Usually Hollywood and the leftist media are in lockstep. But not this time.
Because a Hollywood star torched this leftist media outlet.
Tom Hanks just delivered a brutal reality check to the struggling remnants of what used to be a major cable news operation.
In Chicago on Thursday, the beloved actor showed up for the flashy opening of the Obama Presidential Center and found himself face-to-face with a reporter from MS NOW, the network’s desperate rebrand after ditching its old name last summer.
Hanks didn’t hold back when the microphone was thrust his way.
He casually dismissed the entire operation with a cutting jab that cut straight through the pretensions of these fading outlets.
“What can I do for the 800 people watching MS Now?” Hanks said, landing the blow with the precision of a seasoned performer who knows how to read a room.
The reporter looked stunned, clearly unprepared for such candor from a figure like Hanks.
But the Hollywood star wasn’t done. Sensing the sting, he piled on with another zinger. “Alright, add a zero to it if you need to.”
This moment wasn’t just a lighthearted quip. It highlighted the pitiful state of legacy media outlets that once commanded massive audiences but now scrape by with audiences smaller than many local podcasts.
Right-leaning voices have been saying it for years: these networks pushed divisive narratives, endless praise for certain political figures, and attacks on traditional American values, only to watch their influence evaporate.
Chicago played host to this encounter amid the pomp surrounding the Obama Presidential Center.
The project itself stands as a monument to the kind of elite self-congratulation that many working families have grown to resent.
Billions poured into grand architecture while neighborhoods struggle with crime, economic pressures, and policies that prioritize global optics over local realities.
