Brian Stelter
NewsBusters Podcast: Stelter Defines the 'Reliable Source' as Liberal
In his "Reliable Sources" newsletter, CNN's Brian Stelter freaks out over the Paramount-Skydance merger, insisting CBS is caving to an authoritarian, just as media outlets allegedly did before Viktor Orban in Hungary. A source is only "Reliable" if it hates President Trump with an unquenchable passion.
CNN’s Situation Room: Cutting Colbert Could Kill Free Speech Forever
Like many others in the liberal media, CNN’s The Situation Room co-hosts Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown were quick to jump on the growing wave of fear that somehow spread from a flopping comedy show getting cancelled. In an interview with CNN chief media analyst Brian Stelter, the three expressed their concerns over what Colbert’s cancellation meant for the future of late-night TV… and…
‘They Do Have a Point’: CNN Cites MRC President Bozell Against NPR/PBS
In a rare moment of journalism during CNN’s Inside Politics, on Thursday, chief media analyst Brian Stelter admitted that opponents of taxpayer dollars being funneled to NPR and PBS “do have a point” with some of their arguments. He even cited comments from MRC President David Bozell celebrating the Senate passing the rescission package striping the funding. Although, Stelter could…
Stelter Sees 'Very Loud and Convincing' Argument Against Public Media
The July 2 edition of Slate’s “What Next” podcast, “Is This the End of NPR and PBS?” began its argument for continuing to fund public television and radio with an ancient 1969 clip of Fred Rogers testifying before Congress. Before being officially introduced, guest Brian Stelter, CNN media analyst and all-around defender of the legacy media, was heard calling the clip “mesmerizing.” …
Trump-CBS Settlement: PBS Puts On Stelter to Cry 'Ransom' or 'Bribe'
CNN media analyst Brian Stelter posed as Journalism's Hero again against the powers of censorship, i.e. the Trump administration, on Wednesday’s PBS News Hour. Trump’s latest sin? Paramount agreeing to pay $16 million to President Trump’s future presidential library to settle a lawsuit over CBS’s news program 60 Minutes (Paramount owns CBS) for selectively editing an…
CNN's Stelter Argues CNN Questioning Trump's Success Is Uber-Patriotic
CNN's chief media analyst Brian Stelter caused unintentional laughter in his "Reliable Sources" newsletter. In his typical role as defender of CNN's viciously anti-Trump bias, he complained that anyone criticizing Natasha Bertrand's anonymously-sourced claims that Operation Midnight Hammer only set the Iran nuclear program back a few months is unpatriotic. The media, they're the…
BREAKING: ABC FIRES Terry Moran After Nasty Tweet About Stephen Miller
In a statement by ABC News’s public relations department and shared with CNN’s Brian Stelter, the Disney-owned liberal network revealed Tuesday they fired longtime correspondent Terry Moran, less than a week after having been suspended for a late-night tweet smearing longtime Donald Trump aide Stephen Miller as “a world-class hater” whose “hatreds are his spiritual nourishment.”
Stelter Spews Vastly Peaceful Talk, Accuses Trump of Authoritarianism
CNN tried hard to spin the violent protests over immigration enforcement in Los Angeles. In the midnight hour (Eastern time) on Sunday, CNN media analyst Brian Stelter insisted "the vast majority of these actions have been peaceful" and Trump is "stoking a fight" out of these "very isolated episodes of unrest." Stelter dragged out Ruth Ben-Ghiat and the usual Trump-The-Authoritarian narrative…
'They Would Suffer': Stelter Warns Of PBS And NPR Defunding
CNN chief media analyst Brian Stelter joined The Situation Room on Wednesday morning to freak out over President Trump’s rescission package that asks Congress to revoke funding for PBS and NPR. According to Stelter, not only would such a move cause local affiliates to “suffer as well,” but he also hyped PEN America saying the real reason for the move was about “discouraging real news…
In New Film, Brian Stelter Identifies 'White Fear Industrial Complex'
Axios is touting a new movie streaming on Tuesday called "White With Fear," a film about “the U.S. conservative political machine amassing power by exploiting racial fault lines.” CNN's Brian Stelter proclaims the buildup of the "white fear industrial complex, where many people get very rich and very powerful by telling white America that they are under constant assault."
Stelter Hypes NPR Lawsuit 'Hitting Back' At Trump
CNN chief media analyst Brian Stelter welcomed NPR’s lawsuit “hitting back” at the Trump Administration on Tuesday as the outlet argues that removing their federal funding via executive order violates the First Amendment.
STELTER: Cancer Diagnosis Should ‘Pause’ Scrutiny of Biden’s Decline
As news was breaking of former President Joe Biden’s advanced cancer diagnosis, there immediately emerged efforts to turn the diagnosis into a vehicle with which to suppress scrutiny of the former president based on the respective releases of the Hur tapes and the Tapper/Thompson book Original Sin. Chief among those doing so on CNN, Brian Stelter and former Obama guru David Axelrod.…
WAR: Brian Stelter Says Reporters Can't Be 'Pacifists' with Trump!
CNN’s Brian Stelter led his “Reliable Sources” newsletter on Wednesday with the event he’s attending for "Truth Tellers." Stelter suggested journalists have to be "at war" with Trump, they can't be "pacifists" or they lose. He noted Jeffrey Goldberg said "every day is kind of Watergate at this point," underlining they always want to drive Trump out of power.
CNN’s Stelter Pulls His Hair Out Over Trump's EO Defunding PBS/NPR
Despite repeatedly calling Fox News “state TV” during President Trump’s first term (when he still had his show, so-called Reliable Sources), CNN’s Brian Stelter decried Trump’s executive order defunding the actual state-media outlets of PBS and NPR. In his appearance on Friday’s Inside Politics, Stelter argued that Trump didn’t have the authority to strip funding but he…
