The changes at CNN look politically motivated. That should concern us all | Robert Reich

Brian Stelter's very popular and commerically successful show was axed. The reason? Follow the money

For several years, Brian Stelter's Sunday show on CNN, Reliable Sources, has been a reliable source of intelligent criticism of Fox News, rightwing media in general, Trumpism, and the increasingly authoritarian lurch of the Republican party.

Last week, CNN abruptly canceled the show and effectively fired Stelter and his staff.

Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley and the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few and The Common Good. His new book, The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It, is out now. He is a Guardian US columnist. His newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com