How do you know that MAGA ranters are employed to endorse Trump?

Last month, I wrote about the decisions by two billionaires at the LA Times and Washington Post not to endorse Kamala Harris.

Here's more about the guy at the LA Times. Oliver Darcy wrote about this in Status.

Scoop: I spoke to Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong this evening about his apparent desire to stuff the newspaper's editorial board with dishonest pro-MAGA voices like Scott Jennings. Suffice to say, the convo didn't go super well. Details in Status: www.status.news/p/patrick-so...

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— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy.bsky.social) November 26, 2024 at 11:04 PM

When I pointed out that Scott Jennings' job is to serve as a pro-Trump pundit, Soon-Shiong replied, "You just said is his job is to defend Donald Trump. Did you find that in his job description with CNN? I don't know if you know that as a fact." More in Status: www.status.news/p/patrick-so...

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— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy.bsky.social) November 26, 2024 at 11:42 PM

A lot of political and media messaging in this country basically operates on mafia trial rules where unless you have someone on tape saying “I, [name], love to smuggle and distribute cocaine, which is derived from the coca plant” it’s plausible deniability.

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— Jake Cole (@jakecole.bsky.social) November 27, 2024 at 8:52 AM

It’s worth noting here that the end of this article confirms something Rogan has publicly lied about: Harris agreed to go on Rogan and he played patty-cake with schedulers to avoid it.

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— Josh Stein (@joshstein.bsky.social) November 27, 2024 at 5:11 PM

HuffPost, Oct 4, 2025

"On NewsNight, Jennings tried to justify the raid, stating a “transnational terrorist organization” was frequenting the building. Phillip argued that residents who were not involved in any criminal wrongdoing have a constitutional right not to be handcuffed and detained in the middle of the night.

“When you are sleeping in your bed and you happen to live somewhere, you have a right to not be detained just for not even being in the same apartment, but being in the building,” Phillip said.

“I think you’re overblowing it. They are not arrested,” Jennings responded, adding, “no Americans were arrested.”

Jennings’ comments evoked a strong facial reaction from guest Alencia Johnson, who was the senior advisor to former Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 presidential campaign.

Scott Jennings is either lying or wildly misinformed about what happened in Chicago. He keeps claiming 37 Tren de Aragua gang members were arrested. As if it excuses zip tying kids. DHS says 37 were arrested, and only 2 were suspected gang members. Van Lathan gets it. We can’t lose our humanity.

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— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) October 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM

Jennings wrote A Revolution Of Common Sense: How Donald Trump Stormed Washington And Fought For Western Civilization, to be published November 2025, and let Trump select the cover image.

Abby Phillip on Jennings (HuffPost)

Turned on CNN just to see what the what and there's Scott Jennings, "was no angel-ing" the mother of a toddler who got shot in the face.

— Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox.bsky.social) January 7, 2026 at 10:41 PM

Here's where we are in January 2026, as Marisa Kabas writes in the Handbasket:

"Just hours after the news conference, the Washington Post Editorial Board (the members of which remain unclear) was ready to hang the “Mission Accomplished” banner. They wrote: 'Millions of people around the world, most of all in Venezuela, are celebrating the downfall of the dictator Nicolás Maduro. President Donald Trump’s decision to capture him on Saturday was one of the boldest moves a president has made in years, and the operation was an unquestionable tactical success.'

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...in extraordinary moments such as this, too many journalists behave as if they have more in common with billionaires destroying journalism than the 80 or so people killed in Venezuela by Trump’s airstrikes. If we’ve learned anything this past year, it’s that proximity to power does not equal power."

Margaret Sullivan in American Crisis, Jan 6, 2026:

"A few days ago, CBS News declared the five principles of its new mission. One of them was “We love America.” And the statement added, “We make no apologies for saying so.”

No apologies needed, CBS News. But then again, I think we may have a different definition of how journalists can show their patriotism.

No American-flag pins on lapels are necessary. No jingoistic headlines about illegal raids are welcome. And, please, no fawning interviews of people in powerful positions.

Journalists and their news organizations can show their patriotism by doing their jobs of seeking the truth, no matter who it offends. They can serve the public by reporting honestly and deeply on what their government is up to — and why — even if that means they lose access or get sued."