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Scott Jennings’ appearance on Carl Higbie FRONTLINE this week pulls back the curtain on what conservatives have known for years: many liberal pundits on cable are not interested in honest debate, they are interested in performance and contempt. Jennings, who pops up on CNN panels regularly, told Higbie what it’s like to deal with opponents who come loaded with talking points and little respect for facts.
Anyone who watches cable news has seen Jennings cut through the theater and call out the left’s contradictions in real time, and his combative, fact-forward style has become a necessary corrective on panels dominated by performative outrage. Clips of him debunking liberal guests and forcing anchors to account for their claims have gone viral on conservative outlets, proving that calling out hypocrisy lands with viewers.
What should alarm every patriot is Jennings’ blunt assessment of the consequences of a media culture that routinely labels political opponents with terms like “fascist” and “Nazi.” He’s argued that this constant dehumanizing rhetoric doesn’t exist in a vacuum and pointed to real-world violence where attackers echoed the same language, demanding the press reckon with its role in the radicalization pipeline. That frankness is exactly what a free society needs when the mainstream narrative refuses to look in the mirror.
The mainstream media’s reflexive defense of its own — and its eagerness to dismiss conservative warnings as mere bluster — shows a disturbing double standard. When a conservative raises the alarm, the response is distrust and derision; when the left performs outrage, it’s treated as moral clarity. Jennings’ willingness to call that out on national television is a reminder that media accountability isn’t optional if the country is to avoid further polarization and violence.
Conservative voices like Jennings’ aren’t seeking applause; they’re demanding that the national conversation return to sanity, evidence, and basic decency. That posture — standing firm on facts while refusing to normalize slander and dehumanization — is why viewers on all sides stop and listen when he speaks. The broader conservative movement should take note: insist on truth, call out bias, and refuse to be cowed by the media’s shrill theatrics.
If the press wants to repair any credibility it has left, it should start by treating political opponents as citizens, not caricatures, and stop amplifying the kinds of rhetoric that radicalize unstable minds. Scott Jennings showed on Higbie’s program how to do that with toughness and reason — qualities the country desperately needs more of in the public square. The choice is simple: keep tolerating partisan theater, or reclaim honest debate and demand responsibility from those who shape the national conversation.
