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Good news on Brian Stelter (Original Post) CatWoman Sep 2022 OP
That is good news! Thanks! highplainsdem Sep 2022 #1
I think he's going to have the last laugh CatWoman Sep 2022 #2
Yes, because CNN will lose viewers if they turn into Fox Lite. Lonestarblue Sep 2022 #10
Definitely. I liked his work a lot. calimary Sep 2022 #14
did he ever devote time to talk radio? certainot Sep 2022 #16
Not that I recall bagimin Sep 2022 #17
i didn't see a lot of his shows but can remember discussions in which rw radio should have been incl certainot Sep 2022 #19
Man, is THAT the understatement of the century! calimary Sep 2022 #21
watching the taillights disappear certainot Sep 2022 #22
Aaaawww !!! Happy for him!!! Karadeniz Sep 2022 #3
Good to hear.....nt Jade Fox Sep 2022 #4
Yay, I'm glad Brian Stelter has a soft landing. halfulglas Sep 2022 #5
don't they have to pay him what's left of his contract? CatWoman Sep 2022 #7
I hope so but NJCher Sep 2022 #8
It depends on the contract and how it's worded. halfulglas Sep 2022 #9
Keith Olbermann said in his podcast that Stelter had two/three more years at a $million per year Earth-shine Sep 2022 #18
Outstanding news. (nt) Paladin Sep 2022 #6
Nice to see he has landed on his feet Mr. Sparkle Sep 2022 #11
He did a good job. And he will be missed. calimary Sep 2022 #15
I miss the show and his nightly newsletter. QED Sep 2022 #20
Good to hear. I like him. aeromanKC Sep 2022 #12
New format for facts. czarjak Sep 2022 #13
did he ever do a whole segment on rw radio, the main driver in the rw propaganda machine? certainot Sep 2022 #23
Recommended. H2O Man Sep 2022 #24
Congratulations - well deserved! RAMS38 Sep 2022 #25
of course college dropout Hannity had to respond CatWoman Sep 2022 #26
It would not surprise me at all True Blue American Sep 2022 #27

calimary

(80,693 posts)
14. Definitely. I liked his work a lot.
Mon Sep 12, 2022, 03:45 PM
Sep 2022

He's got credibility, which CNN is going to be losing - if they swing to the right. For Pete's Sake, we've ALREADY GOT more than enough rightward-leaning networks and other media. TOO many for my tastes. ENOUGH, already!

Besides, I'm not that interested in what the right wing thinks about anything. Any more than they're interested in serving a viewer or listener like me, it would seem.

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
19. i didn't see a lot of his shows but can remember discussions in which rw radio should have been incl
Mon Sep 12, 2022, 09:49 PM
Sep 2022

uded

most political discussions exclude the talk radio factor and it's like studying fish without water and a big part of why were in this messs.

for example the giuliani/powel press conference was timed to start with the limbaugh show and he broadcast it live so it could reach many millions more of a receptive audience how can the rachel meadow research dept let her claim it was a major part in pushing the jan 6 insurrection while missing that?

because they don't know it exists, probably all live in cities, and didn't/don't search limbaugh transcripts. but with AI that can all be easily cheaply digitized, searched and analyzed - but it's not happening because dem and progressive leadership continues to ignore rw radio, the biggest political mistake in history

calimary

(80,693 posts)
21. Man, is THAT the understatement of the century!
Mon Sep 12, 2022, 11:11 PM
Sep 2022

Our side paid no attention, until they got run over.

halfulglas

(1,654 posts)
5. Yay, I'm glad Brian Stelter has a soft landing.
Mon Sep 12, 2022, 02:00 PM
Sep 2022

Not just because I think he's one of the good ones, but as an F-U to CNN.

NJCher

(35,423 posts)
8. I hope so but
Mon Sep 12, 2022, 02:46 PM
Sep 2022

in real estate business contracts, if the income is replaced by another tenant, then you can't collect for not fulfilling the lease.

Not saying this is a real estate contract--just that there may be a clause that says that if he replaces the income they don't have to pay as much.

In any event, Stelter is way over the heads of the CNN people. This is a more appropriate place from which to display his knowledge of the political scene.

halfulglas

(1,654 posts)
9. It depends on the contract and how it's worded.
Mon Sep 12, 2022, 02:49 PM
Sep 2022

Also, if it's near the end of his contract he may already have gotten the payout for it. It may have a noncompete clause against a major network, but not a semi-academic post such as this. His agent and/or attorney probably had that set up already knowing how fickle media networks can be to the demands of corporate overlords.

Earth-shine

(3,850 posts)
18. Keith Olbermann said in his podcast that Stelter had two/three more years at a $million per year
Mon Sep 12, 2022, 09:08 PM
Sep 2022

... and that CNN would be paying.

Mr. Sparkle

(2,915 posts)
11. Nice to see he has landed on his feet
Mon Sep 12, 2022, 03:00 PM
Sep 2022

He is badly missed Sunday on my TV, as with the other media critics.

calimary

(80,693 posts)
15. He did a good job. And he will be missed.
Mon Sep 12, 2022, 03:47 PM
Sep 2022

Probably is, already.

Hopefully SOMEBODY'S gonna figure out that the interests of the left still deserves to be served. Hope I don't have to wait too long - AND I hope MSNBC gains viewers. It's just about the only game in town for liberal viewers now.

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
23. did he ever do a whole segment on rw radio, the main driver in the rw propaganda machine?
Tue Sep 13, 2022, 12:04 AM
Sep 2022

ah.. i don't want to pick on him when all of them are just as bad re rw radio

True Blue American

(17,972 posts)
27. It would not surprise me at all
Tue Sep 13, 2022, 05:45 AM
Sep 2022

To see Brian land another cable show. His program was so full of facts, not the latest gossip.

I have turned off the Sunday shows. Jake Tapper is boring,Todd a disaster.

Chris Wallace has a show on September 25th that sounds like 60 Minutes. Will wait and see.

They are working Ali to death on MSNBC. So far replacements are week. Shep Smith has a great show on CNBC! Again, full of facts. 2 hours of Scarborough are too much, 4 ugh!

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