Brian Stelter

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Chief Media Analyst, @CNN / Author, "Top of the Morning," "Hoax," and "Network of Lies" / @TheMorningShow producer / Class Dad

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1Nov 11, '24Elon Musk "has been seen at Mar-a-Lago nearly every single day since Donald Trump won, dining with him on the patio at times" and "weighing in on staffing decisions, making clear h112×15.9M35k4.1k3.5k
2Oct 7, '24NBC6's @JohnMoralesTV is the longest tenured TV meteorologist in south Florida. When he gets this serious, this emotional, on the air, viewers pay attention:112×15.8M55k11k9.6k
3Jan 20, '23Remember when Elon Musk posted a poll asking if he should step down as Twitter CEO, and users decisively voted yes, and nothing happened?78.3×11.1M110k9.9k379
4Sep 17, '25I asked FCC chair @BrendanCarrFCC if he had any new comment now that ABC has pulled Jimmy Kimmel's show, and he sent me this GIF59.2×8.4M21k3.3k1.5k
5Apr 24, '23Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News, effective immediately. This is an earth-shaking moment in cable news.49.9×7.1M20k2.9k267
6Apr 24, '23The studio audience at @TheView broke out in applause when Tucker Carlson's ouster was announced. Then the co-hosts did a wave and led the crowd in singing "GOODBYE."28.7×4.1M15k2.5k277
7Oct 14, '25CNN, Fox News, NBC, ABC and CBS just issued a joint statement: "We join virtually every other news organization in declining to agree to the Pentagon’s new requirements, which woul22.3×3.2M55k8k2.7k
8Nov 3, '24"Live from New York..." Harris on "SNL" tonight is a bit like Trump on "Fox & Friends" this morning. Both are home team visits. The difference is that the VP's appearance will 21.9×3.1M19k1.8k437
9Jan 16, '25Google searches for "oligarchy" SPIKED last night when Biden warned that "an oligarchy is taking shape in America." The top search was simply "what is an oligarchy," and many of th20.6×2.9M48k4.3k1.7k
10Oct 30, '24Anonymous TV exec: "If half the country has decided that Trump is qualified to be president, that means they're not reading any of this media, and we’ve lost this audience complete18.8×2.7M18k2.2k883
11Oct 25, '24A member of the Wash Post editorial department tells me: Bezos's decision not to endorse is "an outrageous abdication of responsibility. Democracy doesn't die in darkness, it dies 17.9×2.5M23k5.4k448
12Jul 30, '24Harris addresses Trump directly, looking straight into the TV camera: "Donald, I do hope you'll reconsider – to meet me on the debate stage – because as the saying goes, if you got16.6×2.4M24k3.4k1k
13Nov 3, '24"Next week the American people will decide if the next president will be Kamala Harris, or if everyone at SNL will get audited"16.5×2.3M67k3.2k2.7k
14Feb 1, '25"There were three people on the Black Hawk. One of them was a woman. That woman's family is afraid to put her name out there because they know that she will be blamed for this cras16.4×2.3M19k2.2k943
15Oct 12, '24Everyone who paid attention in high school history class knows that Trump's anti-immigration language is the language of fascists and white supremacists throughout history.16.3×2.3M24k6.3k494
16Aug 31, '24Are we living in an alternate universe where Democrats aren't currently in power?16.2×2.3M62k3.9k559
17Nov 4, '24Of the five boroughs in NYC, Staten Island is Trump's stronghold. Yet today the borough's newspaper, the Staten Island Advance, "enthusiastically" endorsed Harris, calling her "the16.1×2.3M50k8.7k1k
18Mar 30, '25Kudos to NBC News for releasing the transcript of @kwelkernbc's phone interview with Trump. The details are really revealing. Trump's stated premise about seeking an unconstitution16×2.3M21k4.2k2.4k
19Oct 16, '24Baier: "Are they misguided, the 50%" that are supporting Trump? "Are they stupid? What is it?" Harris: "Oh god, I would never say that about the American people." Trump "is the one15.9×2.3M27k3k805
20Oct 26, '24New statement from Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein: "We respect the traditional independence of the editorial page, but this decision 11 days out from the 2024 presidential electio15.8×2.2M36k10k857
21Feb 18, '25New @AP statement responding to Trump's comments saying "we are going to keep them out:" "This is about the government telling the public and press what words to use and retaliatin12×1.7M31k4.3k996
22Mar 8, '24If you told me that Biden called for expanding tutoring and summer learning so that "every child learns to read by third grade," and the House Speaker DIDN'T applaud or stand up, I11.7×1.7M27k6.3k738
23Nov 20, '23My mom died this week. I'm struggling to figure out what to say. Not because I'm speechless but because I can't possibly fit it all into a single eulogy.11×1.6M34k900174
24Oct 8, '24In a move that critics are calling a flagrant abuse of power, Florida's Department of Health is threatening to bring criminal charges against local TV stations for airing a campaig9.5×1.3M23k5.1k713
25Oct 8, '24On Friday @MarcoRubio was casting doubt about government data, alleging the jobs report was "fake." Today he is imploring Floridians to believe government data – specifically @NOAA9.4×1.3M21k5.4k536
26Feb 16, '24Fox's talk shows have been obsessed with the allegation of a "Biden bribe." Now the so-called "informant" has been arrested and charged with lying. The # of times this bombshell wa8.5×1.2M15k3.7k262
27Apr 16, '25This just in from @AP: "We are deeply disappointed that the administration has chosen to restrict the access of all wire services, whose fast and accurate White House coverage info8.3×1.2M20k3.7k702
28May 23, '23Best reaction to HBO Max becoming Max8.3×1.2M20k1.3k106
29Oct 17, '24Today Kamala Harris essentially walked into a Trump campaign field office and said "ask me anything."7.4×1M16k2.4k406
30Jul 18, '18It happened! @PressSec tried to avoid @HallieJackson's follow-up questions by calling on The Hill's @JordanFabian. But Fabian deferred to Jackson, so she could follow up. So many v5.3×080k15k79
31Oct 20, '24Dominion Voting Systems is laying the groundwork for future defamation lawsuits by staying vigilant and creating a paper trail – aggressively debunking right-wing lies about the co5.1×725k18k4.1k324
32May 1, '20Welcome Wyatt Morgan Cooper! @AndersonCooper's son was born on Monday. New life, new love.4.2×065k6.6k464
33Oct 7, '20Breaking: "In an unprecedented move," the New England Journal of Medicine has published an editorial "condemning the Trump admin for its response to the Covid-19 pandemic – and cal4.0×047k17k452
34Oct 29, '24Fox News IS interrupting Laura Ingraham's anti-Harris hour to air this Harris address from the Ellipse.3.7×521k20k1.6k135
35Sep 9, '20This is President Trump on tape, on February 7, saying that the coronavirus is "more deadly than your – you know, your, even your strenuous flus." But he minimized the threat in pu3.7×030k17k1.4k
36Jul 10, '19Anderson: "There's a good chance the president is watching this interview or will watch this interview. What is your message to the president?" @mPinoe paused, thought about it, th3.5×047k11k1.3k
37Jan 24, '22At the end of a Biden photo op, when reporters shouted Q's hoping he'd respond, Fox's Peter Doocy asked, "Do you think inflation is a political liability in the midterms?" Biden de3.4×037k5.9k1.6k
38Jul 22, '24Brilliant work by the programmers at MAX, putting VEEP at the top of the app tonight3.4×480k19k780290
39Jul 2, '17CNN statement responding to the president: "We will keep doing our jobs. He should start doing his."3.1×031k16k0
40Jan 7, '21This just in: @SimonSchuster "has decided to cancel publication of Senator Josh Hawley’s forthcoming book, THE TYRANNY OF BIG TECH."3.1×044k7k187
41May 26, '22Angel Garza, whose ten year old daughter Amerie was murdered, holding her photo to his heart: "How do you look at this girl and shoot her? Oh, my baby. How do you shoot my baby?"2.9×035k7.8k1.6k
42Oct 2, '17Over at @TheOnion, they just publish this story over and over2.9×028k18k3
43Mar 31, '19This is an actual banner from "Fox & Friends Weekend." 6:03am today. I double checked because I didn't believe it at first. Hat tip @BadFoxGraphics2.9×029k10k260
44Apr 6, '20Just announced: CBS, ABC, NBC networks are coming together to air "ONE WORLD: TOGETHER AT HOME" Saturday, April 18... Colbert, Kimmel and Fallon will co-host. It'll be on broadcast2.8×025k5.3k240
45Sep 5, '20Fox's Jennifer Griffin: "My sources are not anonymous to me and I doubt they are anonymous [to] the president."2.7×039k9.2k260
46Feb 25, '18Holy moly. The @FoxNews anchor said "Congressman Schiff, he ARGUES the REPUBLICAN memo omitted and distorted key facts." Trump just deleted 5 words from the quote to allege the opp2.7×029k13k8
47Aug 16, '17At 10:07pm ET, this @BarackObama tweet became the most-liked tweet in Twitter history. cc: @realDonaldTrump2.4×033k9.6k0
48Oct 16, '20Breaking: @JoeBiden's town hall on ABC averaged 13.9 million viewers. @realDonaldTrump's town hall across NBC, MSNBC and CNBC had a combined 13.0 million viewers. Biden won the hea2.4×030k6.8k180
49Mar 13, '18Take a bow, @NYPost2.3×032k8.9k47
50Mar 25, '25💯 headline, @NatalieKorach2.2×309k20k3.3k246
51Jan 21, '21Hannity calls the newly inaugurated president "the weak, the frail, the cognitively struggling Biden" – Does that match up with the person you watched on TV all day long? Just wond2.1×030k2.3k110
52Sep 9, '19Trump just said there are people in line for his rally and "they are soaking wet." Per CNN's @betsy_klein, "it is 88 and sunny here in Fayetteville. It has not rained here today."2.1×016k4.3k55
53Jun 18, '18No, these aren't cages, @SteveDoocy says. The authorities simply "built walls out of chain-link fences." Yes, that's a real quote from Fox just now.2.0×018k10k46
54Mar 29, '20"I didn't say that. I didn't say that." "These are direct quotes, sir."2.0×033k5.1k69
55Sep 30, '17There's a host in Puerto Rico on one cable news channel, there's a host reading "Cat in the Hat" on another channel2.0×022k9.1k0
56Jul 9, '20Angela Merkel yesterday: "As we are experiencing first-hand, you cannot fight the pandemic with lies and disinformation any more than you can fight it with hatred or incitement to 2.0×026k7.4k178
57Jun 29, '17For the record, this is a picture of @MorningMika at Mar-a-Lago at the time Trump is claiming she was "bleeding badly."1.9×020k7.9k1
58Dec 26, '19"Just keep repeating the facts. Stop giving equal times to lies." @Kasparov63 argues that an "outdated sense of fairness is killing our democracy."1.9×024k7k240
59Apr 18, '20Last night, I hit a wall. Gutted by the death toll. Disturbed by the govt's shortcomings. Dismayed by political rhetoric that bears no resemblance to reality. Worried about friends1.9×025k2.9k133
60Mar 13, '20Anonymous Fox producer: As the virus spreads, "the attempt to deflect and blame the media and Democrats from Trish Regan, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Lou Dobbs, Jesse Watters, an1.8×021k5k130
61Jun 28, '22This post-hearing moment of awkward silence on Fox kinda says a lot.1.8×024k4k1.1k
62May 1, '22Moment of the night? Lots of applause in the room as Biden says "American democracy is not a reality show."1.8×028k3k60
63Jul 13, '20A NY judge has lifted the restraining order that barred Mary Trump from speaking publicly about her new book, per her attorney @BoutrousTed. He says the First Amendment "forbids pr1.8×024k5.9k93
64Jun 2, '17CNN banner: "PRESIDENT'S SPOKESMAN SAYS HE CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE PRESIDENT"1.7×017k8k3
65Jul 18, '17Chyron of the day?1.7×020k6.6k0
66Jun 9, '18Another suicide that deserves news coverage.1.7×019k8.5k41
67Nov 18, '19Breaking news on CNN: "HOUSE NOW INVESTIGATING WHETHER TRUMP LIED TO MUELLER"1.6×021k3.2k36
68Jan 29, '22According to a new post on Joni Mitchell's website, she is removing her music from Spotify: "I stand in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities1.6×022k2.7k62
69Jan 8, '18Oprah: "We all know that the press is under siege these days, but we also know that it is the insatiable dedication to uncovering the absolute truth that keeps us from turning a bl1.6×021k6.1k1
70Feb 11, '21I never thought I'd see Fox News actively downplay a terror attack at the U.S. Capitol. But that's where we are...1.6×025k3.2k55
71Jan 10, '21New reporting from @Acosta: "VP Pence has not ruled out an effort to invoke the 25th Amendment and wants to preserve it as an option in case Trump becomes more unstable, a source c1.5×015k3.1k129
72Aug 15, '20Things I never thought I'd see, volume 1,303: Protests outside of the Postmaster General's home this morning1.5×019k5.7k82
73Feb 18, '20Sean, you didn't "find out today" that I'm writing a book about Fox and Trump. You talked about my book *on your TV show* on August 26. Millions of people saw it. And we talked abo1.5×024k3k56
74Dec 17, '19Justice Neil Gorsuch is on "Fox & Friends" right now. The Q: How is it appropriate for a Supreme Court justice to try to goose sales of his three-month-old book by chatting on 1.4×016k3.7k52
75Dec 28, '19A Twitter spokesman confirms that the platform has suspended some of the MAGAsphere accounts that Trump RTed in a tweetstorm last night -- for unspecified violations of Twitter Rul1.4×014k3.9k70
76Sep 29, '19Scott Pelley on CBS just now: "@60Minutes has obtained a letter that indicates" the whistleblower "is under federal protection -- because he or she fears for their safety."1.4×016k4.2k54
77Jan 10, '21MSNBC banner just now: "NEARLY 250 LAWMAKERS CALL FOR TRUMP'S REMOVAL"1.4×024k2.9k28
78Oct 18, '17Serious question: If @TomiLahren doesn't know, why is she booked on TV to talk about this topic?1.4×018k4.8k1
79Nov 10, '19Bill Moyers says that he fears for the U.S. "for the first time in my long life." "A democracy can die of too many lies. And we're getting close to that terminal moment unless we r1.4×017k5.6k137
80Jan 23, '21Fauci to @Maddow: "I've been wanting to come on your show for months and months. You've been asking me to come on your show for months and months... It just got blocked, because th1.4×021k3.4k258
81Jan 21, '17FYI, CNN made a conscious choice not to show the @PressSec statement live. The decision was to monitor the statement & then report on it.1.4×015k4.3k1
82Aug 8, '20Trump abruptly ended his Q&A when @PaulaReidCBS asked him this: "Why do you keep saying that you passed Veterans Choice? It was passed in 2014. But it was a false statement, si1.3×015k4.8k215
83Nov 13, '19Difference between Schiff and Nunes opening statements: Schiff is trying to speak to the entire country. Nunes is only speaking to the Trump base and the Fox audience.1.3×018k3.2k37
84Jan 23, '21Former GOP congressman Will Hurd with a message about Trump flags: "If you elevate a flag that has someone’s name on it to the same level that you elevate your national flag, then 1.3×019k4.2k151
85Mar 15, '20NBC/WSJ poll says 60% of Americans think the worst is yet to come with COVID-19. Who are the other 40%?1.3×016k1.6k32
86Aug 4, '18A revealing moment from @DonLemon's interview with LeBron: LEMON: What would you say to the president if he was sitting right here? JAMES: I would never sit across from him. LEMON:1.3×020k3.4k23
87Jun 18, '20JUST IN: Simon & Schuster's response to the DOJ's new filing against Bolton: "A frivolous, politically motivated exercise in futility. Hundreds of thousands of copies of the bo1.3×019k4.1k54
88Jul 11, '20.@JeffreyToobin on Trump freeing Stone: “This is the most corrupt and cronyistic act in perhaps all of recent history. Nixon at the height of Watergate never pardoned or commuted t1.2×016k4.6k78
89Jan 3, '21DeWine: "We have a lot of people in this country who are very concerned–" @JakeTapper: "Because they have been lied to, Governor."1.2×016k2.9k288
90Feb 11, '20My dad died 19 years ago today. Now I'm a dad, and I look at this little dude and think, what do you need from me? What can I teach you? What can I give you? I don't ever want to l1.2×024k55053
91Nov 8, '18Question for @PressSec: Where'd you obtain the distorted @Acosta video you posted? InfoWars personality @PrisonPlanet posted the same video two hours before you did. Surely you don1.2×015k4.1k24
92Oct 5, '19Per @maggieNYT, "no one from the White House" is booked on the Sunday shows this week. Not for lack of trying. "And no one in House or Senate GOP leadership," @JakeTapper adds. Aga1.2×014k3.4k39
93Oct 3, '20How high was the president's fever? "I'd rather not give any specific numbers." A troubling response from the president's doctor.1.1×017k2.5k44
94May 29, '18This is a bogus tweet. Major media stocks were all down today. $DIS bottomed out at noon, well before "Roseanne" was cancelled. And the announcement didn't cause a further decline 1.1×015k4.6k8
95Jan 22, '21The end of an NBC News era: this afternoon NBC will announce that Tom Brokaw is formally retiring after an extraordinary 55 years with the network1.1×018k2.1k48
96Aug 10, '22Joe Biden praising Jon Stewart's advocacy for veterans: "Jon, I want to thank you again... You refused to let anybody forget..."1.0×016k2.4k146
97Sep 28, '20I interviewed Dr. Anthony Fauci earlier today and asked if the WH coronavirus task force is working together, or against each other, in light of the Dr. Scott Atlas issues. "Most a1.0×016k2.8k57
98Jan 19, '21CNN's banner just now: "TRUMP TO LEAVE OFFICE TOMORROW AS A DISGRACED PRESIDENT"1.0×017k2.1k19
99Nov 4, '20Chris Wallace on Fox: "This is an extremely flammable situation. The president just threw a match into it. He hasn't won these states..."0.9×015k2.5k66
100Aug 21, '22Sitting down with my family for Sunday dinner. Overwhelmed with gratitude for all the kind words from Reliable viewers. I'll never see 'em all, but @JamieStelter is reading some of0.9×015k74126
101Sep 26Trump is invoking "fake news" to defend his attempts to push out CNN and MS NOW. But do Americans really want the president to decide what's "fake" and what's "real" news? No, clea0.6×79k86220620

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