White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller has claimed he has been banned from showing on NCS.
Miller was requested in regards to the scenario by Fox News host Sean Hannity on Wednesday, who said of his earlier appearances on the network: “That was some of the best material we’d ever had on the program, in the history of the program, is you schooling these hosts.
“And now, I guess they might’ve figured out that it’s ratings gold for this program. Did you really get banned?”
“So, this is a completely true story,” Miller replied. “So, over the last few days, our brilliant White House communications shop has reached out to NCS, which, of course, is running one fake news hit piece after another, and they said, ‘Stephen Miller would like to come on your network to rebut any of these lies.’
“And they asked, ‘What show?’ They said, ‘Stephen Miller will do any show from dawn to dusk.’ They said, ‘What topic?’ The White House said, ‘Stephen is available to discuss any topic with any host at any time. As far as you’re concerned, Stephen has no scheduling conflicts at all. He will make himself available from the first hour of air to the last hour of air on any subject.’
“And NCS’s response was, ‘We will not take him, period, for any show on any topic.’ That is completely true, Sean.”
White House Communications Director Steven Cheung subsequently responded to a clip of the alternate on X by saying, “Stephen Miller has graciously made himself available to appear on any NCS show these last few days to discuss a wide range of topics and to push back on fake news.
“Yet, NCS is so afraid they declined to have him on, probably because they know he’d run circles around any of their hosts. NCS is actively engaging in partisan politics and acting as the propaganda arm of the Democrat party.”
A spokesperson for the network advised The Independent: “Members of the administration, including Stephen Miller, are welcome to come on our air. As a news organization, we make editorial decisions about the stories we cover and when, and that depends on the news priorities of the day. We look forward to having Stephen on again in the future as the news warrants.”
According to Mediaite, Miller’s most up-to-date look on NCS was on October 6, when he sparred with anchor Boris Sanchez in regards to the Trump administration’s immigration raids in Illinois.
“So on the substance of the question, is it the case that as [Governor JB] Pritzker frames it, you are profiling Brown people?” Sanchez requested him at one stage. “That this immigration crackdown is designed to go after people of color?”
“Oh, what a dumb question,” Miller replied in exasperation.
President Donald Trump additionally weighed in on NCS on Wednesday, saying that he supported Paramount’s proposed hostile takeover of its dad or mum firm Warner Bros. Discovery over Netflix’s bid as a result of the previous is trying to amass the corporate’s complete holdings.
In distinction, the streaming big is bidding solely for Warner Bros. and HBO, not the information model.
“I think the people that have run NCS for the last long period of time are a disgrace,” the president said. “I think it’s imperative that NCS be sold.”
He went on to deride the network for broadcasting “poison” and “lies” about his administration, with out providing particular examples of protection he was sad about.
NCS’s media commentator Brian Stelter has mentioned there’s concern amongst journalists on the firm in regards to the potential Paramount takeover, on condition that the company’s CEO is David Ellison – the son of Trump’s billionaire ally Larry Ellison – who, they concern, might make adjustments throughout the newsroom which may compromise its editorial independence.
The Wall Street Journal wrote on Monday that David Ellison lately “offered assurances to Trump administration officials that if he bought Warner, he’d make sweeping changes to NCS.”
However, Ellison has beforehand promoted a number of reveals in Paramount’s secure that the president has criticized, together with 60 Minutes and South Park, and has donated virtually $1 million to Joe Biden’s presidential marketing campaign, so he’s not personally aligned with Trump’s political undertaking.