Former CBS reporter Scott MacFarlane joined Don Lemon on his Thursday Substack present to debate leaving CBS for “unbiased” journalism and to proceed to show he may as nicely be dwelling on one other planet as a result of he claimed the transfer will assist him cowl tales that aren’t at the moment being coated. By uncovered tales, MacFarlane didn’t imply tremendous nerdy facets of public coverage or scientific analysis or something like that, however quite how liberal protestors, judges, and Democratic politicians are working to oppose President Trump.
Rediscovering the deserves of Congressional oversight, MacFarlane claimed, “There’s plenty of untold tales. Like, what occurs if Democrats take management of the Congress in 2027. What are the primary units of investigations they’ll launch? Who’re they going to subpoena? Who’re they going to place up there in entrance of members at a witness desk in January and February? I discover that very attention-grabbing as a result of the chances are good that occurs. And I wish to get into it and be forward of the reporting.”
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Transferring on to the judiciary, MacFarlane added, “I believe what is going on on with these courts and these judges and these grand jurors: fascinating how they’re silently or, in some circumstances, by means of judges’ opinions within the written phrase, pushing again on a few of these overreaches by the Trump administration. There’s too a lot of these issues occurring and never sufficient reporters chasing them. We’ll work in that area.”
MacFarlane additionally made the hilarious declare that the media isn’t overlaying the No Kings protests sufficient, “I believe the No Kings protests, the protests within the streets, the best way individuals are pushing again in opposition to ICE and in opposition to overreach, there are too many individuals pushing again and never sufficient reporters overlaying it. I would prefer to get entangled with that.”
In actuality, the media has hassle shutting up about No Kings. MS NOW handled final Saturday’s No Kings protests prefer it was an all-day political model of the Tremendous Bowl. The one factor missing within the protection of No Kings protests is acknowledging its extra radical components.
Nonetheless, MacFarlane saved going, “In your feedback earlier, Mark talked about, I would prefer to see Election Day as a federal vacation. Yeah, it makes plenty of freaking sense. And I believe what’s occurring with voting and threats to the midterms earlier than and after is extremely ripe territory for journalism.”
If MacFarlane wished to go away CBS to hitch the extra overtly liberal media to have a hyperfocus on the opposition to Trump, then he ought to a minimum of have the frequent courtesy to inform us he has an agenda. As an alternative, he paints this false image of a information media that’s impartial or worse on Trump and that’s bored with anti-Trump activism and claims his agenda is solely considered one of merely data looking for.
Here’s a transcript for the April 2 present:
The Don Lemon Present
4/2/2026
SCOTT MACFARLANE: However there’s plenty of untold tales. Like, what occurs if Democrats take management of the Congress in 2027. What are the primary units of investigations they’ll launch? Who’re they going to subpoena? Who’re they going to place up there in entrance of members at a witness desk in January and February? I discover that very attention-grabbing as a result of the chances are good that occurs. And I wish to get into it and be forward of the reporting.
I believe what is going on on with these courts and these judges and these grand jurors: fascinating how they’re silently or, in some circumstances, by means of judges’ opinions within the written phrase, pushing again on a few of these overreaches by the Trump administration. There’s too a lot of these issues occurring and never sufficient reporters chasing them. We’ll work in that area.
I believe the No Kings protests, the protests within the streets, the best way individuals are pushing again in opposition to ICE and in opposition to overreach, there are too many individuals pushing again and never sufficient reporters overlaying it. I would prefer to get entangled with that.
In your feedback earlier, Mark talked about, I would prefer to see Election Day as a federal vacation. Yeah, it makes plenty of freaking sense. And I believe what’s occurring with voting and threats to the midterms earlier than and after is extremely ripe territory for journalism.
