[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] #  @brianstelter Brian Stelter Brian Stelter posts on X about trumps, jeffrey epstein, wsj, stephen colbert the most. They currently have XXXXXXX followers and 3398 posts still getting attention that total XXXXXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours. ### Engagements: XXXXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::14515799/interactions)  - X Week XXXXXXXXX +237% - X Month XXXXXXXXXX -XX% - X Months XXXXXXXXXX -XX% - X Year XXXXXXXXXXX +84% ### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::14515799/posts_active)  - X Months XXX -XX% - X Year XXXXX +46% ### Followers: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::14515799/followers)  - X Week XXXXXXX +0.02% - X Month XXXXXXX +0.03% - X Months XXXXXXX -XXXX% - X Year XXXXXXX -X% ### CreatorRank: XXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::14515799/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::14515799/influence) --- **Social category influence** [celebrities](/list/celebrities) #5974 [finance](/list/finance) #2729 [stocks](/list/stocks) [social networks](/list/social-networks) [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) [countries](/list/countries) **Social topic influence** [trumps](/topic/trumps) #244, [jeffrey epstein](/topic/jeffrey-epstein) #851, [wsj](/topic/wsj) #46, [stephen colbert](/topic/stephen-colbert) #21, [maga](/topic/maga), [fox news](/topic/fox-news) #39, [white house](/topic/white-house) #263, [wall street](/topic/wall-street) #148, [fallout](/topic/fallout), [rupert murdoch](/topic/rupert-murdoch) #57 ### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::14515799/posts) --- Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "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](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946316701563289982) 2025-07-18 21:10:37 UTC 743.5K followers, 21.8K 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](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1945202579165622765) 2025-07-15 19:23:29 UTC 743.4K followers, 11.4K engagements "David Gergen who served as a presidential adviser to four presidents of both parties and educated generations of Americans about leadership and civic engagement has died. He was 83"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1943785623837716735) 2025-07-11 21:33:01 UTC 743.5K followers, 84.3K engagements "The rescission bill has passed the Senate. Once it passes the House as expected the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's budget will be zeroed out for the first time since 1967 back when TV stations still broadcast in black and white"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1945824915543740922) 2025-07-17 12:36:26 UTC 743.5K followers, 13.6K engagements "The GOP-controlled Congress allocated these tax dollars in the first place:"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1945141692027318350) 2025-07-15 15:21:33 UTC 743.5K followers, 56.3K engagements "This just in from Patricia Harrison CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting re: the rescission: Todays vote by the U.S. Senate to eliminate federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a decision with profound lasting negative consequences for every American. The American public trusts and values public media whose exceptional content and essential services are a public good that strengthens local communities. For nearly six decades public media has served families in every corner of America especially rural and tribal communities providing extraordinary vital content"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1945882854224695798) 2025-07-17 16:26:39 UTC 743.5K followers, 24.7K 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](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946071548093247939) 2025-07-18 04:56:27 UTC 743.5K followers, 35.5K 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](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946390068089745512) 2025-07-19 02:02:09 UTC 743.5K followers, 16.2K engagements "From the outside the idea made no sense at all. Why would a broadcast network cancel one of its best-known shows that ranks number one in its time slot But on the inside at CBS there were several plausible answers to that question"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946244016086892558) 2025-07-18 16:21:47 UTC 743.5K followers, 20.9K engagements "@charliekirk11 @MarcACaputo @glennbeck On Alex Jones' show today Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said "this has been the first fracture in MAGA and we don't want this to happen anymore." But moments earlier she said this: "I really encourage everyone that continues to ask questions" about Epstein"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1945203654539055508) 2025-07-15 19:27:46 UTC 743.4K followers, 8702 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](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946083927581413645) 2025-07-18 05:45:39 UTC 743.5K followers, 39.5K engagements "A truly shocking news. I'm analyzing it with @OutFrontCNN now"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1945993312827068713) 2025-07-17 23:45:35 UTC 743.5K followers, 41.2K engagements "Trump thinks he has a legal superpower "I'm gonna sue The Wall Street Journal just like I sued everyone else" but no lawsuit will change what's already been published tonight"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946041536707256552) 2025-07-18 02:57:12 UTC 743.5K followers, 60.2K engagements "The Senate is preparing to debate the "DOGE cuts" bill The New York Times is buzzing about some culture desk changes and Press Forward is announcing millions of dollars in new grants. Today's @ReliableSources has it all:"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1945483015808778357) 2025-07-16 13:57:50 UTC 743.4K followers, 4909 engagements "Remarkable plea from Murkowski to her Republican colleagues about saving public broadcasting likely to fall on deaf ears:"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1945641222258737413) 2025-07-17 00:26:30 UTC 743.5K followers, 22.6K engagements "Rarely has President Trump sounded as out of touch with his own base as he did this week when he said of Jeffrey Epstein "Are people still talking about this guy" Trump knows why his base is energized by Epstein theories because he consumes the same conspiratorial content"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1943827045433446894) 2025-07-12 00:17:36 UTC 743.3K followers, 47.4K engagements "I'm joining @andersoncooper on @AC360 with some fresh reporting about the shock CBS decision to cancel "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" 🔌"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946006946445684801) 2025-07-18 00:39:45 UTC 743.5K followers, 16.1K 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](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1945533996378534263) 2025-07-16 17:20:25 UTC 743.5K followers, 278.5K engagements "As @GlennBeck said "I don't know how you prove a negative. How do you prove there is no evidence" Here's my report on the Jeffrey Epstein fallout from tonight's @OutFrontCNN"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1945314198935761079) 2025-07-16 02:47:01 UTC 743.5K followers, 19.6K 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](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946298129306751103) 2025-07-18 19:56:49 UTC 743.5K followers, 15K 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](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1937954729369198987) 2025-06-25 19:23:07 UTC 743.5K followers, 308.5K 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](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946074294515032198) 2025-07-18 05:07:22 UTC 743.5K followers, 6789 engagements ""Epstein" has become shorthand for a much bigger conspiracy theory. Right-wing influencers have imagined a massive pedophile plot involving their perceived enemies. THAT lie is what explains so much of the ensuing fallout"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1944439125072900105) 2025-07-13 16:49:48 UTC 743.4K followers, 36.1K engagements "Trump is now effectively saying that many of MAGA media's trusted voices from talk radio hosts to TikTok stars have been lying to the base *for years* about Jeffrey Epstein and sex trafficking"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1945847488105042300) 2025-07-17 14:06:07 UTC 743.5K followers, 6448 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](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1890168968402415709) 2025-02-13 22:39:34 UTC 743.4K 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](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1945910736619794569) 2025-07-17 18:17:27 UTC 743.5K followers, 171.7K 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](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1945203299889655902) 2025-07-15 19:26:21 UTC 743.4K followers, 7928 engagements "Today's @ReliableSources lead: Trump's confusing comments about the Jeffrey Epstein controversy are provoking cognitive dissonance among some of his extremely online supporters highlighting the information silo that shapes politics and media on the right"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1945847484258906448) 2025-07-17 14:06:07 UTC 743.5K followers, 6969 engagements "When you see important societal actors be it university presidents media outlets C.E.O.s mayors governors changing their behavior in order to avoid the wrath of the government thats a sign that weve crossed the line into some form of authoritarianism"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1898044658615283883) 2025-03-07 16:14:45 UTC 743.4K followers, 98.1K engagements "The @MiamiHerald is also asking the public for help: "Do you know someone who is being detained at Alligator Alcatraz Wed like to hear from you.""  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1944478840191164653) 2025-07-13 19:27:36 UTC 743.5K followers, 44.4K engagements "If the Senate adopts the rescission bill some big-city PBS and NPR outlets will launch fundraising campaigns immediately. Smaller stations will have a much harder time doing that"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1945627901518372899) 2025-07-16 23:33:34 UTC 743.5K followers, 28.3K 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](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1945456117783388237) 2025-07-16 12:10:57 UTC 743.5K followers, 928.1K engagements "Late-night TV's unfortunate reality: The bottom has been falling out of the late-night TV business model for several years now. One insider described ad revenue as cratering at CBS"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946281894389104989) 2025-07-18 18:52:18 UTC 743.5K followers, 10.2K engagements ""David Rhodes the onetime CBS News head and current executive at Sky in the U.K. is in talks to take over CBS News if/when the Skydance acquisition of Paramount closes per three sources familiar with the negotiations" @MattBelloni reports"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946081356389515442) 2025-07-18 05:35:26 UTC 743.5K followers, 14.1K engagements "Fox's @BretBaier led his 6pm hour with Trump's new comments about the Epstein matter + "new pressure on A.G. Pam Bondi." Baier: "This story does not go away.""  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1945242756323873219) 2025-07-15 22:03:08 UTC 743.4K followers, 6412 engagements ""On their face conspiracy theories can seem stupid like vapid online chatter. But they dont go away and neither do the people who passionately believe in them. President Trump may be learning that the hard way." @Donie"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1945654354632950256) 2025-07-17 01:18:41 UTC 743.5K followers, 26.4K engagements "Well the WSJ editorial board can't be any more direct than this: "Don't Fire Jerome Powell Mr. President""  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1945649187002982875) 2025-07-17 00:58:09 UTC 743.5K followers, 10.7K engagements "At a time when other media outlets are hesitating and capitulating Rupert Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal just stood up to President Trump and scooped one of the biggest political stories of the summer"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946208382374867321) 2025-07-18 14:00:11 UTC 743.5K followers, 10.5K 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](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946244021770211674) 2025-07-18 16:21:48 UTC 743.5K followers, 20.9K 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](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1945986501902299578) 2025-07-17 23:18:31 UTC 743.5K followers, 353.4K engagements "Trump seems empowered by his settlements with Paramount and other media companies. but the WSJ was not deterred by his threats and today staffers are expressing pride in the publication for running the story despite the president's aggressive attempts to squash it"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946215725531615311) 2025-07-18 14:29:22 UTC 743.5K followers, 20K 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](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1943767534182052005) 2025-07-11 20:21:08 UTC 743.5K followers, 821.4K 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](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946337283491168355) 2025-07-18 22:32:24 UTC 743.5K followers, 99.7K engagements "Talking about the impacts of public broadcasting $$ cuts: Bigger stations in metro areas will have an easier time making up the gaps than smaller stations. Some broadcasters in rural areas will go dark without the federal support officials warn"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1945613301481721885) 2025-07-16 22:35:33 UTC 743.5K followers, 21.2K 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](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1940404475786617291) 2025-07-02 13:37:32 UTC 743.4K followers, 75.9K engagements "Bongino's anger has "continued to grow" in recent days @kaitlancollins is reporting on CNN"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1943737332172992532) 2025-07-11 18:21:07 UTC 743.5K followers, 72.2K 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](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1945986602087432357) 2025-07-17 23:18:55 UTC 743.5K followers, 116.5K engagements ""Cancelations are part of the business but a corporation terminating a show in bad faith due to explicit or implicit political pressure is dangerous and unacceptable in a democratic society" the @WGAWest and @WGAEast say"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946286138018103662) 2025-07-18 19:09:10 UTC 743.5K followers, 14.6K engagements "The buzz about a potential bombshell story started not long after Trump dismissed the growing Epstein controversy as a "hoax" conjured up by Democrats to hurt him. The WSJ sought comment from Trump on Tuesday; his "hoax" comments came on Wednesday AM"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946071549502517444) 2025-07-18 04:56:28 UTC 743.5K followers, 22.4K engagements "This is a long-sought victory for President Trump who has harshly accused PBS and NPR newscasts of being "biased" and a long-dreaded disruption for local stations that bank on taxpayer support. Here's my latest:"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1945824916835557690) 2025-07-17 12:36:26 UTC 743.5K followers, 11.9K engagements "Charlie Kirk who raised eyebrows Monday by saying "I'm done talking about Epstein for the time being" said today that his comments were taken out of context. "WE'RE NOT MOVING ON" he said on the radio this afternoon practically shouting"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1945202944644714803) 2025-07-15 19:24:56 UTC 743.4K followers, 3006 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](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946404978290991500) 2025-07-19 03:01:23 UTC 743.5K followers, 17.9K engagements "It's a done deal: House Republicans have passed Trump's "DOGE cuts" including a complete defunding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Trump will sign the bill into law"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946072401025921117) 2025-07-18 04:59:51 UTC 743.5K followers, 9920 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](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946359677647794584) 2025-07-19 00:01:23 UTC 743.5K followers, 21.8K engagements ""Tonight our network's service to the nation suffered a tremendous setback" NPR says. "Together and with support from listeners and readers in communities around the nation we will work to rebuild.""  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946073787440443881) 2025-07-18 05:05:21 UTC 743.5K followers, 10.1K engagements "Trump and Murdoch's relationship is often mutually beneficial but occasionally turns ugly as both men maneuver for power. As one exec who has worked closely with Murdoch remarked to me "Rupert loves to poke the president in the eye once in a while.""  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946220344940875869) 2025-07-18 14:47:43 UTC 743.5K followers, 18K engagements "Speculation is already swirling about where Stephen Colbert could end up next. Will Netflix be calling him"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946038646596923744) 2025-07-18 02:45:43 UTC 743.5K followers, 21.2K engagements ""I'm not sure Donald Trump has fully thought this one through" @eliehonig says on @TheLeadCNN. We're live right now covering this lawsuit news"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946317687409291494) 2025-07-18 21:14:32 UTC 743.5K followers, 9339 engagements "Fall in line or keep fighting for answers about Jeffrey Epstein Thats the rift in right-wing media now"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1945202577940840689) 2025-07-15 19:23:29 UTC 743.4K followers, 26.3K 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](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1943331491968421938) 2025-07-10 15:28:27 UTC 743.5K followers, 25.1K engagements "Full statement from NPR CEO Katherine Maher about the rescission package "In the early hours of the morning on July XX the Senate narrowly passed H.R. X the Rescissions Act of 2025 XX to XX. The bill now moves back to the House for another vote on the current amended version giving Congress one more opportunity to protect the local independent public radio stations by rejecting this rescission. Nearly 3-in-4 Americans say they rely on their public radio stations for alerts and news for their public safety. In fact while the Senate voted on the floor yesterday a XXX earthquake struck off the"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1945844398597541916) 2025-07-17 13:53:51 UTC 743.5K followers, 53.3K engagements "David Ellison has been tight-lipped about his vision for CBS News so his interest in The Free Press is a significant signal about his plans to invest in reporting and analysis"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1943767785412100174) 2025-07-11 20:22:08 UTC 743.5K followers, 135.7K 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](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946294430920503417) 2025-07-18 19:42:07 UTC 743.5K followers, 10.7K 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](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946305992368521288) 2025-07-18 20:28:03 UTC 743.5K followers, 10.9K engagements "Breaking on CNN right now: "Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino has told people he is considering resigning amid a major clash between the FBI and DOJ over the continued fallout from the release of the Jeffrey Epstein memo several sources familiar with the matter told CNN.""  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1943737330004537587) 2025-07-11 18:21:07 UTC 743.5K followers, 292.6K engagements "WH officials "are very frustrated" @kaitlancollins says "because they feel like this news cycle is only getting worse for them. It is not from people that they can easily dismiss or say 'it's the media' or Democrats it is their own base that is so furious and so angry.""  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1943831418293170331) 2025-07-12 00:34:59 UTC 743.5K followers, 627.1K 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](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1908875844413514028) 2025-04-06 13:34:01 UTC 743.4K 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](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946208384908165121) 2025-07-18 14:00:12 UTC 743.5K followers, 6918 engagements "The Corporation for Public Broadcasting 1967-2025 Congress has formally clawed back all the future funding for public TV and radio and now the bill is heading to Trump's desk"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946170590781435943) 2025-07-18 11:30:01 UTC 743.5K followers, 23.3K engagements "Due to plunging ad revenue The Late Show is no longer profitable according to a source close to CBS. But"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946014092453405005) 2025-07-18 01:08:09 UTC 743.5K followers, 134.1K engagements "Stephen Colbert merger casualty Rupert Murdoch journalistic champion David Rhodes CBS News savior Here's our attempt to make sense of all the major media stories that are unfolding now:"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946200458940281010) 2025-07-18 13:28:42 UTC 743.5K followers, 9738 engagements ""THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT will end in May 2026 at the close of the 2025-26 broadcast season" CBS says"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1945986032689701082) 2025-07-17 23:16:39 UTC 743.5K 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 🧵"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1889702049496936861) 2025-02-12 15:44:12 UTC 743.5K followers, 426.2K 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](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946283953981161693) 2025-07-18 19:00:29 UTC 743.5K followers, 179.7K engagements "Senators Warren and Blumenthal + Reps Moskowitz and Stansbury are holding a press call about this proposal now:"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1945508088057934012) 2025-07-16 15:37:28 UTC 743.4K followers, 12K engagements "Trump: I told Rupert Murdoch it was a Scam that he shouldnt print this Fake Story. But he did and now Im going to sue his ass off and that of his third rate newspaper. It's a new chapter in the operatic relationship between Trump and Murdoch"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946042440336453725) 2025-07-18 03:00:48 UTC 743.5K followers, 9629 engagements ""Pockets of Donald Trumps most loyal base are increasingly angry at what they view as the administrations failure to fulfill its promises""  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1944852751827259535) 2025-07-14 20:13:24 UTC 743.4K followers, 20.6K engagements "The filing makes no mention of this week's surprise cancellation of "The Late Show." Execs at CBS say that the decision was made solely by the current management team with no input from Skydance in accordance with merger norms"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946294432388530226) 2025-07-18 19:42:07 UTC 743.5K followers, 8181 engagements "PBS and NPR are facing a Friday deadline for the Senate to act on Trump's funding-clawback proposal"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1944591655685722418) 2025-07-14 02:55:54 UTC 743.3K followers, 13.2K engagements "All the legal experts I have consulted today say they can not recall any past instances of a sitting president suing a news outlet over a story. I think this is important context about Trump's libel lawsuit against the WSJ"  [@brianstelter](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946360486166933565) 2025-07-19 00:04:36 UTC 743.5K followers, 8050 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](/creator/x/brianstelter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946374977713770508) 2025-07-19 01:02:11 UTC 743.5K followers, 228.2K engagements
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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 on X 2025-07-18 21:10:37 UTC 743.5K followers, 21.8K 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 on X 2025-07-15 19:23:29 UTC 743.4K followers, 11.4K engagements
"David Gergen who served as a presidential adviser to four presidents of both parties and educated generations of Americans about leadership and civic engagement has died. He was 83" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-11 21:33:01 UTC 743.5K followers, 84.3K engagements
"The rescission bill has passed the Senate. Once it passes the House as expected the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's budget will be zeroed out for the first time since 1967 back when TV stations still broadcast in black and white" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-17 12:36:26 UTC 743.5K followers, 13.6K engagements
"The GOP-controlled Congress allocated these tax dollars in the first place:" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-15 15:21:33 UTC 743.5K followers, 56.3K engagements
"This just in from Patricia Harrison CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting re: the rescission: Todays vote by the U.S. Senate to eliminate federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a decision with profound lasting negative consequences for every American. The American public trusts and values public media whose exceptional content and essential services are a public good that strengthens local communities. For nearly six decades public media has served families in every corner of America especially rural and tribal communities providing extraordinary vital content" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-17 16:26:39 UTC 743.5K followers, 24.7K 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 on X 2025-07-18 04:56:27 UTC 743.5K followers, 35.5K 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 on X 2025-07-19 02:02:09 UTC 743.5K followers, 16.2K engagements
"From the outside the idea made no sense at all. Why would a broadcast network cancel one of its best-known shows that ranks number one in its time slot But on the inside at CBS there were several plausible answers to that question" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 16:21:47 UTC 743.5K followers, 20.9K engagements
"@charliekirk11 @MarcACaputo @glennbeck On Alex Jones' show today Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said "this has been the first fracture in MAGA and we don't want this to happen anymore." But moments earlier she said this: "I really encourage everyone that continues to ask questions" about Epstein" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-15 19:27:46 UTC 743.4K followers, 8702 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 on X 2025-07-18 05:45:39 UTC 743.5K followers, 39.5K engagements
"A truly shocking news. I'm analyzing it with @OutFrontCNN now" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-17 23:45:35 UTC 743.5K followers, 41.2K engagements
"Trump thinks he has a legal superpower "I'm gonna sue The Wall Street Journal just like I sued everyone else" but no lawsuit will change what's already been published tonight" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 02:57:12 UTC 743.5K followers, 60.2K engagements
"The Senate is preparing to debate the "DOGE cuts" bill The New York Times is buzzing about some culture desk changes and Press Forward is announcing millions of dollars in new grants. Today's @ReliableSources has it all:" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-16 13:57:50 UTC 743.4K followers, 4909 engagements
"Remarkable plea from Murkowski to her Republican colleagues about saving public broadcasting likely to fall on deaf ears:" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-17 00:26:30 UTC 743.5K followers, 22.6K engagements
"Rarely has President Trump sounded as out of touch with his own base as he did this week when he said of Jeffrey Epstein "Are people still talking about this guy" Trump knows why his base is energized by Epstein theories because he consumes the same conspiratorial content" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-12 00:17:36 UTC 743.3K followers, 47.4K engagements
"I'm joining @andersoncooper on @AC360 with some fresh reporting about the shock CBS decision to cancel "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" 🔌" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 00:39:45 UTC 743.5K followers, 16.1K 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 on X 2025-07-16 17:20:25 UTC 743.5K followers, 278.5K engagements
"As @GlennBeck said "I don't know how you prove a negative. How do you prove there is no evidence" Here's my report on the Jeffrey Epstein fallout from tonight's @OutFrontCNN" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-16 02:47:01 UTC 743.5K followers, 19.6K 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 on X 2025-07-18 19:56:49 UTC 743.5K followers, 15K 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 on X 2025-06-25 19:23:07 UTC 743.5K followers, 308.5K 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 on X 2025-07-18 05:07:22 UTC 743.5K followers, 6789 engagements
""Epstein" has become shorthand for a much bigger conspiracy theory. Right-wing influencers have imagined a massive pedophile plot involving their perceived enemies. THAT lie is what explains so much of the ensuing fallout" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-13 16:49:48 UTC 743.4K followers, 36.1K engagements
"Trump is now effectively saying that many of MAGA media's trusted voices from talk radio hosts to TikTok stars have been lying to the base for years about Jeffrey Epstein and sex trafficking" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-17 14:06:07 UTC 743.5K followers, 6448 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 on X 2025-02-13 22:39:34 UTC 743.4K 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 on X 2025-07-17 18:17:27 UTC 743.5K followers, 171.7K 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 on X 2025-07-15 19:26:21 UTC 743.4K followers, 7928 engagements
"Today's @ReliableSources lead: Trump's confusing comments about the Jeffrey Epstein controversy are provoking cognitive dissonance among some of his extremely online supporters highlighting the information silo that shapes politics and media on the right" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-17 14:06:07 UTC 743.5K followers, 6969 engagements
"When you see important societal actors be it university presidents media outlets C.E.O.s mayors governors changing their behavior in order to avoid the wrath of the government thats a sign that weve crossed the line into some form of authoritarianism" @brianstelter on X 2025-03-07 16:14:45 UTC 743.4K followers, 98.1K engagements
"The @MiamiHerald is also asking the public for help: "Do you know someone who is being detained at Alligator Alcatraz Wed like to hear from you."" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-13 19:27:36 UTC 743.5K followers, 44.4K engagements
"If the Senate adopts the rescission bill some big-city PBS and NPR outlets will launch fundraising campaigns immediately. Smaller stations will have a much harder time doing that" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-16 23:33:34 UTC 743.5K followers, 28.3K 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 on X 2025-07-16 12:10:57 UTC 743.5K followers, 928.1K engagements
"Late-night TV's unfortunate reality: The bottom has been falling out of the late-night TV business model for several years now. One insider described ad revenue as cratering at CBS" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 18:52:18 UTC 743.5K followers, 10.2K engagements
""David Rhodes the onetime CBS News head and current executive at Sky in the U.K. is in talks to take over CBS News if/when the Skydance acquisition of Paramount closes per three sources familiar with the negotiations" @MattBelloni reports" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 05:35:26 UTC 743.5K followers, 14.1K engagements
"Fox's @BretBaier led his 6pm hour with Trump's new comments about the Epstein matter + "new pressure on A.G. Pam Bondi." Baier: "This story does not go away."" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-15 22:03:08 UTC 743.4K followers, 6412 engagements
""On their face conspiracy theories can seem stupid like vapid online chatter. But they dont go away and neither do the people who passionately believe in them. President Trump may be learning that the hard way." @Donie" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-17 01:18:41 UTC 743.5K followers, 26.4K engagements
"Well the WSJ editorial board can't be any more direct than this: "Don't Fire Jerome Powell Mr. President"" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-17 00:58:09 UTC 743.5K followers, 10.7K engagements
"At a time when other media outlets are hesitating and capitulating Rupert Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal just stood up to President Trump and scooped one of the biggest political stories of the summer" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 14:00:11 UTC 743.5K followers, 10.5K 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 on X 2025-07-18 16:21:48 UTC 743.5K followers, 20.9K 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 on X 2025-07-17 23:18:31 UTC 743.5K followers, 353.4K engagements
"Trump seems empowered by his settlements with Paramount and other media companies. but the WSJ was not deterred by his threats and today staffers are expressing pride in the publication for running the story despite the president's aggressive attempts to squash it" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 14:29:22 UTC 743.5K followers, 20K 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 on X 2025-07-11 20:21:08 UTC 743.5K followers, 821.4K 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 on X 2025-07-18 22:32:24 UTC 743.5K followers, 99.7K engagements
"Talking about the impacts of public broadcasting $$ cuts: Bigger stations in metro areas will have an easier time making up the gaps than smaller stations. Some broadcasters in rural areas will go dark without the federal support officials warn" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-16 22:35:33 UTC 743.5K followers, 21.2K 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 on X 2025-07-02 13:37:32 UTC 743.4K followers, 75.9K engagements
"Bongino's anger has "continued to grow" in recent days @kaitlancollins is reporting on CNN" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-11 18:21:07 UTC 743.5K followers, 72.2K 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 on X 2025-07-17 23:18:55 UTC 743.5K followers, 116.5K engagements
""Cancelations are part of the business but a corporation terminating a show in bad faith due to explicit or implicit political pressure is dangerous and unacceptable in a democratic society" the @WGAWest and @WGAEast say" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 19:09:10 UTC 743.5K followers, 14.6K engagements
"The buzz about a potential bombshell story started not long after Trump dismissed the growing Epstein controversy as a "hoax" conjured up by Democrats to hurt him. The WSJ sought comment from Trump on Tuesday; his "hoax" comments came on Wednesday AM" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 04:56:28 UTC 743.5K followers, 22.4K engagements
"This is a long-sought victory for President Trump who has harshly accused PBS and NPR newscasts of being "biased" and a long-dreaded disruption for local stations that bank on taxpayer support. Here's my latest:" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-17 12:36:26 UTC 743.5K followers, 11.9K engagements
"Charlie Kirk who raised eyebrows Monday by saying "I'm done talking about Epstein for the time being" said today that his comments were taken out of context. "WE'RE NOT MOVING ON" he said on the radio this afternoon practically shouting" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-15 19:24:56 UTC 743.4K followers, 3006 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 on X 2025-07-19 03:01:23 UTC 743.5K followers, 17.9K engagements
"It's a done deal: House Republicans have passed Trump's "DOGE cuts" including a complete defunding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Trump will sign the bill into law" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 04:59:51 UTC 743.5K followers, 9920 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 on X 2025-07-19 00:01:23 UTC 743.5K followers, 21.8K engagements
""Tonight our network's service to the nation suffered a tremendous setback" NPR says. "Together and with support from listeners and readers in communities around the nation we will work to rebuild."" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 05:05:21 UTC 743.5K followers, 10.1K engagements
"Trump and Murdoch's relationship is often mutually beneficial but occasionally turns ugly as both men maneuver for power. As one exec who has worked closely with Murdoch remarked to me "Rupert loves to poke the president in the eye once in a while."" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 14:47:43 UTC 743.5K followers, 18K engagements
"Speculation is already swirling about where Stephen Colbert could end up next. Will Netflix be calling him" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 02:45:43 UTC 743.5K followers, 21.2K engagements
""I'm not sure Donald Trump has fully thought this one through" @eliehonig says on @TheLeadCNN. We're live right now covering this lawsuit news" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 21:14:32 UTC 743.5K followers, 9339 engagements
"Fall in line or keep fighting for answers about Jeffrey Epstein Thats the rift in right-wing media now" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-15 19:23:29 UTC 743.4K followers, 26.3K 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 on X 2025-07-10 15:28:27 UTC 743.5K followers, 25.1K engagements
"Full statement from NPR CEO Katherine Maher about the rescission package "In the early hours of the morning on July XX the Senate narrowly passed H.R. X the Rescissions Act of 2025 XX to XX. The bill now moves back to the House for another vote on the current amended version giving Congress one more opportunity to protect the local independent public radio stations by rejecting this rescission. Nearly 3-in-4 Americans say they rely on their public radio stations for alerts and news for their public safety. In fact while the Senate voted on the floor yesterday a XXX earthquake struck off the" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-17 13:53:51 UTC 743.5K followers, 53.3K engagements
"David Ellison has been tight-lipped about his vision for CBS News so his interest in The Free Press is a significant signal about his plans to invest in reporting and analysis" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-11 20:22:08 UTC 743.5K followers, 135.7K 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 on X 2025-07-18 19:42:07 UTC 743.5K followers, 10.7K 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 on X 2025-07-18 20:28:03 UTC 743.5K followers, 10.9K engagements
"Breaking on CNN right now: "Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino has told people he is considering resigning amid a major clash between the FBI and DOJ over the continued fallout from the release of the Jeffrey Epstein memo several sources familiar with the matter told CNN."" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-11 18:21:07 UTC 743.5K followers, 292.6K engagements
"WH officials "are very frustrated" @kaitlancollins says "because they feel like this news cycle is only getting worse for them. It is not from people that they can easily dismiss or say 'it's the media' or Democrats it is their own base that is so furious and so angry."" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-12 00:34:59 UTC 743.5K followers, 627.1K 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 on X 2025-04-06 13:34:01 UTC 743.4K 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 on X 2025-07-18 14:00:12 UTC 743.5K followers, 6918 engagements
"The Corporation for Public Broadcasting 1967-2025 Congress has formally clawed back all the future funding for public TV and radio and now the bill is heading to Trump's desk" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 11:30:01 UTC 743.5K followers, 23.3K engagements
"Due to plunging ad revenue The Late Show is no longer profitable according to a source close to CBS. But" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 01:08:09 UTC 743.5K followers, 134.1K engagements
"Stephen Colbert merger casualty Rupert Murdoch journalistic champion David Rhodes CBS News savior Here's our attempt to make sense of all the major media stories that are unfolding now:" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 13:28:42 UTC 743.5K followers, 9738 engagements
""THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT will end in May 2026 at the close of the 2025-26 broadcast season" CBS says" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-17 23:16:39 UTC 743.5K 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 🧵" @brianstelter on X 2025-02-12 15:44:12 UTC 743.5K followers, 426.2K 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 on X 2025-07-18 19:00:29 UTC 743.5K followers, 179.7K engagements
"Senators Warren and Blumenthal + Reps Moskowitz and Stansbury are holding a press call about this proposal now:" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-16 15:37:28 UTC 743.4K followers, 12K engagements
"Trump: I told Rupert Murdoch it was a Scam that he shouldnt print this Fake Story. But he did and now Im going to sue his ass off and that of his third rate newspaper. It's a new chapter in the operatic relationship between Trump and Murdoch" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 03:00:48 UTC 743.5K followers, 9629 engagements
""Pockets of Donald Trumps most loyal base are increasingly angry at what they view as the administrations failure to fulfill its promises"" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-14 20:13:24 UTC 743.4K followers, 20.6K engagements
"The filing makes no mention of this week's surprise cancellation of "The Late Show." Execs at CBS say that the decision was made solely by the current management team with no input from Skydance in accordance with merger norms" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-18 19:42:07 UTC 743.5K followers, 8181 engagements
"PBS and NPR are facing a Friday deadline for the Senate to act on Trump's funding-clawback proposal" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-14 02:55:54 UTC 743.3K followers, 13.2K engagements
"All the legal experts I have consulted today say they can not recall any past instances of a sitting president suing a news outlet over a story. I think this is important context about Trump's libel lawsuit against the WSJ" @brianstelter on X 2025-07-19 00:04:36 UTC 743.5K followers, 8050 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 on X 2025-07-19 01:02:11 UTC 743.5K followers, 228.2K engagements