Dr. Anthony Falchy is one of the most influential men in America.

As the pandemic continues to derail American life,

how is Falchy using the media to get his messages out?

And does he feel like he is being heard?

Those are a couple of the questions on this week's Reliable Sources Podcast.

So let's cue the music. on this week's Reliable Sources Podcast.

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I'm Brian Stelter, and this is our weekly podcast edition

of the show when we can go more in depth

with media leaders and newsmakers. And Dr Anthony Falchy is

absolutely an important newsmaker. I would say he's one of the most trusted men in America, except that trust has been so polarized during this pandemic.

And Falchi has more than his fair share of attackers. People who denounce him, criticize him, say that he's

misleading the public. You know, this morass of misinformation has been one of the biggest challenges in coping with the

pandemic in the United States.

So I talked with Fauchy about that, about misinformation, but also about where people should seek out reliable, accurate information.

I was so lucky to have about 30 minutes with Vauchy for an interview originally

set up for World News Day. World News Day is an annual event put on by the

Canadian Journalism Foundation and the World Editors Forum. They were able to book

Fauchy for our webcast event since we were not able to meet up in person in Toronto for this year's World News Day.

So I spoke with Fauchy about the current stories in the news this week.

So let's get right to it. Talking with Fauchy about the news of the day, the latest on the pandemic,

but first, how he views his role in his relationship with the news media.

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