Brian Stelter's method of showing there's no supply chain problem gets called into question

The Biden administration is taking plenty of heat for supply chain problems that don’t appear to be going away any time soon:

There were 58 container ships waiting off California's coast when President Biden announced the Los Angeles port would work around the clock.

Now there are 78. https://t.co/jC1kYIjCbH

— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) November 10, 2021

Ships waiting to anchor at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will have to wait for a green light about 150 miles from the coast https://t.co/mCgYr3BWwY

— Bloomberg (@business) November 12, 2021

However, CNN’s Brian Stelter showed a reason to believe supply chain issues aren’t hitting consumers very hard:

"The supply chain!" she exclaims, looking for milk for 2-year-old

"Look at this amazing, overflowing abundance," he responds pic.twitter.com/g4haMj0VT2

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 13, 2021

That’s making some points, just perhaps not the ones he thinks.

Very happy to see the overseas cargo ships with milk made it through.

— tsar becket adams (@BecketAdams) November 13, 2021

Does… does he think we import milk off cargo ships? https://t.co/GEaSWdolUZ

— Fletch (@FletchMatlock) November 13, 2021

You realize milk usually comes locally, right? https://t.co/Zpg4jnbtZ8

— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) November 13, 2021

Glad to know the crisis is over!

Defend Biden! Defend Biden! Defend Biden! https://t.co/lzDNEkDdIr

— Mike LaChance (@MikeLaChance33) November 13, 2021

CNN hosts know what to do — it’s instinct.

Good. We don’t have to pass Biden’s stupid, awful plan to deal with this phony crisis, then. https://t.co/IbQfugBnbE

— John J Rambo (@JohnJRamboEsq) November 13, 2021

Honest question: if one majored in journalism/communications in college does that mean that more likely than not they were flunking out of all other fields so that was the default?

Because man, by and large, they are dim as hell. https://t.co/GEaSWdolUZ

— Fletch (@FletchMatlock) November 13, 2021

Milk is not a supply chain issue, Brian. That’s produced here in the US. 🤦🏻‍♀️

And to think, you went to “journalism” school.

— Kristi (@Kristi_Weaver4) November 13, 2021

Ironically, demonstrating why getting the US off international supply chain dependence is critical to the nation's future and that producing things in the US — like milk — is the answer. https://t.co/gIAjOlyU0u

— BigApplePhoenix (@BigApplePhoenix) November 13, 2021

Stelter didn’t mention one other thing:

Now, let’s talk about the price of that milk.

— SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS 🖲 (@D_Moynihan) November 13, 2021

Families are struggling with the price hike

— e-beth (@ebeth360) November 13, 2021

$3.19 for a gallon of milk?! That’s a buck more than it was two months ago. https://t.co/ynBRNRNivy

— Emily Zanotti (@emzanotti) November 13, 2021

So the “Reliable Sources” host did end up making a point.

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Update:

Stelter didn’t say anything about cargo ships backed up in his tweet about the supply chain, so he doesn’t know what everyone’s talking about:

Milk doesn’t come via cargo ship. Also, here is what the Ports of LA and Long Beach looks like right now- I flew over them yesterday. https://t.co/nmkvm5GSyE pic.twitter.com/BmJU1ORO8O

— Cameron Arcand (@cameron_arcand) November 13, 2021