admin
The corporate press has a new favorite hobby: pick a story, spoon-feed one version, and watch the public swallow it whole. On a recent episode of The Megyn Kelly Show, Megyn Kelly and Matt Taibbi, editor of Racket News, took apart how the media is shaping the narrative around the Cornell 7. If you care about fair play, truth, and common sense, you should watch how the story is being handled — and ask some hard questions about who benefits when the press becomes a one-sided court.
How the Media Shaped the Cornell 7 Narrative
The clip lays out what many conservatives have been saying for years: corporate media outlets often prefer a tidy narrative over messy facts. The Cornell 7 case — a complex campus incident now boiled down to headlines — shows the danger. Reporters and producers pick a version they like and feed it to viewers in a steady drip. That drip becomes a flood, and suddenly most people think the story is settled long before a full accounting is possible.
ABC’s Slow-Rolling Exclusives: What That Means
Taibbi and Kelly point to ABC’s “slow-roll” of exclusives as a key example. The charge is not that ABC committed a crime; it’s that the network appears to be controlling the release of damning details in a way that shapes public perception. When a major outlet times “exclusives,” and those pieces rely on a narrow set of sources — or on the testimony of a single anonymous person labeled “Jane Doe” — it raises real questions about balance, motive, and whether the press is acting as investigator or advocate.
Why Facts, Context, and Due Process Still Matter
Here’s the straightforward point conservatives keep making: everyone deserves the presumption of innocence and reporting that prioritizes evidence over emotion. Too often, the media swaps careful investigation for viral headlines. That hurts victims, it hurts the accused, and it hurts the truth. Matt Taibbi’s work at Racket News and Kelly’s line of questioning are reminders that investigative reporting should dig up documents, interview multiple witnesses, and explain what is known — and what is still unknown — instead of presenting a dramatized storyline.
What Readers Should Demand
Audiences should insist on transparency. Ask outlets to disclose their sources and timelines. Pressure networks to publish the raw records they base claims on — court filings, police reports, campus hearing documents — not just anonymous quotes packaged as “exclusive.” And for the love of common sense, don’t treat every leak like gospel. If you want fair, honest reporting, demand it: correct the record, report the caveats, and stop cheering when a story confirms your side’s prejudices.
At the end of the day, this isn’t about team sports. It’s about whether the press will be a forum for truth or a production studio for narratives. The Cornell 7 story is a test case. Watch the clip, follow reporting from multiple outlets, and keep asking hard questions. If the corporate media won’t police itself, the public needs to — loudly and without apology.
