Media Research Center President David Bozell joined The Derek Hunter Show Friday night for a discussion on the media’s silence on the conservative-targeted surveillance operation, Operation Arctic Frost, and its meltdown over White House renovations.
Bozell called out the press for ignoring “Operation Arctic Frost,” which revealed federal agencies spying on conservative organizations and sitting senators. “Not one single broadcast network aired one solitary second,” Bozell said, highlighting the stark media blackout. “Normally they’ll mention it in the most innocuous way so they can later say, ‘We covered it,’ but this time they didn’t even bother.”
Bozell also slammed the media’s overblown reaction to the White House East Wing renovations, which are largely focused on the new ballroom. He called out NBC’s Maria Shriver, noting it’s unclear if she’s ever even entered the East Wing. “I promise you, too, that Maria Shriver has never taken the public entrance to the White House. She’s gone in through the gate…So she has never probably even entered the East Wing,” he said, highlighting how journalists continue to portray the updates as catastrophic.
On the Democrat-led government shutdown, Bozell noted the media’s selective silence again, noting that the media has covered the White House renovations more than the shutdown because “the press understands it’s bad for business.”
The segment ended on a lighter note as Hunter joked about inviting Sen. John Fetterman to MRC’s annual awards for standing up to the far left. But throughout the discussion, Bozell’s point was clear: when stories make Democrats look bad, the media simply pretends they don’t exist.
