Here’s What CNN Staffers Reportedly Think of Scott Jennings
What To Know
- Scott Jennings is reportedly disliked by many CNN staffers, who question why the network continues to feature him on air.
- Internal tensions escalated after Jennings posted on X defending U.S. military strikes on Iran with claims unsupported by U.S. intelligence.
- Despite CEO Mark Thompson’s support for Jennings, his presence is so contentious that guests are sometimes warned in advance.
CNN’s conservative commentator, Scott Jennings, is reportedly “hated” by his colleagues, with some questioning why the network bosses continue to put him on the air.
The report comes from Oliver Darcy, a former senior media reporter at CNN who now runs the Status newsletter. Darcy claims that an “internal furor” erupted inside CNN after Jennings’ recent post on X that attempted to justify the U.S. military strikes on Iran.
Earlier this month, Jennings tweeted, “Senior Trump administration officials telling me that credible intelligence indicated Iran planned preemptive missile strikes against US military targets in the region, and against civilian targets as well. Failure to act would’ve resulted in mass US casualties.”
Several outlets, including CNN itself, undercut Jennings’ post, noting that these claims had never been supported by U.S. intelligence or Pentagon officials.
According to the New York Sun, Jennings’ post ruffled feathers inside CNN, with many accusing him of trying to act like a legitimate news reporter when he is merely a pundit.
“There’s a wide contingent of people inside CNN who despise Scott Jennings. They do not like him. They view him as dishonest. They don’t understand why the network puts him on the air,” Darcy said, per the outlet.
Jennings’ Iran post was said to have “irked” staffers so much that it “bubbled up to CNN leadership.” It’s unclear if any action was taken, and Darcy noted that CNN CEO Mark Thompson “really had Scott Jennings’s back.”
Regardless of Thompson’s backing, Darcy added that “people hate” the MAGA-friendly pundit, so much so that guests are warned ahead of time that they’re going to be on a panel with him.
“And it kind of gives them an opportunity to bow out, to excuse themselves from the table if they don’t want to appear on air with him. That’s how reviled he is inside CNN,” Darcy stated.
Darcy added that even some right-wing commentators can’t stand Jennings. “Even some people in MAGA media, people like Megyn Kelly, who generally run cover for this administration, are effectively calling [Jennings]… a propagandist,” he said, referring to Kelly’s criticism of the U.S. attacks on Iran and Jennings’ support of the action.
In his Status newsletter, Darcy pointed out how CNN published a report that condemned the anonymously sourced Trump administration claims about the Iran attack. The report included Jennings’ misleading tweet, which appeared on screen alongside him.
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Scott Jennings needs to be on Faux News. I thought he was gone and turned on Abby Phillips tonight, there he was. His smirk and disreguard for the killing of innocent girls at a school in Iran says all I need to know about his morals. CNN , you can do better....
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C
He spends his whole time talking to the camera like he is personally talking to trump.
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R
This is a very serious matter. There are plenty of decent republicans , who are not trump worshippers, why are they not regulars on the show vs Scott Jennings- who has no morals/ empathy. Scott is not the voice for republicans but is hardcore trump follower
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Well if staffers despise this man so much along with other panelists on different shows on cnn(💩) show.....what does it say about management?
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Amen!
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coquette countenance, propogandist that detracts from fact-finding
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P
I think you mean dim bulb.
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Management consider Scott Jennings to be a somewhat marketable clown.
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B
Put Andrew Wilkow on the panel and their heads will explode.
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K
Thank God for Scott. He is the voice of the sleeping Giant!
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D
Jennings proves one thing. If you want the left to hate you, come at them with the truth. They dont like facts. Just narratives & talking points
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Oh ya Genius, you mean like Herr Trumpsters 34,000 fact checked lies.
Dredd......absolute Maga More==on !
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Scott is a very good voice for the Republicans on a news network of staffers with the most severe cases of "TDS". A vast majority of their claims or opinions are just that and can't be backed up. That's why CNN ratings are so low!
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G
Well, when you are as disloyal as scott is, EXPECT to be hated by staffers.
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J
I love Scott’s point of view and the facts he explains. He keeps the panel honest. Most of the panel, even Abby only talks about personal opinions and not fact!!!
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ha ha ha like you and your ilk would know what a fact is.
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Facts? Hahahahahhaaha the man thrives on bs!
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Jennings should consider it a blessing those libtards don't like him. If they did like him, he'd have to wonder about what he was doing wrong. He's the only bright spot on CNN.
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