{"id":2631055,"date":"2026-07-17T08:20:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T12:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-labels-cnn-the-enemy-of-the-people-over-trump-address-censorship\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T08:21:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T12:21:55","slug":"white-house-labels-cnn-the-enemy-of-the-people-over-trump-address-censorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-labels-cnn-the-enemy-of-the-people-over-trump-address-censorship\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Labels CNN &#8216;The Enemy of the People&#8217; Over Trump Address Censorship"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fwhite-house-labels-cnn-the-enemy-of-the-people-over-trump-address-censorship%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=2631055&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 content discusses the media&#8217;s handling of President Donald trump&#8217;s speech on election integrity.CNN chose not to broadcast the speech live, citing concerns about Trump&#8217;s history of misleading statements, opting instead for a summarized report.This decision was criticized as a form of censorship, especially as other networks aired the speech. The White House responded by labeling CNN as &#8220;fake news&#8221; and an enemy of the people.Additional coverage highlighted that some outlets, like MSNBC, also declined to air certain parts of the speech, often cutting away when sensitive topics arose. <\/p>\n<p>CNN provided some analysis, noting that the released documents largely reiterated previously known vulnerabilities and lacked new evidence, suggesting the speech was primarily alarmist without substantive new proof. The speech included claims about election system vulnerabilities, such as non-citizen voters and foreign interference, but these were largely contextually misleading or known information. Critics argued that the speech seemed to advocate for measures like the SAVE Act to improve election security, but media summaries sometimes framed these as threats to undermine election results.<\/p>\n<p>the article portrays a contentious media habitat where some outlets are accused of filtering or dismissing critically importent political messages, raising questions about media bias, censorship, and the accuracy of reporting on national security and election issues.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?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\" ?><html><body><\/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><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The network that bills itself as \u201cThe Most Trusted Name in News\u201d thinks that you trust it so much that you don\u2019t even need to see what the president says, just their summary of it.<\/p>\n<p>CNN was alone among cable news outlets in refusing to air President Donald Trump\u2019s prime-time remarks on Thursday night regarding election integrity.<\/p>\n<p>CNN\u2019s John King admitted that they were \u201cnot going to take it live\u201d because \u201cthis president, sadly, has a history of misleading,\u201d so they would summarize it in their preferred bullet points. I believe this is known as \u201ccensorship\u201d in other contexts, particularly if you\u2019re a cable news network and the only real news being made on Thursday night is the president addressing the nation.<\/p>\n<p>The White House shot back with its own assessment of CNN\u2019s position. \u201cFAKE NEWS CNN IS THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!\u201d President Donald Trump\u2019s team wrote on X, along with a shot of all the other cable news networks that let America hear what Trump had to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">FAKE NEWS CNN IS THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sNceX3eai8\">pic.twitter.com\/sNceX3eai8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2077924286531043393?\">July 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>An enemy of the people? Well, to be fair, if I were in someplace where I didn\u2019t have another thing to watch \u2014 say, an airport terminal, where CNN is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/airport-tvs-always-playing-cnn-cant-even-change-volume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">basically required viewing<\/a> if you\u2019re going to be watching anything \u2014 I\u2019d be a bit miffed at missing the speech, which contained critical information about China\u2019s meddling in U.S. elections and non-citizens on voter rolls.<\/p>\n<p>But I\u2019d be even more miffed if I saw King describe the reason for skipping the address thusly, in which he openly stated that anything about election integrity needed to pass through CNN\u2019s filter before you watched it:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">CNN\u2019s John King announces CNN is refusing to air Trump\u2019s address to the nation live, and will only tell the American people what they want them to hear, after they put it through their filter. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tB34fHI60j\">pic.twitter.com\/tB34fHI60j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NickFondacaro\/status\/2077920860824871173?\">July 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth noting that CNN wasn\u2019t the only network that decided not to carry the entire speech or opine upon it as part of what was supposed to be hard news.<\/p>\n<p>Here, for instance, is former Biden White House press secretary and current MS NOW on-air functionary Jen Psaki breaking into the speech as soon as Trump began describing vulnerabilities in America\u2019s election infrastructure:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">MSDNC \u2014 which a few call \u201cMS NOW\u201d but many others call \u201cgroup therapy for the mentally deranged\u201d \u2014 cut out immediately as <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/POTUS?\">@POTUS<\/a> started to describe shocking vulnerabilities in our election infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PVb4kLeOVF\">pic.twitter.com\/PVb4kLeOVF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2077933406944457166?\">July 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I think it\u2019s slightly unfair to call MS NOW \u201cgroup therapy for the mentally deranged\u201d because there are a lot more mentally deranged folks than there are MS NOW viewers, but otherwise not inaccurate.<\/p>\n<p>But back to CNN, which said they\u2019d tell you about the speech. As of a little past midnight Eastern Time, they had no less than four articles and one interview with a former deputy director of national intelligence on the front page, but one <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2026\/07\/16\/politics\/takeaways-trump-election-speech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> about five takeaways from the speech started with this takeaway: \u201cLittle in the way of new evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From the article:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Trump\u2019s big reveal was a series of newly declassified documents that he claimed were hidden from both him and the American people and that showed the American election system is \u201ccatastrophically short\u201d of the standard required.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But an early CNN review of the documents finds that they largely discuss previously known potential vulnerabilities in the American election system and issues that were included in a 2021 assessment from the US intelligence community.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Much of what was newly released appears not to have been thoroughly vetted. Indeed, Trump in his speech at one point alluded to \u201craw intelligence.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So his speech was an alarming panoply of lies which\u2026 also contained little new evidence, but had to be shielded from sensitive eyes because \u201cthis president, sadly, has a history of misleading.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/sure,_Jan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sure, Jan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And then after point one said there was no new evidence <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-dhs-identifies-278000-foreigners-illegally-registered-vote-federal-elections\/\">in the speech<\/a>, here was point two: \u201cA big warning about Trump and the 2026 election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nothing to see here! But <em>worry<\/em>, America! <em>WORRY!<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Given Trump\u2019s history of falsely claiming elections that don\u2019t go his way are rigged \u2014 and the violence that resulted on January 6, 2021 \u2014 his decision to give this speech less than four months ahead of an election that looks really tough for the GOP should send shivers down the spine of the American body politic.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Trump didn\u2019t preview a heavy-handed effort by the federal government to get more involved in election administration around the country \u2014 things like upending voting procedures or putting troops at polling places \u2014 as some of his critics have feared.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But he did seem to preview another episode of claiming elections were stolen.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>What Trump said was that America\u2019s election system is vulnerable, including a count of over a quarter-million non-citizen voters found during a Department of Homeland Security investigation and a massive data collection campaign by China. All of this, CNN said in its summation, was not news as in being new at all. Yet, it was somehow reason to panic.<\/p>\n<p>They used an out-of-context quote to say that Trump was casting doubt upon the 2026 election before it happens. \u201cPut together, these disclosures reveal an election system so broken and so vulnerable that no one can possibly defend it,\u201d Trump said. \u201cIt is not defensible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What he was actually doing was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/NoyiHAMTk3g?si=ky1XW6dt8DlGNH3b&#038;t=1379\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">advocating<\/a> for the SAVE Act, which would raise election integrity standards and is widely supported when Americans are polled on the measures it contains, but which is held up in the Senate because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/think-twice-talking-filibuster-pass-save-america-act-might-sound-nice-really-want-schumer-control-months\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Democrats view it as an existential threat<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/retiring-gop-sen-tillis-vows-block-save-america-act-way-can-will-use-every-device\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some lame-duck Republicans are big mad that Trump isn\u2019t their bestie<\/a> right now. But if you denude it of the context, like virtually all quotes in the recap, it sounds like a vague threat to not accept 2026 election results.<\/p>\n<p>And how would CNN diehards have been able to ascertain context? By watching the speech. Which CNN, funnily enough, decided not to do.<\/p>\n<p>Enemy of the people? It\u2019s not for me to decide. Enemy of the facts? 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