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During a recent podcast appearance with a host from MSNOW, California Governor Gavin Newsom criticized conservative media outlets. Newsom suggests that the right has an entire system of media that creates narratives and carries talking points for Republicans. He then claims that liberals have nothing like that.

This is laugh-out-loud ridiculous.

Liberals have the entire media, with the possible exception of FOX News, which Newsom uses repeatedly to make his asinine point.

Outlets like CNN, MSNOW, the traditional networks, and all of the major newspapers frame the news in ways that try to give the Democrats an advantage every single day.

From Townhall:

Newsom is saying, with a straight face, that Democrats don’t hav the same friendly media ecosystem that Republicans do.

No, seriously.

“I mean Trump is triumphed 24/7 on these grievance networks and they come in … look, you’ve got The Daily Wire, goes to the California Post, the California Post goes to the New York Post, New York Post goes to The Five. The Five goes to the lineup of the primetime news hosts … goes right to the f***ing Oval Office,” Newsom said. “Then we’ve got Fox & Friends … then you’ve got Chris Rufo, one of the greats … it’s this circular ecosystem, this sewer that has a presidential seal and gold leaf now.”

“With respect, I don’t see that on MSNBC,” Newsom added. “I sure as hell don’t see it on CNN. I don’t see it anywhere.”

Here’s the video:

Gavin Newsom claims that Democrats don’t have the same kind of friendly media ecosystem that Trump and conservatives do.

“I don’t see that on MSNBC…I sure as hell don’t see it on CNN. I don’t see it anywhere."

Gaslighting levels here are stratospheric. pic.twitter.com/qAv0rKJ57c

— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) June 25, 2026

People are mocking this because it deserves mockery.

Normally I would say no politician could be that stupid, they're obviously gaslighting–but this is Newsom, he might actually believe this. 😂

— Bilbo Bagpipe (@modelengine777) June 26, 2026

Poor Gavin Newsom. If only he could get some friendly press coverage compared to the non-stop fluff jobs Donald Trump gets from the NYT, WAPO, CNN and MSNBC.

— John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) June 26, 2026

Our media functions as the public relations arm of the Democrat Party and has done so for decades.

What Gavin Newsom can’t stand is that the right now has a few alternatives.

Mike LaChance Mike LaChance has been covering higher education and politics for Legal Insurrection since 2012. Since 2008 he has contributed work to the Gateway Pundit, Daily Caller, Breitbart, the Center for Security Policy, the Washington Free Beacon, and Ricochet. He has also written for American Lookout, Townhall, and Twitchy.

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