(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . CNN Cancels 'Reliable Sources' - Brian Stelter Walks - As Network Leans to the Right [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2022-08-18 Thursday afternoon CNN announced that it is cancelling it's longest running program, and the only credible media analysis show on TV, "Reliable Sources." It's host, Brian Stelter, has also announced that he will leave the network. Click here to Tweet this article This Sunday will be the last episode of Reliable Sources. The decision comes shortly after CNN's parent, Warner Bros., was bought by Discovery Networks, whose CEO David Zaslov is notoriously conservative. Discovery also has on its board of directors John Malone, a longtime right-winger and Trump supporter. RELATED: Big Liar Donald Trump Lies Bigly that CNN Has Prohibited Saying the Phrase ‘The Big Lie’ The new company hired former "Late Show" producer Chris Licht to run the network. And while that might have seemed like a promising choice, Licht has been making statements about how he is more interested in cutting back on news analysis in favor of just presenting a dryer, context-free brand of straight news. Reliable Sources has been an island in a rocky media sea where so many of the players are either slanted to the right or consumed by the need to "balance" stories with conservative lies just to avoid being perceived as "liberal." CNN could not have picked a worse time ditch a program that helped people become more media literate. The impact of this cancelation can be assessed by the reactions of the right-wing pundits who never watched it. Twitter was trending all afternoon with derogatory remarks about the program and its host that aren't worth repeating here. Suffice to say that they were uniformly infantile and devoid of any actual substance. For its part, Fox News had two stories about the cancelation on their website. They were titled "Brian Stelter out at CNN as network cancels media show 'Reliable Sources'" and "'Later, Tater!' Twitter says goodbye to Brian Stelter after CNN cancels his show." Both articles reinforced the Fox News hatred for professional journalism standards. And it's notable that there were two of these CNN article, but not a single story on the website's front page about the CFO of The Trump Organization pleading guilty to 15 felonies. While right-wingers across the InterTubes are celebrating the news of Stelter's departure as if it was an obituary, Stelter is actually going to be pretty busy. Setting aside whatever new TV role he may assume, he is currently a producer of "The Morning Show" on Apple TV+, a successful adaptation of his book, "Top of the Morning." It stars Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Steve Carell, and has received eight Emmys and 53 nominations. He is also the author of the bestseller, "Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth." It is disappointing that CNN would cancel this unique program at this time. And it portends trouble going forward if they continue in this direction. The media is sorely in need of honest self appraisals. Reliable Sources did that covering TV, radio, print and the Internet. Now there aren't any programs that are dedicated to that mission. It's a sad state of affairs, and one that Stelter himself noted in his goodbye tweet... "I loved anchoring @ReliableSources. It was a rare privilege to lead a weekly show focused on the press at a time when it has never been more consequential." x I loved anchoring @ReliableSources. It was a rare privilege to lead a weekly show focused on the press at a time when it has never been more consequential. And here's the thing... — Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 18, 2022 NOTE: Twitter suspended the News Corpse account after 11 years without giving a reason. So if anyone wants to tweet articles from my website, please feel free to do so often and repeatedly. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/8/18/2117527/-CNN-Cancels-Reliable-Sources-Brian-Stelter-Walks-As-Network-Leans-to-the-Right Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/