(PM.) CNN aired the final episode of “Reliable Sources with Brian Stelter” on Sunday, with the disgracedformer host speaking directly to the audience during his final send off.
Amidst tidings of goodbyes and thank you’s, Stelter said he always viewed his role as one of “accountability” and ended his segment by saying, “we must make sure we don’t give platforms to those who are lying to our faces.”
Stelter lied on air during his tenure at CNN about multiple subjects, the most notable being Hunter Biden’s “Laptop from Hell.” Emails and evidence from that laptop, which emerged at the height of the 2020 presidential election, showed that not only was Hunter using crack and was seen with prostitutes,but he engaged in nefarious international dealings that involved his father and future president Joe Biden.
“For all we know, these emails are made up,” Stelter said in 2020. “What we do know is that this is a classic example of the right-wing media machine”
Stelter lied on air during his tenure at CNN about multiple subjects, the most notable being Hunter Biden’s “Laptop from Hell.” Emails and evidence from that laptop, which emerged at the height of the 2020 presidential election, showed that not only was Hunter using crack and was seen with prostitutes,but he engaged in nefarious international dealings that involved his father and future president Joe Biden.
“For all we know, these emails are made up,” Stelter said in 2020. “What we do know is that this is a classic example of the right-wing media machine”
During his send off, Stelter claimed that it’s “looney” to call the media the enemy of the people.
In October of 2021, Stelter had a meltdown on live TV as he pontificated at the prospect of Donald Trump running for president in 2024. He falsely outlined a conspiracy involving “MAGA media” outlets, “insurrectionists,” and the former president, which placed them all in a plot to destroy the republic.
Stelter claimed in his final episode that he was never partisan and that ” it’s not partisan, to stand up for decency and democracy and dialogue. It’s not partisan.”
In April, college freshman Christopher Phillips confronted Stelter at an event centered around ending misinformation. The student correctly reminded Stelter that his network, “pushed the Russian collusion hoax. They pushed the Jussie Smollett hoax. They smeared Justice Kavanaugh as a rapist, and they also smeared Nick Sandmann as a white supremacist. And yes, they dismissed the Hunter Biden laptop affair as pure Russian disinformation.
