Brian Stelter’s new book sales tank in its first week, leaving him fuming
Former CNN talking head Brian Stelter’s latest book sales tank in its first week
Former CNN talking head Brian Stelter has given us one more reason to hammer a nail in the coffin of the establishment media.
According to Mediaite, Stelter’s latest book sold an atrocious 3,807 copies in its first week, following its Nov. 14 publication.
An establishment shill who spent years posing as a media critic while hosting CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” Stelter wrote “Network of Lies: The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for American Democracy.”
Notwithstanding that dramatic title, the reading public apparently anticipated nothing “epic” in Stelter’s book.
“Network of Lies” tanked despite support from Simon & Schuster, one of the nation’s top publishers.
The book also had no shortage of promotion from the author. In fact, Mediaite described Stelter as “nearly ubiquitous in the political media world” before and after the book’s publication.
Of course, Mediaite — a left-wing news outlet — gave Stelter’s bomb as positive a spin as possible, noting, for instance, “his seamless return to the CNN airwaves and how well-received he was, not just at his former employer, but also on MSNBC, where he has frequently appeared as a guest,” and touting the book’s “rave reviews” from The New York Times.
In other words, as long as he attacks Trump and conservatives, Stelter remains in the establishment media’s good graces.
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As one might expect, some conservative outlets had less flattering things to say about the book’s sales performance. The Gateway Pundit, for instance, called it a “tremendous failure” and a “BIG FAT FLOP.”
Perhaps, though, we should not be too hasty to dismiss the book’s sales.
After all, according to the U.K. Daily Mail, a revised version of Stelter 2020 book “Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth” — does Stelter write on any other subjects? — sold only 1,738 copies in its first week. By comparison, “Network of Lies” amounts to a bestseller.
On balance, though, we do seem to have a diminishing market for liars who write books about supposed lies.
Indeed, judging by sagging book sales and plummeting ratings, the establishment media can only lie for so long. Even their partisan viewers will eventually abandon them and seek less obvious falsehoods elsewhere.
Meanwhile, those who crave truth have found it in alternative media. Elon Musk’s social media platform X, for instance, has created the closest thing we have to a marketplace of ideas. Of course, we still find plenty of falsehoods on X, but we also find truths to counter them.
This is why, at the most recent Republican presidential debate, Vivek Ramaswamy received such applause from GOP voters when he rightly suggested that Musk, Tucker Carlson and Joe Rogan — three figures now associated with free speech and alternative media — should moderate a Republican debate in place of the usual establishment shills.
In other words, we know that establishment media figures like Stelter lie to us. And we know that they do so at the behest of other establishment liars at CNN and elsewhere. So we must move on from them — all of them.
Thus, we do not marvel at Stelter’s book flop so much as acknowledge it. In the same way, we acknowledge the establishment media as a force that once mattered but no longer does.
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How did Brian Stelter’s latest book, “Network of Lies,” perform in terms of sales in its first week?
Former CNN talking head Brian Stelter’s latest book, “Network of Lies: The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for American Democracy,” has failed to make an impact in its first week of sales. According to Mediaite, the book only sold a measly 3,807 copies after its release on November 14.
Stelter, who spent years hosting CNN’s “Reliable Sources” while posing as a media critic, seems to have missed the mark with his latest publication. Despite the dramatic title, readers were apparently not intrigued by what Stelter had to say. This is a blow to Stelter considering the support he received from Simon & Schuster, one of the top publishers in the nation.
The author also heavily promoted the book, with Mediaite even describing him as “nearly ubiquitous in the political media world” both before and after its release. The left-wing news outlet highlighted his return to the CNN airwaves and his appearances on MSNBC as a guest, as well as the positive reviews the book received from The New York Times. It seems that as long as Stelter attacks Trump and conservatives, he can maintain his popularity within the establishment media.
Conservative outlets, on the other hand, had less favorable opinions about the book’s sales performance. The Gateway Pundit called it a “tremendous failure” and a ”BIG FAT FLOP.” However, it may be premature to dismiss the book’s sales entirely.
As the UK Daily Mail pointed out, a revised version of Stelter’s 2020 book “Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth” only sold 1,738 copies in its first week. In comparison, “Network of Lies” can be considered a bestseller.
Nevertheless, it seems that there is a diminishing market for books written by individuals who are perceived as liars. The decline in sales suggests that readers are becoming skeptical of authors who claim to expose lies and distortions in the media. Stelter’s latest book may just be one more nail in the coffin of the establishment media.
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