Overview
- The CNN NewsNight panel, which aired Thursday, blew up when Scott Jennings told Adam Mockler, “Get your f—ing hand out of my face.”
- Host Abby Phillip stepped in to calm the set as Mockler kept asking Jennings to name one political concession the U.S. has won from Iran.
- Clips of the exchange spread widely Friday, with Keith Olbermann urging CNN to fire Jennings and Gavin Newsom mocking the outburst on X.
- Mockler posted longer footage disputing that he got in Jennings’ face and highlighting earlier personal jabs from Jennings.
- No public discipline from CNN has been reported, and left-leaning outlets pressed for consequences while some right-leaning reports cast it as a tense policy clash.