Watch Newsmax or OAN? CNN's Chris Cillizza is here to tell you exactly how dangerous they are to democracy

Brett T. | 7:42 PM on May 27, 2021

We know that CNN’s Brian Stelter is still obsessed with Fox News, and Chris Cillizza does make note of Fox in his piece, but his new targets are OAN and Newsmax, which have gained viewers, thanks in part to Fox News’s sketchy election night coverage.

Cillizza links to a poll we don’t believe. Four in 10 who watch right-wing news agree with the statement that “the government, media, and financial worlds in the US are controlled by a group of Satan-worshipping pedophiles who run a global child sex trafficking operation.” We wanted to check the PRRI poll concluding this, but the link in Cillizza’s piece is broken, so …

This is exactly how dangerous right wing media is to democracy https://t.co/D6EKjFal2E

— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) May 27, 2021

Cillizza concludes:

The rise of far-right channels like OAN and Newsmax has led to a massive amount of disinformation flowing through American democracy. While espousing this garbage is a business model for these channels, it has massive impacts on Americans — many of whom are living in a conspiracy theory that they have been tricked into thinking is the real world.

Conspiracy theories like the Wuhan lab leak theory that CNN had reported had been debunked? What kind of “massive impacts on Americans” are these channels having, exactly?

Hack

— IonaGael (@IonaGael) May 27, 2021

Are they promoting russia bounty conspiracy theory? Covington kid sue them too? Promote kavanaugh gang rape klan leader? I know trump colluded with Russia to steal an election conspiracy theory 24/7 for years. Did they claim hunter laptop was Russian disinformation aswell?

— followers get blocked (@karmahitsUback) May 27, 2021

Any information contrary to the liberal media narrative is “dangerous”.

— Socially Smug (@burner_social) May 27, 2021

Now Cillizza like a good a Soviet opposes a free press

— Jim mostly peaceful fortified election (@Dayton89Jim) May 27, 2021

I'm so sorry you don't understand the 1st Amendment, Chris. Need a tissue?

— Laura Denton (@lauradenton1955) May 27, 2021

Doesn’t stuff like this embarrass you?

— Dr. Shep Reynolds (@TurdFergusonUSA) May 27, 2021

You’d think CNN would figure out that tearing down OAN and Newsmax isn’t going to get them out of the ratings basement they’re in.

Related:

Drew Holden’s thread pulls the final plug on CNN hack Chris Cillizza’s life support after Cillizza bashes Fox News’ coverage https://t.co/oWSEsIariH

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 12, 2021

Tweets from CNN’s Chris Cillizza praising Gov. Cuomo & slamming Gov. DeSantis among those that have disappeared https://t.co/fg2KTG2GsI

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 30, 2021