And of course, by extension, CNN's people.
"Stelter tweeted a quote from an article written by AP writer David Bauder, saying: ‘Network TV anchors were the closest thing that America had to national leaders on 9/11. They were the moral authority on that first day’.
"He then added, ‘especially with political leaders in bunkers or otherwise out of sight’.
"DailyMail.com columnist and former host of The View, Meghan McCain was one of the first to criticize Stelter, saying: ‘I don’t know what this is even designed to mean other than to be incendiary on a dark anniversary’.
‘First responders led & ran into danger and died. Mayor Giuliani, Hillary Clinton, George Pataki, President Bush, Chuck Schumer…. there were many real leaders leading us,’ McCain tweeted in response to Stelter’s initial tweet. "...
..."Stelter’s tweet was met with a furious response, with Twitter users reminding him that the true heroes and leaders of 9/11 were the firefighters, police officers and paramedics.
"Stelter responded to the backlash in a follow-up tweet, writing that he merely quoted the piece he shared.
" ‘I remember,’ Stelter said. ‘Please send your objections to the author of the story or the person he quoted.’
"However, several social media users ignored Stelter’s response, adding that the host included own input to the tweet."...
...Responding to a question by anchor Brian Williams about how historians will look back on the day and the wearing of masks, Wallace went to bat to defend President Joe Biden’s dictatorial vaccine mandate, an unnecessary interjection of the vaccine politics that the administration and its media allies have used to bludgeon their enemies with into what should have been a solemn occasion....
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