Brian Stetler is done and his show, Reliable Sources, is canceled. The show ran its course. He confirmed it with NPR reporter David Folkenflik. Folkenflik said the show was let go due to lousy ratings and the heavy partisanship of former CEO Jeff Zucker. Supposedly Stetler has been an impeccable broadcaster whose impact and influence will continue, but those are just words.
Stetler was polarizing
He spoke to Folkenflik that, “[i]t was a rare privilege to lead a weekly show focused on the press at a time when it has never been more consequential.” CNN executive Amy Entelis praised Stetler, that he was an “departs CNN an impeccable broadcaster” and the network was “proud of what Brian and his team accomplished over the years, and we’re confident their impact and influence will long outlive the show.”
It would be more accurate to say CNN has a record of mendacious punditry cloaked as objective analysis and reporting. And this is media wide.
Stetler is another liberal hack
The network was venomous to conservatives. Stetler is one of several that have been shown the door.
Chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin is out. Others who have left include Chris Cuomo, Zucker and Allison Gollust.
What happened with Stetler
Dylan Byers is a former colleague who spoke at Puck News about the situation. “On Wednesday afternoon, I got a text from a reliable source that Brian Stelter, the host of CNN’s Reliable Sources and the lead author of its late-night newsletter of the same name, had been summoned to C.E.O. Chris Licht’s office. Apparently, Stelter emerged from the meeting looking ashen and refused to talk about the conversation with anyone. His co-author, Oliver Darcy, wrote Wednesday evening’s newsletter by himself. This morning, I confirmed that Stelter will be leaving CNN. His last episode of Reliable Sources will be this Sunday. Stelter’s departure is both totally unsurprising and yet completely and utterly stunning.”
Brian is young, only 36 but he’s become a major media player for over a decade. He was born in Maryland and got his start writing about the news business while he was in Towson University. He then moved to the New York Times to work with David Carr.
