CNN’s Brian Stelter Picks Media’s Biggest Winners and Losers in 2018
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STELTER: “Welcome back to “Reliable sources.” Let’s try to pick some of the biggest winners and losers of 2018. I think some of the big winners are those old-fashioned newspapers, “The New York Times,” “The Wall Street journal” we were just talking about, scoop after scoop from these papers are showing they’re more relevant than ever. Another winner this year is CNN’s Chris Cuomo. He moved to 9:00 P.M. It was a really risky move, but “Cuomo prime time” is now the network’s highest-rated show here. And cable news in general continues to be a winner. We’re seeing high ratings and high interest in all things politics. Another winner, Marc benioff. He’s the latest tech CEO to go out and buy a news outlet. In this case, he’s bought “Time” magazine. So maybe that means time is the winner? Fingers crossed, they both win in that situation. Now, what about the losers? I would say David pecker and the “National enquirer” is a loser this year. Of course, the catch-and-skill scheme has been exposed. Now he’s been granted immunity from prosecution. Sinclair, another loser this year. There’s been expose after expose of bias at Sinclair through their conservative-leaning commentaries, and Sinclair’s deal to buy tribune fell through. And perhaps the biggest loser of the year, Facebook. This has been their worst year ever.”
