Staff Reports
Brian Stelter, the ex-CNN host who earned fame (or infamy) for his relentless Trump-bashing, found himself with a face full of reality recently when he applied for press credentials to attend the former president’s press conference at Bedminster. Spoiler alert: his request was denied, sending him into a tirade on social media as if he were the last kid picked for dodgeball. The irony is thicker than a New York bagel when one considers the source of his frustration.
Stelter, fresh off his “Reliable Sources” gig—which, like a bad sitcom, got canceled in 2022—has since landed a role over at Vanity Fair, where surely he’ll find a kindred spirit in the world of elite media bubble woes. His lamentation on X (formerly Twitter, because apparently rebranding is how you get over your failures) consisted of him mentioning how he used his Condé Nast email to request credentials. The outcome? A flat-out “no.” It’s hard not to chuckle imagining him crafting that email, hoping against hope that maybe, just maybe, he would get the last laugh after all that smearing.
Potato Head is so cringe.
Brian Stelter Complains After Trump Denies His Request For Access To Bedminster Press Conference https://t.co/7JbB4aozDD
— Robert 🇺🇸 (@redwards131) August 16, 2024
Instead of sympathy, Stelter got roasted online. One perceptive reporter pointedly asked if other media members from the Democratic National Committee were equally denied or if it was just him being tossed out like yesterday’s leftovers. Clearly, Stelter’s track record of anti-Trump rhetoric left little room for his request to be taken seriously. It was akin to a catwalk model applying to judge a dog show; the qualifications just didn’t match.
Interestingly, critics wasted no time in pointing out the glaring hypocrisy. Where was the press conference for Vice President Kamala Harris? It’s been 25 days since she decided to step up as the de-facto Democratic nominee, and not a peep from the woman who has the charm of a wet sock. One user cheekily wondered whether Stelter had managed to secure credentials for one of her ghost appearances. Spoiler alert: no press conference was held, and no questions went unanswered.
Stelter’s denial was hardly a shocker considering his illustrious history of partisan finger-pointing at Trump and his supporters. His recent remarks about the former president’s reaction to Kamala Harris seem reflective of a deeper jealousy. One cannot help but chuckle at the notion that Stelter, who has spent time on MSNBC fretting over Trump’s political prowess, sees Harris as his greatest nemesis. One day he’s praising her Time Magazine cover artistry, while the next, he’s panicking about what a press conference could do to her image.
Former President Trump, ever the commentator on everyone’s favorite media figures, didn’t let this episode slide. Upon Stelter’s firing from CNN, he quipped about the “fake news” giant losing one of its biggest goldmines of disinformation. The cheerful news for conservative audiences is that Stelter’s struggles shine a light on the larger narrative surrounding press bias and leftist shenanigans. For fans of the former president, it’s a double win: watching Stelter squirm while knowing he’s floundering in a media ecosystem that thrives on opinion over facts.
