September 12, 2021: A trillion-dollar problem; The 'Big Lie' and the California recall; David Leonhardt on the Delta variant dilemma

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🗓️ 12 September 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Plus... Will Bunch says the press saw Afghanistan as a chance to "pounce" on Biden; Trump's new fantasy about last year's election; new innovations in investigative reporting; and more. David Leonhardt, April Ryan, Will Bunch, Jean Guerrero, Emily Ramshaw, Evan Hill and Nadine Ajaka join Brian Stelter. 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	Hey, I'm Brian Stelter, live here in New York, and this is Reliable Sources, where we
0:07.7	examine the story behind this story, and we try to figure it out.
0:11.4	What is Reliable?
0:13.0	This hour, how low will they go?
0:15.6	GOP Media law and the groundwork to lie about the California recall result will have analysis
0:21.0	from LA.
0:22.0	Plus, what is everybody getting wrong about the abortion law in Texas?
0:25.5	We're going to go live to Austin for a fact check on that.
0:28.7	And we are at the 18 month mark of the pandemic.
0:32.2	So what is the two month cycle, and why is Delta such a media dilemma?
0:36.3	We have COVID insights coming up that you won't hear anywhere else.
0:40.0	But first, how news sources should be covering a critical point in Biden's presidency?
0:46.2	He is facing some serious headwinds right now.
0:49.5	These headlines tell that story.
0:52.4	He is coming off the Afghanistan withdrawal, and now this may be the single most important
0:57.8	month of President Biden's entire tenure.
1:01.1	Between vaccine pressure, booster plans, infrastructure talks, and a potentially life-changing
1:05.7	social policy bill.
1:08.0	We've all heard the numbers, right?
1:09.4	The dollar figures, 3.5 trillion is the usual shorthand heard on TV news.
1:14.6	Though today, Senator Joe Manchin says he won't vote for a bill that is that big.
1:20.5	So we hear the price tag constantly, but what's being purchased?
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