Obama Speechwriter Calls Out CNN for Picking ‘Bulls–t Factory’ Panelists

While Ted Koppel was making headlines Sunday for telling Sean Hannity to his face that he’s “bad for America,” CNN was getting a second round of criticism from podcaster and former Obama speechwriter Jon Lovett, who called the network’s choice of conservative voices “terrible.”

Lovett, who co-founded the progressive media company, Crooked Media, and started a podcast called “Pod Save America” in hopes of inspiring activism, was invited on Stelter’s show “Reliable Sources” to discuss the surge in political podcast popularity since Donald Trump was elected president.

“So often on CNN there are world-class journalists interviewing campaign rejects, ideologues and silly craven people who do not care about informing people, who aren’t there to help people understand what’s going on in the news,” Lovett said.