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Megyn Kelly didn’t hold back when she reacted to CNN host Abby Phillip’s recent remarks about her own guests, including conservative commentator Scott Jennings. On Kelly’s show she called out Phillip for publicly scolding contributors after the fact and accused CNN of treating the few conservatives who still appear on the network like expendable props.
The controversy began after Phillip, appearing on Kara Swisher’s podcast, took aim at comments from Jillian Michaels about slavery and then moved to criticize Scott Jennings, saying she sometimes has to tell him to “stop.” Instead of airing a fair debate, Phillip’s podcast remarks came across as a public shaming of the very voices who bring balance to her program.
Kelly was right to call out the hypocrisy: Phillip professes a reluctance to disparage guests but then goes on a second platform to trash them, betraying the pretense of impartiality. This isn’t just bad manners, it’s a pattern at CNN where hosts lecture Americans about civility while actively silencing opposing views behind the scenes.
Conservatives should note the broader lesson here — mainstream outlets like CNN are not interested in genuine debate, they want performative virtue signaling and the ability to punish dissent. Megyn pointed to the network’s flagging ratings as evidence that this hostile approach is driving viewers away rather than attracting honest conversation.
Scott Jennings isn’t some fringe figure; he’s a longtime political commentator and a regular presence who draws viewers and sparks substantive argument, and rumors of his political ambitions show he remains a consequential voice in Republican circles. Attacking him because his views make CNN’s left-leaning base uncomfortable is proof that the network values ideological purity over journalistic diversity.
If conservatives are serious about saving free speech in media, they should stop treating outlets like CNN as neutral stages and stop rewarding bad-faith hosts with appearances that only give them another platform to virtue signal. Megyn Kelly’s blunt rebuke was the kind of unapologetic pushback we need: call out the double standards, defend honest conservatives, and refuse to be gaslit by elites who pretend to champion debate while only tolerating one side.
