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Greg Gutfeld didn’t mince words when a CNN host decided to lecture conservatives about conspiracy theories — he fired back like a guy who’s tired of the media’s moralizing and their habit of talking down to ordinary Americans. For people who actually watch the shows, this was another example of prime-time liberals who think smugness equals intelligence and that they get to police what millions of patriots are allowed to believe.
CNN’s end-of-the-world framing about conservative media “profiting off lies and conspiracy theories” has become a convenient cudgel for cable news to delegitimize dissent and silence skepticism. It’s not a fringe observation — you can see anchors and pundits repeatedly using that language to write off the legitimate concerns of millions of voters who don’t trust a sealed-off, self-reverential press corps.
Gutfeld’s tone was sharp because the arrogance is real: the same networks that preach against “misinformation” spend hours elevating spinning narratives and burying stories that don’t fit their preferred partisan script. He’s annoyed because the condescension isn’t just insulting — it costs people their trust in institutions that are supposed to serve them, not sermonize them.
Let’s be clear: skeptics of the media aren’t automatically charlatans or lunatics — most are hardworking Americans who’ve watched elites get it wrong again and again. The conservative world isn’t immune to bad takes or fringe theories, but it’s not the soft target the coastal press pretends it is; the bigger problem is a national media culture that treats skepticism as sin while protecting its own narratives.
If CNN wants to lecture the country about “cleaning up” the information environment, it ought to start by cleaning up its own house — stop the selective outrage, stop gaslighting entire communities, and stop acting like the rest of us are intellectually inferior. Real accountability means asking tough questions of every ideology, not just weaponizing “conspiracy” as a label to silence political opponents.
Gutfeld’s defense wasn’t some clever stunt; it was a reminder that conservatives will not accept being patronized into silence. Americans who work, raise families, and pay taxes deserve a media that respects their intelligence and treats facts fairly, not networks that prefer to trample dissent under the guise of expertise. The real scandal is the arrogance of the elites — and the people are waking up to it.
