New Media Guy Oliver Darcy Is Worse Than Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter is leaving CNN after the network canceled his Sunday program "Reliable Sources." Stelter's backup Oliver Darcy announced shortly after the news that he would stay to hold down the fort in Stelter's place. Darcy now leads the media division at CNN. That's a rather unfortunate roadblock for new leadership's plans to return to a formidable news agency. Stelter has political leanings that show in his analysis. Darcy, meanwhile, pretends to have political leanings to further his career. Stelter is left-wing. Darcy plays left-wing. But that wasn't always the case. Before joining CNN, Darcy portrayed a staunch conservative pundit online. Conservative media groups considered him a "rising star." In 2013, Red Alert Politics named Darcy among the top 30 right-leaning leaders under the age of 30. He began his career making videos mocking the liberal hypocrisy on college campuses and in the media. Darcy used to work for The Blaze, one of the leading conservative digital brands in the industry. In 2016, he mainly focused on CNN pushing lies in favor of Democrats. But then a job to backup Stelter emerged at CNN, and Darcy underwent a character change.
Brian Stelter and Oliver Darcy.
He's now among the praetorian guard for the establishment media. He's an ardent elitist, intolerable of conflicting opinions. His schtick includes calling for censoring voices that run afoul of the messaging that the corporate press promotes. Darcy requested
would allow more black people to die if they didn't cook white people their steaks -- whatever that means. He ignores segments such as Joy Reid pushing a conspiracy theory tying Gov. Ron DeSantis to sex trafficking rings. Rather than holding MSNBC "accountable," Darcy has defended the network. Darcy called it "nonsensicalThere's more respect for partisans than phonies. Consider Oliver Darcy a less credible, less informed, less sourced, and less authentic version of Brian Stelter. That's the new face of CNN's media beat.