CNN’s “Reliable Sources” to be canceled, Brian Stelter to leave

The last “Reliable Sources” program will air on Sunday, August 21, 2022. Brian Stelter is set to depart CNN. A spokesperson for CNN informed Fox News Digital that CNN appreciated his contributions and that they wished him well for his future endeavors. For his part, Brian Stelter is grateful for the time he spent at CNN.

From Fox News:

Stelter’s exit comes as new CNN CEO Chris Licht has put an emphasis on “news,” as opposed to the liberal opinion programming that the network become known for under Jeff Zucker’s management, particularly during the Trump administration.

Stelter developed a reputation as a left-wing pundit who spent much of his airtime criticizing conservative media. He was recently called out in a report about an attempt to restore the organization’s nonpartisan approach as the “face of the network’s liberal shift” in the eyes of conservatives.

Stelter, one of the mainstream media’s most outspoken critics of former President Trump, will host his final CNN show on Sunday. In what many assumed was an attempt to appease new management, Stelter recently had an apparent epiphany about the severity of the Hunter Biden scandal, which turned out not to be a dismissable “right-wing media story” like the liberal pundit insisted in 2020.

“Reliable Sources” had issues attracting viewers during the Biden administration. In August, the show is down a staggering 41% among the advertiser-coveted demographic of adults age 25-54 compared to the same month last year. For the year, Stelter’s program shed 26% of its 2021 total audience and 34% among the key demo. 2022 was also the lowest-rated year among the demo for “Reliable Sources” since before Trump took office.

Fox News and the Post-Millennial have additional details.

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