News Opinons Politics

CNN’s Stelter Accuses Fox News of Ignoring Story That Fox News Broke

It’s never a bad day when Roger Stone is trending.

I don’t say this because I have any particular affinity for defending the moral character of Stone, a self-described “dirty trickster” with a Nixon tattoo. It’s that Stone-centric stuff always inspires the worst in people in the media.

Tuesday was no exception. The four federal prosecutors in Stone’s case resigned over the fact the Department of Justice had balked at their recommendation Stone receive seven to nine years in prison for a series of convictions that included lying to Congress and obstruction of justice, as the U.K. Guardian pointed out.


The decision came after a late-night/early-morning Trump tweet that said: “This is a horrible and very unfair situation. The real crimes were on the other side, as nothing happens to them. Cannot allow this miscarriage of justice!”

Well, impeachment’s over, so we might as well go with this.


As cattle herds shrink and beef prices rise, investors back AI cow collars
Stephen A. Smith Stunned When Kevin Kiley Tells Him California Bans Voter ID Requirements
Travelers in Airport Shop Get Shock of Their Lives When Stuffed Animal Staring at Them Turns Out to Not Be Stuffed at All
Schumer knocks Trump on Iran, plan to send ICE to airports: ‘Asking for trouble’
New Whitey Bulger Writings Suggest Man in Prison for Murder Was ‘Sacrificial Lamb’ to Protect Corrupt FBI Agent
Mamdani’s estate tax plan could drive wealth out of state, critics warn
Newsom’s claim Texas and Florida are the ‘real high tax states’ picked apart by expert: ‘Fatally flawed’
‘One in a Million’ – Authorities Reveal Details of How 2 Police Vehicles Were Hit by Falling Shrapnel in California
Mullin’s confirmation survives key test vote as DHS remains shutdown
Trump mocks ‘discombobulated’ Schumer over Democrats’ near gaffe on funding ICE
What to expect from DC traffic as peak cherry blossom season approaches
Wisconsin Dems Cruelly Mock Retired Republican Senator Suffering Multiple Personal Tragedies
The Iran Conflict Exposed America’s Major Energy Weakness: Global Oil
Chicago residents unionize to fight possible displacement, rent hikes over Obama Presidential Center
Watch: College Student Wants ‘Condemption’ of Rapists but Doesn’t Want ICE to Remove Them – She Also Can’t Figure Out What ICE Stands For

On one side, critics are saying Trump is influencing justice via Twitter — that is, assuming he’s not sending someone down to the DOJ to threaten Attorney General William Barr personally.

On the other hand are people who believe this was a draconian sentence designed to punish a Trump associate for being a Trump associate.

See also  UFC’s Dana White says he ‘never’ gets negativity for supporting Trump

Whatever the case, we all have a new thing to crow about — in particular Brian Stelter, the risible Jason Alexander impersonator not infrequently seen on CNN.

Stelter is best known as the host of CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” a show that is to reliable sources what Elmer Gantry was to humble Christian virtue.

He’s fond of media criticism, particularly when that medium is Fox News.

Not that he goes over the top or anything:

Share this article:
Share on Facebook
Facebook
Tweet about this on Twitter
Twitter