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January 24, 2021: Three former press secretaries share insights; Trump's final favor to a Fox News star; is Biden making the news boring again?

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🗓️ 24 January 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Plus... Stuart Stevens says Rupert Murdoch is "the most dangerous immigrant in America;" Zeke Miller says the White House's new Covid protocols make the workplace "safer" for journalists; Biden-bashing has been turned up to 11 on right-wing TV. and a tribute to Larry King. Dr. Seema Yasmin, Karen Attiah, Zeke Miller, Stuart Stevens, Jay Carney, Joe Lockhart, Scot McClellan and Jim Acosta 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 Seltter Live in New York, and this is reliable sources, where we examine

0:06.7

the story behind the story and we figure out what is reliable.

0:11.2

Today with President Biden now in office, former Trump aides are speaking out.

0:15.0

I'll show you brand new comments from Dr. Deborah Burks about how Trump hurt America's pandemic response.

0:21.0

Plus, what should we expect from Biden's new press shop?

0:24.8

Press secretaries from the Bush, Clinton, and Obama White Houses are all coming together

0:28.8

here for the first time to talk about that.

0:31.8

And later, Trump's final act in office, literally as he was

0:34.3

touching down in Florida, his final act was a favor to a Fox News star. We will

0:39.7

have the pardon details and we will close with some wisdom from the late Larry King.

0:46.0

But first, this question, is President Biden making the news boring again?

0:51.9

People are always asking what the media will do post President Trump. This

0:56.0

week after Biden's inauguration they've been asking are reporters going through

0:59.7

withdrawal? Are they missing Trump's tweets? Are they lost without outrageous to cover?

1:06.3

These headlines from Axios and other websites point out that the Biden's plan is dull by design. So is he making the news boring again? Let me answer all

1:16.6

of those questions the way Biden would. Come on man! No way. The Biden White House is clearly a break from the chaos and

1:26.0

incompetence of Trump world. But we are living through history right now.

1:29.9

January alone has been one of the most tumultuous months in all of American history.

1:35.0

The follow-ups will take many months and maybe years.

1:38.0

There is so much to report, and there is nothing boring about the COVID-19 crisis.

1:43.8

Nothing boring about this national emergency as Biden has rightly identified it.

1:48.9

With more than 3,000 Americans dying from COVID-19 every single day. It is a story that demands our

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