January 3, 2020: How to cover a coup attempt; apocalyptic rhetoric in the Senate runoff ad war; Dan Abrams on possible defamation suits against right-wing media

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🗓️ 3 January 2021

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Plus...Timothy Snyder on Trump's authoritarian aims; growing numbness to the Covid-19 death toll; how news outlets are exposing vaccine distribution delays; a 2021 forecast from CNN's media reporters. Timothy Snyder, Rana Cash, Astead Herndon, Emma Hurt, Dan Abrams, Dr. James Hamblin and Juliette Kayyem join Brian Stelter.

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Brian Stelter live in New York, and this is reliable sources, where we examine the story behind the story and figure out what is reliable.
0:12.0	This hour, how the media bunkers in Georgia
0:16.2	are affecting the Senate runoff races there. We're going to go live to Atlanta and Savannah in a few minutes.
0:21.1	Also Fox and Newsmax facing legal threats will election
0:25.4	tech companies sue over the damage done to their reputations. Also from the hope of
0:30.6	the vaccine to the reality of the delays, how the media is helping
0:34.8	China spotlight on the flaws of this COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
0:38.8	Juliet Chaim, Dan Abrams, and many more are minutes away. But first, what away to welcome 2021? A cult is attempting
0:49.4	a coup in America. In the home of the free, the land of the brave, the biggest story right
0:54.8	now is about cowards, feeling captive to a lame duck president, pretending he won an election
1:01.0	that he lost.
1:03.0	Okay, how was that?
1:04.6	What did you think of that?
1:06.9	Was that the proper way to frame this story?
1:10.0	Is it accurate to call this a coup attempt? Are these the plotters? Is President Trump betraying
1:16.9	his oath of office? Are the lawmakers supporting him seditious? These words matter a lot right now. With Congress set to certify
1:24.4	Joe Biden's election win on Wednesday, the framing is really important. How the
1:29.7	nation's news media tells this story is a critical factor.
1:34.0	For example, should TV networks show the proceedings live
1:37.8	when the GOP objectors are baldly lying
1:41.8	on the floor of the Senate.
1:43.0	They're going to make up stuff.
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