CNN's Media Show Ignores ABC Whistleblower Story

CNN’s “Reliable Sources” media show on Sunday ignored the scandalous hot mic tape of ABC News anchor Amy Robach admitting her network refused to air damning reporting about now-deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, reports Fox News.

CNN senior media correspondent Brian Stelter has raised eyebrows this week by giving little attention to the story surrounding Epstein, in which an ABC News staffer apparently leaked the explosive video to controversial Project Veritas -- a group that has been critical of CNN. The story is widely regarded as one of the biggest media stories in recent memory, but it appears that CNN isn’t interested in informing its viewers.

CNN advertises Stelter’s “Reliable Sources" as a show that “examines the media world, telling the story behind the story” and that reveals “how the news gets made.”

The shocking video -- recorded in August 2019 about an interview reportedly spiked three years ago -- of an ABC News anchor admitting the Disney-owned network didn’t want to expose child sex crimes seems to fit CNN’s description of “Reliable Sources,” but Sunday’s edition – the first episode since the scandal broke -- instead focused on impeachment and criticizing conservative pundits who make pro-Trump statements.

NewsBusters Managing Editor Curtis Houck told Fox News that he’s not surprised Stelter “cowered and shirked his responsibility as a media correspondent and host” to at least acknowledge a “horrid tale of media corruption” on his show.

“But alas, this is what Stelter does and his ideology to defend the liberal press at all costs while playing the victim himself. This was instead of calling out ABC for robbing Epstein's victims of having their stories be told years earlier,” Houck said. “Thankfully for him, this is exactly what boss Jeff Zucker and his deeply liberal partisan colleagues are more than happy to echo.”