Hey, I'm Brian Stelter, and this is Reliable Sources, our weekly look at the story behind the story of how the media really works, how the news gets made, and how all of us can help make it better.

This hour, breaking news, deeply disturbing news from the Middle East.

Reports of a well-known Saudi journalist

killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

His editor will join me live with the latest.

So will one of the reporters who exposed the Trump family's sketchy tax schemes

that New York Times bombshell, we'll get into that. Plus, you didn't let me ask my

question. You've been asking a question for 10 minutes. Please sit down. Sit down, he says. Trump's negative tone toward women reporters is

spurring backlash. A lot to get to but first a triumphant weekend for

President Trump and for Republicans across the US with Brett Kavanaugh sworn in as an associate justice on the Supreme Court.

Meantime for Kavanaugh's opponents,

it's well frankly it's a terrible weekend and the country feels incredibly

delighted at this moment. Now whether you support Kavanaugh whether you oppose his

nomination no matter well let's recognize one thing. This was a moment that Christine Blasey Ford saw coming.

You know, we all learned her name three weeks ago today,

but she spent the summer debating whether to come forward, whether to share her allegations

publicly. Remember, she wrote to her Congresswoman, but she was reluctant to speak out.

She said, she figured the Kavanaugh would be confirmed.

During August 2018, the press reported that Mr. Kavanaugh's confirmation was virtually certain.

Persons painted him as a champion of women's rights and empowerment.

And I believed that if I came forward, my single voice would be drowned out by a chorus of powerful

supporters.

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