Morning Joe takes it up a notch, says Conservatives not just silencing media, but starting to take it over

Leftists are freaking out over conservative influence in the media, accusing the right of “taking over” the landscape.

The assassination of Charlie Kirk has resulted in the suspensions and firings of untold numbers of people who took to social media to gloat about the death of the conservative political activist. One of those who received immediate backlash was late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, whose show was yanked from the airwaves after some incendiary comments sparked complaints. MSNBC’s Morning Joe hosts were joined by Axios founder Jim VandeHei on Tuesday to discuss what they believe are the free speech ramifications of conservatives staging a “take over” of the media.

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The pair was discussing Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who has stepped forward to sound the alarm on comments made by FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr. He warned that any action taken by the right can also be used against the right when and if Democrats ever gain significant power in the federal government.

“I hate what Jimmy Kimmel said. I am thrilled that he was fired,” Cruz explained on his podcast, ‘Verdict with Ted Cruz’ on Friday. “But let me tell you: If the government gets in the business of saying, ‘We don’t like what you, the media, have said. We’re going to ban you from the airwaves if you don’t say what we like,’ that will end up bad for conservatives.”

“Going down this road, there will come a time when a Democrat wins again – wins the White House … they will silence us. They will use this power, and they will use it ruthlessly. And that is dangerous,” he continued.

This stance was praised by host Joe Scarborough and his guest, who noted that President Donald Trump won not once, but twice, largely on the issue of being censored by the left.

“Ted Cruz, though, is a significant member in this story because of the position he holds on the Commerce Committee. So he’s the chairman of and has a lot of sway here. So no, I understand. Don’t worry, I’m not going to be flying my Ted Cruz flag on my boat this weekend. I am saying though, however, it was, for a Republican Party that has remained silent and scared and cowered by Donald Trump, I thought this was an interesting issue for them to step forward on. Why do you think that was?” Scarborough asked.

“Most conservatives that you’ve known throughout your lifetime believe in free speech. One of the reasons Donald Trump won was a massive backlash against the curtailing of speech by Democrats in their estimation and in reality, in many cases. And so the idea that you’re then going to do exactly to them what they did to you, is patently nonsensical, and so it’s not that surprising that Cruz would do it,” VandeHei said. “I do think you’re right that so few Republicans have spoken up against Trump. I don’t want to be the skunk at the party, but step back. Like, if you’re watching this, you’re like, ‘Oh, this is great, now maybe things will get reset,’”

“Look at what’s happening around this in terms of conservatives making a lot of progress in being able to not just silence media, but kind of start to take it over,” he continued. “You already have Elon Musk controlling X. If you look at what is happening with this TikTok deal, it’s largely going to end up in the hands of Oracle, it looks like the Murdochs, people who are sympathetic to Trump. So you’re going to have the two biggest platforms that shape the reality for the largest number of people under the control of people who are quite friendly to the existing federal government.”

“Then you look at even the Kimmel thing. When you’re talking about these affiliates like Nextar or any company that can decide what to air on ABC, they control that. They’re trying to merge. When those two merge and if they get the approval of the merger because they’ve done the things that the administration wants to see them to do, this consolidates power over a lot of local broadcasting, which is what the vast majority of people over the age of say 60 or 65, who might vote in and off your election, are paying attention to. So Republicans are making a tremendous amount of progress in terms of starting to even the playing field in terms of who is putting the message out there,” he concluded.

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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to BizPac Review.

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