Yesterday we told you about CNN’s Brian Stelter and his new special titled, the “Trump Show,” where he interviewed people on how “The Handmaid’s Tale” is somehow important in the age of Trump.
BUT, SURPRISE! This new Brian Stelter clip contradicts what Stelter has said in the past:
JOURNALISM 2018! 'Handmaid's Tale' warning in Brian Stelter & CNN's #TrumpShow is nothing short of 'Resistance Fan Fiction' https://t.co/8EbII5Ku9V
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 21, 2018
In the clip, Stelter interviewed show creator Bruce Miller who says, “I would be very happy if my show became irrelevant as quickly as possible” and “The first time I got chills was when I was watching the footage of the Women’s March on TV and the women’s march on our show and it looked exactly the same.”
Watch here:
Here's the part of our #TrumpShow documentary about "The Handmaid's Tale." Show creator Bruce Miller says "I would be very happy if my show became irrelevant as quickly as possible…" https://t.co/RuKzAjyQsS
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) July 21, 2018
And Stelter went on to say how the show “has taken on more significance in the Trump age”:
The whole world knows about the book! But the show has taken on more significance in the Trump age
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) July 21, 2018
Now, we’re so old we remember when Stelter fought back against angry lefties who made these same comparisons. All the way back on June 26:
We are not "a few steps from The Handmaids Tale." I don't think this kind of fear-mongering helps anybody. https://t.co/EmxDNNeeML
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 26, 2018
We’re “hundreds if not thousands of steps away,” he said:
i see the parallels in every episode. but we're hundreds if not thousands of steps away. there've been checkpoints on roads in border areas for decades. i was so frustrated by the long lines at customs YESTERDAY when traveling btwn US and Canada. but it's not Handmaids Tale…
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 26, 2018
Stelter went on to criticize “people in prominent positions” who keep making the claim:
perhaps if people in prominent positions didn't say "we're a few steps" from Handmaids Tale, there wouldn't be quite so much fear. that's partly my point. i'd love your recommendations on what IS comforting…
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 26, 2018
He even teased the CNN special where he speaks with a producer from the show, tweeting “America is not Gilead, nor is it close”:
I cover media. I've been working on a CNN documentary about Trump and TV. I interviewed one of the Handmaids Tale producers for the doc and I've talked to TV critics about this broader issue. I don't think it's an opinion to point out that America is not Gilead, nor is it close.
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 26, 2018
Well, now that he needs the “fear mongering” for ratings, it’s “close.”
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Just WOW! Brian Stelter dragged like he's never been dragged BEFORE over claim 'fake news' is a slur https://t.co/TfR54R7kNR
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 19, 2018
'Put your pants back on': Brian Stelter might need to be hosed down after this https://t.co/vLLyagCWkC
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 18, 2018
No wonder CNN's Brian Stelter is so obsessed with Fox News; check out these ratings https://t.co/8tFHDihG4q
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 17, 2018
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