White House deputy assistant Sebastian Gorka said his forceful push back against the media in recent appearances on cable news showed that someone had to serve as President Donald Trump's "pit bull," Mediaite reported Friday.
"We've got beautiful, intelligent women like Kellyanne [Conway]," Gorka told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Friday. "We've got brave professionals like Sean Spicer. Somebody has to be the president's pit bull, and I'm ready. I'm gonna take it to them."
"Sooner or later, somebody has to push back," he said.
Gorka said the integrity of CNN and MSNBC was "gone like a puff of smoke," and that the networks were experiencing a "credibility crisis."
"They've been in this 'collusion delusion' for nine months — not one piece of evidence of any illegal activity, and they spin and they spin," he said. "They're tanking. Somebody has to make them wake up, and I'm glad to help them."
To be successful in the news industry, Gorka explained networks either "go after the ratings with sensationalism and lies" or they "go after the truth."
"They have a psychological issue," he said. "They cannot believe the American people chose Donald J. Trump to be president. As a result, they're in this bubble. They're in this psychological crisis. They're tanking, so they spin and spin. They want to make more money on ratings so their corporate owners are happy."
Gorka took direct aim at CNN's Anderson Cooper for calling him "The Hungarian Don Rickles" after an interview.
"Could you imagine a Walter Cronkrite or an Edward R. Murrow having a guest on their show and then after the interview ends in the next panel, they insult the guest when they cannot defend himself?" he said. "That's what Anderson Cooper did this week. That's just unprofessional."
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