Rainn Wilson, the actor best known for appearing in the comedy series ‘The Office’ recently spoke with MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle and pushed back on her when she tried to blame President Trump and Elon Musk for the loss of trust in media.
Wilson is probably not a Trump supporter himself, but he does make an excellent point about the media and their selective concerns about government.
Ruhle talks about her belief that it’s the media’s job to hold the powerful to account, and Wilson reminds her that the media did not think that way at all when Biden was in office. He is exactly right.
FOX News has details:
“President Trump won and tons of people were shocked or angry or frustrated and they’re tuning out, and at the same time, you have the Elon Musk media machine, because they want you to leave traditional media, they want you to go to X, which is a bastion of misinformation,” Ruhle said during an appearance on Wilson’s “Soul Boom” podcast released on April 17.
“What we need to do is just cover what’s happening in America, right? We have to cover Democrats trying to figure out what their lane is and how they’re going to get back on their feet, and we have to simply cover what this White House is doing.”
However, Wilson suggested there was a lack of interest among left-leaning media to aggressively cover problems during the Biden administration.
“This is where I would push back, when I see this kind of insight and passion being directed at the current administration and the lack of this kind of insight and passion being directed at the previous administration, where again, I’m not talking about you, I’m talking about left-leaning news media organizations were kind of like, ‘La la la la, everything’s fine,’” Wilson told Ruhle in a clip flagged by The Daily Caller.
Here’s the clip, stay with it to the end:
NEW: ‘The Office’ star Rainn Wilson claps back after MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle claims Elon Musk and Donald Trump are responsible for the public distrust of the mainstream media.
Wilson: “40% of Americans don’t trust mainstream media. Why is that? How did we get here?”
Ruhle:… pic.twitter.com/v7ohnXBzxl
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 22, 2025
The way the media covered, and covered for, the Biden administration was an educational moment for millions of Americans, including people on the left. Everyone can now see how they operate, depending on who is in power.
