Attendees at ADWEEK’s Mediaweek occasion acquired information they may use on Monday. The dynamic CNN duo of NewsNight anchor Abby Phillip and chief media analyst Brian Stelter took the stage for a TVNewser-hosted panel exploring the previous, current, and way forward for presidential election protection on the foremost cable networks.
The panel was a homecoming of types for Stelter; twenty years in the past, he created TVNewser in his faculty dorm room, launching him on a profession path that first led to The New York Instances and now CNN. “I’m simply glad that TVNewser remains to be related and there’s nonetheless one thing to jot down about,” Stelter stated of the weblog’s twentieth anniversary.
“I used to assume that by the point it was 2024, broadcast TV could be lifeless and I had no concept what cable would appear to be,” he added. “It seems, the way forward for media is all the above! Nothing dies, it simply will get added to.”
Phillip additionally addressed more moderen historical past. On Monday night time, she broke up a heated NewsNight alternate between conservative commentator Ryan Girdusky and former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan that ended with each males departing this system, and Girdusky being banned from returning to the community.
“I’ve by no means needed to kick folks off the present earlier than,” Phillip stated. “I didn’t count on the truth that it might occur final night time. Nevertheless it was a racist remark, and he stated it to somebody sitting proper in entrance of him. It simply was not acceptable.”
Listed below are different highlights from the panel, together with Stelter’s tackle the present state of play at Fox Information and Phillip giving the backstory on the “subclipping mafia” that’s reducing up cable information clips for social media consumption.
Phillip on the perfect and worst elements of Election Day protection
