May 16, 2021: Israeli military spokesman and AP editor react to airstrike in Gaza; why the American media needs a 'democracy beat'
Reliable Sources
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🗓️ 16 May 2021
⏱️ 52 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, I'm Brian Zelter, live in New York, and this is Reliable Sources. |
| 0:07.8 | Here we examine the stories behind the story and figure out what is reliable these days. |
| 0:13.6 | This hour, a jam-packed program, the great unmasking in America, but there's contradictions |
| 0:19.0 | and confuse them. |
| 0:20.4 | So what should the press be doing to help us all return to normal? |
| 0:23.5 | Dr. Sanjay Gupta is here with answers. |
| 0:26.1 | Plus, as Liz Cheney calls out Donald Trump, calling him a continuing danger to our democracy, |
| 0:31.8 | how should newsrooms approach this story? |
| 0:34.2 | We have answers from three experts coming up. |
| 0:36.6 | And later, the story behind the story of Jake Tapper's new novel. |
| 0:40.9 | I learned a thing or two about writing from talking to Tapper about it, and I think you |
| 0:45.4 | will too. |
| 0:46.4 | So that's coming up. |
| 0:47.4 | But first, this Sunday has been the deadliest day yet in the week-long conflict and golfing |
| 0:53.5 | Gaza and Israel. |
| 0:55.0 | Palestinian officials reporting 188 killed in Gaza, Israeli officials reporting 10 killed |
| 1:00.6 | in Israel. |
| 1:02.0 | This weekend, there's been widespread condemnation of that Israeli air attack on a Gaza building |
| 1:08.2 | that housed the Associated Press Bureau and the Al-Jazeera Bureau in Gaza. |
| 1:13.6 | This building also contained homes, residences, and according to the Israeli defense officials, |
| 1:20.1 | it also contained Hamas military intelligence officers. |
| 1:25.8 | Look at the video. |
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