Hey, I'm Brian Stealther live here in New York, and this is Reliable Sources, where we examine

the story behind the story, and we figure out what's reliable.

This hour, analyzing NBC's rare TV interview with President Biden, and why he doesn't

give these interviews more often.

Plus, we're going inside the courtroom for Sarah Palin versus The New York Times, now that

a jury is deliberating, and later how social media beauty filters can have very ugly consequences.

Big tech insider Tristan Harris is here with some incredible insights about Silicon Valley

business models and what needs to change.

But first, President Joe Biden now a reportedly on a phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart,

this call was slay to start at 10.45 am eastern time, and of course the call comes amid

U.S. warnings that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could happen as soon as this week.

Ukraine taking a very different tone, and clearly an information war is already underway.

That's why the news media must provide context to conflicts.

Successful movement leaders and militaries aren't like media moguls in that they know

the power of images, and visuals, and information.

But I think we all know that images are not always what they appear to be, so we have

to apply a skeptical eye, not cynical, but skeptical.

For example, take these videos of Russian forces, dramatic scenes of Russian tanks rolling

through fields, the kinds of shots that Vladimir Putin wants everyone to see.

It's critical that newsrooms tell the audience what this is and where it came from.

That's why there's a label in the corner of the screen saying these images are from

the Russian Ministry of Defense.

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