Many are quitting mainstream media, including those employed by the outlets.
Hugh Hewitt is among the latest individuals urging Americans to pay attention to the increasing concern regarding the blatant bias in what is often referred to as “news.”
Hewitt announced on Friday that he will no longer write columns for The Washington Post, despite having been a contributing columnist there since 2017.
Hewitt was on First Look with associate editor Jonathan Capehart, a live platform for Washington Post journalists. Hewitt seemed to have had enough of his colleagues’ bias in omitting parts of the story.
Joining Hewitt and Capehart was Washington Post Associate Editor Ruth Marcus, who, nearly twenty minutes into the program, started speaking about Trump revving up to contest the election if it doesn’t go his way, saying, “No election can be fair in Donald Trump’s mind unless Donald Trump wins it … no matter how far-fetched.”
Hewitt chimed in: “Well, I’ve just got to say, we’re news people, even though it’s an opinion section — it’s got to be reported. Bucks County was reversed by the court and instructed to open up extra days because they violated the law and told people to go home. So, that lawsuit was brought by the Republican National Committee, and it was successful. The Supreme Court ruled that Glenn Youngkin was successful.”
Hewitt stressed again, “We are news people even though we have opinions, and we have to report the whole story if we bring up part of the story. So, yes, [Trump’s] upset about Bucks County, but he was right, and he won in court. That’s the story.”
Bucks GOP posted on October 30 about the win:
We Won!
In response to the lawsuit filed by the Trump Campaign and the @GOP a Bucks County Judge ruled voters in Bucks County will be able to “apply for, receive, vote, and return a mail-in ballot” until close of business on Friday November 1st. pic.twitter.com/uI5LTtw0xN
— Bucks GOP (@BucksGOP) October 30, 2024
Capehart responded that he didn’t “appreciate being lectured about reporting.” Before Capehart could finish his sentence, Hewitt said, “I won’t come back, Jonathan … I’m done. This is the most unfair election ad I have ever been a part of.”
With that, Hewitt took off his mic, stood up, and walked off.
Capehart noted, “These conversations can be, uh, interesting, contentious.”
A closing post of The Washington Post Live stream read: “The conversations you won’t hear anywhere else. Only at The Washington Post.”
Well, at least this part is 100% true, as I am sure the conversation didn’t go as planned for Capehart.
Hewitt’s departure from The Washington Post follows the company’s decision not to support a presidential candidate this election year, at the direction of owner Jeff Bezos.
This decision led to significant backlash from both staff and readers, resulting in resignations and the cancellation of hundreds of thousands of subscriptions, reported Fox News.
Hewitt took to X on November 2. A portion of his post read: “Just ignore polls/predictions/assaults on the integrity of news, and get your vote in if your state allows it still or make a plan for Tuesday. Tight race everywhere but looks good for the former president. Then exercise away the stress. Ignore legacy media. They have more than a rooting interest in the VP winning. The backlash against their fear-mongering and outright lies is already immense and growing.”