After Monday morning’s fiasco on CNN, when anchor Kasie Hunt invited Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt on the show to talk about the campaign and Thursday’s debate, Leavitt rightly pointed out that Jake Tapper and Dana Bash have said harsh things about Trump over the years.
Hunt freaked out and stopped the interview. She then posted on X that the people who come on her show respect their colleagues. How can you be disrespectful when stating a fact these days?
You come on my show, you respect my colleagues. Period. I don’t care which side of the aisle you’re on, as my track record clearly shows.
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) 24 June 2024
Following the interview, Hunt was criticized for how abruptly she ended the interview with Leavitt.
Shortly thereafter, Simon Ateba, chief White House correspondent for Today News Africa, posted a screenshot of a tweet from Hunt’s husband, Matthew Mario Rivera, which he posted after the release of Trump’s mugshot.
DEVELOPMENT: This is Matthew Mario @Riverathe husband of a poorly rated @CNN host @kasie Hunt. They don’t like Trump. I understand now why they @kleavittnh out of. pic.twitter.com/0giJVTyCdD
— Simon Ateba (@simonateba) 24 June 2024
Rivera is a producer of NBC’s “Meet the Press.” NBC is another network that “wrong” left, but there is a producer who is spreading propaganda for the Democratic Party. I am sure he is not the only one at NBC who posts such content.
After Ateba pointed out that Rivera was a cheerleader for the Democrats, and to prove that Hunt was no different, Rivera blocked Ateba and made his account private so that no one else could see his posts or comment on previous posts by him.
PAINFUL: Matthew Mario @Riverathe husband of a poorly rated @CNN host @kasie Hunt just blocked me. What am I supposed to understand? pic.twitter.com/mwRaxqeVtm
— Simon Ateba (@simonateba) 24 June 2024
As usual, the left can hit but can’t take it. He made the post public; the White House correspondent merely pointed out that the post existed, and Rivera responded defensively.
The bias seems to run in the family, and that’s fine. The problem, however, is that they claim to be non-partisan and unbiased when they are the exact opposite.
Going back to the credibility of Kasie Hunt and her network, CNN has not been as critical of President Biden, but claims to be in the middle of the political spectrum. They are not as biased as MSNBC, but they are definitely not in the middle and they prefer Biden to Trump.
Yes, they bring Democrats and Republicans as guests, but the overwhelming majority of the network’s hosts want to portray Trump as bad as possible and Biden as golden.
Conservative media makes no secret of its bias. Liberal media should learn to do the same and stop pretending to be non-partisan.
