Even a broken clock is right twice a day—and on a rare occasion, even far-left Fox News contributor Jessica Tarlov stumbles into the truth. In a surprising moment of clarity, the perpetually smug liberal voice on Fox’s *The Five* offered a half-hearted apology for the toxic state of cable news, including her own role in turning it into what she admitted is “a flaming dumpster fire of nonsense, lies, and venom.”
Yes, you read that right.
Speaking during a conversation with University of Virginia political analyst Larry Sabato on the *Prof G* podcast, which she co-hosts, Tarlov asked Sabato what grinds his gears most in the current political climate. His answer? The very medium she thrives in: cable news.
“I watch more TV news than I ever have before. TV funnels what’s selling on social media, I think, more than the reverse. That makes me rage,” Sabato said, clearly fed up with the media circus.
Tarlov, who has made a name for herself by parroting Democrat Party talking points and regularly clashing with her more reasonable conservative co-hosts, didn’t disagree. In a moment that stunned anyone who’s ever watched *The Five*, she conceded, “As someone who’s on cable news, I apologize to the entire world for what we export.”
Let’s be clear: Jessica Tarlov has spent years spreading half-truths, defending Bidenomics, and attacking President Trump from her cushy seat on the nation’s largest cable news platform. Her sudden moment of humility would be more convincing if she didn’t spend the rest of the conversation, and subsequent interviews, pivoting back to the left’s favorite scapegoat—Donald J. Trump.
Larry Sabato, for his part, couldn’t resist joining the blame-Trump chorus either. In an email to *The Daily Beast*, Sabato absurdly claimed that Trump is somehow intimidating media outlets, universities, and law firms into silence. “Let’s keep our heads down, stick to a lot of both-sides coverage, and then Trump will target others,” he whined. “It hasn’t dawned on some that Trump will eventually get around to slamming them too, as well as misusing the power of government to exact revenge.”
Right. Because the real threat to free speech is the man who was censored, shadow-banned, and deplatformed by Big Tech and the mainstream media during an election year.
Let’s not forget: it was under Biden’s DOJ that journalists were spied on, whistleblowers were jailed, and conservative parents were labeled “domestic terrorists.” But sure, it’s Trump who wants revenge.
Tarlov’s rare moment of honesty about the corrosive nature of cable news could have been a starting point for real introspection. Instead, it became just another platform for blaming conservatives and defending the left’s iron grip on our media institutions.
If Jessica Tarlov and her ilk want to see who’s truly responsible for poisoning political discourse, they should start by looking in the mirror—before they start pointing fingers at Trump and his supporters.
