Brian Stelter
Anchor of @ReliableSources and @CNN's chief media correspondent. Formerly @nytimes, @tvnewser and Top of the Morning. Email: [email protected]
Last synced from Twitter 617d ago
CNN’s Night of 2020 Town Halls Scores in Key Demo, But Underwhelms in Total Viewers
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Brian Stelter
Who had the highest-rated CNN town hall on Monday? @KamalaHarris, in the 10pm hour. @BernieSanders had nearly as big an audience at 9pm.
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Mueller Makes It Clear: Trump Was Worse Than a 'Useful Idiot'
The Mueller report exposes the extent to which not just Russia but Donald Trump's own associates grifted the president.
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Brian Stelter
In two cases -- Mueller's obstruction probe and the hush money scandal -- "it now seems likely that Trump would have faced personal criminal indictment but for the fact that he is the president of the United States," @vermontgmg writes
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White House of lies; Mueller says 'no comment;' eight questions; week ahead calendar; five CNN town halls; Sri Lanka attacks; the 'Magnolia effect'
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Brian Stelter
Past administrations have bent the truth, of course, but Trump's White House breaks the truth in half -- and then lies about breaking it.
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Sri Lanka Bombings at Churches and Hotels Said to Kill Almost 200
The sites targeted included three churches celebrating Easter Mass and three high-end hotels in Colombo, the capital.
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Brian Stelter
After the attacks in Sri Lanka, "internet transmission slowed dramatically, possibly a government effort to stop the spread of fake news."
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The Other Thing the Mueller Report Proved: Journalists Were Right
If Mueller’s report feels familiar, it’s because so many of the incidents it documents have already been reported.
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Brian Stelter
"The Mueller report is out, and the journalists who've spent the past several years reporting on Trump’s conduct are looking a lot better than Trump himself..."
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1 big thing: Trump's biggest power play
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Brian Stelter
"Trump and supporters filled the 25-day vacuum from letter to report with jubilant claims of vindication." And "it's working," @mikeallen writes. "Most Democrats, including Speaker Pelosi, are opposed to impeachment hearings."
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Mueller is a best seller; Warren wants impeachment; how late night reacted; RIP Lyra McKee; Sinclair update; ten weekend reads
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Brian Stelter
Lyra McKee was "passionate, earnest, courageous, and kind-hearted." @GabeRivera: "We were privileged to have her with us for over seven years, and we're moved to see how many people were touched and inspired by her work."
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Robert Mueller's report is coming: Live updates
Attorney General William Barr is expected to release special counsel Robert Mueller's redacted report on the Russia investigation to Congress and the public today. Follow here for the latest.
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Brian Stelter
From @KaraScannell on CNN's live blog: Mueller's team "referred 14 investigations to other US attorney's offices." Michael Cohen... Greg Craig... and "the other 12 investigations are redacted."
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Mueller eve; coverage plans; advice for the press; Hannity's prebuttal; Trebek update; Pulitzers podcast; Beyoncé's 'Homecoming' doc
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Brian Stelter
"News media has perfected the art of the pregame conversation," @JohnAvlon says, but "when it comes time to analyzing what actually happened, we too often default to short attention span theater..." (bit.ly/2IHtjW3) pic.twitter.com/McxTZIQ7HU
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15 Months of Fresh Hell Inside Facebook
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Brian Stelter
"According to multiple Facebook employees, a handful of executives considered it a small plus, too, that the news industry was feeling a little pain after all its negative coverage." The "pain" being reduced traffic to news websites...
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Boss Files with Poppy Harlow: Conversations about business, leadership and innovation on Apple Podcasts
Business · 2019
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Brian Stelter
Big tech companies should have chief ethics officers "with POWER, not just as PR," @KaraSwisher says. Her full conversation with @PoppyHarlowCNN is up on Poppy's podcast 🎧
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Mueller week; Pulitzer day; 'Thrones' returns; McClatchy's move; Buttigieg's next interview; how Trump v. Omar erupted; Sunday show highlights
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Brian Stelter
I know this is crazy but — when the Mueller report drops, let's actually read it and focus on what it SAYS, not what partisans are saying about it...
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With Polls and Private Meetings, Republicans Craft Blunt Messaging to Paint Democrats as Extreme
Republicans are poll-testing ways to portray Democrats as too extreme on issues like health care, abortion and the environment, and Democrats worry that the messaging is working.
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Brian Stelter
"@celindalake said that as she surveyed likely 2020 swing voters, she was surprised to hear people in focus groups repeat false assertions made by the president and his allies..."
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Study: Fox News is obsessed with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
NEW YORK (AP) — Freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's name is on the lips of nearly everyone at Fox News. A study found that the New York City Democrat was mentioned 3,181 times on Fox...
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Brian Stelter
Fox Biz host Stuart Varney quoted in @dbauder's story: "We have an @AOC segment every day, almost every single hour. She's good for our ratings."
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Ilhan Omar Falls Victim to the Outrage Exhibitionists
In attacking the representative over a small, unintentional slight, Donald Trump and the populist right are displaying bad faith.
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Brian Stelter
"Civic conversation in America is dysfunctional in part because we have so many such outrage exhibitionists. These folks strip inartfully phrased remarks of context, ignoring the speaker’s intentions and imputing the least charitable possible meaning..."
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What to Look for in Possible Assange Charges
There’s much that’s not clear about reports that the U.S. government may have filed charges against the Wikileaks founder. Here are some questions we’ll be asking when there’s more information.
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Brian Stelter
This @lawfareblog piece is worth re-reading while we await more info: "The most important question is what Assange is being charged with and why."
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Julian Assange Isn’t Worth It
If the U.S. government can prosecute the WikiLeaks editor in chief for publishing classified material, then every media outlet is at risk.
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Brian Stelter
Reupping this nuanced column by @BradMossEsq from late last year: "No matter how you feel about Assange," his legal fate "potentially strikes at the heart of the foundations of a free and independent press in the U.S."
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McClatchy responds to Nunes; Capitol Hill headlines; Lara Logan's next gig; NYT's privacy project; The Atlantic's next cover; Netflix's theater?
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Brian Stelter
Sneak peek at @TheAtlantic's text-only May cover – for George Packer's adaptation of his Richard Holbrooke book – here's what the mag's creative director told me about making "the piece itself the cover" bit.ly/2IkXLVI pic.twitter.com/BfkTXgU85F
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Warner Bros. Is Filing A Copyright Claim Over Trump's 2020 Video For Using The "Dark Knight Rises" Score
After Trump posted the video on Twitter, people quickly began pointing out that the music is from Hans Zimmer's score for the Batman movie, specifically the track "Why Do We Fall."
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Brian Stelter
Re: the Trump 2020 video that @realDonaldTrump shared earlier today: "The use of Warner Bros.' score from The Dark Knight Rises in the campaign video was unauthorized. We are working through the appropriate legal channels to have it removed."
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Fortnite
Don’t think of it as an evil video game. Think of it as a rowdy block party.
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Brian Stelter
"In a cage match between Facebook and Fortnite, I’ll choose Fortnite, thanks, where people actually talk to one another in real time."
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