Reliable Sources

Reliable Sources examines how journalists do their jobs and how the media affect the stories they co

Episodes

Total: 444

Jonathan Swan on 'Trump's Last Stand,' the need to 'capture history' and the importance of leaks
2021/2/6

Jonathan Swan shares what he has learned about President Trump's final weeks in office, including a

January 31, 2021: Nick Kristof on Fox and extremism; left-wing media pressuring Biden to keep his promises; the right and wrong ways to cover Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
2021/1/31

Plus... Oliver Darcy says there is no real ‘civil war’ in the GOP; Brian Stelter discusses freedom o

Rick Davis, CNN's retiring head of news standards and practices, reflects on his 40 years with the network
2021/1/29

Rick Davis is a living CNN legend. He was the executive producer of CNN Sports when the network laun

January 24, 2021: Three former press secretaries share insights; Trump's final favor to a Fox News star; is Biden making the news boring again?
2021/1/24

Plus... Stuart Stevens says Rupert Murdoch is "the most dangerous immigrant in America;" Zeke Miller

Ron Brownstein: 'Demographic eclipse' explains this era's political chaos and undergirds the Fox Business business model of 'victimhood'
2021/1/22

Brian Stelter asks Ron Brownstein about how to process the years of history that have happened in ju

Sara Sidner on covering the Covid-19 'war zone' in California, and the moment her rage turned to tears on live TV
2021/1/15

CNN's Sara Sidner says she felt "exposed and embarrassed" when she was overcome with emotion during

January 10, 2021: The lies that led up to the riot; a 'mass delusion event;' hear the moment the mob turned on a CNN crew
2021/1/10

Plus... Congressional reporters share what they witnessed during the attack; editorial boards call f

Elle Reeve recounts the Capitol riot and her interviews with Trump supporters who were radicalized on the internet
2021/1/9

CNN correspondent Elle Reeve tells Brian Stelter what she witnessed in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday

January 3, 2020: How to cover a coup attempt; apocalyptic rhetoric in the Senate runoff ad war; Dan Abrams on possible defamation suits against right-wing media
2021/1/3

Plus...Timothy Snyder on Trump's authoritarian aims; growing numbness to the Covid-19 death toll; ho

December 27, 2020: Four CNN reporters reflect on Trump White House coverage; Jake Tapper and Daniel Dale's evaluation; will the media tune out Trump when Biden takes office?
2020/12/27

Plus... Trump declared 'war' with the media, but did he win?; 'blood sport' aspect of Trump's anti-m

The media in 2021: CNN media reporters look ahead to the biggest stories of next year
2020/12/22

How will news outlets adapt to covering Biden after four years of Trump? Will there be major mergers

December 20, 2020: The radicalizing power of right-wing media networks; Washington Post editor shares growth plans and post-Trump vision
2020/12/20

Plus... White House sources are sounding the alarm about Trump; Rupert Murdoch gets vaccine as his n

The media in 2020: How a stay-at-home year changed the news and entertainment landscape
2020/12/16

CNN reporters Oliver Darcy, Donie O'Sullivan, Kerry Flynn, Frank Pallotta and Chloe Melas join Brian

December 13, 2020: How Biden deniers are being misled by right-wing media; member of Biden legal team reacts to Trump's election lies
2020/12/13

Plus... Local TV anchor helps thousands fighting for unemployment benefits; the story behind Jane Ma

A 'split-screen' pandemic: Juliette Kayyem on covering Covid-19's dire death toll alongside vaccine distribution
2020/12/11

Juliette Kayyem, a Harvard lecturer and CNN national security analyst, talks about the balancing act

December 6, 2020: What Biden reads and watches; how Trump's junk-food media diet hurt his White House; why the BBC is investigating its infamous 1995 interview of Princess Diana
2020/12/6

Plus... Tom Friedman says "I pray to God" I don't have to write more Trump columns; how the AP is ha

Professor Kate Starbird on the dangers of 'participatory disinformation' and the roots of election denialism
2020/12/5

"There's this sort of co-creation of disinformation" about the 2020 election, resulting in a "really

November 29, 2020: Trump’s delusional TV interview; Jonathan Rauch on the ‘firehose of falsehood;’ how Politico is preparing to cover the Biden administration
2020/11/29

Plus... Washington Post reporter Jacqueline Alemany shares her Covid-19 experience to counter denier

Cognitive psychologist Briony Swire-Thompson on the science of lies, misinformation and fact-checking
2020/11/25

What is the allure of misinformation? What are the reasons why people believe lies, and what does it