Brian Stelter
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Media nerd. CNN chief media analyst. INSIDE THE HIVE podcast host. Author of "Network of Lies," "Hoax," and "Top of the Morning." Former Shorenstein fellow, NYT reporter and blogger.
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WELKER: Mr. Secretary, are you running Venezuela right now?
MARCO RUBIO: Yeah. People are fixating on that. Here's the bottom line -- we expect to see changes in Venezuela
MARCO RUBIO: Yeah. People are fixating on that. Here's the bottom line -- we expect to see changes in Venezuela
January 4, 2026 at 3:10 PM
WELKER: Mr. Secretary, are you running Venezuela right now?
MARCO RUBIO: Yeah. People are fixating on that. Here's the bottom line -- we expect to see changes in Venezuela
MARCO RUBIO: Yeah. People are fixating on that. Here's the bottom line -- we expect to see changes in Venezuela
Mary Mena, live on CNN from Caracas, points out that state-run TV is trying to broadcast "a message of tranquility," and/but "the majority of Venezuelans are following the news through international channels like CNN."
January 3, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Mary Mena, live on CNN from Caracas, points out that state-run TV is trying to broadcast "a message of tranquility," and/but "the majority of Venezuelans are following the news through international channels like CNN."
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Veteran New York Times national security reporter David Sanger says what Trump is describing in Venezuela is an "American occupation."
January 3, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Veteran New York Times national security reporter David Sanger says what Trump is describing in Venezuela is an "American occupation."
Rep. Seth Moulton comes on CNN and starts by saying: "Is anyone going to just stop for a second and be honest? This is insane. What the hell are we doing? We've got a lot of problems in America today, and invading / occupying / running Venezuela does not solve any of them."
January 3, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Rep. Seth Moulton comes on CNN and starts by saying: "Is anyone going to just stop for a second and be honest? This is insane. What the hell are we doing? We've got a lot of problems in America today, and invading / occupying / running Venezuela does not solve any of them."
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Several of the photos have Twitter up on a screen in the background but I can’t make out what search term appears
January 3, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Several of the photos have Twitter up on a screen in the background but I can’t make out what search term appears
Some excellent questions from the White House reporters assembled at Mar-a-Lago, pressing for details after Trump stunned everyone by saying the US will "run" Venezuela. "Throughout it all, he was quite vague," CNN's Kevin Liptak said after asking Q's
January 3, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Some excellent questions from the White House reporters assembled at Mar-a-Lago, pressing for details after Trump stunned everyone by saying the US will "run" Venezuela. "Throughout it all, he was quite vague," CNN's Kevin Liptak said after asking Q's
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Take a bow, Illinois, for @brianstelter.bsky.social’s No. 1 story of the year:
“‘Get out your cell phones,’ Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker told residents in response to ICE activities in his state. ‘Record and narrate what you see,’ he said.”
“‘Get out your cell phones,’ Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker told residents in response to ICE activities in his state. ‘Record and narrate what you see,’ he said.”
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December 25, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Take a bow, Illinois, for @brianstelter.bsky.social’s No. 1 story of the year:
“‘Get out your cell phones,’ Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker told residents in response to ICE activities in his state. ‘Record and narrate what you see,’ he said.”
“‘Get out your cell phones,’ Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker told residents in response to ICE activities in his state. ‘Record and narrate what you see,’ he said.”
"What Americans in a 1998 poll expected to happen by the year 2025..."
December 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
"What Americans in a 1998 poll expected to happen by the year 2025..."
Just as in the case of Jimmy Kimmel's suspension, a consumer backlash is now underway: CBS fans are hearing about the "60 Minutes" imbroglio and calling/emailing local CBS stations to register their concerns. "We have no real support," a reporter at one of those stations told me.
December 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Just as in the case of Jimmy Kimmel's suspension, a consumer backlash is now underway: CBS fans are hearing about the "60 Minutes" imbroglio and calling/emailing local CBS stations to register their concerns. "We have no real support," a reporter at one of those stations told me.
As "60 Minutes" finalized its "Inside CECOT" report last Thursday, CBS sent the White House a request for comment. A WH spokesperson responded within a few hours. The quote was not included in the "60" report – so, judge for yourself whether it should have been included or not >>>
December 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
As "60 Minutes" finalized its "Inside CECOT" report last Thursday, CBS sent the White House a request for comment. A WH spokesperson responded within a few hours. The quote was not included in the "60" report – so, judge for yourself whether it should have been included or not >>>
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‘The evidence is clear regardless of what airs on 60 Minutes: the Trump administration disappeared these Venezuelan men to a mega prison in El Salvador where they were systematically tortured’
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‘60 Minutes’ story shelved by Bari Weiss streamed in Canada — and instantly spread across the web | CNN Business
CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss decided to shelve a planned “60 Minutes” story titled “Inside CECOT,” creating an uproar inside CBS, but the report has reached a worldwide audience anyway.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
‘The evidence is clear regardless of what airs on 60 Minutes: the Trump administration disappeared these Venezuelan men to a mega prison in El Salvador where they were systematically tortured’
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A bit more detail about the Canadian stream: CBS now confirms that the Friday version of "60 Minutes" was shipped to Global TV. Then a "change order" went out on Saturday telling Global that a "new version" was being sent. The new one aired on TV in Canada, but the old version went on Global's app.
December 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A bit more detail about the Canadian stream: CBS now confirms that the Friday version of "60 Minutes" was shipped to Global TV. Then a "change order" went out on Saturday telling Global that a "new version" was being sent. The new one aired on TV in Canada, but the old version went on Global's app.
In today's Reliable Sources: exclusive details about the "60 Minutes" reporting process, plus what the White House said when the show asked for comment... cnn.it/495UxQL
December 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
In today's Reliable Sources: exclusive details about the "60 Minutes" reporting process, plus what the White House said when the show asked for comment... cnn.it/495UxQL
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"Weiss could have weighed in at any point last week. She waited until late Thursday night, and gave standard feedback that the team addressed on Friday...
"All was well until Weiss hit STOP on Saturday. The odd timing is why so many people inside CBS are suspicious"
"Weiss could have weighed in at any point last week. She waited until late Thursday night, and gave standard feedback that the team addressed on Friday...
"All was well until Weiss hit STOP on Saturday. The odd timing is why so many people inside CBS are suspicious"
It sure seems like someone got to Bari Weiss between Thursday evening (left), and then late Friday night (right)
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December 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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"Weiss could have weighed in at any point last week. She waited until late Thursday night, and gave standard feedback that the team addressed on Friday...
"All was well until Weiss hit STOP on Saturday. The odd timing is why so many people inside CBS are suspicious"
"Weiss could have weighed in at any point last week. She waited until late Thursday night, and gave standard feedback that the team addressed on Friday...
"All was well until Weiss hit STOP on Saturday. The odd timing is why so many people inside CBS are suspicious"
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“.. This could wind up being the most-watched newsmagazine segment in television history,” the high-profile Trump antagonist George Conway commented ..” 🤡
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December 23, 2025 at 11:39 AM
“.. This could wind up being the most-watched newsmagazine segment in television history,” the high-profile Trump antagonist George Conway commented ..” 🤡
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Bari Weiss is back on the 9am editorial call at CBS today, but there hasn't been any mention of the ongoing "60 Minutes" controversy, or the Canadian stream of the segment she shelved, etc.
December 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Bari Weiss is back on the 9am editorial call at CBS today, but there hasn't been any mention of the ongoing "60 Minutes" controversy, or the Canadian stream of the segment she shelved, etc.
So, Bari Weiss decided to shelve a planned "60 Minutes" story titled "Inside CECOT," but the report has reached a worldwide audience anyway. Blame Canada, or thank Canada. Here's what seems to have happened... www.cnn.com/2025/12/22/m...
December 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
So, Bari Weiss decided to shelve a planned "60 Minutes" story titled "Inside CECOT," but the report has reached a worldwide audience anyway. Blame Canada, or thank Canada. Here's what seems to have happened... www.cnn.com/2025/12/22/m...
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it must have felt so good to be the digital media manager when the word came down to unschedule the piece from the 60 minutes feed but no one said anything about unscheduling it from the international website
December 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
it must have felt so good to be the digital media manager when the word came down to unschedule the piece from the 60 minutes feed but no one said anything about unscheduling it from the international website
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"Many @cbsnews.com insiders say this is the moment they feared all year long."
@brianstelter.bsky.social to @pbsnews.org regarding Bari Weiss's decision to pull a report about abuses at CECOT prison just before last night's broadcast of @60minutes.bsky.social
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@brianstelter.bsky.social to @pbsnews.org regarding Bari Weiss's decision to pull a report about abuses at CECOT prison just before last night's broadcast of @60minutes.bsky.social
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December 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
"Many @cbsnews.com insiders say this is the moment they feared all year long."
@brianstelter.bsky.social to @pbsnews.org regarding Bari Weiss's decision to pull a report about abuses at CECOT prison just before last night's broadcast of @60minutes.bsky.social
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@brianstelter.bsky.social to @pbsnews.org regarding Bari Weiss's decision to pull a report about abuses at CECOT prison just before last night's broadcast of @60minutes.bsky.social
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Tonight Jane Fonda and the Committee for the First Amendment issued this statement asking: "Is Paramount, once again, kowtowing to appease the president, as its owner seeks administration approval to further expand his media empire with a hostile takeover of Warner Brothers Discovery?"
December 23, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Tonight Jane Fonda and the Committee for the First Amendment issued this statement asking: "Is Paramount, once again, kowtowing to appease the president, as its owner seeks administration approval to further expand his media empire with a hostile takeover of Warner Brothers Discovery?"
Earlier this month, after Trump blasted "60 Minutes" for interviewing Marjorie Taylor Greene, correspondents noticed a change behind the scenes. "Bari Weiss got personally involved," specifically with stories about politics, a source at the program says.
December 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Earlier this month, after Trump blasted "60 Minutes" for interviewing Marjorie Taylor Greene, correspondents noticed a change behind the scenes. "Bari Weiss got personally involved," specifically with stories about politics, a source at the program says.
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“If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient,” wrote Sharyn Alfonsi to Bari Weiss who killed the CECOT story.
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CBS shelves ‘60 Minutes’ story on Trump deportees at the last minute: ‘People are threatening to quit,’ staffers say | CNN Business
“60 Minutes” just suffered a severe blow to its credibility. Now one of its own correspondents fears the program is being “dismantled,” and some employees are threatening to quit.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
“If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient,” wrote Sharyn Alfonsi to Bari Weiss who killed the CECOT story.
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CNN’s @brianstelter.bsky.social reports that some CBS News employees are now threatening to quit
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BREAKING: 60 Minutes Correspondent Says Trump Story Was Spiked For Political Reasons
In an email to her colleagues, Sharyn Alfonsi said that CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss spiked a story about the Trump administration and El Salvador prisons for political reasons.
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December 22, 2025 at 6:13 AM
CNN’s @brianstelter.bsky.social reports that some CBS News employees are now threatening to quit
This morning's Reliable Sources newsletter:
Inside the "60 Minutes" crisis
New reporting here: cnn.it/494W5dF
Inside the "60 Minutes" crisis
New reporting here: cnn.it/494W5dF
December 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This morning's Reliable Sources newsletter:
Inside the "60 Minutes" crisis
New reporting here: cnn.it/494W5dF
Inside the "60 Minutes" crisis
New reporting here: cnn.it/494W5dF
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Sometimes the no comment is the entire story!
One explanation for Bari killing the story is that she did so as a public act of fealty to the administration. But another is that, as an inexperienced journalist, she doesn’t understand that a refusal to go on the record is a kind of comment in and of itself
December 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Sometimes the no comment is the entire story!