{"id":2239822,"date":"2024-05-08T06:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T10:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kristi-noem-unleashes-the-dogs-of-war-on-the-media\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T06:47:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T10:47:11","slug":"kristi-noem-unleashes-the-dogs-of-war-on-the-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kristi-noem-unleashes-the-dogs-of-war-on-the-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristi Noem aggressively confronts the media"},"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%2Fkristi-noem-unleashes-the-dogs-of-war-on-the-media%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=2239822&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>Governor Kristi Noem\u200d of South Dakota is \u2064confronting a\u2064 media storm\u200c involving a puppy-shooting\u2063 scandal\u2063 that threatens\u2063 her political career. She engages in\u200c a strategic \u2062battle against the media, following in the footsteps of historical GOP figures like Newt Gingrich and Ronald\u200c Reagan. Despite efforts,\u200c her\u2063 media defense might not be turning the tide as expected. Governor Kristi Noem\u2063 of South Dakota faces a\u2062 media \u200cstorm due to\u2063 a puppy-shooting scandal, risking her political future.\u2063 In a tactical move akin to prominent GOP figures, she challenges the media. \u200dHowever, her defense strategy may not be\u2062 yielding the desired results.  <\/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<div>\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kristi-noem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kristi Noem<\/a> (R-SD) has embarked on a whirlwind media tour to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-call-for-unity-after-closed-door-caucus-vote-to-keep-rep-cheney-as-conference-chair\/\" title=\"House Republicans call for unity after closed door caucus vote to keep Rep. Cheney as conference chair\">beat back<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/2993064\/kristi-noem-insists-she-loves-dogs-killing-story-backlash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>puppy-shooting scandal<\/a> that threatens to kill her political career.<\/p>\n<p>There are few better fights for a Republican to pick than a brawl with the media. Former House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/newt-gingrich\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Newt Gingrich<\/a>\u2019s stern rebuke of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-democratic-gubernatorial-contenders-endorse-bds-movement\/\" title=\"Virginia Democratic Gubernatorial Contenders Endorse BDS Movement\">debate moderator<\/a> won him the 2012 South Carolina primary. It was one of only two states he won that year and the first time South Carolina failed to back the winning candidate for the GOP presidential nomination since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ronald-reagan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ronald Reagan<\/a> beat Gerald Ford at a state convention in 1976.<\/p>\n<p>Reagan won the 1980 New Hampshire primary after a single-sentence dismissal of a debate moderator: \u201cI am paying for this microphone, Mr. Green!\u201d Reagan didn\u2019t even have to get the moderator\u2019s name right \u2014\u00a0it was the <em>Nashua Telegraph<\/em>\u2019s Jon Breen \u2014\u00a0on his road to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Noem is testing whether these old dogs still hunt, this time in the form of a media tour promoting the book, <em>No Going Back<\/em>, that originally contained the anecdotes causing her troubles. She went on CBS\u2019 <em>Face the Nation <\/em>to spar with host Margaret Brennan. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/election-2024\/?utm_source=homepage&#038;utm_medium=banner&#038;utm_campaign=iowa_caucus&#038;utm_id=election2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ELECTION 2024: FOLLOW LATEST COVERAGE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis morning in our 15-minute interview, Margaret Brennan interrupted me 36 times \u2014 once every 25 seconds on average,\u201d Noem posted on social media afterward, adding that liberals like former House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nancy-pelosi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Nancy Pelosi<\/a> (D-CA) and Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gretchen-whitmer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gretchen Whitmer<\/a> (D-MI) are permitted to speak without interruption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-real-clear-politics-say-they-never-called-pennsylvania\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Real Clear Politics -- SAY THEY NEVER CALLED PENNSYLVANIA\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">fake news<\/a> media<\/a>, there are two sets of rules, and conservative are always treated differently,\u201d Noem posted. \u201cThat\u2019s why Americans don\u2019t trust the Fake News.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The title of Noem\u2019s book, <em>No Going Back<\/em>, is itself a reference to not returning to pre-2016 Republican political norms, when GOP leaders were faulted for being too deferential to the media. \u201cFake news\u201d is one of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s favorite catchphrases, rivaling \u201cbuild the wall.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Yet so far, Noem\u2019s media offensive hasn\u2019t turned the tide. She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2994900\/noem-trump-dog-story-vp-chances-appear-slim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>tried <\/a>in a <em>Fox Business <\/em>interview to keep the focus on Trump and his New York hush-money trial amid Stuart Varney\u2019s persistent \u2014\u00a0dogged? \u2014 inquiries about whether her dog revelations had extinguished her vice presidential hopes. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kristi Noem lashes out at Stewart Varney for asking her questions about the killing of her dog: \u201cEnough, Stuart. This interview is ridiculous with what you are doing right now. You need to stop.\u201d<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gV0tdn5Zz4\">pic.twitter.com\/gV0tdn5Zz4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RpsAgainstTrump\/status\/1787921066251227358?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cEnough, Stuart,\u201d Noem finally said after her bobbing and weaving didn\u2019t slow down Varney\u2019s combination of canine questions. \u201cThis interview is ridiculous, what you are doing right now.\u201d The host said he would stop, but only because they were out of time. \u201cOh, well of course we are,\u201d she shot back.<\/p>\n<p>But Varney isn\u2019t as unsympathetic a figure to conservative audiences as Jim Acosta, Dan Rather, Sam Donaldson or even Margaret Brennan. And while it is difficult to predict how the mercurial Trump will respond to a media firestorm, having weathered so many of them himself, multiple Republican operatives told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>that they doubt Noem is helping herself. <\/p>\n<p>One Republican strategist said that Noem\u2019s vice presidential chances are \u201cdeader than her dog.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives circled the wagons around a winner of the Republican veepstakes, then Alaska Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sarah-palin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Sarah Palin<\/a>, when the media pursued her. Like Noem, she was a relatively young and telegenic Republican female governor with strong conservative credentials \u2014\u00a0and therefore an enticing running mate for a septuagenarian presidential nominee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is now the most popular governor in America, with an approval rating in the 90s, and probably the most popular public official in any state,\u201d Fred Barnes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/magazine\/2038356\/the-most-popular-governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>wrote<\/a> of Palin in 2007. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not just that she\u2019s pretty and young,\u201d Barnes quoted a Republican pollster as saying of Palin. \u201cShe\u2019s really smart. And there\u2019s no guile. She says her favorite meal is moose stew or mooseburgers. It wouldn\u2019t shock people if that were true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-mccain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>John McCain<\/a>\u2019s selection of Palin the following year is often panned in hindsight, at first it looked like he breathed new life into his campaign. Palin was electric on the stump, exciting conservatives who were neither enamored with McCain nor what increasingly looked like a demoralizing slog of a race against Barack Obama. Her speech at the Republican National Convention was well received.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the glare of the media spotlight proved too much. If McCain\u2019s veep choice was the political equivalent of a game-changing touchdown on a Hail Mary attempt, Palin\u2019s interview with Katie Couric was like having the pass ruled incomplete on review. Palin\u2019s fight against the media did keep conservatives in her corner through Election Day and for several years after the unsuccessful campaign. But she never returned to her previous heights.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Palin-like \u201cMama Grizzly\u201d affectation is likely why Noem told the dog story in the first place. Noem\u2019s task is more challenging than Palin\u2019s because the criticism has been bipartisan. The fact that others are still vying for the place on the Republican ticket Noem seemingly desires will keep would-be competitors from coming to her aid.<\/p>\n<p>Still, it is possible that Republican primary voters will have sympathy for Noem as media interviewers keep grilling her about Cricket and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/2992127\/kristi-noem-book-publisher-remove-kim-jong-un-anecdote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kim Jong Un<\/a>. It\u2019s worth a shot. As the book title says, there\u2019s no going back now.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) is on a media blitz to counter the puppy-shooting scandal endangering her political future. A clash with the media is a strategic battle for Republicans. 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