Brian Stelter Offers Laughable Defense of CNN as Leftists at Network Panic Over New Ownership (VIDEO)

People at CNN are in a panic as Paramount is set to become the new owner of the far left network. The owner of Paramount is known to lean a little more to the right, so some people at the network are worried that they won’t be allowed to continue spinning the news against Trump and Republicans every day.

Enter noted potato, Brian Stelter.

Stelter appeared on the air with Wolf Blitzer tonight and offered an absolutely laughable take on the network’s coverage of the news.

NewsBusters has details:

Paramount’s victory in the Warner Bros. Discovery merger battle is causing great unrest inside CNN. Fox News is finding anonymous CNN staffers freaking out at the news. On CNN’s The Situation Room, chief media analyst Brian Stelter inspired an unintentional laugh riot when he said Paramount’s goal of news that’s “balanced and fact-based….sure sounds a lot like CNN’s mission.”

He also tried to address the maintenance of liberal bias, which he described as “editorial independence” that defines CNN. This is a fraught term, considering CNN didn’t exactly show independence on stories like President Biden’s mental decline — although Jake Tapper caught up after the election.

STELTER: Now, more broadly, CNN employees and viewers have real concern about whether Paramount CEO David Ellison will uphold the editorial independence that CNN is known for. There has been severe political turbulence in recent months, and President Trump has long sought to weaken CNN. Last December, Trump said, quote, it’s imperative that CNN be sold, and now that is what’s happening.

But I can tell you, Ellison has talked in recent months about how he wants to sustain the news business in the United States. And he has talked about his belief that, quote, “the majority of the country longs for news that is balanced and is fact-based.” And, Wolf, that sure sounds a lot like CNN’s mission, a lot of similarities here.

See the video below:

Panic at CNN over Paramount deal:

Brian Stelter quotes Ellison saying Americans want “news that is balanced and fact-based."

Stelter: “Wolf, that sure sounds a lot like CNN!" pic.twitter.com/5O6t2uMzGX

— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) February 27, 2026

Newsflash for Brian Stelter. CNN is not balance or fact-based. It’s a dumpster fire of left wing Trump hatred, and everyone knows it.

The best thing that could ever happen to CNN is for the new owner to absolutely clean house by firing a lot of people.

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