‘Office’ Alum Shares Ugly Truth About Media Bias, Graham Platner
Rainn Wilson also explains why classic show wouldn't make the cut today
There’s a reason why Legacy Media types tried to make both Scott Pelley and Stephen Colbert free speech martyrs.
They’re activists for the Left, not old-school journalists. And they rallied around the recently fired personalities because they, too, provided cover for Democrats.
It’s that simple. Yet it’s a reality many on the Left ignore. That goes for fellow journalists and Hollywood celebrities alike.
Rainn Wilson is a hearty exception.
Rainn Wilson says “The Office” probably wouldn’t be made today, telling Fox News Digital that media trends have shifted left and that cancel culture makes it difficult for edgy comedies to thrive. pic.twitter.com/KmsKb8qxV0
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 14, 2026
“The Office” alum doesn’t always read from the progressive hymnal. He’s a person of faith, and his public comments tend to be more nuanced and less predictable than those of his peers.
He proved it again this week. Twice.
Wilson spoke to Fox News on a variety of subjects, including whether “The Office” could launch today. The show ran from 2005-2013, a time when woke culture hadn’t arrived on the scene.
That explains why “The Office” was so cutting edge and hilarious. The show’s scribes didn’t have to walk on eggshells not to offend viewers. That made the show so much funnier.
Wilson told Fox News Digital that “The Office,” much like “Blazing Saddles,” couldn’t be made today.
“I think that it would be too hard to be as politically incorrect as the show was,” Wilson said.
Is he wrong? The show’s initial run went smoothly, with strong critical acclaim and sizable ratings. Few social media users raged against the show’s content. If they did, their numbers were small and they didn’t force any “Cancel Culture”-style campaigns to impact the series.
Wilson’s opinion isn’t looked upon kindly in the media, which has pretended that woke culture had no discernible impact on humor.
He said it anyway.
The actor also weighed in on Legacy Media bias, something news reporters continue to deny. Even Pelley, who just got axed by CBS for attacking his boss, Bari Weiss, in public, recently claimed there’s no “metric” that shows such a bias exists.
This took less than five minutes to find the following on X.
‘Biased’ Apple, Google, MSN, Yahoo news apps rely on lefty media outlets to slant GOP midterms: survey https://t.co/Bx9M1pRgci pic.twitter.com/VNVYmtMjxt
— New York Post (@nypost) June 13, 2026
Axios founder @JimVandeHei says trust in American media collapsed in three phases.
1. Twitter exposed the political bias of “objective” journalists.
2. Coverage of Covid, “defund the police,” and word policing didn’t sit right with Americans.
3. The lack of coverage around Joe… pic.twitter.com/aTpxAZQrYr
— Honestly with Bari Weiss (@thehonestlypod) April 8, 2025
In same NBC News poll, 64 percent have “very little” or “no confidence” in news media. Below 50 percent distrust for Democrats at 45 percent. At 81 percent with Republicans, raising the question: Who are the 19 percent?? pic.twitter.com/DGNrWe5KvZ
— Brent Baker (@BrentHBaker) June 14, 2026
Wilson agrees.
“I think there has been a bias in the media towards what we call more liberal policies,” he said. “They’re willing to overlook the Platner Nazi tattoo, but if it was someone from the other side that had a tattoo that was questionable they would be all over MSNBC about it.”
Platner’s Nazi tattoo is a scandal, full stop. Yet late-night TV hosts have avoided the subject as much as possible. Legacy Media reporters too often obfuscate the facts to protect Platner.
And we all know why.
“It’s the hypocrisy that gets me the most … both sides have to have equal standards of behavior,” he added.
The media has done everything possible to diminish Platner’s Nazi tattoo, which remained on his body for 18 years until he covered it up in shame last year. Reporters, including Pulitzer Prize winners, also have downplayed the physical abuse allegations hurled at Platner on recent weeks.
Smells like bias to most sane Americans. And Wilson, too.