Trump is the conspiracy theorist in chief; GOP voters dismissing 'blue wave' as 'fake news'; NYT called on carpet for curtains correction; Avenatti: Future presidents need TV skills; What's next for CBS and '60 Minutes?'; Trump's trick: He keeps repeating
Reliable Sources
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🗓️ 16 September 2018
⏱️ 38 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, I'm Brian Stelter, and this is Reliable Sources. |
| 0:04.6 | Our weekly look at the story behind the story of how the media really works, |
| 0:08.8 | how the news gets made, and how all of us can make it better. |
| 0:12.9 | This hour, a new era at CBS. |
| 0:14.7 | The company is searching for a new CEO and a new head of 60 minutes. |
| 0:19.5 | What's going to happen to America's top news magazine? Plus, Michael Avenatti is here live |
| 0:24.0 | for his first interview about this fight |
| 0:27.0 | with Tucker Carlson, |
| 0:28.0 | and later an unprecedented milestone. |
| 0:31.0 | The Washington Post's fact-chequer says even he was surprised by how fast |
| 0:35.3 | Trump hit the 5,000 falsehood mark. |
| 0:38.6 | And as we begin this hour, here's another one to add to the list on Saturday evening |
| 0:43.9 | President Trump tweeted about Hurricane Florence now tropical depression Florence |
| 0:48.4 | saying five deaths have been recorded thus far with regards to the hurricane. |
| 0:52.8 | He said, deepest sympathies and warmth go out to the families and friends of the victims. |
| 0:56.6 | May God be with him. |
| 0:58.0 | He said there, five people had died. |
| 1:00.1 | But at the time, CNN and Fox and the AP were all already reporting that the |
| 1:06.3 | death toll stood at at least 11. Now the latest reporting by CNN is that the |
| 1:11.2 | death toll is up to 13 and unfortunately that |
| 1:13.6 | that will likely rise. This is just one of thousands of examples of the |
| 1:17.9 | president getting it wrong right there again saying five deaths have been |
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