Paul Rieckhoff says Fox host's push to pardon accused war criminals 'should alarm all Americans'

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🗓️ 23 May 2019

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Paul Rieckhoff, founder of the Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America organization, talks with Brian Stelter about the Pentagon's lack of press briefings; news coverage of veteran's issues; and President Trump's relationship with the military. Rieckhoff also addresses reports that Fox's Pete Hegseth has been encouraging Trump to pardon accused war criminals. "Don't do this," he tells Trump. Rieckhoff, host of the "Angry Americans" podcast, also discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the podcasting format.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	Partening service members who are accused of war crimes.
0:07.0	Some members of the media are pushing for this to happen.
0:11.0	Others are trying to explain why it's a bad idea. Welcome to this
0:16.3	week's Reliable Sources Podcast. I'm your host Brian Stelter and this
0:20.7	weekly podcast is our chance to go more in-depth with media leaders
0:24.9	and newsmakers talking about how the news is made and how all of us can help make
0:29.8	it better. This week looking ahead toward Memorial Day weekend, I'm joined by Paul Reichoff.
0:36.4	He's the founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, that's IAVA.
0:41.1	Now he's the host of Angry Americans, the podcast, and a host on a serious
0:45.6	XM the Podes channel. Paul, thanks for coming on.
0:49.4	Thank you, Ryan, Great to be with you.
0:53.3	One of the most shocking headlines in the past few days has been about Fox News host, Pete Hag Seth,
0:59.2	apparently pressing President Trump to issue pardons for members of the military who have been accused of war crimes.
1:07.0	What was your reaction when you read this Daily Bee story about Higgseth doing this behind the scenes.
1:13.2	By the way, without even disclosing it to the viewers.
1:16.4	I wasn't surprised at all.
1:17.7	I mean, Heg Seth is an incredibly influential media
1:20.0	personality.
1:21.2	He's definitely got Trump's here. He's had dinner with him. I know him from the
1:24.7	veterans community. We've actually worked together in the past on some issues. But I think this underscores
1:29.7	the power of this influence journalism that's coming out of certain parts of the media, Fox in particular,
1:35.0	it's unprecedented.
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