{"id":2337383,"date":"2024-09-05T16:09:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T20:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-rehires-stelter-to-save-network-with-msnbc-extremism\/"},"modified":"2024-09-05T16:15:49","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T20:15:49","slug":"cnn-rehires-stelter-to-save-network-with-msnbc-extremism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-rehires-stelter-to-save-network-with-msnbc-extremism\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Rehires Stelter To Save Network With MSNBC Extremism"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcnn-rehires-stelter-to-save-network-with-msnbc-extremism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2337383&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the recent \u200bdecision by CNN to rehire Brian \u200dStelter, who was previously fired due to his controversial role in \u200cthe\u2062 network&#8217;s shift towards leftist and sometimes unreliable reporting. Over the years, CNN has \u200cbeen criticized for promoting narratives such as the &#8220;Russia collusion&#8221; hoax and for its partisan coverage, which some believe has \u200bled to a\u2064 significant decline \u200bin its credibility\u2063 and ratings. The\u2063 article also touches \u200bupon the network&#8217;s management\u2063 changes, including \u200bthe hiring of Chris Licht,\u2064 who attempted \u200dto reshape\u200b the network&#8217;s image and re-establish trust \u2063with conservative viewers, but faced backlash from employees. Licht&#8217;s \u200befforts did\u2062 not significantly improve CNN&#8217;s standing, leading to his dismissal. Mark Thompson has\u2062 been appointed \u2064as his successor, but the\u2062 network still\u200d struggles with its \u2062reputation compared to competitors, like MSNBC.\u2064 Stelter\u2019s \u2063return as chief media\u200b analyst is interpreted as \u2062a\u200d sign that CNN may be leaning \u2064even \u2062more\u2063 into a partisan role, as he is expected to focus on \u200bcritiquing non-leftist media rather than \u200baddressing the network&#8217;s \u2062past reporting issues. The article concludes by highlighting the\u2062 ongoing criticism of Stelter&#8217;s alleged promotion of misinformation and censorship-related practices during his first \u200cstint at CNN.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In yet another shakeup for CNN, the troubled network with sinking ratings and crumbling credibility rehired disinformation spreader Brian Stelter, who had previously been fired for being even more embarrassing to the company than its legal analyst and Zoom masturbator Jeffrey Toobin.<\/p>\n<p>For decades, the network had been viewed as a typical leftist media outlet, but it became the very embodiment of fake news in the last decade as its hosts and reporters brazenly pushed Democrat narratives and uncritically regurgitated information operations from nefarious actors. In becoming the in-house propaganda shop of the anti-Donald Trump resistance, the network gained viewers but saw its credibility damaged beyond repair.<\/p>\n<p>CNN helped launch and reliably laundered the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/01\/10\/politics\/donald-trump-intelligence-report-russia\/index.html\">Russia collusion<\/a>&rdquo; hoax, a long-running information operation from the Hillary Clinton campaign and anti-Trump activists in the Department of Justice. The operation falsely accused Trump of stealing the 2016 election by colluding with Russia. CNN hired as analysts many of the federal law enforcement and intelligence officials who had run the election-interfering hoax against the American people.<\/p>\n<p>CNN&rsquo;s Democrat Party programming was not limited to the Russia collusion hoax, which was eventually debunked by real reporters. It also helped run the smear operations against high school student Nick Sandmann and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, platforming even the most outlandish accusations against them. <\/p>\n<p>It actively participated in efforts to suppress discussion about the best ways to handle the Covid-19 outbreak. It downplayed the violence and damage caused by months of race riots in the lead-up to the 2020 election, and it worked with Democrats to gin up hysteria about the January 6 protest after that election.<\/p>\n<p>Every step of the way, Stelter enabled and justified the spreading of fake news by his network and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/warning-for-america-the-four-steps-of-marxist-takeover-were-activated-in-2020\/\" title=\"Warning for America: The Four Steps of Marxist Takeover Were Activated in 2020\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-celebs-rage-in-defeat-after-barrett-confirmation-revolting-disgraceful-unconscionable\/\" title=\"Hollywood Celebs Rage in Defeat After Barrett Confirmation: &#039;Revolting. Disgraceful. Unconscionable&#039;\">left-wing<\/a> media outlets<\/a>, even as Americans lost trust in their media to report the news accurately and fairly. The situation for the network was so bad that when CNN launched a much-trumpeted streaming service, CNN was forced to close it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iMu9P66IXX4\">after 21 days<\/a> due to lack of interest and skyrocketing costs.<\/p>\n<p>CNN&rsquo;s top brass brought in Chris Licht, a previously successful television executive, to right the ship. He promised Republicans a reset, telling them he wanted to earn back their trust after years of the network going to war with them. <\/p>\n<p>One of Licht&rsquo;s first moves was to fire Stelter, a relentless defender of CNN&rsquo;s laundering of left-wing information operations and propaganda. He had become a laughingstock for his willingness to debase himself in service of any and all Democrat narratives. <\/p>\n<p>Shrill Democrat activist John Harwood was also fired. &ldquo;Reliable Sources,&rdquo; the left-wing media show Stelter had hosted for nine years, ended its run. A few other CNN staff were also fired, but not enough to improve the reputation of the company. In fact, Stelter&rsquo;s &ldquo;Reliable Sources&rdquo; newsletter was taken over by Oliver Darcy, a less intelligent but more rabid anti-speech activist than Stelter.<\/p>\n<p>Licht was pushed out of the company, in part by employees who never forgave him for trying to return the network to any semblance of a news organization. CNN employees openly criticized Licht for hosting a town hall with the frontrunner for the GOP nomination for president, something that journalists at any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maher-torches-woke-culture-this-is-called-a-purge-its-a-mentality-that-belongs-in-stalins-russia\/\" title=\"Maher Torches Woke Culture: \u2018This Is Called A Purge. It\u2019s A Mentality That Belongs In Stalin\u2019s Russia.\u2019\">real news organization<\/a> would have been thrilled by. <\/p>\n<p>Licht was replaced by former New York Times CEO Mark Thompson, who has also tried to get the company to be ever-so-slightly less left-wing. But its ratings and finances have struggled compared to MSNBC, which openly embraces its role as a Democrat propaganda outlet.<\/p>\n<p>The meager efforts weren&rsquo;t convincing anyone anyway. A few weeks ago, Stephen Colbert hosted CNN host Kaitlan Collins, most memorable for moderating that May 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/trump-cnn-town-hall\/index.html\">town hall with Trump<\/a>. Colbert <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13740243\/colbert-audience-erupts-laughter-kaitlin-collins-cnn-network-objective.html\">said<\/a> during the interview that CNN &ldquo;reports the news as it is&rdquo; and &ldquo;I know you guys are objective over there.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The studio audience erupted in laughter at the idea that CNN is even remotely objective.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Is that supposed to be a laugh line?&rdquo; Collins asked. &ldquo;It wasn&rsquo;t supposed to be,&rdquo; Colbert answered, &ldquo;but I guess it is.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Stelter&rsquo;s return is an indication that the flailing CNN is trying to compete against MSNBC by more openly embracing the role of propaganda outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Stelter returns to the network as chief media analyst, where he plans to resume covering up the damage wrought by the country&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-debate-disaster-demonstrates-how-far-media-will-go-to-keep-dems-in-power\/\" title=\"Fetterman Debate Disaster Demonstrates How Far Media Will Go to Keep Dems in Power\">left-wing propaganda press<\/a> and instead focus solely on out-of-context clips from the opinion programs of non<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-wont-say-if-its-colluding-with-big-tech-to-censor-speech-ahead-of-2024-election\/\" title=\"State Department Silent on Potential Big Tech Collaboration for Speech Censorship Before 2024 Election\">-leftist media outlets<\/a> such as Fox News (where this reporter is a contributor). Unlike MSNBC and CNN, Fox News retains a clear division between its news and opinion programming.<\/p>\n<p>Stelter was known for being an obsessive promoter of the Russia collusion hoax and a supporter of anti-speech efforts from both the government and Big Tech firms. He falsely claimed that the Steele dossier, which was full of unverified and unverifiable allegations against Trump, had been verified. He also accused Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway of spreading misinformation by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JerryDunleavy\/status\/1310635892990763010\">speaking the truth<\/a> about it. <\/p>\n<p>Stelter <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mrctv\/status\/1630583613405396993\">falsely claimed<\/a> that the corporate media had not reported that the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation. In fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mazemoore\/status\/1802386874482266195\">Stelter<\/a> was one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WesternLensman\/status\/1831100615004430526\">worst offenders<\/a> in that censorship-industrial-complex operation.<\/p>\n<p>Just weeks before Joe Biden was forced out of the presidential race by the corporate media and other Democrat operatives worried he&rsquo;d lose the 2024 election, Stelter said Republican focus on Biden&rsquo;s mental decline was an example of disinformation. His only criticism of the Biden presidency was when it ostensibly ceased one of its <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BrentHBaker\/status\/1520802405499215882\">censorship programs<\/a> at Homeland Security. Stelter regularly <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TimJGraham\/status\/1745471454060097667\">asserts without even an attempt at substantiation<\/a> that Democrats speak the truth while Republicans lie.<\/p>\n<p>It took a University of Chicago student to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thackerpd\/status\/1689654548464586754\">confront Stelter<\/a> over his support for CNN&rsquo;s disinformation operations. The government powers Stelter bootlicked rewarded him for his propaganda work, having him host a &ldquo;disinformation&rdquo; panel at the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Julio_Rosas11\/status\/1615369860325806080\">World Economic Forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The return of Stelter to CNN may or may not help the troubled company&rsquo;s ratings and finances. But it definitely won&rsquo;t help the country deal with the scourge of a propaganda press and the lies it spews.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p>      Mollie Ziegler Hemingway is the Editor-in-Chief of The Federalist. She is Senior Journalism Fellow at Hillsdale College and a Fox News contributor. She is the co-author of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Justice-Trial-Kavanaugh-Confirmation-Supreme\/dp\/1621579832\">Justice on Trial: The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the Future of the Supreme Court<\/a><\/em>. She is the author of &#8220;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Rigged-Media-Democrats-Seized-Elections\/dp\/168451259X\/\">Rigged: How the Media, Big Tech, and the Democrats Seized Our Elections.<\/a><\/em>&#8221; Reach her at <b><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/mailto:mzhemingway@thefederalist.com\">mzhemingway@thefederalist.com<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In another significant change for CNN, the struggling network, which has faced declining ratings and a loss of credibility, has brought back Brian Stelter, who was previously let go for being more damaging to the company than its legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin. Historically seen as a standard left-leaning media organization, CNN has increasingly become synonymous with fake news over the past decade as its hosts and reporters openly promoted Democratic narratives and uncritically disseminated misleading information from dubious sources. By aligning itself with the anti-Trump movement, CNN gained some viewers but severely damaged its reputation.<\/p>\n<p>The network played a key role in promoting the &#8220;Russia collusion&#8221; narrative\u2014a long-standing misinformation campaign initiated by Hillary Clinton&#8217;s campaign and anti-Trump activists within the Department of Justice\u2014falsely accusing Trump of colluding with Russia to win the 2016 election. Many analysts hired by CNN were former federal law enforcement and intelligence officials involved in this disinformation effort against American citizens.<\/p>\n<p>CNN&#8217;s partisan programming extended beyond just the Russia narrative; it also participated in smear campaigns against individuals like high school student Nick Sandmann and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh while amplifying even baseless allegations against them. The network downplayed violence during race riots leading up to the 2020 election and collaborated with Democrats to incite panic regarding protests on January 6 after that election.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout these controversies, Stelter defended his network\u2019s dissemination of false information alongside other left-leaning media outlets while public trust in journalism waned. The situation deteriorated so much that when CNN launched a highly publicized streaming service, it had to shut down after just 21 days due to poor viewership and rising costs.<\/p>\n<p>To address these issues, CNN appointed Chris Licht\u2014a previously successful television executive\u2014to revitalize the network. He aimed for a reset with Republicans after years of conflict between them and promised to restore their trust. One of Licht\u2019s initial actions was firing Stelter for his unwavering defense of CNN&#8217;s promotion of leftist propaganda; he had become a figure of ridicule due to his eagerness to support any Democratic narrative.<\/p>\n<p>Licht also dismissed John Harwood, another vocal Democrat supporter at CNN. The show &#8220;Reliable Sources,&#8221; which Stelter hosted for nine years, was canceled along with several other staff layoffs that failed to significantly improve CNN\u2019s image. Instead, Oliver Darcy took over Stelter\u2019s newsletter despite being perceived as less capable but more extreme in his anti-speech activism.<\/p>\n<p>Licht eventually faced backlash from employees who resented his attempts at steering CNN back toward journalistic integrity\u2014especially after hosting a town hall featuring Donald Trump\u2014which would have been welcomed by journalists at any legitimate news outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Thompson succeeded Licht as CEO but struggled similarly compared to MSNBC\u2014an outlet that unabashedly embraces its role as Democratic propaganda machinery\u2014with both ratings and finances faltering under Thompson&#8217;s leadership despite efforts towards moderation.<\/p>\n<p>Recent events highlighted this struggle when Stephen Colbert interviewed Kaitlan Collins from CNN about her experience moderating Trump&#8217;s town hall; Colbert jokingly claimed that \u201cCNN reports news as it is,\u201d prompting laughter from an audience aware of how far removed this is from reality.<\/p>\n<p>Stelter&#8217;s return signals an attempt by struggling CNN to compete more directly with MSNBC by embracing its role as a propaganda outlet rather than attempting reform or objectivity. As chief media analyst once again, he aims not only at covering up damage caused by biased reporting but also focusing on out-of-context clips from non-leftist outlets like Fox News\u2014where there remains clearer separation between news reporting and opinion content compared to what he promoted before.<\/p>\n<p>Stelter is known for fervently supporting discredited narratives such as Russia collusion while advocating censorship efforts backed by government entities or tech companies alike; he falsely asserted verification claims about unsubstantiated allegations found within documents like Steele dossier while accusing others\u2014including Kellyanne Conway\u2014of spreading misinformation simply because they presented factual statements regarding those claims.<\/p>\n<p>He misrepresented corporate media coverage concerning Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop story too\u2014as partaking actively within broader censorship initiatives\u2014and dismissed Republican concerns about Biden\u2019s mental fitness prior leading into upcoming elections merely labeling them disinformation without substantiation.<\/p>\n<p>Despite facing criticism even from students questioning him directly about supporting such operations during discussions around disinformation panels hosted internationally\u2014the return may not necessarily bolster either ratings or financial stability\u2014but will likely perpetuate challenges posed through propagandistic press practices affecting national discourse negatively overall.<\/p>\n<p>Mollie Ziegler Hemingway serves as Editor-in-Chief at The Federalist alongside roles including Senior Journalism Fellow at Hillsdale College contributing regularly on Fox News platforms where she co-authored works addressing judicial confirmations among electoral integrity issues impacting democracy today reaching out via mzhemingway@thefederalist.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":605,"featured_media":2337384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Brian-stelter-on-cnn.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[9373,3746,15335],"class_list":["post-2337383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-cnn","tag-msnbc","tag-stelter"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Brian-stelter-on-cnn.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/605"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2337383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2337384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2337383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2337383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2337383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}