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Kristol: Fox is part of 'toxic environment'; Lewis: Cable news heightens America's rage; America's tone starts at the very top; Inside the evacuation of CNN New York; Stelter: What I learned at a Trump rally; Social media's role in spreading hate; What's

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3.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Kristol: Fox is part of 'toxic environment'; Lewis: Cable news heightens America's rage; America's tone starts at the very top; Inside the evacuation of CNN New York; Stelter: What I learned at a Trump rally; Social media's role in spreading hate; What's next for Megyn Kelly?; 'All-hands-on-deck moment,' NYT publisher says; Sulzberger: Free press is an 'American ideal'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's Delta, and this is a special edition of reliable sources.

0:05.0

Right now, America can hardly catch its breath.

0:08.0

Think about the past 72 hours, as a headline here on CNN.com says three hate-filled crimes, three hate-filled

0:16.1

suspects.

0:17.1

And now a search for answers in a conversation about what inspires this hate, this violence, this disregard for humanity?

0:25.0

What role do our political leaders play?

0:28.0

What role does the news media play?

0:30.0

And what about the big technology platforms?

0:32.0

Because in the US today, people are And what they see on the big technology platforms.

0:39.6

Because in the US today, people are being radicalized by what they hear and by what they see on social media.

0:45.0

And it's pushing some people who are already prone to violence over the edge. Before we go any further, let me just say, two things are true at the same time.

0:50.0

Criminals are the ones responsible for their crimes.

0:53.2

But people in public life are responsible for the climate,

0:56.6

for the tone that can sometimes inspire horrific events.

1:01.2

Crimes don't happen in a vacuum.

1:04.0

So there's a lot to unpack and we have an all-star lineup to do it today.

1:08.0

As you know, the incidents of domestic terror and hate crimes this week started on Monday with a pipe bomb and

1:14.1

apparent pipe bomb sent to George Soros. Then of course bombs sent to

1:17.5

politicians, former US presidents, other leading Democratic politicians, and two of them were intended

1:24.8

here at CNN. One of the packages as you know ended up in the mailroom here at

1:29.1

CNN New York. The other package destined for CNN was founded a post office.

1:34.3

So all of that of course happened up until Friday, then the suspect was arrested.

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