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CNN’s newest hour-long special, The Rise of Christian Nationalism, is being billed as an exposé — but working Americans should smell the rot. The network quietly announced the program would premiere on March 22, 2026 as part of The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper, yet the hour reads more like a political hit than journalism.
From the press materials, CNN defines the subject as an ideology that insists the United States was founded as a Christian nation and that public life should reflect Christian values, then proceeds to paint anything resembling lived faith as sinister. The reporting zeroes in on Moscow, Idaho and a network around Pastor Douglas Wilson, a predictable choice for those determined to caricature conservative believers.
CNN’s own transcript makes clear the crew “embedded” with communities and foregrounded stories from former members alleging harm and “rigid patriarchy,” a framing designed to amplify worst-case anecdotes into a sweeping indictment of religious Americans. This is the sort of immersion reporting that looks sympathetic when it confirms your bias and damning when it doesn’t.
Conservative voices across Christian media have rightly pushed back. BlazeTV’s Allie Beth Stuckey and others pointed out that much of what CNN labels “nationalism” is simply Christians living out historic, biblical convictions in family, school, and public life — convictions the left calls private until they surface politically. Stuckey’s response captured a growing frustration: why is faith suddenly a crime when it refuses to stay quietly in pews?
Prominent pastors have also rejected the program’s thesis as intentionally dishonest. Pastor Allen Jackson called CNN’s piece “misguided” and “functionally dishonest,” arguing that CNN conflates the revival of faith with something nefarious and ignores the Judeo-Christian roots that shaped our republic. When networks dismiss the nation’s moral foundations as a threat, they’re not reporting — they’re campaigning.
This isn’t about nuance; it’s about power. Mainstream outlets have decided that any public expression of faith that challenges progressive orthodoxy will be branded as extremism, while the very same institutions shove secular ideology into schools, workplaces, and government without a second thought. That double standard should outrage every patriot who believes in honest debate and equal treatment under the law.
Hardworking Americans of faith shouldn’t be cowed by cable’s moral grandstanding. If networks want to examine movements honestly, they should include the millions of churchgoing families who love country and liberty, not just the sensational testimonies that fit a narrative. Stay proud, stay involved, and don’t let the talking heads tell you to take your faith out of the public square — that square was built on it.
