The biggest news story today is the fraud ring in Democrat-run Minnesota. The fraud was laid bare in a 40-minute video by Nick Shirley, a young YouTube journalist. This fraud is likely to have cost taxpayers billions of dollars. If the U.S. Attorney’s office is correct, it may be the largest fraud case in American history.

 The 23-year-old Shirley exposed the scheme while legacy media guard dogs were asleep on the job. Most of the elite news outlets (like CNN) ignored Shirley’s reporting until days after the story broke. 

 Even then, CNN’s coverage was framed more as who is this amateur Nick Shirley? Rather than digging deeper into the story. Note to CNN, attempting to discredit the messenger won’t alter the message. Perhaps they were just envious. Young Nick got over 120 million views, dwarfing their shrinking audience.

 The Minnesota news blackout proves something that many have known for a long time: CNN has lost its way. Once, in the Gulf War-era, it was the gold standard for cable news journalism. Today, the channel has become a predictable megaphone for every left-wing cause.

 Predictably, Leftists have their shorts in a bunch over President Donald Trump’s jump into a corporate ownership battle between CNN’s parent company and Warner Brothers/Discovery. “It’s imperative that CNN be sold,” Trump declared, citing the network’s long history of unvarnished bias.

 He’s right. The lame coverage of the fraud in Minnesota is........

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