David Zurawik and April Ryan react to Trump's harsh tweets; Bernie Sanders' campaign manager speaks out about media bias; how the Mueller hearings reinforced America's media bunkers; behind the story that led to mass protests in Puerto Rico
Reliable Sources
CNN
3.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 28 July 2019
⏱️ 43 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, I'm Brian Stelter, and this is Reliable Sources, |
| 0:04.0 | our weekly look at the story behind the story, of how the media really works, |
| 0:08.5 | how the news gets made, and how all of us can help make it better. |
| 0:12.7 | This hour, Bernie Sanders campaign manager is standing by. |
| 0:15.8 | We're going to talk about media bias. |
| 0:17.5 | Plus, two journalists who helped spark these incredible protests |
| 0:20.8 | in Puerto Rico, costing the governor there. |
| 0:23.5 | Also coming up, David Zerwick, Amanda Carpenter, April Ryan, |
| 0:26.4 | and many more. |
| 0:27.6 | But let's begin with the one constant of the Trump ears. |
| 0:31.0 | There are always more tweets. This weekend racist messages |
| 0:36.0 | raging from the president's Twitter feed, his attacks on Baltimore Congressman |
| 0:40.0 | Elijah Cummings and the 700,000 residents of Maryland's 7th District. |
| 0:44.9 | There are six things going on at the same time. |
| 0:47.3 | I want to tell you all six. |
| 0:49.3 | Number one, the tweets are part of a pattern of racism displayed by Trump for several decades. |
| 0:54.0 | Number two, the tweets are factually inaccurate in several ways. |
| 0:58.0 | Number three, they are the result of Trump getting distorted information |
| 1:02.0 | from his friends at Fox News. |
| 1:05.6 | Those friends are actually doing him a disservice. |
| 1:08.0 | Number four, the tweets are a petty response to Democratic oversight of Trump by Democrats like Cummings. |
| 1:14.0 | Number five, they are a distraction from other important issues. |
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