{"id":2572699,"date":"2026-02-23T16:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-cnn-host-goes-rogue-on-air-saying-blue-cities-are-out-of-control-and-then-tearing-them-apart-for-2-minutes-straight\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T16:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:38:12","slug":"watch-cnn-host-goes-rogue-on-air-saying-blue-cities-are-out-of-control-and-then-tearing-them-apart-for-2-minutes-straight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-cnn-host-goes-rogue-on-air-saying-blue-cities-are-out-of-control-and-then-tearing-them-apart-for-2-minutes-straight\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: CNN Host Goes Rogue on Air, Saying &#8216;Blue Cities Are Out of Control&#8217; and Then Tearing Them Apart for 2 Minutes Straight"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">46<\/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%2Fwatch-cnn-host-goes-rogue-on-air-saying-blue-cities-are-out-of-control-and-then-tearing-them-apart-for-2-minutes-straight%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=2572699&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>Teh piece argues that extreme polarization has driven politics toward tribalism and urges journalists to scrutinize leaders from all parties. It centers on Fareed Zakaria\u2019s critique of \u201cblue cities\u201d as being out of control due to persistent government spending, citing New York City\u2019s $127 billion budget and a proposed property-tax hike, as well as Los Angeles\u2019 homelessness spending and the rise in homelessness since 2015. It notes additional concerns, such as an LA audit that could not account for $2.4 billion in homelessness funds and Chicago\u2019s pension promises that could threaten the city\u2019s finances. The article contends that subsidies across sectors\u2014housing, education, etc.\u2014tend to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-democrats-say-theyre-taxing-the-rich-but-theyre-actually-crushing-small-businesses\/\" title=\"Analysis: Democrats Say They\u2019re \u2018Taxing The Rich,\u2019 But They\u2019re Actually Crushing Small Businesses\">raise costs<\/a> and expand bureaucratic overhead, undermining the programs they intend to support. It concludes by praising Zakaria\u2019s journalism as a truthful, principled critique of governance, framed as a moral call to tell the truth to those in power.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Extreme polarization has deceived us into accepting tribalism as a substitute for genuine politics.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine, however, what would happen if everyone, especially journalists, held <em>their own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-arizona-state-rep-issues-call-to-withhold-states-electoral-college-votes-to-joe-biden-due-to-significant-evidence-of-fraud\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Arizona State Rep Issues Call to Withhold State&#039;s Electoral College Votes to Joe Biden Due to Significant Evidence of Fraud\">party&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s leaders<\/em> to account.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, in a clip posted Sunday to the social media platform X, CNN&rsquo;s Fareed Zakaria, host of &ldquo;Fareed Zakaria GPS,&rdquo; declared that &ldquo;blue cities are out of control&rdquo; and then spent two minutes illustrating the problems that plague every major Democrat-run metropolis.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;New York is really a prime example of a problem Democrats seem unwilling to confront: Blue cities are out of control &mdash; promising more, spending more, delivering less, and pushing off the fiscal problems to some future day,&rdquo; Zakaria said during his &ldquo;Fareed&rsquo;s Take&rdquo; editorial segment.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Democratic Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-nycs-mamdani-seeking-first-property-tax-hike-decades-cover-budget-deficit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a> of New York City has already announced a $127 billion budget. To pay for municipal spending, both past and future, the mayor wants an increase in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amazon-wants-15-federal-minimum-wage-reports-small-businesses-would-be-hardest-hit\/\" title=\"Amazon Wants  Federal Minimum Wage; Reports: Small Businesses Would Be Hardest Hit\">property taxes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Then, Zakaria shifted his attention to the other side of the continent.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Take Los Angeles, another one-party metropolis wrestling with affordability and disorder,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;The city&rsquo;s homelessness budget for fiscal year 2025-26 totals about 950 million dollars.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And what have the people of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-newsom-boldly-claims-california-national-model-homelessness-numbers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles<\/a> received in return for all that spending?<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The LA Homelessness Services Authority reported that in 2023 homelessness was up nine percent countywide and 10 percent in the city,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;And a 2024 AP account noted that homelessness had surged 70 percent countywide since 2015 and 80 percent in the city &mdash; all this amid public frustration despite billions spent.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Zakaria then cited an audit that could not account for $2.4 billion in LA&rsquo;s homelessness funding. Based on the 2025-26 budget, that means that two-and-a-half years&rsquo; worth of spending on homelessness simply vanished. No one can or will account for it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Or take <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chicago-illegal-dodges-conviction-allegedly-placing-10k-bounty-border-chiefs-head\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago<\/a>,&rdquo; the CNN host said, &ldquo;with a mayor whose approval rating is deep underwater, where the pension promises are so large that they will surely bankrupt the city at some point.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Having blasted Democrats for mismanagement of America&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Whats-the-largest-US-city-by-population\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">three largest cities<\/a>, Zakaria then summarized his intelligent critique.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What is the theory of good government here?&rdquo; he asked. &ldquo;If the answer is &lsquo;keep adding programs,&rsquo; the city will keep producing unaffordability, because unaffordability is what happens when government becomes a machine that grows faster than the society it governs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the host returned to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mamdani-changes-mind-homeless-policy-multiple-people-die\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York City&rsquo;s<\/a> imminent catastrophe.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Zohran Mamdani&rsquo;s basic instinct is correct,&rdquo; Zakaria said. &ldquo;Focus on affordability, especially housing, but not by providing government subsidies. These only seem to have driven up the cost of rent, as subsidies naturally do.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The clip concluded with Zakaria noting that New York City&rsquo;s rental-assistance spending had quintupled since 2020. Meanwhile, rental costs skyrocketed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Fareed Zakaria: &ldquo;Blue cities are out of control &mdash; promising more, spending more, delivering less.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Iv5jVwZO4Z\">pic.twitter.com\/Iv5jVwZO4Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2025680398886265321?\">February 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In short, subsidies invariably increase the cost of whatever they subsidize. It is practically a mathematical principle.<\/p>\n<p>When the government subsidizes education, for instance, education costs increase. Administrative positions multiply like locusts, while students pay more for less. The same phenomenon occurs across all areas and levels of government.<\/p>\n<p>Kudos to Zakaria, therefore, for calling out a real problem caused and exacerbated by corrupt urban Democrats. No doubt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-bottoms-record-low-ratings-msnbc-records-worst-summer-since-1998\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN&rsquo;s<\/a> ever<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >-dwindling liberal audience chafed<\/a> at the criticism of their leaders. But Zakaria apparently did not care. He performed real journalism, complete with honest commentary.<\/p>\n<p>It is no exaggeration, in fact, to say that Zakaria, whatever his personal beliefs, behaved in the spirit of Christ. 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The piece asks us to imagine journalists holding their own party\u2019s leaders to account. It centers on a Fareed Zakaria clip in which he argues that blue cities are out of control, using New York City as an example with a $127 billion budget and calls for higher property taxes. It also covers Los Angeles, noting that despite big homelessness spending, homelessness rose countywide and in the city, with references to a $2.4 billion homelessness-funding gap, and it mentions Chicago\u2019s looming pension liabilities. <\/p>\n<p>The author questions what good government really is: if you keep adding programs, costs become unaffordable because government grows faster than the society it governs. Zakaria is portrayed as urging a focus on affordability\u2014especially housing\u2014without subsidies, since subsidies tend to push prices up. The piece notes NYC\u2019s rental-assistance spending has risen dramatically since 2020 even as rents climbed. It concludes by praising Zakaria for honest journalism that challenges Democratic leadership and for speaking truth, regardless of political repercussions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50623,50410,4188,5894,72870],"class_list":["post-2572699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-cnn-2","tag-controversy-2","tag-media","tag-politics","tag-urban-policy-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572699","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2572699"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2572707,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572699\/revisions\/2572707"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2572699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2572699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2572699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}