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Megyn Kelly’s recent sit-down with Mark Halperin was more than a friendly media powwow — it was a public autopsy on an industry that has been eating itself alive. On her show Halperin, now hosting Next Up, told Kelly that the corporate press is suffering from an incurable case of what conservatives call “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” and that this affliction has hollowed out the credibility of legacy outlets.
Halperin was blunt: a huge swath of liberal commentariat simply cannot see beyond their hatred for one man, and that blindness poisons their reporting. He argued that because so many on the left only encounter President Trump through hostile coverage, they remain ignorant of why millions of Americans support him — a media-created echo chamber that fuels rage instead of honest journalism.
Those claims aren’t just hot-take bluster; Americans have taken note and voted with their eyes and ears. Gallup polling shows trust in the mass media has cratered to near-record lows, with a larger share of the country saying they have no trust at all than those who say they have a great deal or fair amount. This isn’t a partisan tantrum — it’s a reality check for any newsroom that still imagines it speaks for the country.
Megyn Kelly herself has been relentless in calling out the hypocrisy, pointing to the smug self-celebration at Washington cocktail parties and the way the same people who lauded leaders one year suddenly condemn them the next when power shifts. The media’s willingness to crown and then excuse political figures — even when their cognitive fitness is in question — is emblematic of the rot Halperin described, and shows why ordinary Americans have lost patience.
Make no mistake: this is not a quaint scandal for journalists to weather and then move on from. Corporate media forfeited its claim to impartiality when it decided that narrative control was more important than truth, and the marketplace responded with new platforms, podcasts, and local outlets that actually talk to real Americans. Conservatives should celebrate that collapse, because it ends a chokehold on the national conversation and opens space for honest reporting and accountability.
The remedy for a free press is demand, not pity. We should push for transparency, support independent outlets that refuse the double standard, and never accept the idea that a newsroom’s disgust can substitute for facts. If you care about this country, you’ll stop funneling your trust and advertising dollars into institutions that chose ideology over integrity and instead back the patriots who will tell the truth no matter who it angers.
