January 31, 2021: Nick Kristof on Fox and extremism; left-wing media pressuring Biden to keep his promises; the right and wrong ways to cover Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
Reliable Sources
CNN
3.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2021
⏱️ 42 minutes
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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. |
| 0:10.0 | We figure out what is reliable. |
| 0:13.2 | This hour, the right and wrong ways to cover Marjorie Taylor Green. |
| 0:17.5 | Also, right-wing media villains are heroes to left-wing publications. |
| 0:22.6 | So what is the power of the progressive press in the Biden era? |
| 0:27.4 | And later, the changing of the Guard, a major newsroom from coast to coast. |
| 0:31.8 | Who will take over as top news outlets, search for new leadership? |
| 0:36.0 | We also have a farewell interview coming up with a living CNN legend, Our Editorial Compass, |
| 0:41.8 | Rick Davis. |
| 0:43.2 | But first, there is up in the sky information pollution, and the polluters are trying |
| 0:50.6 | to deflect blame. Dishonous cries of censorship are filling Fox's airwaves, |
| 0:56.0 | with charges that these guys, right here, are being suppressed. |
| 1:00.0 | The word censorship's been invoked almost 400 times on Fox this month alone and more than 300 times on Newsmax. |
| 1:08.0 | You know, post insurrection, a book publisher decided that it does not want to be in business with Senator Josh Hawley. |
| 1:14.2 | So he's been on a national TV tour claiming he's muzzled. |
| 1:18.1 | And Tucker Carlson is telling viewers that this network, CNN, is trying to force Fox News off the air, which is patently false. |
| 1:28.6 | It's as predictable as the sunrise. |
| 1:30.5 | Democrats win elections and then Republicans say they are being silenced. |
| 1:35.0 | But while some cry cancel culture, let me suggest a different way to think about this. |
| 1:39.0 | A harm reduction model. |
| 1:47.3 | Most people want clean air and blue skies and accurate news and rational views and then in that healthy environment that |
| 1:51.2 | looks beautiful, then we can have great fights about taxes and |
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