Brian Stelter attends the 11th annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute at the American Museum of Natural History on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Brian Stelter, host of CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” catches a lot of flak for his partisan hackery analysis on Twitter. It wouldn’t be so bad if he’d exhibit an iota of self-awareness.
But…he doesn’t. And so we have incidents like the one that unfolded this morning.
It seems that Stelter is deeply — deeply, deeply — concerned about Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch’s appearance on “Fox & Friends” this morning. You see, per Stelter, “Fox & Friends” is “one of the most partisan shows on TV.” Thus, it’s inappropriate for a Supreme Court Justice “to try to goose sales of his three-month-old book” on the show. (Would it matter if the book were a month old, Brian? A year?)
Justice Neil Gorsuch is on "Fox & Friends" right now. The Q: How is it appropriate for a Supreme Court justice to try to goose sales of his three-month-old book by chatting on one of the most partisan shows on TV?
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) December 17, 2019
Of course, Stelter didn’t take issue when Justice Gorsuch appeared on his own network CNN to hawk his book, “A Republic, If You Can Keep It,” in September. (Because CNN isn’t awash in partisanship.)
Nor, did he take issue with Justices Sonya Sotomayor or Stephen Breyer appearing on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” to hawk theirs.
Here is Justice Breyer pitching his book on Colbert in 2015 https://t.co/oz8P4cBuJG pic.twitter.com/fhBARiY4Bj
— Ben Williamson (@_WilliamsonBen) December 17, 2019
Or Justice Sotomayor’s appearance on the “Today Show” for the same purpose:
https://twitter.com/TimBowers62/status/1206952797360599045
Or the fact that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has thoroughly made the rounds (including “Maddow”) pitching hers:
Because there's nothing wrong with it.
Ask Ruth Bader Ginsburg who has been on a book tour for three fucking years, Brian. https://t.co/GFR7HmWDLG
— RBe (@RBPundit) December 17, 2019
NARRATOR: Ginsburg went on Maddow to promote her book and suddenly these guys aren't equally as acerbic.
Because they're frauds. https://t.co/gAMQqVt45k
— RBe (@RBPundit) December 17, 2019
In fact, Stelter appeared positively giddy about Breyer’s Colbert appearance:
What's the coolest (just-announced) booking of Colbert's second week, Stephen Breyer or Ban Ki-Moon or Bernie Sanders?
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 31, 2015
(So cool!)
But, heaven forbid a justice appear on “Fox & Friends” – the top-rated cable news morning show. Because partisan.
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