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Dan Rather on Brian Williams Controversy: ‘How Big Is It?’

April 27th, 2015 11:55 AM
Disgraced former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather appeared on CNN’s Reliable Sources to discuss the ongoing Brian Williams saga and did his best to downplay the significance when he asked “in the great scheme of things, how big is it?” 
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CNN Asks Savage: Was It 'Appropriate or Necessary’ to Ask Carson That?

March 9th, 2015 12:11 PM
On CNN’s Reliable Sources March 8, media correspondent and host Brian Stelter interviewed radical gay activist Dan Savage about author and neurosurgeon Ben Carson’s comments about homosexuality. After Carson told CNN's Chris Cuomo last week he thought being gay was “absolutely a choice,” Savage lashed out at Carson on Twitter. Stelter brought up Savage’s scathing tweet to Carson where he invited…
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Sesno: O'Reilly Allegation Nowhere 'Near on That Scale' of Williams

February 20th, 2015 3:48 PM
On Thursday's CNN Tonight, former CNN correspondent Frank Sesno brushed aside David Corn's supposed expose of Bill O'Reilly's claims about his reporting of the Falkland War: "It's not a Brian Williams problem. I don't think it's anywhere near on that scale." Sesno later added, "I just don't think that this is on a par...[with] the issues, the exaggerations, and the trouble that Brian Williams is…

LA Times Starts 'Immigration and Identity' Site With Illegal Alien

February 17th, 2015 9:39 AM
CNN’s Brian Stelter reports “Jose Antonio Vargas, a journalist and undocumented immigrant, is joining forces with the Los Angeles Times to create a new section of the Times web site devoted to race, immigration and multiculturalism.” In other words, the Times seems to be creating a lobbying site for illegal immigrants, headed by an illegal immigrant and amnesty lobbyist.
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Carl Bernstein: NBC Must 'Publish The Results’ of Williams Review

February 16th, 2015 3:40 PM
On Sunday, veteran journalist Carl Bernstein appeared on CNN’s Reliable Sources to discuss the ongoing controversy surrounding NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams and the revelation that he lied multiple times about his reporting from Iraq. 

CNN Brings On Leftist Comedian to Mangle Polls In Jon Stewart Segment

February 16th, 2015 1:32 PM
On CNN’s Reliable Sources on Sunday, host Brian Stelter brought on leftist comedian (and former Current TV host) John Fugelsang to discuss the legacy of Jon Stewart. Fugelsang suggested that America is dominated by liberals, but some don’t want to admit it. To be precise, Fugelsang claimed a 2012 Gallup poll on abortion made his case for him that 77 percent of Americans are pro-choice:
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Navy SEAL Refutes Brian Williams' Claim He Was Embedded With Them

February 16th, 2015 10:31 AM
On Sunday, CNN’s Reliable Sources hosted former SEAL Team Six member Don Mann to discuss NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams’ questionable claim that he was embedded with them at the start of the Iraq war. Speaking to host Brian Stelter, Mann resoundingly refuted Williams’ story and said “For a reporter to be embedded with SEAL Team Six or any tier one unit, that just doesn't happen…The last…
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Former CNN Journalist: Williams' Lie Not as Bad as Bush 'Telling Lies'

February 11th, 2015 3:46 PM
On Wednesday's CNN Newsroom, Mark Feldstein channeled Michael Moore's take on the Brian Williams scandal. The former CNN journalist acknowledged that Williams likely wouldn't recover the "traditional credibility that he had as a news anchor," but later fell into the same Bush bashing as Moore: "Is it as bad a scandal as telling lies about the Iraq War to get us into it, as the Bush administration…
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CNN's Stelter Doubts ‘Anyone’ Thinks Williams 'Deserves a 2nd Chance'

February 11th, 2015 12:11 AM
After breaking the news that NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams will be suspended indefinitely for six months without pay, Reliable Sources host Brian Stelter joined CNN’s AC360 to discuss the story with the Hollywood Reporter’s Marisa Guthrie and expressed doubt that “anyone in the country” believes that Williams “deserves a second chance” as NBC Universal CEO Steve Burke did in backing him…
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Brian Williams Suspended for 6 Months Without Pay

February 10th, 2015 7:53 PM
Per Brian Stelter at 7:50 PM EST on CNN. Updated with MRC President Brent Bozell's reaction and NBC's statement.
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CNN: 'It's Hard' to 'Imagine a Scenario' Where Williams Survives

February 10th, 2015 4:08 PM
CNN's Brian Stelter on Tuesday suggested that it was unlikely Brian Williams could survive as Nightly News anchor, given the ongoing challenges to his honesty. The media analyst explained just how hard it would be for the anchor to get past the scandal related to lying about being struck by an RPG.

CNN Media Show Leaps on Brian Williams Defense from Moyers, Joe Klein

February 8th, 2015 7:32 PM
CNN’s Reliable Sources devoted most of its show Sunday to the Brian Williams scandal, but host Brian Stelter made sure that Williams defenders in the liberal elite, from Joe Klein to Bill Moyers, were quoted and discussed. Stelter didn’t have interview or quote any conservative critics of Williams. Stelter quoted Bill Moyers the PBS omnipresence to former network reporter and analyst Jeff…
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Brian Williams Cancels Thursday Night Appearance with David Letterman

February 8th, 2015 7:32 PM
Late Sunday afternoon, CNN’s Brian Stelter reported the latest information in the ongoing Brian Williams controversy with the news that the NBC Nightly News anchor has cancelled an appearance on CBS’s The Late Show with David Letterman after reports initially suggested that he was planning to use it to clear the air and answer the many questions surrounding him. The cancellation comes a day…
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CNN: 'Fearful' NBC Unsure How to Deal With 'Humiliated' Williams

February 6th, 2015 3:39 PM
According to CNN media correspondent Brian Stelter, "fear" is setting in at NBC as the executives and journalists there worry over the widening "questions" being raised about Brian Williams.