Overview
- CNN’s Pamela Brown is set to air a The Whole Story episode Sunday examining the rise and political influence of Christian nationalism.
- Kayleigh McEnany labeled the program a “hit piece” on a religious revival during her Fox News show and featured pastor Allen Jackson calling CNN’s approach “functionally dishonest.”
- Mediaite reports Fox aired only a clipped portion of CNN’s teaser and removed Brown’s line about an “unprecedented alignment” linking the movement to the Trump administration.
- The edited Fox segment also omitted fuller context from Brown’s interview with self-described Christian nationalist Andrew McIlwain discussing Charlie Kirk’s funeral and faith-centered politics.
- Fox & Friends Weekend hosts criticized the documentary while noting they had not seen it in full, as Alternet echoed Mediaite’s account and highlighted a Georgetown scholar’s distinction between radicalized nationalists and other Christians.