New CNN Boss Wants 'Hard News,' Not 'Red-Hot Liberal Opining'

February 26th, 2022 9:14 PM

In an interesting “scoop” published Saturday, Axios reported that CBS’s EVP of Special Programming Chris Licht, who was tapped to replace ousted CNN boss Jeff Zucker to lead the third-place cable network, wants to get back to CNN being a straight news outlet and cut back on the liberal screeds that dominate prime time and their newscasts in general.

Editor’s Pick: Twitchy on Stelter Touting Ukraine CNN Ratings Boost

February 25th, 2022 11:20 AM

On Friday, Twitchy’s Sam Janney reported on CNN’s Brian Stelter taking to Twitter on Thursday to express his excitement that “a bunch of people watched the horrors of war on CNN.” Stelter touted: “The past 24 hours are a reminder that consumers in an era of YouTube and TikTok still gravitate to trusted, established news outlets during emergencies. They ‘know where to go,’ so to speak.”

Stelter Screeches at 'Explosion of False Claims' from Durham Filing

February 17th, 2022 7:56 AM

When the liberal media aren't ignoring the John Durham probe, they're "reporting" on it by suggesting it's the newest pile of overwrought MAGA propaganda. CNN's covering it by letting Brian Stelter cry "HOAX" at Fox News and other conservative outlets. His headline was "Right-wing media said it was exposing a scandal. What it really revealed is how bad information spreads in MAGA world".

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FLASHBACK: The Worst Promoters of the Russia Collusion Hoax

February 15th, 2022 10:30 AM

Will we see members of the leftist media that most vociferously PUSHED the Russia collusion hoax, attack the Clinton camp with the same volume? Don’t bet on it. The following is a look at some of the most over-the-top instances of liberal journos attempting to bring down former President Trump with disproven claims of an election collusion with Russian President Vladimir Putin. 

 

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CNN Ignores Durham, Defends Whoopi: 'Wrong Answer' for ABC to Suspend

February 14th, 2022 3:42 PM

Since the so-called “fact first” Cable News Network was busy ignoring the bombshell report from Special Counsel John Durham finding evidence the Clinton campaign was spying on then-President Trump, they needed to fill their airtime with SOMETHING. That’s why they called up chief media reporter Brian Stelter to defend Whoopi Goldberg (stage name) and suggested it was the “wrong answer” for ABC…

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Abrams Wrecks ‘Dishonest,’ ‘Reckless’ Stelter Over Zucker Fallout

February 9th, 2022 7:20 PM

Monday on his eponymous NewsNation show, longtime TV news personality and legal expert Dan Abrams hammered CNN’s Reliable Sources host Brian Stelter over his behavior regarding the ouster of now-ex-CNN boss and puppetmaster Jeff Zucker, calling Stelter “dishonest” for his defense of CNN as a legitimate news network and “reckless” for targeting John Malone, the top share in CNN’s…

CNN Host: Zucker’s Ouster Was DANGEROUS to Network’s ‘Mental Health’

February 8th, 2022 3:16 PM

Puck News reporter Dylan Byers had another nauseating piece Monday about the post-Jeff Zucker fallout at CNN and, after a clownish meeting with the D.C. bureau that warned his ouster was dangerous for democracy and left CNNers brainless without Zucker’s edicts, it was New York City’s turn. And, apparently, Zucker’s sudden resignation has been, according to Alisyn Camerota, “a huge shockwave to…

NewsBusters Podcast: Stelter Calls CNN Ratings Mockery 'BS'

February 7th, 2022 8:13 PM

In the angry aftermath of Jeff Zucker's dismissal, Brian Stelter is offended that anyone thinks CNN is more opinion than news. "They're not watching CNN. They're watching complaints about CNN on other channels that don't know what they're talking about." Stelter was so angry he swore in the middle of his podcast: "this bullshit on Fox about CNN failing in the ratings, and that’s why Zucker was…

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LOL: Guest Says CNN 'Part of Firewall That Saved Democracy'

February 6th, 2022 4:22 PM

Need a good laugh? Well we’ve got you covered here at NewsBusters. On CNN’s Reliable Sources, host Brian Stelter had on Media Studies Professor David Zurawik who made the preposterous claim that CNN was part of the fire wall that has helped “save democracy.”

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CNNers Show CREEPY Devotion in Soviet-Like Tributes to Jeff Zucker

February 3rd, 2022 12:29 PM

CNN spent Wednesday in mourning as if CNN boss Jeff Zucker had passed away when, in fact, he was pushed out for having carried on an inappropriate relationship with fellow CNN exec Allison Gollust, calling him “incredible,” “remarkable,” “larger than life,” and “singular” person who brought “a clarity of mission” to the network. In other words, it was something North Korean news reader Ri Chun…

Editor’s Pick: Fox on CNN Insider Demanding Stelter Be Fired

February 3rd, 2022 10:22 AM

On Wednesday, Fox News media reporter Joseph Wulfsohn reported: “A CNN ‘insider’ is reportedly calling for the firing of the network’s left-wing media correspondent Brian Stelter for not exposing CNN president Jeff Zucker’s romantic relationship with another high-ranking colleague, something that's been dubbed an ‘open secret’ by critics.”

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Baghdad Brian Stelter Blows Wet Kisses to Departed CNN Boss Zucker

February 2nd, 2022 2:57 PM

Playing the role of Baghdad Bob after the 2003 fall of the Iraqi capital to U.S. troops, CNN’s Reliable Sources host and chief media correspondent Brian Stelter crawled out of his shell to spinelessly shill for Jeff Zucker moments after his resignation from CNN, calling him “a larger than life” and “pioneering figure” and their “rock” who’s left them in “a stunner.”

NewsBusters Podcast: Media Demonize Spotify, Glorify SCOTUS Pick

January 31st, 2022 10:14 PM

The pro-Biden media claim to be for “free speech” while they play up left-wing protests demonizing Spotify for airing Joe Rogan’s podcast. CNN is claiming that there’s too much division and conflict in society – just as Biden nominates a black woman for the Supreme Court...apparently everyone should sing Kumbaya and vote Yes.

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Stelter: Unlike Rogan, If CNN Says So, It Must Be True

January 31st, 2022 4:20 PM

On Monday's installment of At This Hour, CNN chief media correspondent Brian Stelter joined host Kate Bolduan to assert that people can trust CNN to be truthful and accurate because, unlike Joe Rogan, it is a real news operation that cares about facts and information.