CNN Isn’t Afraid of Stephen Miller — They Just Know Bad TV When They See It

CNN Isn’t Afraid of Stephen Miller — They Just Know Bad TV When They See It

Colby Hall Dec 12th, 2025, 8:58 am

The Trump White House insists CNN is “scared” to put Stephen Miller on air. They’ve turned the booking process into a three-day spectacle, complete with taunts, hashtags, and performative outrage. But the simplest explanation is also the truest: Stephen Miller is terrible television, and CNN has every right — commercially and editorially — to avoid subjecting its audience to him.

This isn’t ideological. It isn’t censorship. It’s programming logic, and Miller routinely violates every principle of making watchable TV. He is combative without charm, confrontational without insight, and delivers answers in a tone that feels more like a scolding than a conversation. Viewers don