Is this a new low for the House that Ted Turner built?
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt unloaded on CNN during a recent Hannity appearance. Leavitt called out the network for interviewing a member of the Sinaloa drug cartel.
…a group recently designated as a terrorist organization by the Trump Administration.
“I thought it was quite despicable, but again, this is just another reason why the trust in the legacy media is at an all-time low amongst the American public,” Leavitt said.
Leavitt also accused CNN of giving a “softball interview” to the gang member.
“Well, it was fascinating to me, Sean. I was scrolling on Instagram when I came across this interview,” she said. “And it stopped me in my tracks, not just because they sat down with a member of a Mexican cartel that is now designated as a foreign terror organization by the United States government, but because of the nature of the questions of this notorious foreign terrorist.”
“It was a softball interview giving a platform to a notorious drug cartel that has killed American citizens,” Leavitt added.
Watch the clip below:
From Fox News:
CNN published the interview on May 2, which was a conversation between network correspondent Isobel Yeung and a Sinaloa Cartel member who produces Fentanyl in Sinaloa, Mexico. The outlet disclosed that the cartel member only agreed to meet if CNN kept his identity and location hidden.
In a clip of the conversation posted on CNN.com, Yeung asked the masked and sunglasses-clad individual what he thought of Trump designating his cartel a terror group. In Spanish, he replied, “Well, the situation is ugly. But we have to eat.”
She then asked him for his message to the U.S. president, to which he said, “My respect. According to him, he’s looking out for his people, but the problem is that the consumers are [in the United States.]”
“If there aren’t any consumers, we would stop,” he declared.
Watch the clip below:
WATCH: CNN has drawn a barrage of criticism for interviewing a drug cartel member who claimed to have "respect" for President Donald Trump and his cartel crackdown.
"Unbelievably," one X user wrote, "CNN gives [a] Sinaloa cartel member a chance to throw a pity party about being… pic.twitter.com/jihWRm2gX1
— Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) May 6, 2025
