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Krystal Ball, the former MSNBC host, recently appeared on Joe Rogan’s popular podcast and shared a shocking insight into the inner workings of NBC News. Ball revealed that in 2014, when she was still a host on the network, she was pulled into an office and warned that any future commentary about Hillary Clinton would have to be approved by the president of the network. This bombshell insight into NBC News has been met with shock and disbelief by many Americans who have only casually followed the news.
Former MSNBC host Krystal Ball claims she was given a slap on the wrist for criticizing Hillary Clinton leading up to the 2016 election. She was told she needed to obtain approval from the network's president if she wanted to criticize Clinton on the air.https://t.co/QkO2lyKJ9O
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For years, conservatives have suspected that major corporate media networks have had a cozy relationship with the political establishment, primarily Democratic but also Republican. Ball’s revelation confirms this suspicion and shows that networks are willing to go to great lengths to ensure that only approved narratives are spread.
In 2014, Ball did a monologue about Hillary Clinton titled “Don’t Run, Hillary. Don’t Run”. In the monologue, she criticized Clinton for selling out to Wall Street and urged her not to run for president. The monologue was published by MSNBC and is still an active link on their website.
However, shortly after the monologue aired, Ball was pulled into an office and warned that any further commentary about Clinton would have to be approved by the president of the network. Ball believes that this warning had an effect on her and caused her to be more careful about what she said about Clinton in the future.
Ball also believes that many of the people working in cable news are not there because of their talent, but because they are reliable purveyors of whatever it is that the network wants to spread. This insight into how networks control what is said on air has been met with shock and disbelief by many Americans who have only casually followed the news.
The revelation from Ball confirms what many conservatives have long suspected about major corporate media networks and their cozy relationship with the political establishment. It shows that networks are willing to go to great lengths to ensure that only approved narratives get spread on the network. This insight into how networks control what is said on air has been met with shock and disbelief by many Americans who have only casually followed the news.
The preceding article is a summary of an article that originally appeared on Conservative Institute
