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Brian Stelter tries to pull a Kaepernick in laughable last show — only proves he DESERVED the boot
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Brian Stelter tries to pull a Kaepernick on laughable last show — only proves he DESERVED the boot

Wow, what a great guy

NewsBusters' Curtis Houck was kind enough to suffer through Brian Stelter's last episode of "Reliable Sources" so the rest of us didn't have to (not that we would have, but thanks anyway, Curtis.)

CNN's new CEO, Chris Licht, has made plans to cull the failing far-left network of its most obnoxious partisan hacks, and Stelter's last show proved beyond a doubt that Licht chose his first victim wisely.

[twitter_embed https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/statuses/1561369244595621889 text="\u201cWe're barely five minutes into the final Reliable Sources and the arrogance and hatred for conservatives that "the truth is not neutral" with Stelter and Carl Bernstein is flowing.\n\nThey've already shown why it's being canceled.\u201d" name="Curtis Houck" screen_name="CurtisHouck" id="1561369244595621889" created_ts="1661094411" iframe_id="twitter-embed-1561369244595621889" expand="1" embed_desktop_width="550" embed_desktop_height="345" embed_mobile_width="375" embed_mobile_height="393"]

So, apparently, Stelter is a martyr, believing in something (horrible and dangerous called the far right) and sacrificing everything — just like a certain social justice warrior and former NFL quarterback.

He also celebrated himself as "patriotic" for standing up to "demagogues" who are "lying to our faces."


[twitter_embed https://twitter.com/PoliticusSarah/statuses/1561388368390389761 text="\u201c.@brianstelter closes Reliable Sources by saying,\u00a0 "I know it is not partisan to stand up for decency and democracy and dialogue. It is not partisan to stand up to demagogues. It is patriotic. We must make sure we don't give platforms to those lying to our faces."\u201d" name="Sarah Reese Jones" screen_name="PoliticusSarah" id="1561388368390389761" created_ts="1661098970" iframe_id="twitter-embed-1561388368390389761" expand="1" embed_desktop_width="550" embed_desktop_height="624" embed_mobile_width="375" embed_mobile_height="598"]

Wow, what a great guy. Shockingly, not everyone agreed with Stelter's self-assessment.

[twitter_embed https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/statuses/1561374279471611907 text="\u201cCNN's Brian Stelter decries outside criticism of journalism as a "poisonous cloud" that's spread throughout the country and around the world.\n\nHe adds he's "proud" to have worked at a network when they knew they had to fight and attack Trump.\u201d" name="Curtis Houck" screen_name="CurtisHouck" id="1561374279471611907" created_ts="1661095611" iframe_id="twitter-embed-1561374279471611907" expand="1" embed_desktop_width="550" embed_desktop_height="345" embed_mobile_width="375" embed_mobile_height="393"]

While some hosts at BlazeTV, such as Glenn Beck, tried to be gracious about Stelter's exit, others couldn't help celebrating. On "The News & Why It Matters," BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales and guests talked about Stelter getting the ax and the future of CNN.

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