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Trump Quotes by Brian Stelter

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Brian Stelter’s media commentary on Trump spans fifty‑two quotes, covering everything from news coverage to public perception. The extensive set gives you a thorough sense of how he interprets the former president’s influence on the media landscape.

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The political system, folks, is rigged. It's a rigged, disgusting, dirty system.

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There is a feedback loop between Trump and TV that is both good and bad.

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The New York Times' coverage of Trump's taxes is an emperor-has-no-clothes moment.

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I'm afraid the President election is going to be rigged. I have to be honest.

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Trump lies a whole lot more than Joe Biden or any other Democratic politician.

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Trump forces us to ask questions we didn't used to ask.

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Trump prides himself on being an intimidator.

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During the Trump years, many people felt that his antics were impossible to ignore.

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The greatest hoax of all of the Trump years is that Donald Trump has convinced one-third of the country not to believe…

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Trump has broken the news system because he has found ways to go out there, get attention, say a lot of things…

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I think it's clear that Trump is usually in a reactive mode, reacting to what he sees and hears on Fox.

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Everyone at Fox could see that the way to get attention, to get promoted, to get ahead was to hitch a ride…

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It's not as if Trump is addicted to the best-researched, most in-depth, meticulously sourced material in the world. If he were, we'd…

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Trump's words do have power. Power to inspire and influence. Also power to intimidate and incite fear.

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News outlets use words like erratic, volatile, unstable but rarely are Trump's words and actions covered as a whole and rarely do…

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Yeah, President-elect Trump is many things. To his voters, he's a beloved figure. But one of the things he is, is a…

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The Trump White House has employed several different strategies for sidestepping uncomfortable questions. There has been a rightward tilt at press conferences…

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Trump's inability to face the truth of his loss to Biden might explain why he has barely faced reporters at all in…

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Trump granted pardons because of Fox... He raged against migrant 'caravans' because of Fox. He accused public servants of treason because of…

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Looking back, Mr. Trump's exploitation of the term 'fake news' to smear journalists was the single most consequential thing he did during…

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There are networks now and websites that make Fox News blush, that, you know, people at Fox News say to me, well,…

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Donald Trump's biggest lie is about the election itself, the integrity of the election. He is alleging a massive conspiracy, thereby creating…

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During his 2016 campaign, Mr. Trump didn't rely on the word 'hoax.' He didn't even say 'fake news.' He called the news…

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Intelligence agencies, congressional leaders, and outside experts have all assessed that Russia was responsible for a sweeping attack on the US election…

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The Fox-Trump feedback loop is unlike anything we've seen in media before.

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The leaders of Fox News will never say this out loud, but they believe that their media empire is bigger than President…

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Trump's war on the nation's news media, his war on truth, his war on reality ultimately caused him to become the first…

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Donald Trump has shouted 'hoax' hundreds of times, about everything from climate change to Supreme Court rulings to impeachment.

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Donald Trump has been planting seeds for over a year, warning supporters not to trust the government, the polls or the media,…

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It is hard to tell where Fox ends and Trump begins. But if I had to choose one side of this, I…

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Fox is Trump's safe space. It's where he's not going to be humiliated, where he's not going to hear uncomfortable truths.

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I suppose my attitude is what's most important is that we surround the president's misleading information with accurate information and help people…

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Trump's Fox News fixation was a major theme of his presidency. He hired people from Fox, fired people because of Fox, and…

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Over time, the repetition, Donald Trump's lies about election rigging, have become a form of background noise, more of the same. And…

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Of course, 'Fox & Friends' is more of an entertainment product than a newscast. The show's viewers know that the morning show…

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When I watch Tucker's show, I hear - you're going to think I'm crazy - I hear 2024 campaign monologues. That's what…

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Many Republicans knew that Trump's anti-media attacks were damaging, and they cringed when his White House was consumed by his own narcissism.…

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This is the whole ball game, and this is what I really want to say. I'm proud that journalists are standing up,…

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When Trump lifers are calling for troops in the streets because they lost an election, that's radicalization. When they start speculating about…

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Were there hour-by-hour countdowns to the end of the Bush presidency? The end of the Obama years? No, definitely not to this…

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Some journalists are schmucks, in it for themselves, willing to cut corners. But in my experience the vast majority of journalists are trying to…

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News outlets use words like erratic, volatile, unstable but rarely are Trump's words and actions covered as a whole and rarely do news outlets…

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It's not as if Trump is addicted to the best-researched, most in-depth, meticulously sourced material in the world. If he were, we'd all be…

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The political system, folks, is rigged. It's a rigged, disgusting, dirty system.

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Many Republicans knew that Trump's anti-media attacks were damaging, and they cringed when his White House was consumed by his own narcissism. They knew…

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The leaders of Fox News will never say this out loud, but they believe that their media empire is bigger than President Trump.

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Trump's war on the nation's news media, his war on truth, his war on reality ultimately caused him to become the first U.S. president…

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I keep hearing from readers who say 'Hoax' helps them understand their own family a little bit better.

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Trump might think that Fox needs his star power, and on the margins it's true that Trump appearances and interviews are right-wing ratings boosters.…

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Rarely, if ever, has a cable news channel employed a host who has previously campaigned for the business goals of the channel's parent company.…

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Trump has broken the news system because he has found ways to go out there, get attention, say a lot of things that are…

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