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Stelter said in a statement to NPR that he was grateful for his time at CNN and the show's examination of the "media, truth and the stories that shape our world." A former New York Times reporter, he joined CNN in 2013 and took over the Sunday media affairs show at that time.
Stelter’s exit comes as new CNN CEO Chris Licht has put an emphasis on "news," as opposed to the liberal opinion programming that the network became known for under Jeff Zucker's management, particularly during the Trump administration.
Stelter developed a reputation as a left-wing pundit who spent much of his airtime criticizing conservative media. He was recently called out in a report about an attempt to restore the organization’s nonpartisan approach as the "face of the network's liberal shift" in the eyes of conservatives.