CNN black sheep Scott Jennings tapped for controversial new role... and the liberals aren't happy about it

Conservative commentator Scott Jennings has been asked to articulation the editorial committee of The Los Angeles Times, overmuch to the annoyance of liberals.

Jennings, who has agelong been a vocal enactment of president-elect Donald Trump connected CNN, was asked by proprietor of the paper Pat Soon-Shiong who announced the determination connected X. 

Soon-Shiong posted aft Jennings sparked a heated statement connected CNN earlier this week aft helium called the societal media site the 'most ideologically balanced'. 

He said: 'That’s wherefore I privation Scott connected our caller editorial board. Growing the committee with experts who person thoughtful balanced views and caller candidates are accepting the situation to articulation us!  Way to spell Scott and acknowledgment for accepting. Stay tuned we are making this happen.'

Soon-Shiong told erstwhile CNN newsman Oliver Darcy earlier this week that helium wanted to overhaul the editorial committee and rebuild it 'from scratch' to correspond 'all voices'.

Writing connected his newsletter Status, Darcy said that Soon-Shiong told him helium likes Jennings 'interactions' connected CNN and however helium battles 'five to 1 against the left'.

The billionaire added that helium thought Jennings was 'respectful and thoughtful' successful expressing his viewpoints connected air.

Darcy took umbrage with that, penning that helium thought it was 'very debatable' that Jennings was 'respectful to his chap panelists'.

Darcy said their speech 'grew combative' which ended with Soon-Shiong putting the telephone down connected him. 

The sheet that seems to person prompted the station by Soon-Shiong had been discussing billionaire MAGA darling Elon Musk flirting with the idea of buying MSNBC.

Audie Cornish questioned Jennings connected whether oregon not the billionaire, who volition co-head the caller Department of Government Efficiency, purchasing media would crook it into propaganda.

'I mean, is the interest that definite media outlets would go propaganda arms of governmental ideologies? Don't we already person that successful this state astatine a ample scale? 

'Also, I perceive what you're saying astir X, I saw a survey this week, it's present the astir ideologically balanced idiosyncratic platform,' Jennings said.

CNN contributor Cari Champion interrupted saying, 'Scott, Scott, stop, it's excessively early. I conscionable sat down. I've lone been present for 2 minutes, you cannot accidental that. Who's the source?'

He replied, 'We've reported connected this network.' Champion said, 'It's not close and you cognize it.'

Jennings's was referring to study from CNN information guru Harry Enten that said X users are made up of an adjacent split of Democrats and Republicans, according to Mediaite.

On X, liberals person been responding successful outrage implicit the determination to name Jennings, immoderate saying they had cancelled their subscriptions to the California paper. 

One idiosyncratic wrote: 'If helium thinks Jennings is successful immoderate mode "thoughtful" oregon "balanced," helium is anserine oregon ignorant. 

'More likely, he's pandering to Trump. I'm adjacent happier present that I canceled my 60-year subscription.'

Another added: 'Sadly, Scott Jennings is being added to the LA Times editorial board. I anticipation that pushes the LA Times retired of concern and into bankruptcy!'

Earlier this month, Jennings poked amusive astatine his colleagues for describing President-elect Donald Trump arsenic 'Hitler' and a 'fascist' during the statesmanlike campaign.

After playing clips of Trump and Biden criticizing each different connected the run trail, the CNN sheet discussed the palmy gathering betwixt Biden and Trump astatine the White House.

Meghan Hays, a erstwhile Biden White advisor, said that Biden did not traditionally clasp grudges and was yet a dignified statesman successful the end.

'I'm shocked,' Jennings said, holding up a transcript of the Wall Street Journal featuring a representation of the 2 men together. 'I mean, did you ever deliberation you'd spot literal Hitler successful the Oval Office - with the President United States?'

'C'mon, Scott,' Hays protested. 'It was the underpinning of the Democratic campaign, that Donald Trump is simply a fascist,' Jennings continued. 

'And what I spot successful this is I'm gladsome it's happening ... but what it tells maine and what it ought to archer Democrats is they didn't mean immoderate of it. It was each run rhetoric.'

The determination to name Jennings besides comes aft Soon-Shiong blocked its editorial committee from endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president.

Members of the newspaper's editorial committee were prepared to endorse Harris for commandant successful main until a daze announcement from enforcement exertion Terry Tang.

Tang informed unit earlier this period that they would not beryllium endorsing a campaigner for president.