Posted on 02/18/2025 7:50:50 PM PST by DoodleBob
…When Brennan suggested that free speech had been "weaponized" by Nazi Germany "to conduct a genocide," Rubio quickly pushed back, calling it a misrepresentation of history and countering that the Holocaust was the work of an authoritarian regime that hated Jews and other minorities.
"There was no free speech in Nazi Germany," Rubio said.
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The fiery moment became a rallying cry on conservative media, with outlets praising Rubio and Vance for "calling out" Brennan. It played directly into an ongoing narrative on the right — that mainstream journalists like Brennan aren't just biased but are actively pushing an agenda.
Frank Sesno, a former CNN correspondent and director of George Washington University's School of Media and Public Affairs, saw Brennan's treatment as part of a broader trend where the media itself has become a battleground.
"That's a play straight out of the modern political handbook: discredit the journalist, shift the focus, and make the media the story rather than the issue being discussed," Sesno told Newsweek.
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… (Vance’s)…interview with Brennan quickly turned confrontational, particularly when she pressed him on refugee vetting policies, specifically the resettlement of Afghan citizens in the U.S.
Vance's response was blunt, dismissive and has since been memorialized as one of the early memes of the new Trump era.
"I don't really care, Margaret," he said, shrugging off concerns about refugee security procedures.
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Brennan's clashes with Vance and Rubio have made her a frequent target in MAGA circles, something Sesno, the CNN veteran, called problematic but unsurprising.
"This isn't just about Brennan or CBS. It's part of a broader trend where politicians treat the press not as a watchdog but as an adversary to be humiliated. And when that happens, the public loses," Sesno said.
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By being an obvious Alt Left political activist while claiming, just like MSN, to be “Journalists”.
Typical Alt Left crybullies. Pick a fight and they cry when the opponents fight back
I’m tired of this b— h and the left using the Holocaust ad thier weapon
Its because of her eagerness to play gotcha with her political enemies, the Republicans, with her low IQ. Its too easy.
“This isn’t just about Brennan or CBS. It’s part of a broader trend where politicians treat the press not as a watchdog but as an adversary to be humiliated. And when that happens, the public loses,” Sesno said.
More like the press treats Republicans as adversaries and trues to humiliate them. Problem is these low IQ idiots get pantsed by anyone with half a brain.
“discredit the journalist, shift the focus, and make the media the story rather than the issue being discussed,”
That would almost make sense were it not for the fact that the so-called “news” media is nothing more (or less) than a propaganda arm for the Democrat Party.
Somebody should wear that on her show (I know, they won’t allow it). But it’d still be funny.
This article completely ignores the fact that she was wrong.
Nope that been your game for decades faux Journalists. You all are just busy crying because the targets are fighting back and you all are losing the PR war …
Lighten up, Francis.
Uhhh, no. No and no. That was by any measure an objectively stupid and incoherent basis for her question.
President Trump been the most accessible media President. Obama and Biden treated them with contempt. In 4 weeks he held more press accessible events then Biden ever did.
Compare and contrast how Team Trump deals with the hostile media every day compared to the utter hysteria the Democrat proapganda machine at CBS etc went into when Baier at Fox asked Harris some reasonable questions she could not answer during the 2024 campaign
Who knew Judge Merchan had a ward?
Jesus is a Newsweek reporter based in New York. Originally from Bogotá, Colombia, his focus is reporting on politics, current affairs and trending news. He has covered current affairs, healthcare, pop culture, and sports. Jesus joined Newsweek’s U.S. bureau in 2024, and has previously worked for The Financial Times and served as an international reporter and newsletter editor for El Espectador in Colombia.
“I don’t really care, Margaret,” he said, shrugging off concerns about refugee security procedures.
What a complete LIE! Margaret was arguing the existing vetting had happened and it was Vance saying that the existing vetting had failed!
What an abject and complete lie
Margaret was also caught in 2020 by Condoleezza Rice - not a favorite around here - who schooled Brennan loser, carrying globalist water, effectively saying the George Floyd-fueled riots are indicative of American subhumanism:
Brennan tried to get Rice to admit that the Trump Administration’s failure to contain the lawlessness here is signaling weakness abroad and putting the U.S. in danger.
“Madam Secretary, you know, some of America’s adversaries, Russia, Iran, China, they are using the images of what happened to Mr. Floyd and what is happening in the streets of American cities right now in their own state propaganda. Do you see this racial divide as a national security threat to us?” Brennan asked.
Rather than providing the desired response, Rice replied: (emphasis mine)
Well, I’ve always thought that America’s greatest strength is that we are a country where you can come from humble circumstances and do great things, and where, despite our painful history, we’ve worked harder and harder every day, brick by brick, to build a more perfect union for all of us. And I would say to those, particularly in places like China and Russia and Iran, who may want to use this for propaganda, let’s not be absurd.
This is not Tiananmen Square where you’ve mowed down people who disagreed with the government. This is not the invasion of Crimea where you took land from your neighbor. This is not the Green Revolution in Iran where you killed people wantonly because they wouldn’t agree with the theocratic government.
Rice continued, “And I would even say to our friends abroad, in places like Europe, where I’m seeing demonstrations in support of what is happening here, thank you for your support, but please look in the mirror. Please ask yourself, in countries in Europe and countries all across the world, what are you doing about racial and ethnic inequality in your own circumstances? America has gotten better because we have been willing to confront our problems. And we’re going to confront our problems again. We’re confronting them now.
“But I really don’t need to be lectured by Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping about peaceful protest when they have themselves used their own force just because people wanted to criticize the government. That is not what is happening here,” she added.
That was brilliant, Dr. Rice. And Brennan has been a shill for years.
Lying is what the Dinosaur Media does.
Howzabouts Ol’ Marg get herself a little better educated and quit acting like a Washing DC mouth breathing insider.
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