Hey, I'm Brian Stelter, and it's time for reliable sources.

This is our weekly look at the story behind the story,

but how the media world works or doesn't work.

This hour, the latest on America's exploding COVID-19 crisis and how it's

being covered at the local level. Plus, could losing an election be good business for the

Trump family? We have new insight into the grift that's

underway and later President-elect Biden biking past the press. I'll tell you what

the reporters assigned to cover Biden are saying about him.

But first, I think we should be honest about America's supply and demand

a problem and why democracy is in a perilous place right now.

The 2020 election is over,

even though President Trump is still in denial about that.

His claims of voter fraud are the fraud.

Thus, reliable news sources are mostly moving on to cover President-elect Biden

to cover the transition instead.

But there is an entire constellation of websites and talk shows that are in denial just like Trump.

They are supplying disinformation about the election results.

And wherever there's a huge supply, there is a high demand.

These crowds in Washington over the weekend prove the point.

These crowds are being deceived about the election, but there's demand for it.

There's demand for a fictional universe.

You know what, I don't want to call it an alternative reality anymore,

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