Brian Stelter is set to make his return to CNN, resuming his role with the Reliable Sources newsletter. Subscribers to the newsletter were informed via email that Stelter will be back at the helm starting September 9.
Stelter, who exited CNN two years ago, noted substantial changes since his departure. “But this is not going to be a ‘Back to the Future’ remake,” Stelter addressed his readers.
“The media industry has matured, CNN has evolved, and I have changed a lot since I signed off two years ago. I loved my old life as the anchor of a Sunday morning show, but to borrow some lingo from my video game blogger days, I finished that level of the game. Time for new levels, new challenges.”
Stelter originally launched Reliable Sources in 2015. However, the television segment was discontinued in 2022, leading to his departure from CNN.
Oliver Darcy, who succeeded Stelter in managing the newsletter, departed in August to start his own venture titled Status. Stelter’s exit came under the leadership of Chris Licht, who was later replaced by Mark Thompson after Licht was removed from his position.
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Brian Stelter is set to make his return to CNN, resuming his role with the Reliable Sources newsletter. Subscribers to the newsletter were informed via email that Stelter will be back at the helm starting September 9.
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British media is praising KamalaHarris for following left-wing Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer‘s election strategy: “exploit hostility towards your opponent, stay vague on policy, and keep saying it’s time for change.” London’s Evening Standard agrees with former President Donald J. Trump that Harris and her running mate Tim Walz were “boring” during their set-piece interview with CNN‘s Dana Bash, breaking “no new policy ground”—but argues this is a good thing.
“[B]oring is good if you are anxious not to scare away voters. That’s what Sir Keir’s Labour found in its campaign against the exhausted Conservatives when it won with an overarching message emphasizing change,” the newspaper says.
Starmer, whose party ousted the Conservatives in a July 4 snap election after 14 years in opposition, sought like Harris to portray itself as moderate, outlining few policies. Following his ascent to power, the Briton quickly implemented radical policies not in his manifesto (election platform), such as freeing thousands of prisoners early and stripping winter fuel allowances from most pensioners. He is also alluding to imminent tax rises.
Harris, similarly, offered few hints about the policies her administration would impose, downplaying past support of banning fracking, defunding the police, and decriminalizing illegal border crossings in her CNN interview.
Several sympathetic news outlets tried to spin Harris‘s bland and substance-free interview performance as a positive. For instance, the Daily Beast ran an article titled ‘It’s Actually a Good Thing That Kamala Harris’s CNN Interview Was So Dull,’ and the Guardianpraised her for “turn[ing] a much-hyped first interview as nominee into a soon-to-be-forgotten pit stop along the campaign trail.”
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British media is praising KamalaHarris for following left-wing Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's election strategy: "exploit hostility towards your opponent, stay vague on policy, and keep saying it’s time for change." London's Evening Standard agrees with former President Donald J. Trump that Harris and her running mate Tim Walz were "boring" during their set-piece interview with CNN's Dana Bash, breaking "no new policy ground"—but argues this is a good thing.
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American and international media outlets are offering their assessment of KamalaHarris‘s first sit-down interview since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee, conducted by Dana Bash on the friendly network CNN, with support from running mate Tim Walz. Sympathizers could offer only muted support for her performance, describing it as “adequate” or “solid” while being forced to acknowledge she offered few policy details. More critical voices were harsher, saying she had “fumbled” an interview “softer than a scoop of ice cream.”
DAMNING WITH FAINT PRAISE.
The lack of praise dished out to Harris by those most eager to support her indicates how poorly the interview went. The left-wing Guardianspun the performance as “radically normal” rather than simply dull, suggesting it was a good thing that she “turned a much-hyped first interview as nominee into a soon-to-be-forgotten pit stop along the campaign trail.”
Michelle Cottle of the New York Times could only say the interview was a “solid first effort” that went “pretty well.” Fellow NYT columnist was more honest, also claiming Harris’s performance was “solid” but admitting she was evasive, “vague to the point of vacuous,” and “struggled to give straight answers to her shifting positions on fracking and border security.”
Even CNNacknowledges she was “elusive” and “declined to fully explain reversals on issues like immigration and energy.”
‘TRAIN WRECK.’
The Daily Mail led on remarks describing the interview as a “train wreck,” calling the conversation with Bash a “softball interview.” Like The Telegraph, the Mail noted how short the interview was, at only around 27 minutes, padded to roughly an hour by CNN interspersing it with clips of Harris campaigning.
The Mail said Harris “appeared nervous and hesitant in her responses which were branded ‘word salad’ by many on social media,” quoting Barack Obama advisor David Axelrod as admitting Harris had not “moved the ball forward that much.”
The Telegraph appeared astonished that Harris “managed to fumble even this cozy chat,” noting, “Viewers were left none the wiser about what sort of president she would be.”
‘SLIPPERY.’
The Times of London said the interview with Harris and Walz was “softer than a serving of President Biden’s favorite ice cream,” again noting how CNN had stretched out the conversation with “schmaltzy clips of the pair at the Democratic convention, on the campaign trail or ordering a meal of brisket.”
“Both were allowed to present a series of glib answers without any real probing of some glaring holes in their responses, notably Harris’s new catch-all reply to all inconsistencies — ‘my values have not changed’,” The Times observed.
It was particularly unimpressed with Harris‘s “slippery” answers on fracking. She said there was “no question” she supported a “day one” ban during her 2019 run for the presidency. She now claims she has been clear that is no longer her position since 2020, but The Times notes her only comment on the subject during a 2020 debate was that Joe Biden would not ban fracking.
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American and international media outlets are offering their assessment of KamalaHarris's first sit-down interview since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee, conducted by Dana Bash on the friendly network CNN, with support from running mate Tim Walz. Sympathizers could offer only muted support for her performance, describing it as "adequate" or "solid" while being forced to acknowledge she offered few policy details. More critical voices were harsher, saying she had "fumbled" an interview "softer than a scoop of ice cream."
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Vice President Kamala Harris‘s running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, is using children killed in school shootings to deflect from his false claims to have served “in war.” He made the comments while appearing alongside Harris for her first sit-down interview with a news outlet—CNN—since she supplanted Joe Biden as the Democrats’ presidential candidate.
“You said that you carried weapons in war, but you have never deployed actually in a war zone,” CNN’s Dana Bash said to the National Guard veteran. “A campaign official said that you misspoke. Did you?” she asked.
“Well, first of all, I’m incredibly proud I’ve done 24 years of wearing [the] uniform of this country, equally proud of my service in a public school classroom, whether it’s Congress or—or the governor [sic]. My record speaks for itself, but I think people are coming to get to know me. I—I speak like they do. I speak candidly,” Walz rambled, not answering the question.
Apparently hoping he would not be further pressed on his false claims if he raised the subject of dead children, he added: “I wear my emotions on my sleeves, and I speak especially passionately about—about our children being shot in schools and around—around guns. So I think people know me.”
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CNN’s Dana Bash presses Tim Walz on his military service.
Walz: “I speak candidly, I wear my emotions on my sleeves.”
Bash: “So did you just misspeak as your campaign claimed?”
Bash did press Walz, again asking him, “[T]he idea that you said that you were in war, did you misspeak, as the campaign has said?”
“Yeah… we were talking about, in this case, this was after a school shooting, the ideas of carrying these weapons of war. And my wife, the English teacher, told me my grammar’s not always correct,” Walz suggested, although his claim to have carried “weapons of war, in war” was clearly a false statement rather than a case of poor grammar.
Later in the interview, Walz claimed, “folks I’ve served with… they vouch for me.”
‘HE CHOSE ANOTHER PATH.’
Lieutenant Colonel John Kolb, a former commander of the battalion Walz served in, has publicly chastised him for lying about his rank and abandoning the unit shortly before its deployment to Iraq.
“[W]hen the demands of service and leadership at the highest level got real, he chose another path,” Lt. Col. Kolb said of Walz, adding that the Democrat’s false claims to be a retired command sergeant major are “an affront to the Noncommissioned Officer Corps.”
“I do not regret that Tim Walz retired early from the Minnesota Army National Guard, did not complete the Sergeants Major Academy, broke his enlistment contract or did not successfully complete any assignment as a Sergeant Major,” said Kolb, recalling that Walz “Unwittingly… got out of the way for better leadership.”
Walz claims he did not know his unit was going to deploy before he took early retirement, but press releases from his campaign at the time strongly suggest this is untrue.
Vice President Kamala Harris's running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, is using children killed in school shootings to deflect from his false claims to have served "in war." He made the comments while appearing alongside Harris for her first sit-down interview with a news outlet—CNN—since she supplanted Joe Biden as the Democrats' presidential candidate.
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Kamala Harris is admitting that the Inflation Reduction Act(IRA) that she often touts on the 2024 campaign trail is really just a backdoor enactment of the radical progressive Green New Deal. Harris makes the revelation during her first presidential candidacy interview with CNN‘s Dana Bash–an event that took almost 40 days to occur but has been pre-taped, edited, and is unlikely to stretch longer than 20 minutes.
When asked about how voters should compare Harris‘s record and shifts in policy stances as the Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential nominee to where she stood during her 2020 primary run, Harris claimed she hadn’t changed at all in a meandering response.
“I think the most important and most significant aspect of my policy perspective and decisions is my values have not changed,” Harris tells Bash. She continues: “You mentioned the Green New Deal. I have always believed—and I’ve worked on it—that the climatecrisis is real, that is an urgent matter to which we should apply metrics that include holding ourselves to deadlines around time.”
Harris then drops the bombshell: “We did that with the Inflation Reduction Act. We have set goals for the United States of America—and, by extension, the globe—around when we should meet certain standards for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, as an example. That value has not changed.”
The Green New Deal’s base cost to taxpayers is estimated to sit at $6.6 trillion annually.
Harris’s admission comes as the 2024 Democratic nominee has tried to shift to the right on several key issues, including immigration, in an effort to close the voter issue gap with former President Donald J. Trump. The National Pulse previously reported that Harris is now claiming she will finish the U.S.-Mexico border wall initiated under the Trump administration and abandoned by the Biden-Harris government. Previously, Harris called the wall a “medieval vanity project.”
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Holy Shlit this is so bad
In the first clip, Kamala just admitted that the Inflation Reduction Act was a backdoor way to get the Green New Deal passed
Kamala Harris is admitting that the Inflation Reduction Act(IRA) that she often touts on the 2024 campaign trail is really just a backdoor enactment of the radical progressive Green New Deal. Harris makes the revelation during her first presidential candidacy interview with CNN's Dana Bash–an event that took almost 40 days to occur but has been pre-taped, edited, and is unlikely to stretch longer than 20 minutes.
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Kamala Harris has finally announced her first major network media interview as the 2024 Democratic Party presidential nominee. Both Harris and her running mate, Governor Tim Walz (D-MN), will together sit down with CNN‘s Dana Bash on Thursday at 9:00 PM ET.
The interview will occur at CNN‘s headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia—a critical swing state in the 2024 presidential race. Until today, the Harris campaign had remained noncommittal on any major media interviews with both the Democratic nominee and her running mate. The campaign has struggled with how best to use Walz for media engagement. Some campaign officials were concerned that the Minnesota Democrat might stumble in answering policy questions since Harris has thus far articulated little about her political agenda.
Harris and her campaign likely chose CNN as the network provides both national coverage and a friendly Democratic Party environment. The National Pulse reported in July that CNN‘s Jake Tapper revealingly referred to the network’s viewers as “our voters” in a Pravda-like segment talking up Harris‘s “appeal to Gen Z.” At the time, Harris—who turns 60 in October—had been aping the style of 31-year-old English singer Charlotte Aitchison, a.k.a. Charli XCX, on social media.
CNN likely hopes the primetime interview will boost its sagging ratings and revenue. In May, it was revealed that CNN had hit its lowest primetime ratings in three decades. Additionally, the cable news network’s own reporters tacitly admitted to aiding the Biden-Harris government in covering up the 81-year-old Joe Biden’s cognitivedecline as they feared such revelations would only help former President Donald J. Trump‘s bid to retake the White House.
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Kamala Harris has finally announced her first major network media interview as the 2024 Democratic Party presidential nominee. Both Harris and her running mate, Governor Tim Walz (D-MN), will together sit down with CNN's Dana Bash on Thursday at 9:00 PM ET.
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Editor’s Notes
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Oliver Darcy, CNN’s most prominent media reporter, has resigned from the network. He announced on Thursday that he plans to launch an independent media-focused newsletter called Status. The new venture will operate on a subscription basis without external backing. “The paid readers will empower my independent voice,” Darcy told The New York Post.
Since taking over CNN’s “Reliable Sources” newsletter in 2022 following Brian Stelter’s exit, Darcy has been a major voice within the media landscape. He joined CNN in 2017 and became a leading figure in media reporting. His critiques of CNN culminated in June 2023 when he voiced concerns under then-CEO Chris Licht regarding the executive’s leadership.
CNN, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, is undergoing a significant restructuring under new CEO Mark Thompson, who has recently announced 100 job cuts. On Wednesday, Warner Bros. Discovery reported a $10 billion net loss for the second quarter, missing Wall Street expectations and resulting in a 10 percent drop in its stock price.
In his tenure at “Reliable Sources,” Darcy made notable contributions, including uncovering MSNBC’s decision to pull “Morning Joe” following an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Commenting on Darcy’s departure, Thompson acknowledged Darcy’s role as “a tough but scrupulously fair leading voice in media reporting and commentary.”
CNN confirmed that “Reliable Sources” would take a summer break and return in the fall with a new writer. In the meantime, Darcy’s “Status” will launch its first issue on Monday.
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Oliver Darcy, CNN's most prominent media reporter, has resigned from the network. He announced on Thursday that he plans to launch an independent media-focused newsletter called Status. The new venture will operate on a subscription basis without external backing. "The paid readers will empower my independent voice," Darcy told The New York Post.show more
Editor’s Notes
Behind-the-scenes political intrigue exclusively for Pulse+ subscribers.
CNN is citing Taliban-imposed Sharia law in its defense against a defamation case brought by Zachary Young and his Nemex Enterprises firm. CNN is accused of implying Young, whose company offered private evacuations to Afghan women following the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris government’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, illegally “exploited” the women he evacuated.
In a November 11, 2021 segment, CNN’s Jake Tapper said, “Afghans trying to get out of the country face a black market full of promises, demands of exorbitant fees, and no guarantee of safety or success.” CNN correspondent Alex Marquardt added that “desperate Afghans are being exploited” while Young’s face was displayed on screen—prompting him to sue.
CNN is arguing that the Taliban regime had “implemented Sharia law, banning women from leaving the country,” and so “those activities [Young] orchestrated and funded, which involved moving women out of Afghanistan, almost certainly wereillegal under Taliban rule.”
The network has drawn backlash for citing Sharia law to defend its characterization of Young’s actions as illegal. Still, a spokesman insists that while “Young takes issue with CNN referring to the conditions on the ground as a black market… the state of local law is a necessary part of the legal analysis.”
“Citing a terrorist regime’s most extreme, twisted, interpretation of Sharia reflects CNN’s desperation to dodge accountability. Their argument is both legally baseless and an insult to the memory of those who suffered at the Taliban’s hands. We look forward to seeing CNN in trial,” said Vel Freedman, representing Young.
CNN recently shuttered its opinion section amid ongoing layoffs and restructuring at the failing network.
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CNN is citing Taliban-imposed Sharia law in its defense against a defamation case brought by Zachary Young and his Nemex Enterprises firm. CNN is accused of implying Young, whose company offered private evacuations to Afghan women following the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris government's botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, illegally "exploited" the women he evacuated.
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CNN will permanently shutter its opinion page as a result of CEO Mark Thompson enacting cost-saving measures as part of his restructuring of the news network. Key staff and writers were notified of the decision late Wednesday, according to reports.
“Just a quick note to let you know that unfortunately CNN has decided to shut down the opinion section,” an editor wrote to contributors in an email. “I hope our paths cross elsewhere!”
A senior executive at CNN confirmed the decision to The Hill: “We did make the decision at the beginning of the month to sunset the opinion vertical on CNN.com; as a result, we will no longer have a standalone Opinion section.”
The National Pulse reported in early July that CEO Mark Thompson announced a round of layoffs totaling around 100 employees. According to Thompson, the shakeup is part of a new plan to transition the cable news network into the digital age. However, it appears the move was a cost-saving measure after the network was revealed in late May to have scored its lowest ratings in three decades.
Lagging viewership and declining revenue forced Thompson to announce his intention to slash salaries for employees, even top network talent.
CNN has been plagued by complaints of bias, especially against former President Donald J. Trump. Last month, The National Pulse reported CNN media reporter Hadas Gold acknowledged the outlet failed to cover Joe Biden‘s cognitive decline because it feared it may help Trump’s election efforts.
It appears one of the last opinion pieces to be published by CNN was an op-ed by Veronica Goldman attacking The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025. Goldman is a director with the far-left think tank Center for American Progress (CAP).
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CNN will permanently shutter its opinion page as a result of CEO Mark Thompson enacting cost-saving measures as part of his restructuring of the news network. Key staff and writers were notified of the decision late Wednesday, according to reports.
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CNN‘s Jake Tapper revealingly referred to the network’s viewers as “our voters” in a Pravda-like segment talking up Vice President Kamala Harris‘s “appeal to Gen Z” on Monday. Harris, who turns 60 in October, has been aping the style of 31-year-old English singer Charlotte Aitchison, a.k.a. Charli XCX, on social media.
Charli XCX, a Millennial, had posted that “Kamala IS brat” on X (formerly Twitter). “For the record, I was tipped off about this, what I’m about to share with our voters, er, our viewers, rather, by my 16-year-old,” Tapper said of Harris “leaning into” being “brat.”
Jamie Gangel, who will shortly turn 70, explained that “brat” is “a cool thing” characterized by a particular shade of green. Gangel said Charli XCX defines “brat” as “You’re just that girl who is a little messy and likes to party and maybe says some dumb things sometimes.”
“So is the idea that we’re all kinda brat, and Vice President Harris is brat?” asked Tapper, 55. “I will aspire to be brat.”
Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, described the segment as the “cringiest thing I’ve seen in my life,” adding that Tapper’s reference to CNN viewers as “our voters” seemed Freudian.
Don’t you love when he Freudian slips to “our voters” and no one bats an eyelid?
CNN's Jake Tapper revealingly referred to the network's viewers as "our voters" in a Pravda-like segment talking up Vice President Kamala Harris's "appeal to Gen Z" on Monday. Harris, who turns 60 in October, has been aping the style of 31-year-old English singer Charlotte Aitchison, a.k.a. Charli XCX, on social media.
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