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DUmmies mourn Mr. Potato Head/Uncle Fester's firing from CNN
Ralph Wiggum:
--- Quote ---Star Member brooklynite (80,338 posts)
Brian Stelter to depart CNN as it cancels 'Reliable Sources' media show
NPR
CNN is canceling its Sunday media affairs show Reliable Sources, and host Brian Stelter is departing the network, Stelter tells NPR.
In a statement to NPR, Stelter says he's grateful for the show and his team's examination of "the media, truth and the stories that shape our world."
"It was a rare privilege to lead a weekly show focused on the press at a time when it has never been more consequential," Stelter said, promising to say more on Sunday's show — its final episode.
Stelter got his start blogging about cable news as a student and went on to become a media reporter for The New York Times. Reliable Sources is the longest-running show on CNN; Stelter has hosted it for the past nine years and celebrated its 30th anniversary in March.
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--- Quote ---Star Member PCIntern (22,594 posts)
1. Jeez...
Yeah… Why would CNN want to have a show that more or less objectively examines media coverage of events? Why, next, Time-Warner will eliminate color commentary during baseball games and football games because, well you know, God forbid anyone has an opinion about the truth or lack thereof.
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--- Quote ---Star Member brooklynite (80,338 posts)
2. Perhaps its being cancelled because people aren't watching?
Brian Stelter’s ‘Reliable Sources’ on CNN draws lowest ratings since 2019
CNN’s media-centric show “Reliable Sources” hosted by Brian Stelter had its worst-rated episode since September 2019.
Stelter’s show logged just 580,000 last Sunday, and a mere 73,000 viewers in the all-important 25-to-54-year-old demographic, Fox News reported. The show lost 13% of the total audience and it marked Stelter’s smallest audience since Sept. 15, 2019.
https://nypost.com/2022/06/15/brian-stelters-reliable-sources-on-cnn-has-lowest-ratings/
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:lmao: :rotf: :rofl: :lol:
--- Quote ---Star Member PCIntern (22,594 posts)
3. 580000 TV sets on a Sunday morning is not "nobody" in cable news IMO.
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--- Quote ---Star Member brooklynite (80,338 posts)
4. It is in the opinion of cable news channels.
By comparison:
CBS Face the Nation (1/2 hr) 3,100,000
NBC Meet the Press 2,835,000
ABC This Week 2,731,000
Fox TV Fox News Sunday 1,095,000
Keep in mind, they're not running a test pattern in its place; they'll look for programming that attracts a larger audience.
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--- Quote ---Star Member W_HAMILTON (5,141 posts)
12. If CNN started canceling every show that people weren't watching...
...I don't know that they would have anything left to air.
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:lmao: :rotf: :rofl: :lol:
--- Quote ---Sympthsical (4,760 posts)
5. His "objectivity" was being Zucker's stenographer
However Zucker wanted things spun is what Stetler scrambled to do. As soon as he was given the heave ho, Stetler's cancellation was only a matter of time.
This has been openly acknowledged and discussed in media circles for months. It started being discussed the instant Zucker left.
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--- Quote ---Baggies (287 posts)
13. Doubt anyone will notice.
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https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217058884
USA4ME:
Mark Dice will still be there to resurrect him from time to time.
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CollectivismMustDie:
--- Quote ---Star Member PCIntern (22,594 posts)
1. Jeez...
Yeah… Why would CNN want to have a show that more or less objectively examines media coverage of events?
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Objectively? OBJECTIVELY?
Ralph Wiggum:
--- Quote from: USA4ME on August 18, 2022, 04:11:03 PM ---Mark Dice will still be there to resurrect him from time to time.
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Greg Gutfeld certainly will as well. Speaking of Greg:
--- Quote ---GregGutfeld
@greggutfeld
Yo
@brianstelter
- my show is hiring.
12:41 PM · Aug 18, 2022·Twitter for iPhone
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Red State Link
67 Rover:
Seth Dillon
@SethDillon
·
3h
Hey
@brianstelter
, would you be interested in working for the Bee? We're looking for talent with experience putting out funny fake news. You come highly recommended. Shoot me a DM if you're interested!
:rofl: :rofl: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
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