Brian Stelter
Betsy Rothstein | Reporter
Quote of the Day:
“Mr. President, seriously stop talking about Senator McCain.”
— Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas).
What These Daily Beast Journalists REALLY Wanted To Call Their Book
“I want to be very clear about this: I wanted the title of my and @lachlan’s book to be ‘Another Shitstorm in Fucktown,’ but no one with any authority over that would let me.” — Asawin Suebsaeng, reporter, The Daily Beast.
According to Politico‘s Michael Calderone, Suebsaeng is teaming up with fellow reporter Lachlan Markay to write this: Sinking in the Swamp: How Trump’s Minions and Misfits Poisoned Washington. Viking has signed onto the project. Read more here.
WTF is going on with Clarence Thomas?
“SPOTTED : Clarence Thomas leaving lunch at the Capital Grille. He was greeted by a TMZ reporter, who yelled ‘Justice! Justice! Who do you like in March Madness?’ He laughed and said, ‘I like you.’” — Politico Playbook Thursday.
Mirror sources say the journalist was male.
Rudy Guiliani misses Fox News’s Judge Jeanine Pirro
“Jeanine is the best. We miss her honest and common sense analysis.” — Rudy Guiliani, Trump’s attorney.
Meghan McCain jokes about voting for her father in 2020
“At this point I may end up voting for the ghost of my father, who is so relevant right now.” — Meghan McCain on ABC’s “The View” Friday when discussing who she may vote for in 2020. One thing is for certain: She says she will never vote for Trump.
President Trump has been beating up on the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) all week long. (RELATED: Trump Doubles Down On His McCain Tweets)
George Conway calls b.s. on Trump approving Sen. McCain’s funeral
The National Cathedral has denied needing Trump’s permission to hold the service there.
“Yet another lie, apart from the disgrace of his attacks the late Sen. McCain. Again, his compulsion to lie knows no bounds. His mendacity is unprecedented for a public official. He debases his office, and all around him, especially those who shamelessly defend him.” — George Conway, husband to Trump Counselor Kellyanne Conway, on Thursday night. (RELATED: Kellyanne Conway Picks Trump Over Hubby)
Journalists who are becoming ‘Buttigeeks’
Democratic Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigeig‘s name is pronounced like this: Butta-judge.
“I’ll be honest: I wasn’t expecting to be so impressed, or even like!, Mayor @PeteButtigieg, but after my conversation with him for the latest #Deconstructed, I was. Big time. Other 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, beware!” —Mehdi Hasan, columnist, The Intercept.
“Mehdi joins the #Buttigeeks.” — Brian Beutler, editor-in-chief, Crooked Media.
“Rise of the #Buttigeeks,” Beutler tweeted on March 12.
“Making more Buttigeeks at ever stop,” Buetler tweeted on March 7.
With one more “t” Beutler could be in the ‘Butt’ family.
Journo annoyed by mispronunciation of her name
“I SWEAR TO GOODNESS IF ONE OF YOU MOTHERF***ERS MISPRONOUNCES MY SIMPLE SICILIAN LAST NAME ONE MORE TIME” — Amanda Prestigiacomo, writer, The Daily Wire.
Gossip Roundup
Atlantic reporter opines on the Conway situation… “The Conway marriage is a perfect metaphor for the current Republican Party, split between those who see Trump as an opportunity & those who see him as a horror—and yet, somehow, they stay together.” — Molly Ball, The Atlantic.
Tucker Carlson sends Brian Stelter a dozen jelly donuts. Here.
It’s truly amazing that MSNBC’s Chris Hayes can’t speak… like a regular human: “It’s truly amazing how much programming Fox News builds off of extremely recondite Twitter disputes.” — Chris Hayes, host, MSNBC.
Commentary‘s John Podhoretz took himself off Twitter this week after he said he wanted a neutron bomb to hit J-Schools. This was in response to ex-Teen Voguer Lauren Duca teaching a summer journalism class at NYU called “The Feminist.” Twitter’s unofficial social director Yashar Ali, a writer for HuffPost and New York Mag, insists Podhoretz, a familiar face on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, will return:”John Podhoretz will be back. That I can promise you. It may take a decade, but he’ll be back. (RELATED: Lauren Duca’s NYU Syllabus Is Really Bad)
MOO:Ellen Degeneres’s EP is on a mission against Devin Nunes
Rep. Nunes (R-Calif.) is suing Twitter for a sassy cow parody account that he says defamed him.
Source: The Daily Caller
Betsy Rothstein | Reporter
It’s a modern day media mystery.
Fox News host Tucker Carlson sent CNN Chief Media Correspondent Brian Stelter a dozen jelly donuts. Stelter received them Wednesday in New York, but so far has not reached out to Carlson in response. Sources tell The Mirror that Stelter was thrilled to get the delicate pastries but agitated and confused by the gesture. He told a number of people he had no idea what the point was.
Was it a peace offering? Maybe. It’s hard to get inside anyone’s brain or stomach. But what is certain is that there are more jelly donuts on Stelter’s horizon. From what I’m told, as many as he needs.
The donuts came from Dunkin’ Donuts. The box was signed with a Sharpie: “Brian! Enjoy. All best, Tucker Carlson.”
Stelter did not return an email request for comment.
Here’s what I asked: “I understand that Tucker Carlson sent you a dozen jelly donuts yesterday. Why do you think that is and do you plan to thank him or warm up the icy relations between you two? Do you consider this an apology of sorts? Would donuts suffice after he called you a ‘eunuch’? Lastly, did you eat them and were they good?”
Someone who knows him well said it’s likely he enjoyed the donuts even if he didn’t understand the reason for their arrival: “I’m pretty sure he snuck the box into the bathroom and scared them in a stall.”
Stelter’s longtime nemesis at Fox News is usually Sean Hannity. But in recent weeks, Stelter has badmouthed Carlson on CNN, clearly siding with a Media Matters “journalist” who dug up old conversations that Carlson had with shock jock Bubba the Love Sponge.
On last week’s show, Stelter went so far as to question the mental of health of Fox News, saying he really wanted the network to be “healthy.”
“For the record, if Tucker Carlson is watching, I don’t want Fox shut down,” he said, making himself out to be a big person even though he seriously insulted another network. “I just want Fox News to be a healthy part of the media ecosystem, and the spread of misinformation that happens on these programs is unhealthy. It’s as simple as that.” (RELATED: CNN’s Brian Stelter Questions Fox News’s Sanity)
Instead of being an unbiased media reporter, Stelter has taken it upon himself to question President Trump‘s mental health and now the mental stability of Fox News.
Carlson isn’t typically bubbly or warm toward Stelter. In fact, the donuts are probably the most kind gesture Carlson has shown Stelter in all the time they’ve known each other. Carlson has repeatedly called Stelter a “palace eunuch” on his prime-time program.
In January, Carlson told his viewers that Stelter was reading CNN President Jeff Zucker‘s talking points about Russia. Zucker had declared that anyone who is not spreading fear of Russia is doing the bidding of Russia.
“So the eunuch heads to the steps of the palace and reads the proclamation,” Carlson said. “Message received, thank you very much.” (RELATED: Tucker Carlson Calls Brian Stelter His Boss’s Marionette’)
Full disclosure: Carlson is one of the founders of The Daily Caller.
Source: The Daily Caller
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