IT'S HERE: Mediaite's 2022 ranking of the Most Influential in News Media.
These are the anchors, hosts, reporters, editors, execs, media barons, and everyone else that drove the news cycle this year.
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CNN's Don Lemon Rips Musk's Thursday Night Massacre Twitter Purge As Trump-Style Attention Grab
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Elon Musk Ditches Interview When Reporter He Suspended from Twitter Asks Him About It
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Pelosi Tells CNN Reporter at Lunch, ‘I Don’t Think We Should Talk About Him While We’re Eating’ When Asked About Trump
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‘Impulsive and Unjustified’: CNN Slams Twitter for Suspending Journalists – Including Its Own Donie O’Sullivan
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CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan Addresses His and Others’ Permanent Twitter Suspensions, Warns of ‘Chilling Impact’ on Journalism
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‘Extreme Enemy of Free Speech’: Tesla Critic Says Elon Musk Bullied Him Off Twitter in 2018 By Calling His Employer and Threatening to Sue
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‘New Boss, Same as the Old Boss’: Liberals and Conservatives Demand Answers After Twitter Suspends Reporters
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Twitter Suspends Several Reporters’ Accounts in Thursday Night Massacre: ‘I Haven’t Been Given a Reason’
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Don Lemon Hits Musk for Only Allowing Hand-Picked Reporters to View 'Twitter Files' Data: 'Not in the Spirit of Free Speech'
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‘I Can’t Do This Anymore’: Steve Bannon Ridicules Trump’s NFT Announcement, Says Those Involved ‘Oughta Be Fired Today’
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‘I Can’t Believe I’m Going to Jail for an NFT Salesman’: Jan. 6 Rioter Seemingly Done with Trump After Announcement Flop
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‘We Shelter the Ignorant, the Racist – Who Only Stoke Anger’: Kinzinger Torches His Own Party in Final Floor Speech
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Colin Cowherd Compares Using Therapy To Broken Traditions In College Football
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GOP Congressman Shrugs Off Trump’s ‘Major Announcement’ Disappointment: 'He Has a Huge Sense of Humor'
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Fox News Anchor Pushes Gov. Youngkin On Election Results: Only 5 of 15 Gubernatorial Candidates You Supported Won
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'It's a Digital Trading Card… There You Go': Newsmax TV's Coverage of Trump's Underwhelming Announcement is Priceless
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Joe Rogan Tries to Dissuade Apple TV's Echo 3 Screenwriter From Joining TikTok: It ‘Really Should Be Illegal’
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Cable News Ratings Wednesday December 14: Tucker Carlson Crushes in the Demo, Erin Burnett Leads Non-Fox News Hosts
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Former NFL Star Richard Sherman Demands Radio Host 'Excuse' Himself From Own Show In Cringe Back And Forth
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GOP Strategist Says Moderate Republicans Are Looking to 'Flex Their Muscles,’ But Sometimes ‘They Don’t Even Know Where the Gym Is’
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Bari Weiss Warns Against ‘Handful of Unelected’ Tech Giants Wielding Such Vast Power Over Discourse — Including Elon Musk
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'Don't Bother Me With a Question Like That!' Disgusted Pelosi Torches Reporter at Weekly Press Conference
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Biden Joins In On Mocking Trump's 'Major Announcement,' Throws Some Shade on Twitter
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Derek Jeter Recalls 'Biting Tongue' On Gossip Articles During Playing Career: 'If You Do Address It Then It Just Continues To Go'
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Dave Chappelle Attacker Sentenced to 270 Days in Prison
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'They're Beating on Him Like He Stole Christmas': Sen. Kennedy Raves to Hannity 'Courageous' Musk Has 'Oranges the Size of Beach Balls'
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WATCH: CNN Hosts Defend Manu Raju, Roast McCarthy Over 'Dumb Snarky' Answer to 'Very Legitimate' Question
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PHOTOS: Media Stars Come Together For Mediaite's 'Most Influential' Bash
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Trump Vows to Ban Government From Labeling ‘Misinformation’ or ‘Disinformation’ If Reelected mediaite.com/a/vgjxa v
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Alexandra Pelosi Blames 'Traumatizing' Attack on Her Father on 'Stuff That Unwell People Get From Social Media'
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‘The View’ Co-Hosts Debate Meghan and Harry Documentary: Shameless Money Grab or Deserving of Sympathy?
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Stephen A. Smith BLASTED by Molly Qerim, His First Take Co-Host for 7 Years, for Botching Her Name: ‘You’re Embarrassing!’
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Fauci Claims Trump’s Comms Team Was Doing Opposition Research On Him: Felt ‘Waves Of Hostility’
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Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker Named Next President Of The NCAA
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Trump Relentlessly Mocked for 'Pathetic' Announcement of NFT Trading Cards of Himself
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Giuliani Violated Attorney Ethics Rules With 2020 Election Fraud Legal Claims, DC Bar Disciplinary Committee Finds
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Compelling and wildly popular, on powerful platforms, to powerful people, does the seemingly impossible: He calls it as he sees it, without fear or favor.
That's why he's among the most influential people in media this year:
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