{"id":2228311,"date":"2024-04-23T16:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T20:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/powerful-anti-trump-media-figures-exposed-holding-secret-weekly-meetings-to-coordinate-on-legal-cases\/"},"modified":"2024-04-23T16:10:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T20:10:46","slug":"powerful-anti-trump-media-figures-exposed-holding-secret-weekly-meetings-to-coordinate-on-legal-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/powerful-anti-trump-media-figures-exposed-holding-secret-weekly-meetings-to-coordinate-on-legal-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Influential Media Personalities Unveiled in Covert Weekly Legal Meetings"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fpowerful-anti-trump-media-figures-exposed-holding-secret-weekly-meetings-to-coordinate-on-legal-cases%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=2228311&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--><p>The article discusses\u200d how influential anti-Trump media figures coordinate legal cases in weekly meetings, as revealed by Politico.\u2062 The group includes\u200d well-known figures \u200dlike George\u2063 Conway and William Kristol. Despite implications of coordination, the report\u2062 insists there&#8217;s no conspiracy. Critics \u200braise concerns \u200cabout biased media\u200c manipulation and its potential impact on public perceptions. The piece reveals the coordination of anti-Trump media\u200b personalities in weekly meetings, \u2062as\u200c uncovered by Politico. Members, such \u2062as George Conway and William Kristol, are prominent in this group. While \u2062denied as a conspiracy, critics voice concerns about biased media influence and\u200c its implications on public opinion.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/jsaunders\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/jsaunders\/%20\"><span>Joe Saunders<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   April 23, 2024 at 10:57am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>If it ever feels like television\u2019s anti-Trump talking heads are reading from the same talking points, it turns out they are.<\/p>\n<p>A lengthy, report published Tuesday by the Inside-the-Beltway Bible Politico revealed that some of the best-known opponents of former President Donald Trump have been conducting weekly conference calls to compare notes on Trump\u2019s ongoing legal battles.<\/p>\n<p>But, the report insisted, there\u2019s no conspiracy here at all.<\/p>\n<p>Clocking in at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2024\/04\/23\/anti-trump-legal-pundits-calls-00153300\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2,700 carefully chosen words<\/a>, the report by Politico senior writer and former federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori went into considerable detail about how often the meetings take place and who attends.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re weekly, and attendees include such viciously anti-Trump figures as George Conway, the partisan fool of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kellyanne-conways-18-year-old-daughter-no-good-just-month-parents-divorce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">former husband<\/a> to erstwhile Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway; NeverTrump \u201cconservative\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hot-mic-picks-up-kellyannes-hilarious-response-to-bill-kristols-potential-presidential-run\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">William Kristol<\/a>; and the usual rogues gallery of leftist network commentators like Harvard law professor emeritus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/05\/10\/biden-adviser-14th-amendment-00096300\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Laurence Tribe<\/a> and CNN\u2019s self-gratifying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/report-cnn-may-keep-jeffrey-toobin-even-exposed-work-zoom-call\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeffrey Toobin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But he also went to extraordinary lengths to imply there\u2019s absolutely nothing unusual about it \u2014 and launch preemptive strikes against conservatives who might think that maybe, just maybe the report proves there really is a united, coordinated media effort to make sure President Joe Biden wins re-election in November.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I was reporting this story, I learned that some members of the group were understandably anxious about its publication,\u201d Khardori wrote. \u201cTrump has claimed that there is a legal conspiracy against him, and there is a risk that news of a group such as this could give Trump and his allies an attractive target.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Really? News that some of the most influential faces on network television are getting together regularly to discuss how to spin the news might make an \u201cattractive target\u201d for Americans who are convinced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">mainstream media<\/a> figures are working together to coordinate how to spin the news?<\/p>\n<p>As one unnamed commentator (who is not part of the group) told Khardori: \u201cIt runs the risk of creating the impression that there is an agreement or cooperation or conspiracy across mainstream media entities \u2026 And that could feed into some false and damaging perceptions, particularly on the right.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you trust the mainstream media even a little bit?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yep, it runs that risk all right. And Capt. Renault <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vxnpY0owPkA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was shocked<\/a> there was gambling at Rick\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>The article even brought up the group\u2019s potential similarity to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2009\/03\/journolist-inside-the-echo-chamber-020086\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JournoList<\/a>, an electronic forum that brought together alleged journalists to coordinate efforts to support Barack Obama\u2019s run for the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>But even that reference is just to reassure readers, once again, that there\u2019s nothing at all untoward about this weekly leftist colloquium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut a group of legal analysts and political commentators who are largely up front about their anti-Trump leanings sharing opinions and theories off the record isn\u2019t the same as a bunch of journalists who profess to be non-partisan,\u201d Khardori wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe, but even the lede paragraph to Khardori\u2019s piece gives a different impression entirely:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the Jan. 6 committee was working on its bombshell investigation into the Capitol riot and President Donald Trump\u2019s efforts to overturn the last election, committee staffers took some time out of their seemingly 24-hour jobs one day in 2022 to brief a group of lawyers and legal pundits on a Zoom call,\u201d Khardori wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people on the call weren\u2019t affiliated with the investigation or the government. But they would have been familiar to anyone who watches cable news. They were some of the country\u2019s most well-known legal and political commentators, and they were there to get insights into the committee\u2019s work and learn about what to look for at the hearings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other words, a kangaroo court, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pelosi-chooses-anti-trump-republican-rep-liz-cheney-jan-6-committee-unprecedented-move\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the personal weapon<\/a> of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was feeding propaganda directly to influential media figures who would then spread it into the political discourse like a case of clap at a Burning Man festival.<\/p>\n<p>But again, there\u2019s nothing to see here.<\/p>\n<p>Many conservatives and social media users weren\u2019t buying that.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Anyone surprised that there is a group like this? \u2018As I was reporting this story, I learned that some members of the group were understandably anxious about its publication. Trump has claimed that there is a legal conspiracy against him\u2026\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZhFYPQOhD9\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZhFYPQOhD9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Byron York (@ByronYork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByronYork\/status\/1782741295330361651?\">April 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Of course there is a legal conspiracy against him. It\u2019s called Lawfare and it\u2019s been going on since the moment he came down the escalator.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TheAuMan (@TheAuMan1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAuMan1\/status\/1782753669709967836?\">April 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The article says Trump and his allies like to say he\u2019s a victim of lawfare but the author assures us that that\u2019s nonsense. They always have to take an absurd shot at Trump even when the story obviously uncovers incredible anti-Trump bias.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pancake Batter (@cmsdfwnbjv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cmsdfwnbjv\/status\/1782750216942157918?\">April 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cThere is a risk, for instance, that the calls could breed groupthink or perhaps help dubious information spread, where it might then reach people watching the news.\u201d Ya think!?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PAO (@pao91855) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pao91855\/status\/1782758938770903174?\">April 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>No one who follows the establishment media regularly \u2014 especially the leftist network versions \u2014 will be shocked by the news Politico reported. But it is noteworthy to have it documented by such a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/alice-johnson-fires-back-politico-calling-trump-prop-not-puppet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">customarily biased outlet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Even more noteworthy, though,\u00a0are the absurd lengths the article goes to pretend there\u2019s absolutely nothing sinister about the blatant media manipulation the group represents.<\/p>\n<p>Khardori even noted that of those involved who would speak to him, none would speak on the record. Is that the behavior of men and women who have nothing to hide? Who are doing something honest and above board?<\/p>\n<p>The question answers itself.<\/p>\n<p>Khardori called the group \u201cthe perfect emblem of today\u2019s Trump-media-legal-industrial complex.\u201d He may have said more than he intended.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s these people, or people very much like them, who brought us Bill Clinton and defended his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bill-clinton-monica-lewinsky-affair-manage-anxieties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disgraceful behavior<\/a> in office. They brought us <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tim-graham-slobbering-love-affair-media-barack-obama-will-never-end\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barack Obama<\/a>. And did their damnedest to bring us Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>And now they\u2019ve brought us Joe Biden and evidently want to keep him in the White House for the next four years.<\/p>\n<p>Nope. There\u2019s no conspiracy here. 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Together, we really can save the country.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Thank you for your support!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Please stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44712\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/jsaunders\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44712\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44712\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44712\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44712\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Joe has spent more than 30 years as a reporter, copy editor and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-delivers-disastrous-commencement-address-at-howard-university-receives-honorary-degree\/\" title=\"Biden Delivers Disastrous Commencement Address at Howard University, Receives Honorary Degree\">metro desk editor<\/a> in newsrooms in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Florida. He&#8217;s been with Liftable Media since 2015.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Joe has spent more than 30 years as a reporter, copy editor and metro editor in newsrooms in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Florida. He&#8217;s been with Liftable Media since 2015. Largely a product of Catholic schools, who discovered Ayn Rand in college, Joe is a lifelong newspaperman who learned enough about the trade to be skeptical of every word ever written. He was also lucky enough to have a job that didn&#8217;t need a printing press to do it. <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Philadelphia <\/p>\n<p>  Nationality <\/p>\n<p>  American <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Insight from Joe Saunders on April 23, 2024 at 10:57 am sheds light on the synchronization of anti-Trump TV pundits. 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