Dan Bongino

Two commentators at the pinnacle of their industry, Tucker Carlson and Dan Bongino, have concluded that the legacy media – those mainstream outlets that have taken on the aura of the establishment – are not Americans’ friends.

“These are your blood enemies,” Carlson charged in an interview exchange with Bongino.

Bongino got the media lovefest started with the blunt assessment: “The old media sucks. It just sucks.”

He differentiated the “new” media as that being what he and Carlson do – both run their own presentations of news and commentary to Americans, without a network behind them.

Bongino said, “Nobody trusts them after Spygate, the Russia hoax, the impeachment disaster…”

He cited a Gallup poll showing Americans’ trust in legacy media is at an alltime low.

Carlson explained, of the media, “It’s only been in the last several years you can feel the malice in it.”

He cited a report that life expectancy in the U.S. had declined, and media were “like … that’s fine.”

“They hate you and want to hurt you, and that’s scary,” he said.

“And they seek your destruction,” he continued, pointing out the media reaction to people jailed for no more than being at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

“Michael Byrd murdered this girl, the media are totally fine with that,” he said, citing the Jan. 6, shooting death of protester Ashli Babbitt.

“So if they’re happy seeing Ashli Babbitt get murdered, how would they feel about my murder. Well, they would celebrate it of course,” he said.

“These are your blood enemies.”

Bongino agreed, “They jut freaking hate you. They think you’re a piece of s***. They hate your guts.”