State Media and Independent Media

Originally published at: State Media and Independent Media - TPM – Talking Points Memo

“The sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better.” This was Pete Hegseth’s line at the end of a rant about CNN in yesterday’s Pentagon press conference. David Ellison, of course, is the failson progeny of Oracle’s Larry Ellison, who is now in the midst of building a private sector pro-Trump state media operation…