Woodward and Bernstein share Watergate journalism lessons and preview the January 6 hearings
Reliable Sources
CNN
3.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2022
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward reflect on their bond 50 years after the Watergate story began. Plus, Biden senior adviser Gene Sperling explains the administration's media blitz about the economy; San Antonio Express-News executive editor Nora Lopez says officials are stonewalling the press in Uvalde; and Brian Stelter reports on CNN setting a higher standard for "breaking news."
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, I'm Brian Salter live in New York and this is Reliable Sources, where we examine |
| 0:06.1 | the story behind the story and we figure out what's reliable. |
| 0:09.9 | This hour Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein together for a rare joint interview, 50 years |
| 0:15.1 | since Watergate with new hearings about presidential misconduct about to begin, what can history |
| 0:21.3 | tell us about what comes next? |
| 0:23.5 | Plus, officials in Texas taking outrageous measures to defy the press to deny access |
| 0:30.3 | to refuse to answer questions about why all those children were murdered. |
| 0:34.0 | We're going to look into their most shocking act yet, and later inside the control room. |
| 0:39.4 | Why CNN is making a change across all of its shows trying to make sure we are not unduly |
| 0:44.3 | alarming you about the news. |
| 0:47.1 | But first, the Biden administration facing its harshest scrutiny yet, and for many different |
| 0:52.7 | reasons simultaneously. |
| 0:54.8 | Inflation in the U.S. is hurting American households. |
| 0:57.8 | Gas prices are a consistent source of pain. |
| 1:00.9 | Baby formula shortages are embarrassing and even downright frightening for families. |
| 1:06.1 | And the president looks powerless. |
| 1:09.4 | As this CNN dot com analysis says, powerless as crises crest around him. |
| 1:15.3 | NBC reports this week the Biden is selling AIDS. |
| 1:17.7 | He doesn't think Democrats go on television enough to defend him. |
| 1:20.9 | And he feels he's quote, not getting credit from Americans or the news media for actions |
| 1:25.0 | he believes have helped the country, particularly on the economy. |
| 1:29.5 | Perhaps that's why the administration is on a media blitz this week, trying to reassure |
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