Michael Isikoff on the Trump-Putin meeting, the Russia probes, and more
Reliable Sources
CNN
3.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 13 July 2018
⏱️ 31 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | It's going to be a global media event. |
| 0:04.0 | President Trump, meeting President Putin in Helsinki. |
| 0:08.0 | The world's news media will be covering every moment of this meeting. |
| 0:14.0 | But what will it really mean? |
| 0:16.0 | And how should the press frame this pivotal moment? |
| 0:20.0 | Let's get the story behind the story. |
| 0:22.0 | This is the Rel behind the story. |
| 0:22.8 | This is the Reliable Sources Podcast. |
| 0:25.2 | I'm Brian Stelter. |
| 0:26.6 | And this weekly podcast in between our Sunday television broadcasts |
| 0:30.4 | is a chance to go in depth with media leaders and newsmakers. |
| 0:35.0 | This week I'm thrilled to be joined by a newsmaker, Michael Lizikoff, he's the chief |
| 0:38.8 | investigative correspondent at Yahoo News, the co-author of the New York Times bestseller Russian Roulette, and the co-host of the |
| 0:46.2 | Scull Duggery Podcast. |
| 0:48.0 | Michael, thanks for coming over. |
| 0:49.0 | Hey, great to be with you. |
| 0:50.3 | It's been a few months since you and David Corn released Russian roulette. |
| 0:55.0 | It really was at the top of the charts for a while because I think people were hungry to try to know, |
| 1:00.0 | to find out what we already do know about Trump and his ties to Russia. |
| 1:04.8 | Do you feel that sometimes there's a disconnect between what the evidence shows |
| 1:10.0 | and what the public knows or wants to know about some of the confusing connections Trump has in his past to Russia? |
| 1:18.0 | Well, it is a confusing story and it's unfolded in bits and pieces and it's hard frankly for the viewers for |
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