Media Research Center President David Bozell joined The Dana Show with Dana Loesch on Wednesday afternoon to discuss Vice President JD Vance’s recent appearance on ABC’s “The View” and CBS’s Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss potentially taking editorial control over CNN, along with Scott Pelley’s “press tour” following his firing from 60 Minutes.
It came as a shock to many that The View even invited Vice President Vance on the show, especially given that an MRC NewsBusters study found that they had featured only two conservative guests compared to 128 liberal guests in 2025. Notably, they have characterized the Vice President as a “sociopathic liar” and accused both him and Elon Musk of treason in relation to President Trump, alleging attempts to seize control. As Bozell stated, “That narrative just falls flat when you actually meet the man. If you're the host, you have to try to cash that check, and they didn't do it. There was a lot of excitement leading into that interview, but the whole thing just felt flat.”
A few months back, The View spent half a show accusing JD Vance and Elon Musk of committing treason against the President and trying to take over for him.
— Media Research Center (@theMRC) June 17, 2026
This just kind of falls flat when you meet the man. @DavidBozell and @DLoesch react to The View hosting JD Vance pic.twitter.com/RL7XGzR8D6
Leftists are also growing increasingly concerned that CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss could assume editorial control at CNN and shift the network toward a more balanced news approach. Those concerns, more broadly, reflect unease over her potential influence across elitist legacy media institutions. This includes, as Bozell put it, “...to throw out some of these 'legacy 'boomer' reporters who think they can do no wrong, like Scott Pelley." Under the oversight of Weiss, 60 Minutes executive producer Nick Bilton fired Pelley after an alleged confrontation in which he raised his voice and insulted the program’s news director and producer—conduct that, as the account goes, would typically be considered grounds for termination in most workplaces. Of course, Pelley painted himself as the victim in an interview he did shortly thereafter with The New York Times.
These legacy boomer reporters, like Scott Pelley, think they walk on water.@DavidBozell and @DLoesch roast the unhinged egos in the elitist media on @DanaLoeschRadio pic.twitter.com/vKJoF4Lcu3
— Media Research Center (@theMRC) June 17, 2026
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