John Kennedy: Media ‘buttheads’ ripping America apart

Published October 7, 2025 10:27am ET



Trust in the national media has dropped to a historic low of 28% in the latest Gallup survey, and Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) thinks he knows why.

“They can be impertinent little buttheads,” he said, adding that reporters are “in many ways worse than the Democrats.”

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