December 13, 2020: How Biden deniers are being misled by right-wing media; member of Biden legal team reacts to Trump's election lies

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🗓️ 13 December 2020

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Plus... Local TV anchor helps thousands fighting for unemployment benefits; the story behind Jane Mayer's story about Dianne Feinstein; when right-wing "fan fiction" replaces journalism; Trump's favorite media outlets are ignoring the pandemic; why political reporters pay attention to voters' media diets; and more... Marc Elias, Matt Lewis, S.E. Cupp, Astead Herndon, Charlotte Alter, Jane Mayer and Anne McCloy join Brian Stelter. 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 Stelter and this is reliable sources.
0:04.0	Later this hour we will have more on the COVID-19 crisis.
0:07.0	We're also going to get to the hour's other big breaking news.
0:10.0	That is President Trump in his first on-camera interview since losing the
0:15.3	election. He is speaking out to Fox's Brian Kilmead making a lot of bogus claims
0:20.0	and we're going to fact-check those claims with one of the country's top
0:23.7	election law attorneys. He is standing by in just a moment. We have a lot of news to
0:28.6	get to but let me start as we you know take a moment there and appreciate this vaccine news,
0:35.0	appreciate the progress and help is on the way.
0:38.0	I also want to pause and think about what's happening today,
0:41.0	the denialism from the president and his supporters.
0:45.7	What makes this chapter of American history unique from all others?
0:49.5	I mean all throughout US history the losers of elections have cried foul.
0:53.7	Conspiracy theories have been around forever.
0:56.7	There were charges of fraud in 2004 for example
0:59.6	when John Kerry lost.
1:01.2	The difference now though is in your hands. It's on your phone. This
1:06.5	entire media ecosystem available at your fingertips. This hyper-partizan
1:10.8	hyper-connected media ecosystem is what enabled this year's conspiracy claims
1:15.7	to really take root and reach tens of millions of believers.
1:19.7	Back in 2004, it was just some random bloggers, and Carrie did not go along with it.
1:25.0	2020 is so different.
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