RICK ASHLEY LIVING CLEAN.
>> Carley: THANKS, THAT’S FUN.
>> THIS PRODUCT, THIS SERVICE
WAS A SUCCESS OR A FAILURE, YOU
HAVE HATERS SAYING THIS WAS A
FAILURE.
LOOKING AT 20BETWEEN THE, I’M
TAKING YOU SERIOUSLY AS
CONTENDER BECAUSE OF YOUR
PRESENCE ON CABLE NEWS.
>> IT WAS SHOCKING, WE LOST OUR
LEADER THIS WEEK, WE’RE NOT
GOING ANYWHERE.
>> Todd: CONTROL Z, CNN IS
SAYING SO LONG TO HOST BRIAN
STELTER AND CANCELING HIS SHOW,
RELIABLE SOURCES.
>> Carley: JOE CONCHA JOINS US
NOW.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS?
>> Joe: I HAD TO BE SEWN INTO MY
PANTS TODAY AFTER VACATION, I
CAN RELATE TO THAT PROCESS.
BRIAN STELTER SEALED HIS OWN
FATE WHEN HE DECIDED WITH THE
HUBRIS TO END ALL HUBRIS TO
ATTACK DISCOVERY, THE COMPANY
THAT TOOK OVER CNN.
HERE IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY, THE
ZUCKER ERA CNN CLEARLY WERE NOT
WATCHING CNN DIRECTLY CHT YES,
I’M INCLUDING JOHN MALONE IN ALL
THIS, WHO IS JOHN MALONE?
DISCOVERY LARGEST SHAREHOLDER
AND ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL
PEOPLE IN BRIAN STELTER INCOMING
ORBIT.
LET’S INSULT HIM IN THE OPEN IN
CONDESCENDING FASHION AND EXPECT
TO KEEP A JOB WHERE HE GOT HALF
THE RATINGS OF MEDIA BUZZ ON
THIS NETWORK.
THE IRONY HERE, AS MEDIA
REPORTER YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO
CALL OUT MEDIA BIAS OR MEDIA
ACTIVISTS AND INSTEAD BRIAN
STELTER DID MORE TO HURT THE
IMAGE OF THIS INDUSTRY AND HIS
NETWORK THAN MOST PEOPLE YOU CAN
THINK OF.
HIS PROGRAM, HIS NEWSLETTER
EXISTED ALMOST SOLELY TO OBSESS
ABOUT FOX NEWS OFTEN IN A
DISHONEST MANNER.
LOOK AT IT AS JEB ZUCKER GETS
THE BOOT AND THEREFORE BRIAN
STELTER AS CHIEF HITMAN HAD NO
REAL ROLE LEFT AT THAT NETWORK
UNDER THIS NEW REGIME RUN BY
DISCOVERY.
>> Todd: YOU THINK SOMEBODY’S
JOB WHO IS MEDIA, HE WOULD READ
THE TEA LEAVES ON THE DISCOVER
PURCHASE AND NOT CALL OUT HIS
FUTURE BOSS OR NO LONGER BOSS, A
BOLD STRATEGY.
IS THIS THE END OF THE WOKE
LEFTIST PUSH AT CNN?
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT?
>> Joe: WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU
JUDGE PEOPLE BY THEIR ACTIONS AT
THIS POINT AND THE FACT THAT IN
THE SAME WEEK BASICALLY YOU HAVE
BRIAN STELTER, WHO YOU COULD
ARGUE WAS MOST PARTISAN PERSON
ON THERE AND JEFFREY TUBIN, WHO
WILL TAKE TIME TO GET TO KNOW
HIMSELF MORE.
HE’S GONE, AS WELL.
THAT IS TWO VERY BIG
PERSONALITIES ON THAT NETWORK
THAT ARE NO LONGER THERE,
PERHAPS THESE ARE MOVES TO GO
BACK TO THE CENTER.
THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO DO IF
YOU WATCH CNN ON A REGULAR
BASIS, STILL NOT THE OLD CNN WE
GREW UP WITH CERTAINLY.
>> Carley: BRIAN STELTER SAID HE
IS GRATEFUL FOR HIS TIME AT CNN
AND THANKFUL FOR VIEWERS WHO
TUNED IN EVERY WEEK FOR OUR
EXAMINATION OF THE MEDIA, TRUTH
AND STORIES THAT SHAPE OUR
WORLD, IT WAS A RARE PRIVILEGE
TO LEAD A WEEKLY SHOW FOCUSED ON
THE PRESS AT TIME IT HAS NEVER
BEEN MORE CONSEQUENTIAL, I’LL
HAVE MORE TO SAY ON SUNDAY,
WHICH WILL BE HIS LAST SHOW.
THERE IS THIS FROM THE
"WASHINGTON POST."
FACT CHECKER GLEN KESTLER
TALKING ABOUT THE ECPANNING
I.R.S. AND SAYS THE AUDIT IS NIL
AND 80s % ARE JUST EXCHANGE OF
LETTERS, THE STATED GOAL IS
CRACKING DOWN ON WELL HEALED TAX
CHIEFS TO CLOSE TAX GAP
ESTIMATED AT $381 BILLION A
YEAR.
THE I.R.S. WILL AUDIT MORE
PEOPLE TO PAY FOR THE INFLATION
REDUCTION ACT, TO GIVE THEM $80
BILLION MORE.
>> Joe: I’M SURPRISED HE DIDN’T
SAY SEIZE OR POUNCE, USUALLY THE
MORE COMMON WORDS USED IN THESE
SITUATIONS, THE IRS IS BEING
EXPANDED IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY.
NO ONE NEVER SAID I WANT TO SEE
MORE IRS IN OUR LIVES WHEN YOU
LOOK AT NONPARTISAN ANALYSIS AND
GLEN KESLER IS ANYTHING BUT
NONPARTISAN.
PEOPLE IN MIDDLE AND LOWER CLASS
WILL BE TARGETED MOST UNDER THIS
NEW IRS AND HAVE STRANGE FEELING
THIS WILL BACKFIRE ON THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY WHO THINK THIS
IS GOOD IDEA TO HIRE THE AGENTS.