CNN's New Morning Duo Eager to Call 'Bullsh*t' in the AM

[demmiblue]

Keilar and Berman, the hosts of CNN’s revamped morning show debuting this week, talk with The Daily Beast about their plans to bring Keilar’s fiery fact-checks to the mornings.

Amid a flurry of post-election cable news shakeups earlier this year, CNN announced Brianna Keilar would move from her early afternoon slot to New Day, the network’s flagship weekday morning show, alongside John Berman. Keilar will replace longtime co-anchor Alisyn Camerota, who in turn will move to afternoons for a two-hour broadcast with Victor Blackwell.

Keilar, who has become well-known for her scathing “Roll the Tape” segments—which have called out what she described as “total bullshit,” frequently targeting the conspiratorial rhetoric of rival network Fox News—will officially make her debut on the New Day set this Monday.

Chatting via Zoom with The Daily Beast, Keilar and Berman talked about their competitors at Fox & Friends and MSNBC’s Morning Joe; how they plan to change the CNN morning broadcast; whether there’s a danger in giving airtime to known liars and peddlers of disinformation; and whether Keilar’s fiery fact-check segments will be a recurring feature of their show.

Rest assured, she said, “Roll the Tape” will, indeed, be a part of New Day.

“F yeah,” an excited Berman added.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/cnns-new-day-morning-duo-brianna-keilar-and-john-berman-eager-to-take-on-bullsht-in-the-am

[katmondoo]

1. I will skip that segment of CNN

[Scrivener7]

8. I'll be looking for it!

[FoxNewsSucks]

9. Have you never watched her?

I suggest heading to YouTube and watching a few clips. She is great. Exposes the bullshit and tolerates none of it.

[BootinUp]

10. That's it? No explanation?

[ProfessorGAC]

22. Don't Like Truth Tellers?

Ms. Keillar is a throwback journalist who calls out lies by calling them LIES! No weasel words.
What part of that do you find unattractive?

[brush]

30. You don't know what you're missing. She's been regularly fact-checking...

republicans TO THEIR FACE her midday show. I suspect this new show will shake up the early morning ratings with "Morning Joe" being the loser.

[Hortensis]

2. Keilar's an enormous improvement over the Fox-Lite pair,

but now the afternoon audience will get a long blast of their RW mindfucking.

Nevertheless, I'm glad the early morning choice will no longer be between RW spins on CNN and MSNBC.

[bottomofthehill]

3. I love Brianna's no bullshit attitude.

I hope she kicks the ever loving shit out of morning blow hards morning joe and company and fact checks the crap out of those fakers Fox and friends.

[hlthe2b]

4. So, LAT says the change occurred April 1. Has anyone watched?

If yes, how is it going?

[Doc Sportello]

5. They begin Monday

Earlier reports had it beginning April 1 but it's April 19.

[hlthe2b]

6. Okay, thanks

[a kennedy]

7. I'll be watching, I love Brianna, thought I was losing my mind not finding her.....

So glad she starts tomorrow.

[gab13by13]

11. I like her also,

went to Cal Berkeley which may or may not mean anything.

[brush]

31. Oh, that explains it. Cal is still a hot bed of leftist thought.

Been there, done that.

[SoCalDavidS]

12. No Love For Us West Coasters

I doubt I'll ever see her show again, since I'm never awake and watching TV between 3 & 6 AM.

It's enabled me to completely miss Morning Schmuck for all these years.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

28. That's funny. I remember spending time in California on vacation

and that really hit me. By the time you wake up all the big things that happened overnight and in the morning had already happened. It's like you're sleeping through the big news. Which makes you obviously very lucky

[SoCalDavidS]

29. Yeah, Well The Last 4 Years, There Was Always News, 24/7

Whenever Dipshit tweeted it was BREAKING NEWS, no matter the time of day.

[brush]

32. Berkeley and Cal have always leaned left politically. Still do.

Are you not aware of that?

[Rebl2]

13. I wish

she was still on at noon (central time) so I could switch to her instead of C. Todd. Will just watch local news at noon.

[Politicub]

14. That's great news! Brianna Keiler is fantastic.

While people on DU are mewling like sore-tailed cats about Chuck Todd on MSNBC, they have been missing Keller’s epic takedowns and take-no-prisoners coverage of the right.

[House of Roberts]

15. I see CNN moved Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell to 2-4pm edt.

I usually watched them in their earlier slot to avoid Squint and the Meat Puppet.

[FoxNewsSucks]

19. I love that name,

if only we could get the show renamed to that.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

27. I will definitely miss

Camerota! I love her. She is a really good example of a strong woman who has enormous confidence in herself. Plus she's witty and funny and self-deprecating. She lacks the harshness of her new replacement. That's my two cents. Lol

[badhair77]

16. I will miss her in afternoons but will definitely check out the morning version.

Love Brianna.

[snowybirdie]

17. Have to give it a try

Morning Joe is getting very tired. Same old contributors who have little new to offer now that the other guy is gone. Hope CNN will offer something new.

[Hortensis]

18. Well, all three cables won't be showing RW BS at the same time.

I like Keiler a lot also, but this shift means from 2-4 CNN viewers will get a big dose of Camerota's Fox-Lite.

She and what's-his-name (seldom watch them) will be opposite Tur and Ayman Mohyeldin on MSNBC. My opinion of Tur's integrity is not high. Her notably vitriolic tone in talking about HRC when subbing for someone made me suspect she was performing for the MSNBC brass, and of course she later got her own show peddling the MSNBC spin to their afternoon viewers.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

21. Can't agree with you at all about Katie Tur

But since she’s nine months pregnant, I don’t suppose she’ll be around much in the near future.

Oh well, at least we can agree about Brianna Keilar.

[bucolic_frolic]

20. Some competition for wishy-washy MoJoe

In my read of it, no sooner does MoJoe go left than he retreats right, and Mika never quite goes left except for women's issues. And there are several guests I find really tiring.

[YoshidaYui]

23. Years ago Walter Cronkite

made people trust him and the news, maybe its time she took up the mantle!

[mcar]

24. Looking forward to it

I'm meh on Berman but Keilar is great.

[ananda]

25. Good. That's much preferable to Morning Joe.

Thanks

[tiredtoo]

26. Interesting

Used to watch morning joe. thinking i was getting a republican view from a liberal network. but got sick of joe going on his republican rants. Now watch CNN.

[Peppertoo]

33. I was worried that Brianna would be unable to be aggressive in the morning show

I was wrong. She is pulling no punches. Plus, she is funny.