Brian Stelter
@brianstelter.bsky.social
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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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
This is ultimately all about trust: Who trusts the BBC, who doesn't, and why. www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/m...
Trump threatens to sue BBC as broadcaster faces ‘fight for its survival’ | CNN Business
The BBC is mired in a massive political fight over its future right now. Trump just joined that battle.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This is ultimately all about trust: Who trusts the BBC, who doesn't, and why. www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/m...
New from @qjurecic.bsky.social in The Atlantic: "The Trump administration is cracking down on Americans' freedom of speech with a new viciousness, but the First Amendment won't go down without a fight."
The First Amendment Won’t Go Quietly
Welcome to the third Red Scare.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
New from @qjurecic.bsky.social in The Atlantic: "The Trump administration is cracking down on Americans' freedom of speech with a new viciousness, but the First Amendment won't go down without a fight."
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I think @damonberes.com nailed this one: Social media is not social anymore, and with the pivot to AI, companies that build social media are building something that is isolating us even more
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Age of Anti-Social Media Is Here
The social-media era is over. What’s coming will be much worse.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I think @damonberes.com nailed this one: Social media is not social anymore, and with the pivot to AI, companies that build social media are building something that is isolating us even more
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
🔗 Here's the latest about David Ellison, David Zaslav, YouTube TV, Sydney Sweeney, and the creators of "South Park." But first... cnn.it/3LoV6gy
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🔗 Here's the latest about David Ellison, David Zaslav, YouTube TV, Sydney Sweeney, and the creators of "South Park." But first... cnn.it/3LoV6gy
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Between the news media in the UK and the US the biggest difference is the strength of the BBC at the center. Which makes it a target. As @brianstelter.bsky.social writes: "the BBC is positioned as an apolitical brand, yet operates in a politically poisonous atmosphere. www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/m...
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Between the news media in the UK and the US the biggest difference is the strength of the BBC at the center. Which makes it a target. As @brianstelter.bsky.social writes: "the BBC is positioned as an apolitical brand, yet operates in a politically poisonous atmosphere. www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/m...
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wise choice for the bbc to cave to bad faith hysteria from trump et al — as we know in the united states, once you do that, they're definitely satisfied forever and nothing ever happens to you again
Bulletin: BBC director general Tim Davie and BBC News CEO Deborah Turness are resigning "following criticism that a BBC Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by US President Donald Trump."
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
wise choice for the bbc to cave to bad faith hysteria from trump et al — as we know in the united states, once you do that, they're definitely satisfied forever and nothing ever happens to you again
Today's Reliable Sources lead: The BBC is mired in a political fight over its future, with conservatives capitalizing on an editing screw-up and denouncing the British broadcaster while liberals argue that the institution is flawed but worth defending. Read on: cnn.it/3LoV6gy
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Today's Reliable Sources lead: The BBC is mired in a political fight over its future, with conservatives capitalizing on an editing screw-up and denouncing the British broadcaster while liberals argue that the institution is flawed but worth defending. Read on: cnn.it/3LoV6gy
One word in outgoing BBC boss Tim Davie’s statement explains not just his resignation, but the political reality for media leaders in 2025: “Febrile.” www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/m...
Analysis: Many factors, not just Trump, contributed to BBC resignations | CNN Business
Arguments over the BBC in recent days have certainly been fevered, but then again, those arguments are never-ending, owing to the BBC’s immense power and unique place in public life.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:33 AM
One word in outgoing BBC boss Tim Davie’s statement explains not just his resignation, but the political reality for media leaders in 2025: “Febrile.” www.cnn.com/2025/11/09/m...
Tonight's headline: "BBC leaders resign amid scandal over misleading edit of Trump speech."
In a vacuum, a more-than-a-year-old misstep by unnamed producers would not cause this kind of turnover. But the BBC is operating in a politically poisonous atmosphere. Thread >>>
In a vacuum, a more-than-a-year-old misstep by unnamed producers would not cause this kind of turnover. But the BBC is operating in a politically poisonous atmosphere. Thread >>>
November 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Tonight's headline: "BBC leaders resign amid scandal over misleading edit of Trump speech."
In a vacuum, a more-than-a-year-old misstep by unnamed producers would not cause this kind of turnover. But the BBC is operating in a politically poisonous atmosphere. Thread >>>
In a vacuum, a more-than-a-year-old misstep by unnamed producers would not cause this kind of turnover. But the BBC is operating in a politically poisonous atmosphere. Thread >>>
Bulletin: BBC director general Tim Davie and BBC News CEO Deborah Turness are resigning "following criticism that a BBC Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by US President Donald Trump."
November 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Bulletin: BBC director general Tim Davie and BBC News CEO Deborah Turness are resigning "following criticism that a BBC Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by US President Donald Trump."
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WaPo puts the Sleepy Trump piece on Page One.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
WaPo puts the Sleepy Trump piece on Page One.
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For people who aren't steeped in this stuff every day, and even people who are, this is really enlightening:
In Trump 2.0, MAGA-aligned influencers and media emerge as the new mainstream reut.rs/3LO6yCi
In Trump 2.0, MAGA-aligned influencers and media emerge as the new mainstream
A Reuters examination details how rightist influencers and Trump officials have formed a powerful alliance, working together to target perceived adversaries, amplify false claims and reshape the media landscape. The shift comes as a growing number of social platforms and traditional outlets accommodate Trump.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
For people who aren't steeped in this stuff every day, and even people who are, this is really enlightening:
➡️ here's a special Saturday edition of Reliable Sources, full of weekend reads about MAGA media, AI, Bob Iger, CBS News, IMAX, the Kennedy Center, and more... cnn.it/484Fkjy
November 9, 2025 at 4:12 AM
➡️ here's a special Saturday edition of Reliable Sources, full of weekend reads about MAGA media, AI, Bob Iger, CBS News, IMAX, the Kennedy Center, and more... cnn.it/484Fkjy
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WOLFERS: “.. I can’t tell you why the president lies, but I can tell you that everything he has said about prices being lower is a lie. .. I’m starting to think that he doesn’t actually care about the cost of living.”
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November 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
WOLFERS: “.. I can’t tell you why the president lies, but I can tell you that everything he has said about prices being lower is a lie. .. I’m starting to think that he doesn’t actually care about the cost of living.”
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The WSJ's lead today:
"Republicans in Washington came away from the recent elections with a clear takeaway: focus on the high cost of living or risk big losses in next year’s midterms.
President Trump isn’t convinced." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
"Republicans in Washington came away from the recent elections with a clear takeaway: focus on the high cost of living or risk big losses in next year’s midterms.
President Trump isn’t convinced." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump Dismisses Affordability Concerns, Insists Prices Are Coming Down
The president said the notion that the GOP performed poorly in the recent elections because of the cost of living is a Democratic “con job.”
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November 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The WSJ's lead today:
"Republicans in Washington came away from the recent elections with a clear takeaway: focus on the high cost of living or risk big losses in next year’s midterms.
President Trump isn’t convinced." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
"Republicans in Washington came away from the recent elections with a clear takeaway: focus on the high cost of living or risk big losses in next year’s midterms.
President Trump isn’t convinced." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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The insult-heavy, relentlessly pro-conservative Fox News show “Gutfeld!” pulls in an average of over three million viewers a night. On “The Interview,” Greg Gutfeld discussed how his show has become so dominant. Watch, read or listen to the full conversation.
Fox News Wanted Greg Gutfeld to Do This Interview. He Wasn’t So Sure.
The pugnacious conservative late-night host on his “hierarchy of smears” and the risks of being a scold.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The insult-heavy, relentlessly pro-conservative Fox News show “Gutfeld!” pulls in an average of over three million viewers a night. On “The Interview,” Greg Gutfeld discussed how his show has become so dominant. Watch, read or listen to the full conversation.
It's easy enough for Trump to blame the press when he's in a Q&A session about "affordability" with reporters. It's harder when he's hearing from a voter who is struggling. That's why I thought this was a savvy move by Fox's Bret Baier:
November 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
It's easy enough for Trump to blame the press when he's in a Q&A session about "affordability" with reporters. It's harder when he's hearing from a voter who is struggling. That's why I thought this was a savvy move by Fox's Bret Baier:
Today's Reliable Sources lead:
The daily war for your attention is more than 24 hours long. Welcome to the 32-hour day:
cnn.it/4qGJcPf
The daily war for your attention is more than 24 hours long. Welcome to the 32-hour day:
cnn.it/4qGJcPf
November 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Today's Reliable Sources lead:
The daily war for your attention is more than 24 hours long. Welcome to the 32-hour day:
cnn.it/4qGJcPf
The daily war for your attention is more than 24 hours long. Welcome to the 32-hour day:
cnn.it/4qGJcPf
Today's Reliable Sources lead:
The daily war for your attention is more than 24 hours long. Welcome to the 32-hour day:
cnn.it/4qGJcPf
The daily war for your attention is more than 24 hours long. Welcome to the 32-hour day:
cnn.it/4qGJcPf
November 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Today's Reliable Sources lead:
The daily war for your attention is more than 24 hours long. Welcome to the 32-hour day:
cnn.it/4qGJcPf
The daily war for your attention is more than 24 hours long. Welcome to the 32-hour day:
cnn.it/4qGJcPf
From time to time, news organization leaders should look around and ask: Do our stories reflect the current state of political discourse? Do our segments represent the voices of all voters?
Big media takeaways from Mamdani’s victory and the Democratic sweep | CNN Business
From time to time, news outlet leaders should look around and ask: Do our stories reflect the current state of political discourse? Do our segments represent the voices of all voters?
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November 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
From time to time, news organization leaders should look around and ask: Do our stories reflect the current state of political discourse? Do our segments represent the voices of all voters?
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As you indicate, the Citizens Agenda concept SHOULD apply to almost every issue you raise in your newsletter. It requires a total paradigm shift by news gatherers, reporters and editors. It can't happen soon enough, in my opinion.
November 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
As you indicate, the Citizens Agenda concept SHOULD apply to almost every issue you raise in your newsletter. It requires a total paradigm shift by news gatherers, reporters and editors. It can't happen soon enough, in my opinion.
In the same way that media outlets sought out Trump-supporting talking heads in 2015 and 2016, it's crucial to seek out commentators who speak for a new, younger generation of Democratic voters.
I wrote more about that in today's Reliable Sources: cnn.it/3WBPSjR
I wrote more about that in today's Reliable Sources: cnn.it/3WBPSjR
Good morning. The New York Times is touting a big surge in subscriptions, The Motion Picture Association is telling Meta to cease and desist, and Erika Kirk is opening up to Jesse Watters. But let's begin with the election results...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
In the same way that media outlets sought out Trump-supporting talking heads in 2015 and 2016, it's crucial to seek out commentators who speak for a new, younger generation of Democratic voters.
I wrote more about that in today's Reliable Sources: cnn.it/3WBPSjR
I wrote more about that in today's Reliable Sources: cnn.it/3WBPSjR
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Excellent take @brianstelter.bsky.social
Zohran Mamdani: "Fingers bruised from lifting boxes on the warehouse floor, palms calloused from delivery bike handlebars, knuckles scarred with kitchen burns: These are not hands that have been allowed to hold power,"
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Zohran Mamdani: "Fingers bruised from lifting boxes on the warehouse floor, palms calloused from delivery bike handlebars, knuckles scarred with kitchen burns: These are not hands that have been allowed to hold power,"
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Good morning. The New York Times is touting a big surge in subscriptions, The Motion Picture Association is telling Meta to cease and desist, and Erika Kirk is opening up to Jesse Watters. But let's begin with the election results...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Excellent take @brianstelter.bsky.social
Zohran Mamdani: "Fingers bruised from lifting boxes on the warehouse floor, palms calloused from delivery bike handlebars, knuckles scarred with kitchen burns: These are not hands that have been allowed to hold power,"
view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/176...
Zohran Mamdani: "Fingers bruised from lifting boxes on the warehouse floor, palms calloused from delivery bike handlebars, knuckles scarred with kitchen burns: These are not hands that have been allowed to hold power,"
view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/176...
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All of this, Brian:
“I love a good TV panel discussion. But it's worth asking if the typical one actually includes, or even channels the views of, people like the ones Mamdani described.”
“I love a good TV panel discussion. But it's worth asking if the typical one actually includes, or even channels the views of, people like the ones Mamdani described.”
Today's Reliable Sources lead:
Media lessons from Mamdani's victory; taunting the TV president; what the polls got wrong; can we fast forward through predictable debates about Dems? cnn.it/3WBPSjR
Media lessons from Mamdani's victory; taunting the TV president; what the polls got wrong; can we fast forward through predictable debates about Dems? cnn.it/3WBPSjR
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
All of this, Brian:
“I love a good TV panel discussion. But it's worth asking if the typical one actually includes, or even channels the views of, people like the ones Mamdani described.”
“I love a good TV panel discussion. But it's worth asking if the typical one actually includes, or even channels the views of, people like the ones Mamdani described.”