As we told you earlier, CNN’s Brian Stelter has been in spin overdrive in an effort to cover for the mainstream media’s early reporting on the Jussie Smollett allegations:
.@brianstelter this morning: "There was a rush to judgment, I think it was mostly in the celebrity press and among activists and among Twitter people. I think it was a really careful reporting by news organizations. But it all gets lumped in together at the end of the day…" pic.twitter.com/165Dn3HI7p
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) February 18, 2019
@JerylBier pointed out that Stelter was quite successful in calling out his own employer in the above video:
Today, @brianstelter: "There was a rush to judgment… mostly in the celebrity press… activists… Twitter people. I think it was a really careful reporting by news organizations."
CNN, January 29: "Empire" actor victim of racist and homophobic assault"https://t.co/43cvuA5QZC pic.twitter.com/Hrar2tXWzI— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) February 18, 2019
Awkward! And with that in mind, it has to be asked:
Does @brianstelter consider CNN's own "Entertainment" division to be the "celebrity press"?
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) February 18, 2019
At this point it’s really more of a rhetorical question than anything.
Ouch. https://t.co/pmBc7mv1HO
— Brit Hume (@brithume) February 18, 2019
That’ll definitely leave a mark.
" Ryan Young is CNN's National Correspondent. Young joined CNN in 2015 and is based at the network's Chicago bureau."
Young looks like a "news guy" to me, Jeryl. Change my mind, @brianstelter pic.twitter.com/VBG8qi6bGT— Sandy (@RightGlockMom) February 18, 2019
Is Stelter’s trying to tell everybody that ALL of CNN is “celebrity press”?
Other than CNN… media coverage was great! https://t.co/FcDJACAhbf
— Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D., M.S. (@Neoavatara) February 18, 2019
Stelter can be quite helpful in pointing out those kinds of things.