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Ed Pilkington in New York

Brian Stelter rebukes CNN on final show: ‘It’s not partisan to stand up to demagogues’

Brian Stelter.
Brian Stelter. Photograph: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

Brian Stelter, host of CNN’s media affairs show Reliable Sources which was cancelled last week after 30 years on air, used his final episode on Sunday to make a pointed rebuke of the network’s new bosses and their intention to pursue a more “neutral voice” to its coverage.

“It is not partisan to stand up for decency and democracy and dialogue,” Stelter said in his final monologue, which he stressed was unvetted by CNN management before he delivered it live. “It is not partisan to stand up to demagogues – it’s required, it’s patriotic.”

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