The political conventions are unlike any that we have seen before.

The DNC last week and the RNC this week has gone virtual in the midst of a global pandemic. For the press, it is making the coverage a big challenge.

It seems like a story that CNN would have their media critic covering, but instead, CNN’s Brian Stelter is busy hawking his book that he wrote bashing Fox News.

Yesterday, Stelter stopped by NPR radio and he said some eye-opening stuff in a podcast interview.

NPR host Terry Gross asked him about changing and becoming more opinionated as a reporter in the Trump era. Stelter responded by essentially saying it's irresponsible in today's age to present both sides.

What?!

That is the very foundation of being a Journalist.

He then went on to say that many of the people at CNN have gone down the same path.

When asked if he has changed in the way he presents the news, Stelter said, “I have definitely been outspoken on Reliable Sources, I've been doing more monologues than I used to and so have a lot of other CNN anchors ...I think we have found that those personal essays are sometimes the best way to cut through all the noise of the Trump years...I think that's more effective than having a debate between two talking heads or falling for those both sides trap, he said. “You are definitely right, I have changed a bit,” he added.

But wait, wasn’t it CNN that told us this?

In other words, CNN has become the left version of Fox News, the same Fox News that Stelter wrote a book about criticizing them for their approach.

Let’s be honest and just say it. Whether you are talking about CNN, Fox News, or MSNBC, these outlets are not “cable news,” they are “cable opinion.”

It would be nice to tune into a national cable news outlet and get the news, both sides of the story, and then make up your own mind as to what you think about it.

Instead, we have people like Brian Stelter, Sean Hannity, and Rachel Maddow telling us how we should think.

I miss the days of real news.