Yes. Because their parents companies have military contracts. CNN has been embedded for years with the military. It's why they get all the ex cia heads on.
They aren't protecting Trump. They are protecting the Deep State.
I disagree.
You can’t criticize Trump’s rhetoric or misinformation about the war while simultaneously framing every military contract as proof of some “Deep State” conspiracy. The U.S. spends more on its military than any other country in the world, which inevitably involves defense contractors and military contracts. That isn’t some hidden agenda; it’s simply the structure of how modern defense systems are funded and built.
If someone wants to debate whether U.S. military spending is too high or whether defense contractors have too much influence, that’s a legitimate discussion. But jumping straight to “the media is protecting the Deep State” ignores the basic reality that a massive military budget naturally produces massive contracts.
Also, media outlets having former intelligence or military officials as analysts isn’t unusual. Those are the people with direct experience in national security, war planning, and intelligence. You might disagree with their perspectives, but that doesn’t automatically mean they’re coordinating with some shadowy power structure.
At the end of the day, criticizing Trump’s statements about the war and acknowledging that the U.S. military operates through contracts with private companies aren’t contradictory positions. One is political accountability; the other is simply recognizing how the defense system actually functions.