Brian Stelter

Stelter Asks Dan Savage: ‘Was it Appropriate or Necessary’ to Ask Ben Carson That?

julia.seymour — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 15:31:45 +0000

CNN gives full context for Savage, but short soundbites for Carson.

Kristine Marsh

On CNN’s Reliable Sources March 8, media correspondent and host Brian Stelter interviewed radical gay activist Dan Savage about author and neurosurgeon Ben Carson’s comments about homosexuality.

— Kristine Marsh is Staff Writer for MRC Culture at the Media Research Center. Follow Kristine Marsh on Twitter.

UVA Student on CNN: Rolling Stone Writer Had An 'Agenda'

matthew.balan — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 23:16:14 +0000

Matthew Balan

On CNN's Reliable Sources on Sunday, University of Virginia student Alex Pinkleton revealed how Rolling Stone's Sabrina Rubin Erdely, who wrote the disputed Rolling Stone story on alleged rape at the college, acted more like an "advocate" than a reporter as she interviewed people for the article.

— Matthew Balan is a News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Matthew Balan on Twitter.

CNN: 'Slow News Cycle' Led to Media Hype About 'Cyber-Bullying' GOP Staffer

matthew.balan — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 21:52:29 +0000

Matthew Balan

On Monday's At This Hour, CNN's Brian Stelter brushed aside a regular conservative critique about the media – that the press has a double standard about covering controversial remarks from Republican/conservative officials, while ignoring similar comments from Democrats/liberals.

— Matthew Balan is a News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Matthew Balan on Twitter.

CNN Hypes 'Groundbreaking' Trans-gender TV Series on Amazon

matthew.balan — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 21:51:02 +0000

Matthew Balan

Samuel Burke touted Amazon's new streaming TV series Transparent on Monday's CNN Newsroom as "groundbreaking," and underlined that it's "tackling a topic that TV has rarely touched." The main character in the series, "Moira," is an elderly father who begins to dress as a woman.

— Matthew Balan is a News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Matthew Balan on Twitter.

CNN’s Stelter Claims Zakaria Plagiarism Charges Merely ‘Attribution Mistakes’

jeffrey.meyer — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 20:30:00 +0000

Jeffrey Meyer

For the second time in two years, CNN’s Fareed Zakaria has been accused of plagiarism, for using other people’s words and claiming them to be his own, during his Fareed Zakaria GPS program.

Despite the seriousness of the charges leveled against Zakaria, CNN’s Brian Stelter did his best to protect his colleague during his Reliable Sources program on Sunday. The CNN host defended Zakaria from plagiarism charges and insisted that his program merely “made some attribution mistakes.”

— Jeffrey Meyer is a News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Jeffrey Meyer on Twitter.

CNN's Brian Stelter Hints Liberal Anthony Weiner is Non-Partisan

matthew.balan — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 22:58:35 +0000

Matthew Balan

On Sunday's Reliable Sources, CNN's Brian Stelter touted a disgraced former representative as a non-partisan pundit and as an expert on media bias: "Now, I could bring in two partisan commentators now to argue about the media, but I'd rather from someone who's been in the glare of the news media – someone who's all too familiar with what happens when you go from darling

— Matthew Balan is a News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Matthew Balan on Twitter.

Dan Rather Attacks War Supporters Who Don’t Send Own Kids To Fight: ‘I Have No Patience With You’

jeffrey.meyer — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 17:01:55 +0000

Jeffrey Meyer

Dan Rather, former anchor of the CBS Evening News, appeared on CNN’s Reliable Sources to harshly criticize those in Congress calling for the U.S. to take military action against the terrorist group ISIS.

Speaking to anchor Brian Stelter on Sunday, August 24, Rather proclaimed that he will only listen to those who advocate boots on the ground “if you tell me you are prepared to send your son, your daughter, your grandson, your granddaughter to that war of which you are beating the drums.”

— Jeffrey Meyer is a News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Jeffrey Meyer on Twitter.

CNN Guest Who Blasted 'Bully' Limbaugh in 2009 Claims She Avoids 'Opinion'

matthew.balan — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 19:50:15 +0000

Matthew Balan

On Sunday's Reliable Sources on CNN, Dr. Gail Saltz blasted Fox News contributor Dr. Keith Ablow for his jab at Michelle Obama's weight: "To be criticizing people, kind of, willy-nilly is – I don't think meets the Hippocratic Oath." She played up how Dr.

— Matthew Balan is a News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Matthew Balan on Twitter.

After Hyping Christie’s ‘Bridgegate,’ CNN Buries Andrew Cuomo’s Scandal

curtis.houck — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 21:11:30 +0000

Curtis Houck

It has been over three weeks since The New York Times published a front-page investigation unmasking the actions of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) shuttering an anti-corruption commission. In reaction, the U.S.

— Curtis Houck is News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Curtis Houck on Twitter.

'The View' to Move Even Further Left? Rachel Maddow's Producer to Take Over

geoff.dickens — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 19:23:28 +0000

Geoffrey Dickens

Could the liberal-leaning ladies of The View be pushed even further left? It could happen as MSNBC’s vice president of prime-time programming and producer of The Rachel Maddow Show has been picked to be the new showrunner.

On Thursday, CNN’s Brian Stelter reported that Bill Wolff will replace longtime producer Bill Geddie. The producer-switch comes on the heels of the announcement that the ultra-liberal Rosie O’Donnell will be returning to the set of ABC's The View.

— Geoffrey Dickens is Deputy Research Director at the Media Research Center. Follow Geoffrey Dickens on Twitter.

CNN's Pereira, Stelter Cheer Left-Wing Activists That Pushed Out Commencement Speakers

matthew.balan — Mon, 19 May 2014 22:00:37 +0000

Matthew Balan

On Monday's noontime EDT This Hour, CNN's Michaela Pereira acted as an apologist for the student and/or faculty-led protests in recent weeks that forced out several high-profile speakers from participating in commencement ceremonies: "Isn't it a rite of passage to question authority and to question things and protest things in college? Isn't that what those college years are about – to take a stand?"

— Matthew Balan is a News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Matthew Balan on Twitter.

NY Times: Al Jazeera America to Focus on Domestic U.S. News

matt.philbin — Thu, 30 May 2013 20:01:54 +0000

Times’ Stelter puffs ‘boots-on-the-ground news coverage.’

Matt Philbin

The New York Times’ Brian Stelter is super-excited about the debut of Al Jazeera America sometime later this summer.

NY Times Editor Abramson Called Brusque, 'Very Unpopular,' Defenders Cry Sexism

clay.waters — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:09:22 +0000

Clay Waters

Politico media reporter Dylan Byers stirred up media indignation with an unflattering article Tuesday on Jill Abramson, the New York Times executive editor, "Turbulence at the Times", based largely on anonymous Times sources who snipe that Abramson is detached, brusque, and a "very, very unpopular" presence in the newsroom.

NYT's Stelter Berates Fox for Daring to Report on Deadly Texas Blast, Not Obama's Angry Gun Remarks

clay.waters — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:41:27 +0000

Clay Waters

Brian Stelter, media reporter for the New York Times, foisted his peculiar news judgment on Fox News, weighing President Obama's petulant remarks after the defeat of his gun control plans as more newsworthy than a fire at a Texas fertilizer plant that has killed at least 12 people and injured up to 200.

'Liberal Intellectual' Chris Hayes's 'Well-Regarded...Thoughtful' MSNBC Show Hailed by NYT's Brian Stelter

clay.waters — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:13:36 +0000

Clay Waters

New York Times media reporter Brian Stelter's Friday story -- adapted from a longer post on his "Media Decoder" blog -- relayed the changing of the prime time guard at the nation's most liberal news channel: "Weekend Host Chris Hayes to Take Over 8 P.M.