Brian Stelter Quotes

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Brian Stelter

Profession : Journalist

Birth : September 3, 1985

In this war on truth we are all living in, 'hoax' is a potent, malicious, ugly little word and Trump has been using it more every year. So has Fox.

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There is a feedback loop between Trump and TV that is both good and bad.

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The New York Times' coverage of Trump's taxes is an emperor-has-no-clothes moment.

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When there are falsehoods and ludicrous statements made at briefings, we've got to call that out.

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Trump's inability to face the truth of his loss to Biden might explain why he has barely faced reporters at all in the closing weeks of his presidency. Even more remarkably, he rarely ever called into his favorite TV shows.

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There are so many families that are divided by Fox and Trump. I think a lot of people have been surprised by just how deep and how corrupt the roots are - how there's been collusion between Fox and Trump right in plain sight the whole time, and yet it's not often recognized.

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Everyone at Fox could see that the way to get attention, to get promoted, to get ahead was to hitch a ride with Trump and never look back.

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It is an honor to take the helm of 'Reliable Sources,' the very best of a very small number of programs about the media's role in society.

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I don't subscribe to the argument that TV networks gave Trump too much attention and that's the main reason why he's president, nor do I subscribe to the argument that reporters ignored Trump's America.

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Interviewers, even the ones that support the person they're interviewing, have an obligation to probe further and push back when a candidate says something dangerous.

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Glenn Beck and others were pretty outrageous and extremely conspiratorial in the pre-Trump years. I don't mean to totally gloss over some of the nuttiness that was airing on Fox pre-Trump, but I do see a distinction between those years and the Trump years.

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From the collapse of the Republican plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, something that Trump said he would do on day one, to the explosive FBI announcement that there's an ongoing investigation into possible links between Russia and the Trump campaign, the common thread here is a White House with a credibility problem.

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I want the Times to give tough reviews. That's partially why I read the Times.

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I was learning this from numerous sources, friends of Hannity, associates of Hannity, who say that off the record, Hannity is complaining about Trump, saying he's a crazy person... But Sean and these other stars of Fox, they're so committed to the business model, to their ratings, they want to make sure their viewers stay tuned.

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I always thought I would be the person who sat in the chair for 12 hours. Then I realized there are only three people who do that job.

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I think that having a baby is going to change my mind in so many ways. I have no idea how, but I'm looking forward to finding out.

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Hannity does not recognize real journalism. He opposes real journalism.

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For Fox, it's extremely discomfiting not to be No. 1 all day, every day.

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There's a gender gap throughout television and it's very pronounced in morning TV since these shows are mostly meant for women.

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Looking back, Mr. Trump's exploitation of the term 'fake news' to smear journalists was the single most consequential thing he did during the transition period. He built the scaffolding for his supporters to reject any and all information that wasn't Trump-approved.

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