{"id":38133,"date":"2022-08-19T16:35:21","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T20:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=38133"},"modified":"2022-08-19T16:35:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T20:35:21","slug":"the-house-cleaning-at-cnn-has-just-baked-the-potato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=38133","title":{"rendered":"The house cleaning at CNN has just baked the potato"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good day all. Since the acquisition of CNN by Warner Media, the new owners have been trying to repair the damage done by the previous management. CNN went from being a news network to nothing more then a propaganda arm of the Democrat party, and their ratings suffered because of it. The first shoe to drop was the cancellation of CNN+ and the write off of millions of dollars.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/c1\/e0\/c7\/c1e0c77042084d091c2665a21a4f866e.png?resize=377%2C381&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"377\" height=\"381\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Now another shoe has hit the pavement. Reliable Sources, which was as reliable as Dementia Joe\u2019s memory, has been canceled and Brian Stelter, who is a potato, is out on the street. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/brian-stelter-out-cnn-network-cancels-media-show-reliable-sources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Here are the details from Fox News<\/b><\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><b>CNN is parting ways with &#8220;Reliable Sources&#8221; host and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cnn-reliable-sources-brian-stelter-smallest-audience-2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media pundit Brian Stelter<\/a>, with his last show airing on Sunday.\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><b>&#8220;CNN will end its \u2018Reliable Sources\u2019 program on Sunday, August 21st. As a result Brian Stelter will leave the company. We appreciate his contributions to the network and wish him well as he embarks on new endeavors,&#8221; a CNN spokesperson told Fox News Digital.\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/snoopy-happy-dance.jpeg.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14638\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/snoopy-happy-dance.jpeg-236x300.jpg?resize=236%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/snoopy-happy-dance.jpeg.jpg?resize=236%2C300&amp;ssl=1 236w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/snoopy-happy-dance.jpeg.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I never watched Reliable Sources, but everything I\u2019ve read indicates that the only thing reliable about it was Stelter sucking up to whoever was in charge. Originally that was Jeffrey Zucker, who took CNN and turned it into the \u201cNever Trump, All the time\u201d network.<\/p>\n<p>When Zucker was invited to seek other opportunities elsewhere, he moved on to the interim CEO, and once the deal to hand CNN to Warner Media, the new CEO came in and began cleaning house. Recently, Jeffrey Toobin, the Zoom Porn Star, was handed his walking papers. Stelter, who is a potato, (Really. Look at his picture. He looks like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mr-Potato-Head-Classic-Pieces\/dp\/B08X1RYZ1R?crid=B747IAQZR5OF&amp;keywords=mr.+potatohead&amp;qid=1660849722&amp;sprefix=mr.+potatohead%2Caps%2C84&amp;sr=8-8&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=angersentral&amp;linkId=e670bf1f58a77ed818487908704f19ff&amp;language=en_US&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">old toy, Mr. Potatohead<\/a>), could see the writing on the wall, and in an attempt to erase it, began sucking up to the new CEO, Chris Licht. Obviously, it didn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/seen-coming.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22259\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/seen-coming-242x300.jpg?resize=242%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/seen-coming.jpg?resize=242%2C300&amp;ssl=1 242w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/seen-coming.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><b>Stelter said in a statement to NPR that he was grateful for his time at CNN and the show&#8217;s examination of the &#8220;media, truth and the stories that shape our world.&#8221; A former New York Times reporter, he joined CNN in 2013 and took over the Sunday media affairs show at that time.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Again, I never watched Mr. Potatohead\u2019s show, but according to things I\u2019ve read, Stelter was well known for not actually covering stories that made CNN or the Ruling Progressive Liberal Elites look bad. Basically, he was one of those people who put the \u201cFake\u201d into Fake News.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/27\/26\/67\/2726670fd3151618001c89566b688968.png?resize=450%2C369&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"450\" height=\"369\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stelter developed a reputation as a left-wing pundit who spent much of his airtime criticizing conservative media. He was recently called out in a report about an attempt to restore the organization\u2019s nonpartisan approach as the &#8220;face of the network&#8217;s liberal shift&#8221; in the eyes of conservatives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><b>In what many assumed was an attempt to appease new management, Stelter recently had an apparent epiphany about the severity of the Hunter Biden scandal, which turned out not to be a dismissable &#8220;right-wing media story&#8221; like the liberal pundit insisted in 2020.\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/24\/06\/27\/240627cc0e92dfd23f8e1161d04a29a1.png?resize=266%2C266&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"266\" height=\"266\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As we can see, that worked real well for Mr. Potatohead. Of course, if he had actually been a \u201cReliable Source\u201d of information, instead of a \u201cReliable Resource\u201d for the Moonbats, Progressives, Liberals and Democrats, (But I\u2019m repeating myself), he might still have a show and a job.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><b>Stelter, who has also developed a reputation for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/brian-stelter-suggests-worrying-crime-republican-narrative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defending liberal media outlets<\/a>\u00a0at all costs, was known to be close with former CNN president Jeff Zucker, who was forced out himself earlier this year ahead of a long-planned merger that put CNN under the control of the newly formed Warner Bros. Discovery.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Stelter basically covered up things that were happening inside CNN. He knew what was going on with Chris Cuomo and the fact that Zucker was playing footsy with someone inside the network. He happily spiked any stories his masters told him to.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><b>During his time at CNN, Stelter was regularly mocked by critics as a &#8220;hall monitor&#8221; and the media\u2019s &#8220;janitor,&#8221; while others referred to him by disparaging nicknames such as &#8220;Humpty Dumpty&#8221; and &#8220;Tater.&#8221; <\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/schadenboner.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-23127\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/schadenboner-246x300.jpg?resize=246%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/schadenboner.jpg?resize=246%2C300&amp;ssl=1 246w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/schadenboner.jpg?w=442&amp;ssl=1 442w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, I certainly hope that Stelter enjoys his new job in the Fast Food industry. I\u2019m sure he\u2019s an expert on French Fried Potatos. Of course, there is a down side to this. Kurt Schlichter is going to have to find another moronic moonbat to make fun of. 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Since the acquisition of CNN by Warner Media, the new owners have been trying to repair the damage done by the previous management. 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