Associated Press exec editor Sally Buzbee on Iran, impeachment, Iowa, and the future of news

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🗓️ 10 January 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Sally Buzbee, the top editor of the AP for the past three years, tells Brian Stelter about the news agency's top priorities and challenges, from covering the environment to combating misinformation. She tells how the news outlet is protecting journalists in Iran; fact-checking Donald Trump; and educating the public about polling ahead of the 2020 election. Buzbee also discusses the AP's future and the importance of collaborations.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	2020 has arrived with three big stories dominating the news cycle.
0:07.0	Iran impeachment and Iowa looking ahead to the Caucasus.
0:11.6	Yes, the three eyes all in the news and they're all subjects
0:16.0	where you need to know your history. So is the press doing enough to make sure we're not
0:21.2	repeating the mistakes of the past.
0:23.3	That's our question on this week's Reliable Sources Podcast.
0:27.4	I'm Brian Stelter, and this podcast is our chance
0:30.2	to go in depth with media leaders and newsmakers.
0:33.9	Talking about how the news is made,
0:36.4	and this week I'm joined by one of the biggest news decision
0:39.0	makers in the world.
0:41.3	That's Sally Busby.
0:42.3	She's the executive editor of the Associated Press, the news
0:45.2	agency that serves all these news outlets big and small all around the globe. Busby previously
0:51.8	served as the AP's Middle East Bureau Chief.
0:54.0	Then in 2010 she became D.C. Bureau Chief,
0:57.0	which means she was overseeing coverage of the Obama administration
1:00.0	and presidential elections.
1:01.0	And then on January 1st, 2017,
1:03.7	just before President Trump was inaugurated,
1:06.0	she became executive editor.
1:07.7	So there's lots to talk about.
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