December 12, 2021: Chris Wallace joins an exodus of journalists from Fox News; left and right both frustrated with Biden news coverage; media covering, and recovering from, tornado outbreak

Reliable Sources

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🗓️ 13 December 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Brian Stelter speaks with newspaper publishers in Kentucky and Tennessee about the recovery from Friday's tornado outbreak. Plus, why is Tucker Carlson so popular on Russian TV? CNN reports on how the Fox echo chamber fuels Russian propaganda. And was the outcome of the Jussie Smollett trial also a guilty verdict for the media? SE Cupp, Will Bunch, Julia Ioffe, Bill Evans, Daniel Richardson, and Jay Rosen join Brian. 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	Hey, I'm Brian Salter live in New York, and this is Reliable Sources, where we examine
0:06.3	the story behind the story, trying to figure out what's reliable these days.
0:11.4	This hour we will go live to Kentucky and Tennessee for updates on the recovery from Friday's
0:15.9	terrible tornado outbreak.
0:17.5	Also, what is blaring from Vladimir Putin's propaganda machine, and how is American right-wing
0:23.1	media involved?
0:24.6	Matthew Chance has a report from the region, and later Jussie Smolett's hate crime hoax.
0:28.8	We're going to unpack the media's baggage from this case coming up.
0:33.3	Plus, Jay Rosen on how to cover a pro-democracy, and much more coming up this hour, but first,
0:40.3	a Sunday morning surprise in the TV news business.
0:43.4	Chris Wallace, the veteran moderator of Fox News Sunday, is leaving the network effective
0:49.0	immediately.
0:50.0	Here's how he announced it on his show just a few minutes ago.
0:54.6	It may sound corny, but I feel we've built a community here.
0:58.6	There's a lot you can do on Sunday mornings.
1:01.2	The fact you've chosen to spend this hour with us is something I cherish.
1:06.6	But after 18 years, I have decided to leave Fox.
1:09.9	I want to try something new to go beyond politics to all the things I'm interested in.
1:15.2	I'm ready for a new adventure, and I hope you'll check it out.
1:20.3	This is a shock to the TV news business.
1:22.9	Chris Wallace is one of the journalists that is at Fox, who stands out like a sore thumb,
1:30.1	because the network has become more and more radicalized, both in the Trump years and now
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