Dave Rubin has done the job the mainstream media won’t: he pulled up a direct-message clip showing Republican commentator Scott Jennings calmly calling out CNN anchor Abby Phillip for misrepresenting the numbers on deportations and ICE activity. Rubin played the clip on his show to remind Americans that what passes for “news” on big networks often masks an opinion dressed up as fact.

On CNN, Phillip cited poll numbers to argue a majority of Americans think the Trump administration’s deportation efforts have been unfair and that ICE tactics have gone too far, but Jennings pointed out the arithmetic didn’t support the sweeping conclusion being drawn. The back-and-forth in the segment made plain that 51 percent versus a combined 47 percent is hardly the tsunami of public outrage the panel acted like it was.

This isn’t a harmless squabble about decimals — it’s a window into how narrative-first journalists manufacture consensus where none exists. Instead of acknowledging the nuance that many Americans support tough enforcement against criminal aliens while still caring about due process, CNN pushed a one-sided headline. Jennings exposing that sleight-of-hand was a small but necessary pushback against a press that too often functions as a partisan amplifier.

Conservatives should be thankful Rubin amplified the clip, because independent outlets and commentators are the only checks left on cable networks that reflexively side with the open-borders crowd. The clip shows how a single correction — a simple insistence on accurate math and context — can puncture the smug certainty of elite media personalities.

Let’s be blunt: the country is tired of the performance politics of compassion that ignore public safety and the rule of law. Reasonable Americans want borders that work and immigration policies that prioritize citizens and public safety, not talking points that make law enforcement look cruel for doing their jobs. When CNN pretends a razor-thin difference equals a mandate against enforcement, they’re doing the public a disservice.

Now is the time for conservatives to keep pressing the facts and refusing to let media spin rewrite policy debates. Hold anchors to their numbers, demand clarity from politicians, and support voices who call out sloppy reporting. We won’t win by letting bad math and borrowed outrage set the agenda — we win by showing up, speaking plainly, and defending the country that hardworking Americans built.