Will Cain: CNN Changed From Simply Biased to ‘Purpose-Driven to Take Down President Trump’

Former CNN contributor and current Fox News host Will Cain isn’t holding back when it comes to how he sees the network he once called home.

Reflecting on his time at CNN during an appearance on The Sage Steele Show, Cain said the outlet has undergone a dramatic transformation since his tenure there — and not for the better.

“Well, CNN changed drastically,” Cain said. “When I was there, it was liberal and biased, sure — but Trump wasn’t on the scene yet. Then they became more agenda-driven, not just biased. Now, and for the last five years, I’d call it propaganda. The truth isn’t relative to what they have to say. It’s purpose-driven to take down President Trump and so forth. It wasn’t like that when I was there.”

Cain, now hosting an afternoon show for Fox News, recalled his time on Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien and how editorial pressures began to mount as coverage of major national stories shifted in tone.

He specifically pointed to the Trayvon Martin case as a turning point. Cain said that when he tried to approach the story through the lens of a lawyer — analyzing facts, acknowledging gaps, and recognizing reasonable doubt — the reaction inside CNN was swift and harsh.

“I would make these arguments: we don’t know what happened in that gap of time, which means there’s reasonable doubt in a court of law. And for that, I got called a racist — all the time,” Cain said, adding that while criticism from viewers was one thing, hostility from colleagues was another.

The former ESPN and CNN personality suggested that the network’s internal culture grew increasingly intolerant of dissenting viewpoints, particularly during the 2012 presidential race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.

“If random people on the internet call you racist, whatever — but when people you work with do it, that’s different,” Cain said. “And that started happening at CNN. There were allusions, statements, and hostility. In particular, I’ll tell you the person: Don Lemon. I’m not a fan.”

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BNM Staff