“When Trump lifers are calling for troops in the streets because they lost an election, that's radicalization. When they start speculating about breaking off and creating their own country, that is radicalization. All of this election denialism talk is radical. And yet, it is infesting the airwaves. It's everywhere in the pro-Trump media.”

American journalist, born 1985

Brian Patrick Stelter is an American journalist best known for his work as a CNN media correspondent and analyst. He was born in 1985. He hosted CNN's Reliable Sources and served as the network's chief media correspondent from 2013 to 2022, before returning in 2024 as a media analyst. Earlier, he reported on media for The New York Times and edited the blog TVNewser.