{"id":1979827,"date":"2023-07-21T18:03:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T22:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-the-media-used-to-love-government-whistleblowers\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T18:07:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T22:07:28","slug":"flashback-the-media-used-to-love-government-whistleblowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-the-media-used-to-love-government-whistleblowers\/","title":{"rendered":"FLASHBACK: Media Once Adored Government Whistleblowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fflashback-the-media-used-to-love-government-whistleblowers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1979827&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>The Media&#8217;s Changing Attitude Towards \u200dWhistleblowers<\/h2>\n<p>The media \u200bcelebrated and\u2064 defended whistleblowers\u2064 in \u200dformer president Donald Trump&#8217;s administration. \u200cNot \u2064so much these \u2064days.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stopthebigboxbaitandswitch.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stopthebigboxbaitandswitch.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When two veteran IRS\u2064 investigators testified before\u2062 Congress on \u200cWednesday that\u200c the Justice \u200cDepartment interfered\u2062 in their probe of the president&#8217;s \u200dson, major news \u2063networks had\u200c other places to be.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CNN,\u200c MSNBC skip live coverage of IRS whistleblower hearing\u200b on \u2062explosive Hunter Biden probe claims <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c4TTZCyyZz\">https:\/\/t.co\/c4TTZCyyZz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/1681850188262961152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ABC completely avoids on-air coverage of IRS whistleblowers in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/epic-watch-lou-dobbs-berate-young-fox-news-hack-on-live-tv-after-he-minimized-and-mocked-gop-hearing-in-pennsylvania-video\/\" title=\"EPIC! Watch Lou Dobbs BERATE Young FOX News Hack on Live TV After He Minimized and Mocked GOP Hearing in Pennsylvania (VIDEO)\">explosive hearing<\/a> on Hunter Biden probe <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gXbVs79T5t\">https:\/\/t.co\/gXbVs79T5t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/1682138421639168001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On &#8220;Mornings with\u2063 Maria\u2062 Bartiromo,&#8221; the host mentioned <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theMRC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@theMRC<\/a> study\u2062 on how the networks have done nothing on Biden bribery allegations. She also\u2062 slammed how\u200d ABC &#8220;News&#8221; simply\u200c skipped the IRS whistleblower hearing because \u200cit doesn&#8217;t \u200dfit \u200ctheir narrative. \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KJF4qO84PW\">pic.twitter.com\/KJF4qO84PW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimJGraham\/status\/1682354268236292097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>What coverage mainstream media gave the hearing was often \u200ddismissive of the whistleblowers\u2014or critical of the Republicans\u2064 once again <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/republican-jerks-need-to-leave-vulnerable-addict-hunter-biden-alone-media-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pouncing<\/a> on the \u200dpresident&#8217;s beleaguered son.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MSNBC&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoeNBC<\/a> \u200dslams &#8220;lies&#8221;\u2062 from the anti-DoJ\/IRS\/FBI\u200d &#8220;so-called&#8221; whistleblowers: &#8220;They\u2019re just\u200c throwing\u200c things at the wall because they\u2019re so desperate. They don\u2019t want Americans to hear that a judge called Donald Trump a rapist &#8230;&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L6IuxaTkHR\">pic.twitter.com\/L6IuxaTkHR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom\u200c Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1682005902025535488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nicolle Wallace accuses the FBI whistleblowers \u2062of\u200b &#8220;insubordination.&#8221;\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gGkuNA5RcJ\">pic.twitter.com\/gGkuNA5RcJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Citizen \u200bFree Press (@CitizenFreePres) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CitizenFreePres\/status\/1659311338038992899?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May\u2063 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NBC News\u2019s Ali Vitali Reports on \u2018IRS So-Called Whistleblowers\u2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AjoPFrQ4vlo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hunter-biden-irs-justice-department-congress-republicans-32d9f33fb0d05c483d76926504d45bef\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>: &#8220;House Republicans raised unsubstantiated allegations Wednesday against President Joe\u200b Biden over \u200chis \u2062family\u2019s\u2064 finances as they summoned IRS whistleblowers to testify publicly\u2064 for\u2064 the \u200cfirst time\u2064 about claims the Justice Department improperly interfered \u2064with a tax investigation into Biden\u2019s son\u2063 Hunter. &#8230; Still, House Republicans are deepening their own investigation, \u200bmaking broad claims of\u2064 corruption and wrongdoing by the Bidens,\u200b which they acknowledge have\u2064 not been\u200c proven to be true.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/07\/19\/politics\/oversight-committee-hearing-irs-whistleblowers\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN:<\/a> &#8220;Throughout the \u200bsix-hour \u2064hearing, Democrats\u2062 poked holes in some\u2062 of the \u200dwhistleblowers\u2019 claims and repeatedly\u2062 noted that the Hunter Biden probe began under then-President Donald Trump and was overseen by a Trump-appointed prosecutor. They also accused Republicans of hypocritically focusing \u2062on the Biden family\u2019s finances \u2062while ignoring possible conflicts tied to Trump\u2019s business empire.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/07\/19\/marjorie-taylor-greene-hunter-biden-photos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Washington Post<\/em><\/a>:\u200d &#8220;Marjorie\u200d Taylor Greene\u2019s Explicit Visuals \u2063at Hunter Biden Hearing Draw Rebuke&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><em>Rep. \u200bMarjorie Taylor\u200c Greene (R-Ga.) on Wednesday showed what appeared to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/middle-school-teacher-in-texas-arrested-on-possession-of-child-pornography-charges\/\" title=\"Middle School Teacher In Texas Arrested On Possession Of Child Pornography Charges\">sexually explicit images<\/a> of Hunter Biden, President \u2062Biden\u2019s\u200d son, during a hearing of the House Oversight and Accountability\u2062 Committee, \u2064drawing immediate rebukes from Democratic \u2063members \u200bof the panel.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Flashback: <\/strong>It was just a few \u2063years ago that \u2063the media were hailing whistleblowers in the\u2062 federal government as\u2064 brave truth tellers.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MSNBC Host Brian Williams Breathlessly Reports on Trump Whistleblower\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gJh9Pz9D8Ac?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lt.\u2064 Col. Vindman invoked \u2062his father in telling \u200cthe nation why he\u2063 decided \u2062to \u2064testify in Trump impeachment\u2064 inquiry: &#8220;Do not\u200b worry. I will be fine for\u2063 telling \u2062the truth.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PNxse9wSy7\">pic.twitter.com\/PNxse9wSy7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MSNBC\u200c (@MSNBC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSNBC\/status\/1225891079129485312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February \u20647, \u20632020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/09\/05\/opinion\/trump-white-house-anonymous-resistance.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>: &#8220;I Am\u200d Part of the Resistance \u200cInside the\u200d Trump Administration&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><em>The Times is taking the\u200c rare step of\u2064 publishing\u2062 an anonymous Op-Ed essay. We have done so at the\u2064 request\u2063 of\u2063 the author, a senior official in the Trump administration whose identity is known to us\u200b and whose job would\u2063 be \u200bjeopardized by its disclosure. We believe publishing this \u200dessay\u2062 anonymously is the only way to deliver\u200d an important perspective to our readers. We invite you to submit a question about the essay or\u200d our vetting process here.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/10\/28\/politics\/anonymous-new-york-times-oped-writer\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>: &#8220;Author of\u200b 2018 \u2018Anonymous\u2019\u200b Op-Ed Critical \u2063of Trump \u2063Revealed&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><em>The anonymous senior \u2063Trump administration official who wrote \u2064a 2018 New York Times op-ed and a subsequent book critical \u200cof President Donald Trump is Miles Taylor, he revealed in a\u2063 statement to\u200c CNN\u200b on Wednesday.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Taylor, \u2064who was chief of staff to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, wrote a lengthy\u2062 statement explaining why he penned \u2063the \u20622018 op-ed declaring he was part of the &#8220;resistance&#8221; inside the Trump administration working to thwart Trump\u2019s worst inclinations. Taylor said that he wanted \u200bto force Trump to respond to the\u2064 charges he was leveling without the\u200b ability to\u200d attack the\u200c messenger \u2062specifically. \u200bTrump called the\u2062 op-ed treasonous.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Taylor joined\u2063 CNN as a contributor in September 2020.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/10\/29\/us\/politics\/who-is-alexander-vindman.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>: &#8220;Meet Alexander Vindman, the Colonel\u2063 Who Testified on Trump\u2019s Phone \u2063Call&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><em>He fled Ukraine at\u2064 age 3 and became a\u2064 soldier, scholar \u200band official at the White House.\u200b That\u2019s where, he told impeachment investigators, he witnessed alarming behavior by\u2062 President Trump. &#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And on Tuesday,\u200b Colonel Vindman\u2019s past and \u200bpresent converged as\u2063 he became a star witness \u200din the impeachment\u200d inquiry into President Trump, which\u2062 is centered on the president\u2019s dealings with the colonel\u2019s native Ukraine.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Ensconced \u2063in the secure \u2062hearing rooms \u200dof the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-the-media-used-to-love-government-whistleblowers\/\" title=\"FLASHBACK: Media Once Adored Government Whistleblowers\">midnight-blue dress uniform<\/a>, \u2064a \u200cbevy of \u200bribbons pinned to \u200dhis chest,\u2062 Colonel Vindman testified privately from morning until\u200d night. He recounted for House investigators how he was so alarmed \u200dby the president\u2019s request to\u2063 enlist Ukraine to\u2063 smear his\u2063 political rivals, and similar efforts by Mr. Trump\u2019s allies,\u200c that he reported them to his superiors\u2014twice.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>His \u200dheritage gave Colonel Vindman, who is fluent \u200din both Ukrainian and Russian, unique insight \u2063into \u2063Mr. Trump\u2019s pressure \u2063campaign; on numerous occasions, Ukrainian officials sought him out for \u2062advice\u200d about how to deal with Mr. Giuliani.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Colonel Vindman\u2019s testimony was sprinkled with references to duty, honor \u200dand patriotism\u2014but also his life as an\u2062 immigrant and a refugee.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/i-was-a-whistleblower-the-trump-whistleblower-is-about-to-go-through-hell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Daily Beast<\/em><\/a>: &#8220;I Was a Whistleblower. The Trump Whistleblower \u2063Is About to Go Through Hell.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>In my two\u2064 decades \u2063of helping \u200cfederal\u200b whistleblowers, I have never seen a \u2064professional and constitutional crisis of this \u200dmagnitude. But now a \u200cwhistleblower \u200chas effectively completed the task Special Counsel Robert Mueller failed to do: focus the public debate on \u2063the president. \u200dThe American people now\u2064 understand the question \u2062before\u2063 the Republic, even if they have not \u200cprovided the answer, yet.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Same\u2064 energy: <\/strong>On Thursday, Republicans released evidence in \u2062another\u2062 of their investigations of alleged Biden\u2062 family corruption. But the FBI report detailing claims of\u2062 a bribery scheme involving Joe and Hunter\u2064 Biden failed to meet the media&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/15\/opinion\/steele-dossier.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suddenly<\/a> lofty standards\u200b for scandalous intel \u200babout \u200ba president.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here&#8217;s the entirety of CNN\u2064 &#038; \u2063MSNBC&#8217;s coverage of new, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/adam-schiff-is-an-emblem-of-institutional-decline\/\" title=\"Adam Schiff Is An Emblem Of Institutional Decline\">hard evidence implicating<\/a> the president in \u2064a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whistleblower-alleges-fbi-has-evidence-of-biden-engaging-in-bribery-scheme-with-foreign-national\/\" title=\"FBI has evidence of Biden's bribery scheme with foreign national, says whistleblower.\">criminal bribery scheme<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The White \u200bHouse sharply criticized Republicans for pushing long-debunked claims.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x6bNbb6ZbO\">pic.twitter.com\/x6bNbb6ZbO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1682355358193287168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July\u2064 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stopthebigboxbaitandswitch.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stopthebigboxbaitandswitch.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/fbi-furious-grassley-released-document-unverified-claims-joe-hunter-biden-2023-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Business Insider<\/em><\/a>: &#8220;The FBI is Furious Chuck \u2062Grassley Released an Internal Document That Makes Unverified Claims About\u2063 Hunter\u200c And Joe\u200d Biden Accepting \u2064Bribes&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media&#8217;s support for whistleblowers in Trump&#8217;s era has waned. During recent testimony by IRS investigators alleging Justice Department interference in the president&#8217;s son&#8217;s probe, major news networks like CNN and MSNBC chose not to provide live coverage, indicating a shift in priorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":309,"featured_media":1979828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1979827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/309"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1979827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1979828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1979827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1979827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1979827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}