Hey, I'm Brian Seltre, live in New York City.

Welcome to Reliable Sources,

where we covered the story behind the story.

We have big interviews coming up,

including two of the most powerful people

in the social media universe, the heads of YouTube and

Instagram are both on deck. Plus Philip Bump and Juliet Chaim on right-wing

media's role in pushing a false choice about closing or opening America.

And we're also going to talk about these television

personalities and ask if TV doctors can be hazardous for public health.

Plus something good that is coming out of the daily White House briefings, you've

probably noticed this, a new generation of reporters who are taking on presidential

tall tales and outright lies.

Two of those reporters are also coming up here. But first, the role of the press

during a national emergency. How should we properly advocate for you? Newspapers, networks,

news outlets should reflect the public's views,

answer their questions, inform their debates.

In fact, that's what publishers have been doing ever since the days of the Boston newsletter

and the Pennsylvania Evening Post. Now these days anyone can be a publisher

through social media, but the professional press shows like this one in

websites and magazines and so forth still set the national and global

conversation.

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