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Report: New CNN Boss Rips Into 'Cancer' Brian Stelter's 'Failing Show'
Western Journal ^ | 4/6/2022 | Richard Moorhead

Posted on 04/06/2022 2:15:16 PM PDT by Signalman

The boss of CNN’s incoming parent company is taking aim at Brian Stelter.

John Malone, the biggest shareholder of Discovery, harshly criticized Stelter in an informal meeting of the company’s executives, according to a report.

Discovery is completing a merger with WarnerMedia, CNN’s current parent company.

“I would like to see CNN evolve back to the kind of journalism that it started with, and actually have journalists, which would be unique and refreshing,” said Malone in a November CNBC interview

The ratings of Stelter’s “Reliable Sources” have been dismal in the aftermath of the Trump era, with the weekend host largely focused on criticizing conservative media and the former president instead of scrutinizing the current administration.

Malone has spoken more openly of his desire to return CNN to a news model in its content — a turnaround from the partisan leftist commentary that the channel became associated with during Donald Trump’s presidency.

Media reporter and former Washington Examiner editor Jon Nicosia broke news of Malone’s words for Stelter on Tuesday.

Malone ripped Stelter as a “cancer,” criticizing his close relationship with disgraced former CNN president Jeff Zucker and accusing his show of being a failure, according to Nicosia.

(Excerpt) Read more at westernjournal.com ...


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: brianstelter; clintonnonnews; cnn; hunterbiden; jeffreytoobin; johnmalone; reliablesources; stelter; westernjournal
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1 posted on 04/06/2022 2:15:16 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: Signalman

Field idiot propagandas?


2 posted on 04/06/2022 2:17:10 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Fifteen days to slow the curve! Just fifteen days!)
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To: Signalman

If CNN returned to the 24/7 reliable news feed they were back say in 1990, they could wreck the whole competition.


3 posted on 04/06/2022 2:17:21 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: Signalman

Wouldn’t that be special...:)


4 posted on 04/06/2022 2:17:30 PM PDT by rlmorel (Democrats running things is termite infestation, and the exterminator won't be here for 3 years.)
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To: Signalman

The best thing about Brian ‘Humpty Dumpty’ Stelter is when he was insulted and ridiculed to his face by guests he admired.

It was gold, Jerry!!! Gold!!!!

https://www.thewrap.com/cnn-brian-stelter-shredded-by-own-guest-michael-wolff-video/


5 posted on 04/06/2022 2:18:19 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Signalman

OANN has two channels, one with just straight news and OANN Plus with opinion/investigation shows. When I saw OANN regular news I was struck by how much it was like CNN in the late ‘80s.


6 posted on 04/06/2022 2:20:35 PM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: Signalman

...a turnaround from the partisan leftist commentary that the channel became associated with during Donald Trump’s presidency.


CNN was leftist long before the Trump presidency.


7 posted on 04/06/2022 2:20:57 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew ("Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese." -G.K. Chesterton)
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To: hinckley buzzard

When they started, they had Don Farmer, Chris Curl, and Patrick Emory, some of the best anchors around.


8 posted on 04/06/2022 2:21:43 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: Signalman

Bahahaha that network has been unwatchable to every non libtard on the planet for years and years 🤪


9 posted on 04/06/2022 2:22:03 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: hinckley buzzard; All

My ideal news station would be text only. It can be read by a computer generated voce. So no inflexions, eyebrow raises or anything to bias interpretation. It still leaves the media with enormous power - the power to report & the power to ignore. If it’s ignored did it happen?


10 posted on 04/06/2022 2:22:31 PM PDT by Reily
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To: Signalman
Malone has spoken more openly of his desire to return CNN to a news model in its content

Topic 1: Election of 2020 was stolen -- spend a a year examining the evidence for this.
Topic 2: Joe Biden has dementia and cannot function as a human -- spend a a year examining the evidence for this.

11 posted on 04/06/2022 2:25:29 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's hard to "Believe all women" when judges say "I don't know what a woman is".)
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To: Signalman

If indeed CNN returns to down the middle news I will watch. I am sick of partisan drivel spouted on both sides.


12 posted on 04/06/2022 2:25:43 PM PDT by devane617 (RUN FOR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICE! COUNCIL,SCHOOL BOARD, ETC.)
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To: Signalman

CNN - the pervert channel 😒


13 posted on 04/06/2022 2:25:46 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: Signalman

Back in 1989 - 1992, I used to bartend in the private men’s grill of a country club here in Colorado where John Malone was a member. Great guy, smart, and politically conservative. If he hasn’t changed, I would expect good things from him as the new CEO.


14 posted on 04/06/2022 2:26:39 PM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: LittleBillyInfidel

Interesting. Hope you got some investment tips.

That guy has made some serious dough...


15 posted on 04/06/2022 2:28:43 PM PDT by nascarnation (Let's Go Brandon!)
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To: Signalman

It may be a terrible show, but it seems unprofessional to rip into one of your own network’s shows publicly like this. Couldn’t he handle it behind closed doors?


16 posted on 04/06/2022 2:29:14 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: LittleBillyInfidel

John Malone rocks. Fearless.


17 posted on 04/06/2022 2:30:03 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: Signalman
Ohnoes!

"Reliable Shartin'" ain't doing so well!

18 posted on 04/06/2022 2:31:02 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Signalman
“I would like to see CNN evolve back to the kind of journalism that it started with, and actually have journalists, which would be unique and refreshing,”

Everyone would like to see either that or for them to never been on the air again. This guy's smart enough to see that.

CNN is like a whirlwind of stupid democrat propaganda and it cannot survive like that. Everything they say in their commentaries turn out to be provable lies.

>See my tagline

19 posted on 04/06/2022 2:31:58 PM PDT by Bullish (CNN is what you get when gullible children run a 'news' channel.)
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To: Signalman

Maybe Brian can get work as a fat boy talking about the benefits of Nutrasystem.


20 posted on 04/06/2022 2:32:20 PM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.p)
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