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@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter Brian Stelter

Brian Stelter posts on X about trumps, wsj, jeffrey epstein, white house the most. They currently have XXXXXXX followers and 3475 posts still getting attention that total XXXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.

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Social topic influence trumps #375, wsj #155, jeffrey epstein #1774, white house, scoop, fox news, told #1062, hungary #38, stephen colbert, networks #67

Top assets mentioned Paramount Global (PARA) Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL) Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)

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"Breaking: President Trump IS filing a libel lawsuit against the WSJ according to the docket filed in federal court in South Florida. Trump is suing for libel assault and slander the docket indicates. A copy of the lawsuit was not attached to the docket"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 21:10:37 UTC 743.9K followers, 24.3K engagements

"Stephen Colbert's reaction to his crowd's huge cheers last night: "Everyone wants to go to the zoo to see the endangered animal.""
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-23 12:45:52 UTC 743.9K followers, 7498 engagements

"Fox News has taken Trump's plea for his allies to stop talking about Jeffrey Epstein almost literally. But many other conservative media influencers and outlets are still heavily scrutinizing the Trump admin. Here's our latest look:"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-15 19:23:29 UTC 743.9K followers, 11.4K engagements

"The Corporation for Public Broadcasting's budget has been zeroed out Skydance's takeover of Paramount has been approved and James Carville has a "new hero" named Rupert Murdoch. Today's edition of @ReliableSources covers it all:"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-25 14:16:43 UTC 743.9K followers, 5721 engagements

"Another busy day on the media beat: Patrick Soon-Shiong is taking the LA Times public the top editor of NPR is leaving two more big names are exiting The Washington Post and more. Our Reliable Sources digest has all the latest:"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-22 15:09:00 UTC 743.9K followers, 5581 engagements

"Trump's anti-WSJ statements helpfully confirmed rumors that had been swirling in political and media circles for two days: namely that the White House tried hard behind the scenes to prevent the Journal from publishing its story involving Trump and Epstein"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 04:56:27 UTC 743.9K followers, 36.1K engagements

"President Trump's lawsuit against journalist Bob Woodward and his publishing house Simon & Schuster was dismissed by a federal judge today. "We're very pleased the Court agreed with us and dismissed the case" S&S said in a statement"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-19 02:02:09 UTC 743.9K followers, 157.6K engagements

"Important bit of news out of the AI summit in DC yesterday: Trump is siding with big tech companies over publishers and authors who say AI models are stealing their livelihoods and futures. ๐Ÿงต"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-24 17:52:27 UTC 743.9K followers, 14.9K engagements

"The future owners of Paramount are promising to hire a CBS ombudsman and pledging not to implement any DEI policies. FCC chair Brendan Carr did not respond to my text about whether he is closer to approving the merger now. Here's my recap from @TheLeadCNN"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-23 22:46:04 UTC 743.9K followers, 262.4K engagements

"A snapshot of how politics media and entertainment intersect in 2025: Democratic senators want to know why CBS is ending Stephen Colbert's show"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 05:45:39 UTC 743.9K followers, 40.6K engagements

"@neontaster do you not see all the observers who are expressing huge doubts from senators to columnists to late night veterans etc etc etc"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-20 14:31:11 UTC 743.9K followers, 185.8K engagements

""Trump has bought into the lines on AI & copyright that hes been fed by his big tech advisers" @fairlytrained CEO @ednewtonrex said on here arguing that "Big Tech is using fear of China to scare policy makers into changing the law to favor them. It is working.""
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-24 17:52:29 UTC 743.9K followers, XXX engagements

"Democratic senators weighing in on Paramount-Skydance: @SenMarkey and @SenatorLujan: "The FCC's approval of the Paramount-Skydance merger reeks of the worst form of corruption." @SenWarren: "This merger must be investigated for any criminal behavior.""
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-24 23:11:40 UTC 743.9K followers, 13.5K engagements

"Trump 2017: "It is my pleasure and my honor to announce my nomination of Jerome Powell." Trump today: "He's a terrible Fed chair. I was surprised he was appointed. I was surprised frankly that Biden put him in and extended him." Every news story will include both clips right"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-16 17:20:25 UTC 743.9K followers, 282.9K engagements

"Taking a step back: It's incredibly abnormal for an American president to be threatening a lawsuit against a news outlet. Most of Trump's suits against ABC CBS the Pulitzer Board etc were filed before he returned to the White House"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 19:56:49 UTC 743.9K followers, 21.1K engagements

"CNN says "we stand XXX% behind Natasha Bertrand's journalism and specifically her and her colleagues' reporting of the early intelligence assessment of the U.S. attack on Iran's nuclear facilities""
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-06-25 19:23:07 UTC 743.9K followers, 309.9K engagements

"Republican lawmakers are taking a victory lap knowing that the defunding of PBS and NPR has been a goal of conservative activists for DECADES. "The American people will no longer be forced to fund politically biased media" @SpeakerJohnson says"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 05:07:22 UTC 743.9K followers, 6935 engagements

""The numbers are encouraging" for the stations "but far from enough to make up for the federal cuts""
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-24 20:04:45 UTC 743.9K followers, 24.2K engagements

"The "kiss cam" needs a new name Practically overnight that staple of ballparks has been transformed thanks to the Coldplay concert viral video moment. With everyone mimicking the caught-on-camera couple the kiss cam is now. the Coldplay cam The duck and cover cam"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-21 13:33:09 UTC 743.9K followers, 16.2K engagements

"BREAKING: The pending merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media has been formally approved by the Trump administration concluding months of regulatory uncertainty"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-24 21:56:48 UTC 743.9K followers, 39.7K engagements

"New statement from The AP: The decision by the White House to block an AP reporter from an open press conference with President Trump and Prime Minister Modi is a deeply troubling escalation of the administrations continued efforts to punish The Associated Press for its editorial decisions. It is a plain violation of the First Amendment and we urge the Trump administration in the strongest terms to stop this practice. This is now the third day AP reporters have been barred from covering the president first as a member of the pool and now from a formal press conference an incredible disservice"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-02-13 22:39:34 UTC 743.9K followers, 1.2M engagements

"Scoop: A top oversight Democrat has sent a letter to Fox Corp chair Lachlan Murdoch and Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott demanding answers about Foxs editing of this Trump interview from June 2024 re: Jeffrey Epstein"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-17 18:17:27 UTC 743.9K followers, 175K engagements

""The timing seems so obvious and keeping with Paramount's quid pro quo theme" a former CBS exec told @jaketapper. "If it were just financial why announce this now Why not let RedBird announce it post transaction and FCC blessing Seems like a further tribute to me. Shameful.""
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-19 14:19:44 UTC 743.9K followers, 119K engagements

"@charliekirk11 @MarcACaputo The administrations "just trust us" approach has offended many on the right. As a caller to @GlennBeck's radio show said Monday "I feel really betrayed and I feel really really angry.""
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-15 19:26:21 UTC 743.9K followers, 8022 engagements

"Trump: "It's time to go after people." He pivots from a question about Epstein to a tirade about Obama"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-22 15:55:54 UTC 743.9K followers, 32.9K engagements

"In a seven minute long tirade Trump fully embraced Tulsi Gabbard's claims about Obama manufacturing a "Russia hoax" against him. Trump talked of "severe consequences" for the "ringleader." All of this is untethered from reality as CNN reported here:"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-22 16:01:49 UTC 743.9K followers, 7763 engagements

"John Oliver's reaction to Stephen Colbert's show ending: "I love Stephen I love his staff. I love that show. Its incredibly sad. I am partly excited to see what theyre going to do for the next XX months. Its terrible terrible news for the world of comedy.""
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-20 18:07:14 UTC 743.9K followers, 24.5K engagements

"In tonight's season XX premiere of "South Park" Trey Parker and Matt Stone "literally put Donald Trump in the White House and in bed with the Devil.""
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-24 03:23:18 UTC 743.9K followers, 82.2K engagements

"When I spoke with @BrendanCarrFCC this evening he highlighted X of the commitments made by Paramount's owners-in-waiting: To hire ombudsman at CBS; invest in local news; and forgo any DEI policies"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-24 23:28:04 UTC 743.9K followers, 12.2K engagements

""After years watching Hungary suffocate under the weight of its democratic collapse I came to understand that the real danger of a strongman isnt his tactics; its how others especially those with power justify their acquiescence.""
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-24 01:53:07 UTC 743.9K followers, 22.9K engagements

"NBC: "A previously unreported network of hundreds of accounts on X is using AI to automatically reply to conservatives with positive messages about people in the Trump admin." Researcher @darrenlinvill says the bots exist to "massage perceptions""
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-21 16:13:05 UTC 743.9K followers, 14.6K engagements

"The partisan arguments about Stephen Colbert he's funny no he's pompous no he's popular no he's overpaid might be fun but they're a distraction from this broader issue about dissent"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-22 15:22:44 UTC 743.9K followers, 5010 engagements

"Trump not only wants all his late-night critics off the air he wants credit if they're ousted. In a new post he says "the word is and it's a strong word at that Jimmy Kimmel is NEXT to go in the untalented Late Night Sweepstakes and shortly thereafter Fallon will be gone.""
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-22 15:36:59 UTC 743.9K followers, 6351 engagements

"PBS and NPR stations are on the verge of losing the federal funding that has helped keep them on the air for decades. Here's what will happen if lawmakers zero out the $$$"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-16 12:10:57 UTC 743.9K followers, 950.8K engagements

"After "GOOD LUCK" Anderson Cooper is convening a live discussion with a group of journalism students and professors plus Abby Phillip Connie Chung Jorge Ramos Walter Isaacson Bret Stephens and Kara Swisher. Cooper will also interview Marvin Kalb and Scott Pelley ๐Ÿ‘€"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-06-08 00:02:13 UTC 743.9K followers, 42.1K engagements

"The bottom line according to one person close to Colbert is that "The Late Show" is a "casualty of the merger." Here's what that means:"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 16:21:48 UTC 743.8K followers, 21.9K engagements

"The big question looming over late-night TV following the "financial" decision to cancel "The Late Show:" Are TV networks going to keep supporting political satire and free speech at a time when President Trump's campaign of retribution is rattling corporate America"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-22 15:22:43 UTC 743.9K followers, 51.5K engagements

"US District Judge Paul Gardephe is giving Trump's legal team a month to file another amended complaint. But he dismissed the current iteration: "It appears unlikely" that Trump "can adequately plead a plausible copyright interest in 'The Trump Tapes.'""
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-19 02:02:09 UTC 743.9K followers, 40.9K engagements

"CBS claims that "thisis purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night. It is not related in any way to the shows performance content or other matters happening at Paramount.""
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-17 23:18:31 UTC 743.9K followers, 358.1K engagements

"Today's fantastic WSJ A-hed is about the "Kpop Demon Hunters" phenomenon that continues to consume my house and maybe yours too: "The Biggest K-Pop Band to Top the Charts Isnt Even Real""
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-21 11:31:10 UTC 743.8K followers, 10.8K engagements

"Tech lobbyists welcomed this statement of course and it left some media execs wondering if Trump appreciated that his pro-AI position doubled as another blow to besieged news outlets book publishers and entertainers"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-24 17:52:28 UTC 743.9K followers, XXX engagements

"Confirming NYT's story: Paramount's owner-in-waiting David Ellison met with journalist entrepreneur Bari Weiss today about a possible tie-up between CBS News and her startup The Free Press"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-11 20:21:08 UTC 743.9K followers, 826.3K engagements

"A country where you can't lampoon the president is not a free country. Of course we're not there not even close in the US but there's a bit of a chill in the air today"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 22:32:24 UTC 743.9K followers, 706.6K engagements

"As a plugged-in CBS News staffer said this morning reflecting what I've heard from numerous others "this is a very sad moment for '60 Minutes' CBS News and journalism." Special edition of the @ReliableSources newsletter is hitting inboxes now"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-02 13:37:32 UTC 743.9K followers, 75.9K engagements

"Here's the full statement from CBS: THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT will end its historic run in May 2026 at the end of the broadcast season. We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and will retire THE LATE SHOW franchise at that time. We are proud that Stephen called CBS home. He and the broadcast will be remembered in the pantheon of greats that graced late night television. Thisis purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night. It is not related in any way to the shows performance content or other matters happening at Paramount. Our admiration affection and"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-17 23:18:55 UTC 743.9K followers, 118.3K engagements

"๐Ÿ—ž"@CapehartJ the Pulitzer Prize-winning opinion columnist has taken a buyout at The Washington Post after XX years with the paper" @sarafischer reports in Axios AM. Capehart will "continue to co-host 'The Weekend' on MSNBC.""
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-21 11:00:38 UTC 743.9K followers, 31.8K engagements

"As Trump flies to Scotland let's not forget who is missing from the trip: The WSJ reporter who was slated to be in the press pool. @tparti was planning to be part of the trip until the WH decided to punish the Journal for its scoop about Trump's old friendship with Epstein"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-25 16:04:25 UTC 743.9K followers, 7917 engagements

"President Trump and Rupert Murdoch "are constrained by the thing that has kept them linked for a decade: their shared reliance on Fox News die-hards" @jimrutenberg observes"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-23 00:35:45 UTC 743.9K followers, 9224 engagements

""Local. Trusted. Defunded." That's what the big digital sign outside GBH's building in Boston says now. Like other PBS/NPR stations GBH is starting a new fund-raising push: "We're not backing down" despite the federal funding loss "but we can't do it without you.""
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-20 19:52:14 UTC 743.9K followers, 18.4K engagements

"This usually lengthy merger review process has been pockmarked by allegations of political interference stemming from President Trump's scathing criticism of Paramount's CBS News division"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-24 22:04:22 UTC 743.9K followers, 7879 engagements

"As journalists pursue more info about Trump's long-ago friendship with Jeffrey Epstein his libel lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal reads like a warning to others. The $XX billion damages claim is a notice that "I will try to ruin you." But truth is always the best defense"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-19 22:19:04 UTC 743.9K followers, 127.3K engagements

"Here's the latest on MAGA media's arrest-Obama push Stephen Colbert's ratings bounce and Pew's "Google Zero" study. Plus: Marvel's "Fantastic" outlook and "is that really Rachel" ๐Ÿ”—"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-23 13:52:40 UTC 743.9K followers, 8329 engagements

"Stephen Colbert gained a little help from his friends and late-night rivals last night. NBC's Jimmy Fallon HBO's John Oliver and Comedy Central's Jon Stewart were among the faces in the crowd during a spoof of the now-famous "Coldplay cam.""
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-22 13:32:47 UTC 743.9K followers, 32.6K engagements

"For now copyright uncertainty persists and blockbuster lawsuits like New York Times v. OpenAI and v. Microsoft continue to progress through the courts. And there may be more to come"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-24 17:52:29 UTC 743.9K followers, 7670 engagements

"Stephen Colbert has been a masterful host of "The Late Show" but the broadcast TV world has been crumbling beneath his feet. Here's my look at how the late-night biz is turning unprofitable for network owners"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-19 03:01:23 UTC 743.9K followers, 563K engagements

"Suing the WSJ defunding PBS winning a payout from Paramount: Bit by bit Trump's attacks "undermine the First Amendment by making the media and others more cautious in covering Trump his administration and other federal and state politicians" @URichmond prof Carl Tobias says"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-20 14:39:50 UTC 743.9K followers, 36.6K engagements

""The rapid sequence of events raises the prospect of yet another confrontation between the Trump administration and the federal judiciary.""
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-22 23:31:03 UTC 743.9K followers, 16.3K engagements

"Here's what @PressSec is saying about the White House's retaliation against the @WSJ: "As the appeals court confirmed the Wall Street Journal or any other news outlet are not guaranteed special access to cover President Trump in the Oval Office aboard Air Force One and in his private workspaces. Thirteen diverse outlets will participate in the press pool to cover the Presidents trip to Scotland. Due to the Wall Street Journals fake and defamatory conduct they will not be one of the thirteen outlets on board. Every news organization in the entire world wishes to cover President Trump and the"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-21 19:46:17 UTC 743.9K followers, 25.1K engagements

"When the White House took control of the press pool that accompanies the president journalists worried that the Trump administration would use that power to explicitly punish news outlets. And now it's happening"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-21 22:28:46 UTC 743.9K followers, 30.9K engagements

"Today's @ReliableSources lead: The freelance journalists who serve as vital eyes and ears on the ground in Gaza are struggling to obtain even the most basic supplies especially food"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-23 14:30:18 UTC 743.9K followers, 7326 engagements

"Heading into NYC for a live shot and this is the sign on one of the overpasses"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-23 22:01:38 UTC 743.9K followers, 369.2K engagements

"The same headline construction could apply to CBS today:"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-25 13:26:19 UTC 743.9K followers, 8900 engagements

"For decades US TV networks have given comics space to poke presidents and even network execs in the eye despite the potential ramifications. Fans feel that tradition is under threat now amid broader fears about institutions caving to Trump and removing room for dissent"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-22 15:22:44 UTC 743.9K followers, 5011 engagements

"All of Trump's past lawsuits against media outlets were filed BEFORE he became president again. Thus his action against the Wall Street Journal looks to be unprecedented"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-19 00:01:23 UTC 743.9K followers, 44.7K engagements

"The Paramount-Skydance saga "reeks of Orbanism." That's the assessment of @GScheiring who experienced Viktor Orbn's autocratic power plays in Hungary firsthand as a member of the Hungarian parliament"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-25 15:04:15 UTC 743.9K followers, 17.9K engagements

"The fellow comedians didn't speak and they didn't have to: Being there was the point"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-22 13:32:48 UTC 743.9K followers, 7737 engagements

"According to a new report detailing "severe shortages" in local news the number of journalists working in the US has dropped by more than XX% since the start of the century from XX journalists for every 100000 residents to just XXX journalists"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-10 15:28:27 UTC 743.9K followers, 25.2K engagements

"Those commitments were evidently crucial for Carr who has reshaped the historically independent FCC in Trump's media-bashing image. Here's our full story:"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-24 23:28:05 UTC 743.9K followers, 73.4K engagements

"Likely new CBS owner David Ellison the CEO of Skydance was in DC to meet with FCC chair Brendan Carr and other FCC officials on Tuesday according to a new government filing"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 19:42:07 UTC 743.9K followers, 11.4K engagements

"Read this NYT guest essay by @AmbPressman the most recent U.S. ambassador to Viktor Orbans Hungary"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-24 01:54:53 UTC 743.9K followers, 13.8K engagements

"Colbert cracked several jokes last night about CBS saying his show was ending for "purely financial" reasons. And he alluded to the changing nature of "late night" too:"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-22 17:13:14 UTC 743.9K followers, 12.4K engagements

"๐Ÿ”Œ for the Apple News Today podcast: "Trump sued the WSJ over its report that he wrote a birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein. Its an unprecedented move for a sitting president and CNN chief media analyst Brian Stelter explains why its a warning to all media outlets.""
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-23 19:46:46 UTC 743.9K followers, 8687 engagements

""Let's face it even if CBS says Trump had nothing to do with it Trump thinks he did He's already come out and celebrated." @wjcarter"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 20:28:03 UTC 743.9K followers, 26.7K engagements

"A sudden resurgence of interest in Jeffrey Epstein and unanswered questions about his crimes has been measurable this month in book sales Netflix streams and YouTube searches. Here are some of the examples"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-21 02:19:16 UTC 743.9K followers, 29.5K engagements

"Tapper: "Why are you putting import tariffs on islands that are entirely populated by penguins" The Agriculture Secretary dismissed the question with a "whatever.""
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-04-06 13:34:01 UTC 743.9K followers, 236.1K engagements

"And yet. Murdoch's Fox News has not mentioned the story once.So let me take a stab at answering all the questions I'm getting about the media mogul and his role:"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 14:00:12 UTC 743.9K followers, 7064 engagements

""As defamation suits go this one isnt particularly strong. If it gets past early hurdles however it could lead to sustained sworn scrutiny of his relationship with the convicted sex offender who traveled in the same Upper East Side and Palm Beach circles""
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-23 00:55:54 UTC 743.9K followers, 28.5K engagements

"Late-night solidarity: The @NYPost hears that Jimmy Fallon "and a handful of other top comedians are expected to make a cameo" on tonight's edition of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert." Preview clip from the taping is expected to come out shortly"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-22 00:04:11 UTC 743.8K followers, 33.6K engagements

"Colbert will "be fine of course but he also has XXX staffers to think about" @latenightercom's Jed Rosenzweig points out"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-21 16:08:36 UTC 743.8K followers, 12.8K engagements

"Due to plunging ad revenue The Late Show is no longer profitable according to a source close to CBS. But"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 01:08:09 UTC 743.9K followers, 138K engagements

"Today's @ReliableSources lead: What will Stephen Colbert say tonight on his first show since the cancellation news Here's our roundup:"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-21 14:49:04 UTC 743.9K followers, 9092 engagements

""THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT will end in May 2026 at the close of the 2025-26 broadcast season" CBS says"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-17 23:16:39 UTC 743.9K followers, 1.5M engagements

"Out with the oldspeak. In with President Trump's newspeak or else. The AP being barred from Trump's events is part of a much larger weaponization of language to advance the MAGA agenda ๐Ÿงต"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-02-12 15:44:12 UTC 743.9K followers, 440.2K engagements

"New: The Writers Guild of America which represents writers on The Late Show says it is concerned the cancellation was a bribe to curry favor with the Trump admin. The guild wants the @newyorkstateag to launch an investigation"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 19:00:29 UTC 743.9K followers, 217.3K engagements

"I almost bought one of those life-size skeletons at @HomeGoods this morning โ˜ "
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-20 17:55:02 UTC 743.9K followers, 17K engagements

"The daily dramas consuming Paramount are also about something bigger: Whether big US TV networks will continue to make room for investigative reporting comedy and criticism of people in power a/k/a President Trump"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-24 21:40:49 UTC 743.9K followers, 14.3K engagements

""With federal policy noncommittal on training data licenses copyright owners and AI platforms may face years of legal uncertainty" Moses Singer attorney Rob Rosenberg told @claresduffy:"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-24 17:52:29 UTC 743.9K followers, 7941 engagements

"BREAKING: Terry Moran is out at ABC News. "We are at the end of our agreement with Terry Moran and based on his recent post which was a clear violation of ABC News policies we have made the decision to not renew" an ABC spokesperson says"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-06-10 21:00:38 UTC 743.9K followers, 1.6M engagements

""This attempt by the White House to punish a media outlet whose coverage it does not like is deeply troubling and it defies the First Amendment" the @WHCA says after the Trump admin nixes the WSJ from an upcoming trip"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-21 20:46:11 UTC 743.9K followers, 14K engagements

"People liken conspiracy theories to fires "fanning the flames" but that's not quite right. Fires can be extinguished. Conspiracy theories are more like nuclear fallout. You can try to decontaminate the area try to minimize exposure but the radioactivity lingers for decades"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-16 02:54:34 UTC 743.8K followers, 32.4K engagements

"Last night at the News Emmys the judges wanted to send a message of support to CBS News and "60 Minutes" amid Trump's ongoing legal battle with the news division. CBS took home five Emmys total the most of any network including three for "60 Minutes" reports"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-06-26 17:06:40 UTC 743.9K followers, 117.8K engagements

"As @jaketapper said "they're certainly getting a lot from Skydance CBS and Paramount""
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-23 22:48:52 UTC 743.9K followers, 10.9K engagements

"FCC chair Brendan Carr says the commitments Skydance made to win admin approval of its Paramount takeover "would enable CBS to operate in the public interest and focus on fair unbiased and fact-based coverage. Doing so would begin the process of earning back Americans' trust.""
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-25 03:09:16 UTC 743.9K followers, 17.6K engagements

"The last part of Trump's post is the most telling: "These are people with absolutely NO TALENT who were paid Millions of Dollars for in all cases destroying what used to be GREAT Television. Its really good to see them go and I hope I played a major part in it""
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-22 15:37:16 UTC 743.9K followers, 6201 engagements

"This busy media news cycle calls for a special Saturday edition of RS. Here's the latest on Rupert Murdoch Bob Woodward Radio Free Europe David Ellison Joe Rogan and much more:"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-19 16:57:51 UTC 743.9K followers, 11.3K engagements

"@mehdirhasan after doing Jubilee's Surrounded: "I thought it would be an interesting exercise in trying to understand what genuine far-right conservative folks think. And it was kind of disturbing to see that they think what I thought they think.""
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-20 20:33:01 UTC 743.9K followers, 56K engagements

""A key underlying story" @gscheiring said "is that media owners both foreign and domestic largely capitulated individually rather than mounting collective resistance which enabled Orbn's systematic capture strategy." Read the rest in today's RS ๐Ÿ“ฌ:"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-25 15:06:31 UTC 743.9K followers, 5036 engagements

"CNN's @alaynatreene confirms the WSJ's report: During a briefing about the DOJ's Jeffrey Epstein document review in May AG Pam Bondi told Trump "that his name appeared several times in the files sources familiar with the discussion told CNN.""
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-23 21:13:33 UTC 743.9K followers, 27K engagements

"This just in from @WSJ parent Dow Jones: "We have full confidence in the rigor and accuracy of our reporting and will vigorously defendagainst any lawsuit.""
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-19 01:02:11 UTC 743.9K followers, 688.2K engagements

"The White House is using one of the new tools at its disposal control over access to Trump to retaliate against Rupert Murdoch's prized newspaper"
@brianstelter Avatar @brianstelter on X 2025-07-21 22:55:44 UTC 743.9K followers, 9275 engagements