On Wednesday, Patty Morin, the mother of Rachel Morin — who was raped and mureder by an illegal immigrant in 2023 — spike at the White House. Her comments were broadcast by Fox News and Newsmax, but CNN and MSNBC did not air the speech. That drew the ire of some inside the White House.
On MSNBC, the network aired coverage of a rally held by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). It also featured an interview with John Heilemann, the chief political columnist at Puck News.
CNN, meanwhile, featured a panel remarking on Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), and also showed a segment about the NBA during the timeframe of Morin’s speech.
“SHAMEFUL that (CNN) and (MSNBC) refuses to take Angel Mom Patty Morin as she recounts the terrible tragedy of how an illegal killed her sweet daughter, Rachel,” wrote White House Communications Director Steven Cheung.
Cheung was not the only member of the Trump White House to comment on the situation. Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller piggybacked off of Cheung’s statements by calling the failure of CNN and MSNBC to broadcast the speech “reprehensible.”
Additionally, FCC Chair Brendan Carr argued that the situation was “news distortion.”
“When the truth comes out, they ignore it,” he shared on social media. “Comcast knows that federal law requires its licensed operations to serve the public interest. News distortion doesn’t cut it,” he added before arguing that the coverage by CNN and MSNBC of the situation surrounding Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland resident wrongfully deported to El Salvador.
Carr stated that “Abrego Garcia came to America illegally from El Salvador, was validated as a member of the violent MS13 gang—a transnational criminal organization—and was denied bond by an immigration court for failure to show he would not pose a danger to others. Why does Comcast ignore these facts of obvious public interest?”
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