game On Epstein Photos, Jennings Points Out ‘Smear’ On Trump
- Scott Jennings Dunks on CNN Libs’ Sudden Interest in Presidential Decline
- CNN’s Scott Jennings Pushes Back on Abby Phillip Enjoying TPUSA Confab Infighting
- Scott Jennings Explodes on Loony Lib Who Compared Israel to Russia
- Tough Noogies, Naysayers: CNN’s Scott Jennings Defends Utility of Trump’s Tariffs
The MRC also continued to fawn over Jennings right-wing radio gig. Tim Graham gushed for his Nov. 21 podcast, in which he makes sure to plug Jennings’ new book:
Conservative CNN contributor Scott Jennings stars in viral clips for the verbal battles he has on NewsNight with Abby Phillip. How does he prepare for TV combat? He explains his CNN battles and discusses his new book on Trump, A Revolution of Common Sense: How Donald Trump Stormed Washington and Fought for Western Civilization. Buy it here.
We gave Jennings a Bulldog Award winner for Outstanding Achievement Behind Enemy Lines. MRC president David Bozell joined me to interview the man. Scott says he didn’t know Trump well until February, when he began interviewing him for this book. He told us that behind the scenes that Trump is quite funny and asks a lot of questions and listens a lot, which isn’t the cartoon you see on TV.
While some people were suggesting Jennings for Press Secretary before the new term began, Scott had warm words for how Trump’s communications professionals were doing.
[…]David asked Scott about his process of preparing for what we often call the “Thunderdome” on the Abby Phillip show. When does he know what topics are going to be discussed? When does he know which other guests are going to appear? Two of Scott’s favorite liberal opponents are Van Jones and Obama’s old campaign manager David Axelrod. One of his web sites for show prep is…NewsBusters.
Plus, what everyone wants to know: How do you keep your composure when the lefties throw the worst arguments, and attack your character, like suggesting you’re a racist? Scott says that by now, his opponents are looking for a fight to “own” him on the set. Most of us really enjoy when he just makes that smiling “can you believe this guy?” face while he’s being lectured.
Then, since Scott’s worked in Republican circles for 25 years, we asked him for his advice for what Republicans need to do to win the midterm elections next year.
This was followed by Curtis Houck gushing in a Dec. 17 article that “Breitbart editor-in-chief Alex Marlow and CNN senior political commentator (and 2025 MRC Bulldog Award winner) Scott Jennings would occupy the three hours of radio previously filled by the late Charlie Kirk on the Salem Radio Networ”k, marking a step up for the pair from their previous roles inside Salem.” He continued to gush: “In Jennings’s case, this marked an expansion of The Scott Jennings Radio Show that began on July 14 as a one-hour program at 2:00 p.m. Eastern that both this writer and Media Research Center President David Bozell have made guest appearances.” Why, yes they have — why wouldn’t Jennings have on people who put together his show prep?
Needless to say, the MRC has continued to ignore the times Jennings gets owned by his fellow panelists (and others), as detailed by Mediaite:
- Daily Show Brutally Roasts Scott Jennings With Supercut of CNN’s Pro-MAGA Pundit Trashing Trump
- CNN Anchor Torpedoes Scott Jennings When He Claims ‘I’m Just a Journalist’ in Clash Over Trump
- CNN’s Scott Jennings Gets Brutal Receipt Dropped on Him in Clash Over Trump and Cops
- ‘Your Name Is Not Donald Trump!’ CNN Anchor Jump on Scott Jennings Over ‘Fake’ Jobs Gripe
- CNN’s Scott Jennings Scolded On Air For ‘Laughing’ About Anti-Vax ‘Violence’: ‘A Police Officer Is Dead’
- Jan. 6 Cop Fanone Torpedoes CNN’s Scott Jennings — Says He ‘Does Not Deserve A Platform!’
- Dylan Douglas Trashes CNN ‘Hack’ Scott Jennings — Gets Personal About ‘Fake News’ Feud
- CNN’s Scott Jennings Gets Busted Trying to Sneak One Past Kaitlan Collins
- ‘You’re Lying Right Now’: CNN’s Scott Jennings Gets Cornered by Guest About Trump Official Who Claimed ‘Nazi Streak’
- Abby Phillip Turns the Tables After Scott Jennings Defends Trump Renaming Kennedy Center for Himself: ‘I’m Glad You Said That, Because…’
- Marjorie Taylor Greene Hits Back At CNN’s Scott Jennings Arguing She’s Irrelevant
- CNN’s Abby Phillip Accuses Scott Jennings of ‘Denigrating’ a Whole ‘Religion’ With ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Remark During Heated Debate
We suspect Jorge Bonilla wouldn’t be so enthusiastic about referring to Jennings’ CNN appearances as the “THUNDERDOME” if he had to write about all the times that Jennings comes out on the short end of said argument. Then again, writing about the arguments Jennings loses make it less likely that an MRC denizen will be invited to appear on Jennings’ show.