Dispatch from Clown World: CNN’s Brian Stelter has thoughts on restoring media trust

If Donald J. Trump’s landslide win proved one thing, it’s that public trust in the media has completely collapsed but not to worry, CNN’s Brian Stelter knows how to restore it.

No media outlet was shilling harder for Kamala Harris than the self-proclaimed “most trusted name in news” with its deep bench of Democrat activists cosplaying as journalists and her loss must have left many on the staff with long-lasting emotional scars.

But Stelter is doing his best to put a sunny spin on things with his advice on what needs to be done to lure viewers back in a time of plummeting ratings in a lengthy thread posted to X that reads like a dispatch from Clown World.

“Podcasts, YouTube videos, and other digital sources are ascendant while traditional news outlets are struggling to remain relevant. On social media, in-depth investigations get ignored while misleading memes get shared millions of times. Frankly, some journalists feel defeated,” Stelter wrote, seeming to suggest that Americans should feel a sense of pity for the professional liars who have been gaslighting them about Trump and everything else for years.

Stelter went on with a series of posts from viewers of his show “Reliable Sources,” which is not exactly the troubled cable network’s top attraction.

Here are a few more examples of Dr. Stelter’s prescription for all that ails the legacy media.

It was a lot of material but not convincing to X users who showered the human potato with the ridicule and mockery that he – and the rest of the media – richly deserves.

There’s a big reason why Americans hate the media, and Stelter is a walking, talking example.

So how are things going at CNN?

According to reports, a lot of CNN employees will be getting pink slips in their Christmas stockings, including top talent, although it’s probably too much to hope for that Stelter will be among those getting the ax.

Chris Donaldson

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