And now some news about the news program that covers the news.
“Reliable Sources,” the media-news program that has been on CNN since 1993, is the latest piece of content to go on the chopping block under the cost-cutting regime of Warner Bros. Discovery. The show, which has evolved from a dusty public affairs program in its earliest days to a lean-forward show that often took on Fox News and President Donald Trump under former CNN chief Jeff Zucker, will broadcast its last episode on Sunday, August 21. Its anchor, Brian Stelter, will leave the company.
“We appreciate his contributions to the network and wish him well as he embarks on new endeavors,” CNN said in a statement.
Stelter, who joined CNN from The New York Times in 2013, expanded the show with a six-days-a-week newsletter, and, for a brief time, a companion show on the now-scuttled streaming outlet CNN+. He also came for many to symbolize CNN during Zucker’s tenure, when the network cast off its image as a vanilla purveyor of down-the-middle news and allows its anchors to show more passion and feeling about the subjects they covered. Stelter, author of “Hoax!,” a books that examines the inner workings and journalistic processes of Fox News Channel, often aimed “Reliable Sources” at topics such as disinformation and media polarization.
Chris Licht, the former CBS executive who has taken the reins of CNN, has articulated a plan to return the network to its news bona fides. But he does so as CNN’s parent, Warner Bros. Discovery is looking to cut $3 billion worth of costs and struggled with a massive debt load incurred as the result of acquiring WarnerMedia, CNN’s former corporate overseer, from AT&T. The company has eliminated programs like Samantha Bee’s “Full Frontal,” jettisoned a soon-to-debut “Batgirl” movie and enacted layoffs at its ad-sales unit as well as HBO Max.
“I’m grateful for my nine years with CNN, proud of what we accomplished on Reliable Sources and so thankful for the viewers who tuned in every week for our examination of the media, truth and the stories that shape our world,” Stelter said in a statement. “It was a rare privilege to lead a weekly show focused on the press at a time when it has never been more consequential.” He said he would have more to say on Sunday, when the last broadcast of “Reliable Sources” takes place.
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