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Brian Stelter

Mixed · Media reporting and analysis · @brianstelter on X

Former New York Times media reporter who hosted CNN's Reliable Sources from 2013 until its 2022 cancellation. Returned to CNN in 2024 as chief media analyst.

Previously: The New York Times, TVNewser, Harvard Shorenstein Center (fellow)

Slant Score · ranked #81 of 175 from most left to most right
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Thin record: fewer than a handful of documented items, so this score is pulled toward the center and could move a lot as evidence is added.

The receipts (2)

Broke with own side · served the right · +1.6 R · Aug 8, 2022

Said laptop is 'not just a right-wing media story'

In 2022 Stelter told a former Jill Biden aide the Hunter Biden matter was 'not just a right-wing media story, this is a real problem for the Bidens.'

Source: WLOS (Sinclair) →
On-record statement · served the left · +1.5 L · Oct 21, 2020

Dismissed Hunter Biden email story in panel exchange

Pressed by Susan Ferrechio, Stelter said 'we don't know what is real and what is fake in these emails if there is anything real in them' and defended newsrooms' caution.

Source: The Federalist →
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