I have no clue why CNN brought back Brian Stelter of all people. At least we've been spared a Stelter podcast and Substack. But if CNN wants to make Stelter, along with Jake Tapper, the face of the network, so be it.
The most recent freakout by the legacy media is the Trump administration banning the Associated Press from the Oval Office and Air Force One. Former CNN tool Jim Acosta called for news outlets to refuse to cover the Trump administration in solidarity until President Donald Trump backs down.
Earlier this week, a judge denied the AP's emergency motion to restore their access to the Oval Office and Air Force One.
Going even further, the White House has enraged the president of the White House Correspondents Association by announcing the WHCA will no longer be picking and choosing which news outlets get access to the White House. President Donald Trump is reminding the press that access to the president is a privilege, not a right. Barring the AP from the Oval Office and Air Force One doesn't violate the First Amendment, as the AP is free to publish whatever they want.
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has said there's going to be a shakeup in the White House briefing room, with new, independent media getting a seat at the table.
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Maze pulled up this flashback video of CNN's Brian Stelter leading a CNN panel on the subject of whether his obsession, Fox News, should be removed from the White House press pool.
March, 2021. Brian Stelter does a segment on if Fox reporters should be removed from the White House Press Pool.
— MAZE (@mazemoore) February 26, 2025
"Should it be a part of the White House Press Pool...should it be afforded the privileges that come with news gathering?"
This is CNN. pic.twitter.com/OuGruP3rJt
Is the White House press pool ideologically 50/50 or overwhelmingly liberal? The answer is "overwhelmingly liberal" with a few conservative outlets in place. If anything, the Trump admin needs to get rid of a lot more liberal outlets to even it up.
— John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) February 26, 2025
And they wanted to get rid of one of the few right leaning news organizations.
— MAZE (@mazemoore) February 26, 2025
It’s okay when Democrats do it.
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) February 26, 2025
That’s (D)ifferent!!!
— Nikki Moonitz (@NMoonitz) February 26, 2025
In the minds of the left the only rules that work , is if they work in one way, to benefit them. They're all hypocrites.
— Croxxed Out (@FLCons) February 26, 2025
Why should irrelevant, very small reach, niche networks like CNN get special treatment?
— HuskerHammer (@cptcrunch84) February 26, 2025
Good point.
Stelter has no say in it.
— Queen Isabel (@realQueenIsabel) February 26, 2025
Neither does the WHCA.
Hypocrites, every time.
— Jonathan (@JohnnyD_27) February 26, 2025
But the AP just refuses to call a body of water the Gulf of America. Fox News, as it says in the chyron, is different: "Right-Wing Radicalization Flows From Fox's Shows."
Look at the last four years of Fox News' Peter Doocy interacting with then-White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. That was hardly "right-wing radicalization." It was the one opportunity for the press to ask uncomfortable questions.
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