A lot of what’s reported on legacy community information nowadays isn’t a lot information as it’s anti-news- propaganda meant to disinform and/or make viewers afraid of one thing. Such is the case with CBS’s report on modifications to the Supplemental Dietary Help Program (SNAP) that aired on tonight’s Night Information Plus.
Watch as CBS tries to gaslight the general public into believing that asking able-bodied People to search for work earlier than making use of for public help is a “minimize”:
JOHN DICKERSON: So, Jo-Ling, let’s begin with what are a number of the new guidelines and what’s modified with the SNAP program since this laws handed?
JO-LING KENT: John, we will begin to see these modifications rolled out over the following couple of years. New work necessities went into impact on Labor Day. And the most important change is that non-disabled adults with out independents(sic) have to satisfy a piece requirement till the age of 64. That is ten years longer than the present 54-year age requirement. And we have additionally seen some exemptions additionally eliminated for some dad and mom. In order we zoom out that 2.4 million determine that you simply cited, these folks will lose their SNAP advantages in line with the CBO. And that is an estimate. And that features a whole bunch of 1000’s of households with children, and households throughout all 50 states may lose an estimated 72 to $231 a month. And if you consider that, that is a significant hit relating to your weekly grocery price range. A number of meals banks within the metro areas throughout the U.S. are also- they’re bracing for a rise in want. We will see a double whammy relating to cuts in SNAP advantages, plus meals costs persevering with to stay excessive with inflation so cussed, John.
From the outset, the most important change to SNAP eligibility comes from folks remaining beneath the work requirement for a further 10 years- similar as you and me. And, in all equity, the work requirement doesn’t imply precise work. It additionally encompasses wanting for work, or finding out in lieu of work. However that is introduced as a minimize to everybody.
That able-bodied people not of retirement age ought to stay within the job market earlier than making use of for meals stamps is just not extraordinary in and of itself, however is introduced by CBS as essentially the most draconian factor. How dare folks be on the welfare rolls and be made to search for work?
The remainder of the report is fearmongering filler, with presumptions about overwhelmed meals banks and psychological gymnastics with regard to the impact of those modifications on meals retailers. None of those analyses have in mind the impact of hundreds of thousands of further People coming into the workforce, or the consequences upon this system of hundreds of thousands of unlawful aliens coming off the welfare rolls. The entire of the report is anti-news at its worst.
Bari Weiss can’t get to CBS shortly sufficient.
Click on “develop” to view full transcript of the aforementioned phase as aired on CBS Night Information Plus on Wednesday, September third, 2025:
JOHN DICKERSON: A federal program relationship again to the New Deal that gives meals help to greater than 40 million People has been minimize. The Congressional Finances Workplace estimates that 2.4 million fewer folks will now qualify for the Supplemental Diet Help Program, or SNAP. That is beneath President Trump’s tax and spending plan that handed in July. Right here to debate is CBS’s Senior Enterprise and Know-how Correspondent, Jo-Ling Kent. So, Jo-Ling, let’s begin with what are a number of the new guidelines and what’s modified with the SNAP program since this laws handed?
JO-LING KENT: John, we will begin to see these modifications rolled out over the following couple of years. New work necessities went into impact on Labor Day. And the most important change is that non-disabled adults with out independents(sic) have to satisfy a piece requirement till the age of 64. That is ten years longer than the present 54-year age requirement. And we have additionally seen some exemptions additionally eliminated for some dad and mom. In order we zoom out that 2.4 million determine that you simply cited, these folks will lose their SNAP advantages in line with the CBO. And that is an estimate. And that features a whole bunch of 1000’s of households with children, and households throughout all 50 states may lose an estimated 72 to $231 a month. And if you consider that, that is a significant hit relating to your weekly grocery price range. A number of meals banks within the metro areas throughout the U.S. are also- they’re bracing for a rise in want. We will see a double whammy relating to cuts in SNAP advantages, plus meals costs persevering with to stay excessive with inflation so cussed, John.
DICKERSON: And what occurs, then, to the shops that- that give service- service these prospects?
KENT: Yeah John, we count on to see each a optimistic and unfavorable affect on the massive field retailers. General, you could possibly see spending go down due to the SNAP cuts. Final 12 months, People redeemed about $61 billion in SNAP advantages. And half of that quantity was estimated to have been spent at Walmart, Kroger, Costco, Goal and different main retailers. So with these cuts you could possibly see that income that these corporations sometimes usher in, usher in, take successful. However on the similar time, a few of these retailers like Walmart specifically, could profit as a result of prospects with SNAP advantages who’re actually attempting to stretch their {dollars} much more with these cuts and reductions, they are going to truly search for extra, deeper reductions, one thing that Walmart and different main retailers can afford to supply. You evaluate that to impartial grocers in your neighborhood, these smaller companies, they cannot afford to chop costs as aggressively, John.
DICKERSON: Jo-Ling Kent, thanks a lot.
