Editor’s Pick: Twitchy on Stelter Touting Ukraine CNN Ratings Boost

On Friday, Twitchy’s Sam Janney reported on CNN’s Brian Stelter taking to Twitter on Thursday to express his excitement that “a bunch of people watched the horrors of war on CNN.” Stelter touted: “The past 24 hours are a reminder that consumers in an era of YouTube and TikTok still gravitate to trusted, established news outlets during emergencies. They ‘know where to go,’ so to speak.”

Janney pointed out that it was “not a great look for any so-called journalist or pundit” and declared: “We get it, Brian feels like they’re losing relevance (he blames YouTube and TikTok and not their crap reporting, which is adorbs) but claiming ’emergencies’ help their ratings… yeah, that sucks, even for him.” Of course Stelter got absolutely dragged on Twitter for his remarks, which Janney highlighted.

Twitchy has the complete article.