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 Sep 26, 2020

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Reliable Sources examines how journalists do their jobs and how the media affect the stories they cover in this CNN program. 

Episode Date
Media leaders convene for final episode of 'Reliable Sources' TV show
Aug 21, 2022
Shefali Luthra and Alice Miranda Ollstein on covering abortion rights in a post-Roe nation
Aug 19, 2022
Salman Rushdie event moderator recounts stabbing attack that left Rushdie critically injured
Aug 14, 2022
Elliot Ackerman reflects on Afghan war and how he helped rescue allies amid chaotic withdrawal
Aug 12, 2022
Inside the Biden White House, the Alex Jones trial, and the Kansas abortion vote
Aug 07, 2022
Jennifer Mercieca and Oliver Darcy analyze the Alex Jones trial and the right's embrace of Infowars
Aug 05, 2022
Paul Krugman on the economy, the media, and 'negativity bias'
Jul 31, 2022
Emily Baker-White on TikTok's Chinese ownership, global reach, and content challenges
Jul 29, 2022
Why the media must distinguish between Trump and 'Trumpism'
Jul 24, 2022
Charles Homans says 'Stop the Steal' is so much bigger than Trump and January 6
Jul 22, 2022
Covering the new reality of abortion in post-Roe America
Jul 17, 2022
Jeffrey Goldberg on The Atlantic's past, present and future
Jul 14, 2022
Nina Jankowicz on what can be done to end disinformation
Jul 10, 2022
David Zurawik says Alden's newspaper strategy is 'a threat to democracy'
Jul 07, 2022
TikTok under scrutiny: Top executive responds to concerns about China's ownership
Jul 03, 2022
Jeff Sharlet on the 'undertow' pulling America toward conflict
Jul 01, 2022
Scrutinizing media coverage of abortion and the Supreme Court
Jun 26, 2022
Talking Wordle's future with Jonathan Knight, head of games at The New York Times
Jun 23, 2022
Why newsrooms are adding 'democracy beat' reporters and ringing alarm bells about threats
Jun 19, 2022
Prison inmate turned journalist Keri Blakinger shares her unique insights from the criminal justice beat
Jun 16, 2022
Jan. 6 hearings showcase a huge split in American media
Jun 12, 2022
Evgenia Kara-Murza on her husband's arrest in Russia and their fight against Putin's "propaganda machine"
Jun 09, 2022
Woodward and Bernstein share Watergate journalism lessons and preview the January 6 hearings
Jun 05, 2022
'Inside the New Right:' What James Pogue's reporting has showed him about the future of conservative politics
Jun 02, 2022
Shimon Prokupecz lists unanswered questions about Uvalde elementary school shooting
May 29, 2022
'It never lets up in Texas:' Sewell Chan on the Texas Tribune's coverage of the Uvalde school shooting and more
May 26, 2022
Battle between Elon Musk and Twitter: Who wins and who loses?
May 22, 2022
Is Elon Musk right about Twitter spam bots? Kathleen Carley of Carnegie Mellon has answers
May 19, 2022
Buffalo Massacre Raises Questions About Media Environment That Exploits White Fear
May 15, 2022
After fourteen years Steve Schmidt is ready to tell this story about John McCain. Why now?
May 13, 2022
Three Unique Angles About Politico's Supreme Court Scoop And The Abortion Debate
May 08, 2022
Nick Confessore on Tucker Carlson's 'apocalyptic' rhetoric and remarkable reach
May 06, 2022
Trevor Noah Challenges The Media And President Biden Says 'American Democracy Is Not A Reality Show'
May 01, 2022
David Simon discusses his new HBO series ‘We Own This City;' local news; and his Twitter usage
Apr 28, 2022
A tumultuous week in media: From CNN to Disney, Netflix to Twitter, WaPo to NYT
Apr 24, 2022
Taylor Lorenz discusses 'Libs of TikTok' and her reporting practices
Apr 21, 2022
Masha Gessen says 'everything that is on Russian TV is a lie'
Apr 17, 2022
Danny Fenster recounts life behind bars in Myanmar
Apr 14, 2022
Disney heiress reacts to right-wing media's attacks: 'There is no neutrality anymore'
Apr 10, 2022
Mark Follman, author of "Trigger Points," discusses myths, data, and the media's response to mass shootings
Apr 07, 2022
Demonizing Disney: Why Mickey Mouse May Be A Factor In The Midterm Elections
Apr 03, 2022
Ambushed in Ukraine: Sky News journalists recount how they survived and how they're doing now
Mar 31, 2022
Independent Russian journalists find way to reach Russian audience from the outside
Mar 27, 2022
The top media stories of 2022 so far, dissected by Oliver Darcy
Mar 24, 2022
Ukrainian journalists suddenly turn into war correspondents
Mar 20, 2022
Kimberly Dozier on war reporting, deadly attacks, and what may happen next in Ukraine
Mar 17, 2022
Journalist in Russia speaks out despite risk of jail time
Mar 13, 2022
Two years since the pandemic began, Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal and Dr. James Hamblin assess what have we learned
Mar 11, 2022
Putin Puts Up Digital Walls, Making Reporting From Russia Much More Difficult
Mar 06, 2022
'Hinge of history:' Thomas Friedman on covering Ukraine war in 'this wired world'
Mar 03, 2022
Ukraine war: Social media is reshaping how the world sees conflict
Feb 27, 2022
Penguin Random House CEO Markus Dohle on 'unprecedented' number of book bans and how to fight back
Feb 25, 2022
Former Fox president says Clinton obsession is about business, not news
Feb 20, 2022
How many Americans believe false claims about Covid-19 vaccines? Katherine Ognyanova has answers
Feb 17, 2022
Inside the courtroom for Palin v. New York Times trial
Feb 13, 2022
Tristan Harris says 'civil war for profit business model' is harming democracy
Feb 11, 2022
What's Next For CNN Following This Week's Shakeup?
Feb 06, 2022
Inside CNN after the stunning resignation of Jeff Zucker
Feb 04, 2022
'High Conflict' author dissects the problem with 'conflict entrepreneurs'
Jan 30, 2022
'Tech Won. Now What?' Shira Ovide on the big stories about Big Tech right now
Jan 28, 2022
Bob Costas previews the Beijing Olympics and the obstacles NBC will face
Jan 23, 2022
What the media needs to know about Gen Z, the "zoomers" and their "Fight"
Jan 21, 2022
Stark contrasts in how media treats Trump and Biden
Jan 16, 2022
Jessica Lessin on 'influencer journalists' and the subscription model for startups
Jan 14, 2022
Facebook's Former Elections Boss Speaks Out About 'Electoral Tsunami'
Jan 09, 2022
What the success of "Yellowstone" says about the state of cable TV and streaming
Jan 07, 2022
The story of January 6 keeps getting bigger
Jan 02, 2022
News overload, 'doomscrolling,' and global crackdowns on free press
Dec 26, 2021
Brian and Oliver recap the year in media and look ahead to 2022
Dec 22, 2021
How the media should cover Omicron and the Covid surge
Dec 19, 2021
Global Reporting Center founder Peter Klein on "embracing complexity" and covering the world's neglected stories for an American audience
Dec 16, 2021
December 12, 2021: Chris Wallace joins an exodus of journalists from Fox News; left and right both frustrated with Biden news coverage; media covering, and recovering from, tornado outbreak
Dec 13, 2021
Jay Rosen on "pro-democracy" media and what the next chapter in the political journalism playbook should say
Dec 10, 2021
December 5, 2021: The timeline of events leading to Chris Cuomo’s firing; the White House speaks out against the press; reporter Lara Logan makes shocking Nazi comparison.
Dec 05, 2021
"Tinderbox" author James Andrew Miller on HBO, streaming and the future of TV
Dec 02, 2021
November 28, 2021: Dr. Jonathan Reiner on how to cover Omicron; Susan Glasser on the GOP media's 'purge;' is President Biden doing enough to shape his own story?
Nov 28, 2021
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade guru Wesley Whatley takes us behind the scenes of the most-watched variety show of the year
Nov 23, 2021
November 21, 2021: David French critiques Rittenhouse coverage; Nikole Hannah-Jones reacts to '1619' curriculum bans; how would the press handle a Trump 2024 campaign?
Nov 21, 2021
"All the News That's Fit to Click:" Caitlin Petre explains how metrics are reshaping how American newsrooms operate
Nov 18, 2021
November 14, 2021: Steve Bannon becomes right-wing media's new martyr; the role of documentaries in the Britney Spears case; as inflation fears rise, is the news coverage falling short?
Nov 14, 2021
Jon Allsop on covering the coverage of COP26 and climate, "the biggest story in the world"
Nov 12, 2021
November 7, 2021: Election postmortem for the press; how pro-Trump outlets are trying to erase Jan. 6 reality; are newsrooms in a "woke stranglehold?"
Nov 07, 2021
Brian Rosenwald discusses right-wing talk radio, this week's elections, and conservative media as 'a soap opera for men'
Nov 04, 2021
October 31, 2021: Brian Stelter's ominous prediction about 2022 and beyond; David Leonhardt talks Covid-19 and 'bad news bias'
Oct 31, 2021
Entrepreneur Stewart Bainum explains his Baltimore Banner startup and why local news is critical to 'strengthening democracy'
Oct 29, 2021
October 24, 2021: Senator Blumenthal discusses the 'Facebook Papers;' a new report on YouTube's filter bubble; Jackie Calmes dissects the "both sides" problem in political coverage
Oct 24, 2021
Climate expert Mark Lynas on the 'final nail in the coffin' of climate denial; media coverage of COP26; and more
Oct 22, 2021
October 17, 2021: Robert Costa says political reporters are on the democracy beat; 'Brainwashing' author argues Fox tears families apart; is Netflix resisting 'cancel culture' by backing Dave Chappelle?
Oct 17, 2021
Bari Weiss says "the world has gone mad." She is using Substack to deliver "honest news for sane people."
Oct 14, 2021
October 10, 2021: David Zurawik slams Fox's anti-vaccine message; Meridith McGraw shares Trump rally takeaways; why the media shouldn't 'normalize' abnormal political behavior
Oct 10, 2021
Facebook Files reporter Jeff Horwitz on his source relationship with whistleblower Frances Haugen — and why he felt "properly paranoid"
Oct 07, 2021
October 3, 2021: Nick Clegg defends Facebook as whistleblower comes forward; Ben Smith discusses his explosive reporting about Ozy Media
Oct 03, 2021
Jeffrey Toobin previews the new Supreme Court term and how the arguments will be heard in a whole new way
Oct 01, 2021
September 26, 2021: Nikole Hannah-Jones on the meaning of 'Banned Book Week;' Timothy Snyder on the right-wing media's 'safe space for the Big Lie'
Sep 26, 2021
Substack CEO Chris Best on the past, present and future of newsletters and digital subscription models
Sep 23, 2021
September 19, 2021: 'Lie, rinse, and repeat' is GOP media's specialty; new revelations from 'Peril;' will Facebook Files revelations spur any real change?
Sep 19, 2021
Brian Lowry and Sandra Gonzalez on the new TV season and the benefits of streaming
Sep 17, 2021
September 12, 2021: A trillion-dollar problem; The 'Big Lie' and the California recall; David Leonhardt on the Delta variant dilemma
Sep 12, 2021
You're the new owner of a local newspaper. Now what do you do?
Sep 08, 2021
September 5, 2021: VOA journalists in Afghanistan fear 'they will be left behind, they will be forgotten'; evaluating 9/11 coverage 20 years later
Sep 05, 2021
CNN's Kerry Flynn and Oliver Darcy recap the summer of media news and preview the fall
Sep 02, 2021
August 29, 2021: Inside the efforts to get Afghan journalists to safety; critiquing coverage of President Biden; Larry Elder's anti-media campaign
Aug 29, 2021
Jean Guerrero on covering Larry Elder, Gavin Newsom, and the California recall
Aug 26, 2021
August 22, 2021: Clarissa Ward recounts her journey out of Afghanistan; Matthew Dowd and Amanda Marcotte critique coverage of Biden
Aug 22, 2021
Joe Bernstein on 'Big Disinfo' and the power of the disinformation frame
Aug 19, 2021
August 15, 2021: Taliban takes control of Kabul; Afghan journalists are 'absolutely petrified;' U.S. Surgeon General critiques Covid-19 media coverage
Aug 15, 2021
Megan Stack on the American withdrawal from Afghanistan and the perilous situation for journalists on the ground
Aug 12, 2021
August 8, 2021: Albany Times Union editor dissects Gov. Cuomo's behavior; behind the scenes of CNN conversations about Chris Cuomo; piecing together evidence of Trump's coup attempt
Aug 08, 2021
Kelly McBride on her NPR public editor role and substantial changes to NPR's ethics policy
Aug 05, 2021
August 1, 2021: Calling out 'hyperbolic' Covid-19 coverage; how local reporters are addressing vaccine refusal; Rep. Jackie Speier on the 'cult' of Trump
Aug 01, 2021
Dr. Nicole Baldwin on how to rebut Covid-19 misinformation and how the media should cover the Delta variant
Jul 29, 2021
July 25, 2021: Carl Bernstein on Trump's delusions; Andy Slavitt on Covid surge coverage; Julie K. Brown on the importance of local journalism
Jul 25, 2021
How to launch your own news outlet: Phillip Smith on the Google News Initiative digital 'bootcamp,' and why 'journalists can make great entrepreneurs'
Jul 22, 2021
July 18, 2021: Former Facebook executive Brian Boland breaks his silence; 'Landslide' author Michael Wolff on Trump, Murdoch and the media; Charlotte Alter on her interview with Tucker Carlson
Jul 18, 2021
David Frum says this 'F word' now describes what Trumpism is becoming
Jul 15, 2021
Nikki Usher on 'News for the Rich, White, and Blue,' and how place and power distort journalism in America
Jul 08, 2021
July 4, 2021: Independence from the virus; partisan media in a Biden-induced slump; is Tucker Carlson the new Alex Jones?
Jul 04, 2021
Covering a hometown disaster: Miami Herald executive editor Monica Richardson on the Surfside condo collapse
Jul 01, 2021
June 27, 2021: Examining a week of Sean Hannity's language; MAGA media normalizing talk of violence; outgoing editor's message about the Capital Gazette
Jun 27, 2021
Patrick Soon-Shiong and Kevin Merida share their vision for the future of the Los Angeles Times
Jun 25, 2021
June 20, 2021: Inside CNN's effort to obtain January 6 riot video; the 'why' behind Tucker Carlson's new conspiracy theory
Jun 20, 2021
Jay Rosen on right-wing TV drifting 'further from the real,' and how journalists should 'rethink and rebuild' to cover it
Jun 17, 2021
June 13, 2021: ProPublica EIC answers questions about stunning tax leak; CNN DC bureau chief previews meeting with Attorney General Merrick Garland
Jun 13, 2021
Thomas Edsall on the new 'anti-democratic party,' and the challenges for the media
Jun 11, 2021
June 6, 2021: One-on-one with press secretary Jen Psaki; rating Trump's relative newsworthiness; should the infrastructure bill include money for local news?
Jun 06, 2021
Judd Legum on accountability journalism, Substack and his newsletter's impacts on corporate America
Jun 03, 2021
May 30, 2021: American journalist Danny Fenster detained in Myanmar; new signs of democratic erosion; is news coverage behind the Covid-19 curve?
May 30, 2021
Kyung Lah's dispatch from Maricopa County: 'Democracy will die by a thousand paper cuts, and this is a huge cut at it'
May 28, 2021
May 23, 2021: How to cover a radicalized Republican party; four stories in the news about CNN; a narrative shift in American politics?
May 23, 2021
Dr. Joan Donovan on 'media manipulation,' the meme wars, and how disinformation hijacks free expression
May 21, 2021
May 16, 2021: Israeli military spokesman and AP editor react to airstrike in Gaza; why the American media needs a 'democracy beat'
May 16, 2021
'Madoff Talks' author Jim Campbell on the 'untold story' of Bernie Madoff's notorious Ponzi scheme
May 13, 2021
May 9, 2021: How 'Foxitis' is hurting America's pandemic response; Bezos biographer Brad Stone on covering the world's richest man
May 09, 2021
Rana Ayyub on the tragedy in India: 'This reporting that we do is now at our doorstep'
May 06, 2021
May 2, 2021: How 'political sectarianism' explains America's divides; the Giuliani scoop that wasn't; Bill Carter on late night changes
May 02, 2021
A sneak preview of the post-pandemic movie business: 'Hollywood is going to have to change because we've changed'
Apr 29, 2021
April 25, 2020: Contrasting media coverage of Derek Chauvin's trial; an exclusive inside look at how far-right media operates from two recent defectors.
Apr 25, 2021
National Parks Traveler editor-in-chief Kurt Repanshek shares news from America's treasured places
Apr 22, 2021
Malcolm Turnbull, the former Australian prime minister, on the Murdochs and the 'market for crazy'
Apr 19, 2021
April 18, 2021: How to break the cycle of gun violence coverage; CNN reporters share first-hand stories about covering unrest in Minnesota
Apr 18, 2021
Lisa Napoli on the lessons from her new book 'The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR'
Apr 15, 2021
April 11, 2021: Trump's war on truth continues in the Biden era; ADL CEO calls for Tucker Carlson's ouster; how '60 Minutes' story on Ron DeSantis feeds distrust in the media
Apr 11, 2021
Claire McNear on the importance of "Jeopardy!" and the future of the franchise
Apr 08, 2021
April 4, 2021: Sara Sidner's impressions from inside the Chauvin trial; Jim Acosta on 'post-Trump stress disorder;' is Biden's spending plan getting a fair shake?
Apr 04, 2021
Three months in: CNN media team roundtable about 2021's biggest stories so far
Apr 01, 2021
March 28, 2021: Dominion lawyer explains lawsuit against Fox; are White House correspondents out of sync with the country?
Mar 28, 2021
John Temple on 'the limits of journalism' as news outlets mobilize to cover yet another mass shooting
Mar 25, 2021
March 21, 2021: Connie Chung on coverage of anti-Asian hate; Rep. Ilhan Omar on the immigration debate; David French on 'cancel culture' and corporate cowardice
Mar 21, 2021
How is climate change coverage changing? A conversation with Emily Atkin, Emily Holden and John Sutter
Mar 19, 2021
March 14, 2021: Tucker Carlson is the new Donald Trump; how to improve coverage of voting rights; the British media's belated reckoning with race
Mar 14, 2021
Sunshine Week 2021: Meet three journalists who are shining a light on local and federal government
Mar 12, 2021
March 7, 2021: All roads lead to the Murdochs; royal correspondent defends negative Meghan Markle coverage; Iowa reporter faces trial after covering BLM protest
Mar 07, 2021
The Atlantic's Alexis Madrigal on ending the COVID Tracking Project, and what that says about the federal response to the pandemic
Mar 05, 2021
February 28, 2020: What CPAC revealed about the state of right-wing media; inside the NYT's diversity report; Stelter says 'don't get distracted'
Feb 28, 2021
Marty Baron reflects on his tenure at The Washington Post — and what's next for journalism
Feb 25, 2021
February 21, 2021: How fact-checking is changing in a post-Trump world; why hysterical headlines hurt the Covid vaccine rollout; will countries link arms and make Facebook pay for news?
Feb 21, 2021
Steven Waldman on Facebook’s fight in Australia, Alden’s takeover of Tribune, and how philanthropy could help fix the local news crisis
Feb 19, 2021
February 14, 2021: The future of MAGA media after Trump's acquittal; Rep. Sara Jacobs on extremism, 'conflict entrepreneurs' and the need for a 'truth commission'
Feb 14, 2021
Valentine's Day edition: Jamie Stelter turns the mic on Brian
Feb 11, 2021
February 7, 2021: One-on-one with White House press secretary Jen Psaki; 'consequence culture' comes for Lou Dobbs; Zeynep Tufekci on why everyone should stop 'doomscrolling'
Feb 07, 2021
Jonathan Swan on 'Trump's Last Stand,' the need to 'capture history' and the importance of leaks
Feb 06, 2021
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
Jan 31, 2021
Rick Davis, CNN's retiring head of news standards and practices, reflects on his 40 years with the network
Jan 29, 2021
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?
Jan 24, 2021
Ron Brownstein: 'Demographic eclipse' explains this era's political chaos and undergirds the Fox Business business model of 'victimhood'
Jan 22, 2021
January 17, 2021: Maggie Haberman on the final chapter of Trump's presidency; Biden's White House will begin press briefings on Inauguration Day; protecting the press amid unrest in America
Jan 17, 2021
Sara Sidner on covering the Covid-19 'war zone' in California, and the moment her rage turned to tears on live TV
Jan 15, 2021
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
Jan 10, 2021
Elle Reeve recounts the Capitol riot and her interviews with Trump supporters who were radicalized on the internet
Jan 09, 2021
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
Jan 03, 2021
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?
Dec 27, 2020
The media in 2021: CNN media reporters look ahead to the biggest stories of next year
Dec 22, 2020
December 20, 2020: The radicalizing power of right-wing media networks; Washington Post editor shares growth plans and post-Trump vision
Dec 20, 2020
The media in 2020: How a stay-at-home year changed the news and entertainment landscape
Dec 16, 2020
December 13, 2020: How Biden deniers are being misled by right-wing media; member of Biden legal team reacts to Trump's election lies
Dec 13, 2020
A 'split-screen' pandemic: Juliette Kayyem on covering Covid-19's dire death toll alongside vaccine distribution
Dec 11, 2020
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
Dec 06, 2020
Professor Kate Starbird on the dangers of 'participatory disinformation' and the roots of election denialism
Dec 05, 2020
November 29, 2020: Trump’s delusional TV interview; Jonathan Rauch on the ‘firehose of falsehood;’ how Politico is preparing to cover the Biden administration
Nov 29, 2020
Cognitive psychologist Briony Swire-Thompson on the science of lies, misinformation and fact-checking
Nov 25, 2020
November 22, 2020: Kaitlan Collins on the White House's refusal to answer questions; Jim VandeHei warns of a 'decoupling' in America; three heartland reporters share stories about Covid-19's surge
Nov 22, 2020
Patrice Peck on the 'Substackerati,' her Coronavirus News for Black Folks newsletter, media disruption, and more
Nov 20, 2020
November 15, 2020: Supply and demand problem; former Fox contributor likens pro-Trump shows to 'crack;' doctor says 'false news' hastens the spread of Covid-19
Nov 15, 2020
Trump podcasters Virginia Heffernan, Dan Pfeiffer and Andrea Bernstein are adapting to the end of the Trump presidency
Nov 14, 2020
November 8, 2020: Biden aide says the president-elect welcomes the media’s accountability role; Stelter tells Newsmax CEO to ‘stop airing this bogus voter fraud stuff'
Nov 08, 2020
November 1, 2020: Stelter on the coming 'test of American democracy'; CNN DC bureau chief on election night possibilities
Nov 01, 2020
Craig Silverman on 'fake news,' four years of President Trump, and the toxic information environment of 2020
Oct 29, 2020
October 25, 2020: Stelter says Trump isn't fighting the media, he's resisting reality; Sally Buzbee says election calls are not magic, they're math
Oct 25, 2020
TV critic James Poniewozik on Trump's season finale and the media's 'burnout' from four years of reality show governance
Oct 23, 2020
October 18, 2020: Trump, Biden and the attention economy; anatomy of the NY Post's Hunter Biden story; interview with Andrew Sullivan
Oct 18, 2020
CNN's director of polling and election analytics Jennifer Agiesta on election preparations, polling standards, and more
Oct 16, 2020
October 11, 2020: Stelter says Trump's erratic behavior is stoking new concerns; Twitter exec says the site will take action on election disinformation
Oct 11, 2020
What book critic Carlos Lozada learned by reading 150 plus books about the Trump era
Oct 08, 2020
October 4, 2020: Reporters are relying on leaks about Trump's health; lack of White House credibility is compounding confusion
Oct 04, 2020
Dr. Anthony Fauci on his media relationships, the dangers posed by pandemic misinformation, and the threats he faces
Oct 01, 2020
September 27, 2020: How TV networks will make election projections in 2020; why the debates won't be fact-checked in real time; Brian Stelter on the consequences of Trump's daily lies
Sep 27, 2020
CNN's media reporters discuss 2020's changes and challenges to their beats, from digital disinformation to entertainment
Sep 26, 2020
September 20, 2020: Foreign reporters warn about American authoritarianism; Nikole Hannah-Jones on Trump's attacks
Sep 20, 2020
Megan Garber on the Fox News language, a 'celebration of incuriosity,' and the rhetoric of warfare
Sep 18, 2020
September 13, 2020: Mary Trump on the wave of tell-all Trump books; Sam Donaldson on the revelations from Bob Woodward's reporting
Sep 13, 2020
Slate's Will Saletan on the timeline of Trump's coronavirus response and the new revelations from Bob Woodward's book
Sep 11, 2020
September 6, 2020: The Atlantic's top editor answers Trump's attacks; local TV's political disinfo problem; Carl Bernstein on the use of anonymous sources in reporting
Sep 06, 2020
Why an inflammatory headline caused Daniel Thompson to quit The Kenosha News
Sep 03, 2020
August 30, 2020: Expert compares Trump's politics to fascism; the GOP's 'big lie' about Covid-19; Vanity Fair editor Radhika Jones on America's racial reckoning
Aug 30, 2020
Oliver Darcy interviews Brian Stelter about 'Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth'
Aug 26, 2020
August 23, 2020: 'Nobody talks about' this scary aspect of Covid-19; behind the scenes of the virtual Democratic convention; how to cover 'asymmetric lying' by political leaders
Aug 23, 2020
Fifteen years after Hurricane Katrina, Vann Newkirk shares lessons still being learned about an American disaster
Aug 21, 2020
August 16, 2020: Stelter on how Trump is eroding Americans' confidence in voting system; GOP congressman Adam Kinzinger takes a stand against QAnon
Aug 16, 2020
CNN’s Jim Sciutto on getting Trump insiders on the record for 'The Madman Theory'
Aug 14, 2020
August 9, 2020: Biden-bashing fuels radio shows and Trump webcasts; right-wing radio is full of Covid-19 conspiracy talk; Jeffrey Toobin: 'Repetition is not truth'
Aug 09, 2020
The 19th* CEO Emily Ramshaw: 'This is serious journalism that's aimed at exposing disparities'
Aug 07, 2020
August 2, 2020: Stelter on why election coverage will be different this year; campaign aide explains Biden's media strategy
Aug 02, 2020
Peter Kafka on the 'Netflix effect' and the newly crowded landscape of streaming services
Jul 29, 2020
Jason Stanley on the 'ten pillars of fascist politics' and media coverage of federal forces in Portland, Oregon
Jul 24, 2020
July 19, 2020: April Ryan and David Zurawik on Trump's Fox interview; Brian Stelter on the coronavirus testing lie; Anne Applebaum on why authoritarians try to discredit the media
Jul 19, 2020
'Great Influenza' author John Barry on politicization of public health and news coverage of the Covid-19 crisis
Jul 17, 2020
July 12, 2020: Tucker Carlson faces questions after staffer resigns over racist posts; Jon Karl on White House briefing woes; Brian Stelter says 'we are in a truth emergency'
Jul 12, 2020
Nina Jankowicz on Facebook, 'whack-a-troll,' and her book 'How to Lose the Information War'
Jul 09, 2020
July 5, 2020: Covid-19 coverage in Texas, Arizona and Florida; how Trump is speaking the language of Fox News; Ted Boutrous on Trumpworld's pattern of legal intimidation
Jul 05, 2020
James Fallows on a 'national-scale Titanic' and why reporters must keep investigating the U.S. response to the pandemic
Jul 02, 2020
June 28, 2020: Facebook exec responds to ad boycott campaign; pro-Trump outlets are downplaying Covid-19 dangers; 'what is the cost of lies?'
Jun 28, 2020
Kurt Andersen on 'Fantasyland' thinking about the pandemic and America's long-held taste for mistruths
Jun 26, 2020
June 21, 2020: How the 'no-show protest' of Trump's rally originated; what the rallies look like from beyond America's borders; why Stelter says Trump's ignorance proves the need for media literacy
Jun 21, 2020
Dr. Richard Besser on 'radio silence' from government experts and 'pandemic fatigue' among the public
Jun 18, 2020
June 14, 2020: Brian Stelter challenges Trump attorney Jenna Ellis; Sara Sidner on her experience 'from Ferguson to Floyd;' is the Trump admin keeping medical experts off the air?
Jun 14, 2020
Alexis Johnson, barred from protest coverage at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, tells her side of the story
Jun 12, 2020
June 7, 2020: Masha Gessen on 'Surviving Autocracy;' Nikole Hannah-Jones on NYT op-ed controversy; Jemele Hill on newsroom diversity failures
Jun 08, 2020
Stories from the frontlines: Reflections and suggestions from journalists covering the George Floyd protests
Jun 05, 2020
May 31, 2020: Covering the protests and riots sweeping America; reporters arrested and assaulted in several major cities; amid the unrest, press must explain 'how we got here'
May 31, 2020
CNN's media reporters reflect on the three months that changed everything — and what the next three months may bring
May 29, 2020
May 24, 2020: Ben Smith on his scrutiny of Ronan Farrow's reporting; Dan Abrams on decision to publish column by Matt Lauer
May 24, 2020
NPR's Nancy Barnes on pandemic coverage and Eric and Wendy Schmidt's big new donation
May 21, 2020
May 17, 2020: Trump's hate movement against the media; former Australian prime minister calls out the 'Murdoch mafia;' Lawrence Wright on parallels between 9/11 and Covid-19
May 17, 2020
FiveThirtyEight editor Nate Silver on the "known unknowns" of Covid-19 and the need for "humility"
May 15, 2020
May 10, 2020: Experts explain the appeal of crazy conspiracy theories; the news media's role in making sense of the pandemic; WH withholding key Covid-19 data from the public?
May 10, 2020
Author Lisa Napoli on CNN's birth, the creation of the 24-hour news cycle, and the rise of 'news junkies'
May 09, 2020
May 3, 2020: Carl Bernstein on the 'war on truth;' how Johns Hopkins maps every confirmed Covid-19 case; Katharine Viner on the 'coronavirus crackdown'
May 03, 2020
Former VOA director David Ensor on Trump's attacks: 'There's something in the water... and it's not good'
May 01, 2020
April 26, 2020: The Trump Show diverts attention from pandemic's true victims; Carson Daly on handling anxiety in a crisis; Brooke Baldwin on her Covid-19 recovery
Apr 26, 2020
Dr. Vivek Murthy on media coverage of the pandemic, the president's mixed messages, and the uncanny timing of his new book 'Together'
Apr 23, 2020
Piers Morgan's stunning advice for his friend Donald Trump; Fox News shows promoting protests against stay-at-home orders; interviews with Instagram head Adam Mosseri and YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki
Apr 19, 2020
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki on what the online video giant is doing differently during the pandemic
Apr 18, 2020
Len Downie on the Trump administration's 'unprecedented hostility' toward the press, and why it matters
Apr 16, 2020
Interview with New York Times editor Dean Baquet; Stelter on Trump's infomercials; what's missing from the narrative about 'reopening the economy'
Apr 12, 2020
How arts, sports and dining beats have changed due to 'social distancing' and the pandemic
Apr 10, 2020
April 5, 2020: Trump delivering daily doses of misinformation; Zoom CEO on taking a "step back" to focus on platform's privacy issues
Apr 05, 2020
Catherine Rampell on covering the "economic coma" caused by the coronavirus
Apr 03, 2020
March 29, 2020: Stephen King, Maggie Haberman, Hasan Minhaj dissect media coverage of a '50-state disaster;' front pages report rising death toll; doctors harness social media to alert the public
Mar 29, 2020
Garrett Graff on the 'collective experience' of Covid-19, the media coverage, and Trump's disinformation
Mar 27, 2020
March 22, 2020: Dan Rather and Carl Bernstein on leadership in crisis; AT&T CEO on keeping America connected during the coronavirus shutdown; three top editors on the state of the news business
Mar 22, 2020
Andrew Rossi on "After Truth," a new HBO documentary about the disinformation age
Mar 18, 2020
March 15, 2020: The great shutdown of 2020 is underway; wisdom for covering a pandemic; local news on the front lines of the coronavirus
Mar 15, 2020
Covering coronavirus: NYMag editor David Haskell on how his newsroom is responding to the crisis
Mar 12, 2020
March 8, 2020: Examining media coverage of coronavirus; Trump should 'lead, or get out of the way;' the importance of 'social distancing;' behind Joe Biden's comeback
Mar 08, 2020
Katherine Miller and Harry Enten on the primaries, the polls, and the political landscape 'where only the last 72 hours seems to matter'
Mar 06, 2020
March 1, 2020: How to cover the Coronavirus responsibly; a non-partisan virus in a partisan war; Trump attacks Comcast and vows to 'destroy their image'
Mar 01, 2020
Coronavirus and the media, the wider impact of Weinstein verdict, Bob Iger's big move, and more with our media reporter roundtable
Feb 28, 2020
February 23, 2020: Tim O'Brien on the secret to getting under Trump's skin; The Hill's long-awaited review of journalist who spread Ukraine conspiracy
Feb 23, 2020
Charlotte Alter on why millennial politicians are "The Ones We've Been Waiting For"
Feb 19, 2020
February 16, 2020: How to cover 'creeping authoritarianism;' newfound media scrutiny of Michael Bloomberg's campaign; which Democrats are winning the TV primary?
Feb 16, 2020
Columbia's Emily Bell on the McClatchy bankruptcy, the 'crisis' of local journalism, and how 'civic media' could help
Feb 14, 2020
February 9, 2020: How Fox talk shows urged Trump to purge; inside a 'billion dollar disinformation campaign;' getting info from Chinese cities on Coronavirus lockdown
Feb 09, 2020
FiveThirtyEight's Clare Malone on the Iowa debacle, the mood in Hew Hampshire, and the 'cynicism' of voters
Feb 07, 2020
February 2, 2020: Sam Donaldson reacts to fast-tracked Senate trial; how impeachment reinforced two competing info-universes; news media's quick pivot to Iowa caucus coverage; how fear of Trump is hurting government agencies
Feb 02, 2020
Politico's Tim Alberta is writing letters to DC "from the rest of America"
Jan 29, 2020
January 26, 2020: What you're not seeing on TV during Trump's trial; facts vs. feelings about impeachment; Pompeo's track record of hostility towards the press
Jan 26, 2020
Alan Miller says National News Literacy Week is about solving the misinformation "pandemic"
Jan 24, 2020
January 19, 2020: Jon Favreau on 'the biggest challenge for Democrats;' Trump's Fox News defense team; Capitol Hill reporters protest restrictions on impeachment trial access
Jan 19, 2020
"Uncanny Valley" author Anna Wiener on Silicon Valley's media "reckoning"
Jan 16, 2020
January 12, 2020: Twitter war turns into Twitter diplomacy; Bill Weld's view of campaign coverage; Harry and Meghan versus the British tabloids
Jan 12, 2020
Associated Press exec editor Sally Buzbee on Iran, impeachment, Iowa, and the future of news
Jan 10, 2020
January 5, 2020: How the US-Iran crisis is being covered; Stelter says it is patriotic to question officials in wartime; Bari Weiss on New York's solidarity march against anti-Semitism
Jan 05, 2020
Salt Lake Tribune owner Paul Huntsman on paving a path for non-profit newspapers
Jan 02, 2020
December 29, 2019: The next decade of news; one on one with Marc Benioff; how Trump has affected trust in media
Dec 30, 2019
December 22, 2019: David Remnick reviews impeachment coverage; 'Bombshell' director Jay Roach shares what intrigued him about Fox News; media memory loss
Dec 22, 2019
Media in 2019: War on truth, the streaming Olympics, Tucker versus Shep, 'zombie' publications, and so much more
Dec 21, 2019
Washington Post editor Marty Baron on the past, present and future
Dec 19, 2019
December 15, 2019: The right-wing media roots of Trump's impeachment; one on one with Jim Lehrer; Gretchen Carlson says 'we're in a cultural revolution'
Dec 15, 2019
How the Washington Post's Craig Whitlock unearthed the Afghanistan Papers
Dec 13, 2019
December 8, 2019: Carl Bernstein on the impeachment hearings and what's next; Olivia Nuzzi on the messaging wars; politicians using the courts to punish the press?
Dec 08, 2019
Professor Thomas Patterson on 'How America Lost Its Mind'
Dec 06, 2019
December 1, 2019: Tale of two Fox News judges; Zurawik's take on pro-Trump media; 'follow the money' in the Trump age; how Bloomberg is covering Bloomberg's campaign
Dec 01, 2019
November 24, 2019: Katie Hill on right-wing media; Prince Andrew's interviewer Emily Maitlis; Jake Tapper on Trump's penchant for lies
Nov 24, 2019
Steven Hassan explains "The Cult of Trump"
Nov 22, 2019
November 17, 2019: Radio host canceled for criticizing Trump on the radio; Stelter: This is when Trump needs to have credibility; Here are pro Trump-media's defense tactics on impeachment
Nov 17, 2019
Medill dean discusses Daily Northwestern controversy and calls for 'campaign of media literacy'
Nov 15, 2019
November 10, 2019: Bill Moyers says he fears for the country; Anthony Scaramucci accuses Trump of 'traitorous-like' behavior; what it's like to cover Capitol Hill during impeachment
Nov 10, 2019
Dave Jorgenson shows how the Washington Post newsroom ticks on TikTok
Nov 07, 2019
November 3, 2019: Joe Walsh says Fox News hosts are lying to their viewers; debating the role of pro-Trump voices on CNN; the journalists of Ground Zero are getting sick
Nov 03, 2019
Jeff Zucker talks about CNN in the Trump era, fact-checking, Fox News, and the future of TV
Oct 31, 2019
Extreme highs and lows of the Trump presidency; covering GOP House hijinks v. Senate silence; 'Primary Colors' author on 'Anonymous' book; CNN president on network's relationship with Trump; Ezra Klein: Negative coverage of Trump is good for his brand
Oct 27, 2019
Ezra Klein: As impeachment escalates, Trump will become more 'corrosive to democracy'
Oct 25, 2019
These aren't news cycles, they're shock cycles; damage control after Mulvaney presser; Ronan Farrow on the big picture in 'Catch and Kill'; how hateful anti-media video highlights 'empathy gap'; former FB advisor warns 2020 could be '2016 on steroids'
Oct 20, 2019
Save Journalism Project co-founder John Stanton on why Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg is the 'antithesis of free expression'
Oct 18, 2019
Shep Smith's stunning exit; Three former Fox personalities speak out; Zurawik says this is a 'severe blow' to Fox's credibility; the power of Trump's anti-Democrat stories; Sam Donaldson and Douglas Brinkley speak about impeachment coverage; former Bush a
Oct 13, 2019
'Antisocial' author Andrew Marantz on the 'virality industry' and the 'hijacking of the American conversation'
Oct 11, 2019
Trump's force field of falsehood; former Fox News host says they're 'lying by omission;' the power of language in politics; how authors get White House sources to talk; Iowa news director says Trump supporters are staying firm; 'my gut tells me' Trump wil
Oct 06, 2019
Matt Taibbi: With today's media, 'there's no profit incentive to get people to stop worrying'
Oct 04, 2019
Impeachment probe special edition; interview with Robert De Niro; Christine Pelosi's message for the Democratic party; Ruddy says impeachment probe is 'mortal threat' to Trump; Fox shows are smearing the Ukraine whistleblower; Glasser says White House is
Sep 29, 2019
Like drinking from a firehose: Jeff Greenfield on the week in historic headlines
Sep 27, 2019
More than 100 newsrooms are using the Washington Post's massive database to cover the opioid crisis in a new way
Sep 19, 2019
Democrats are losing the messaging war to Trump; 'She Said' authors Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey share secrets from Weinstein investigation; Krystal Ball fires back at Rush Limbaugh; CNN's Jim Sciutto talks Russian spy scoop; Barry Glassner on how the med
Sep 15, 2019
Covering Climate Now: 250+ news outlets pledge a week's worth of focused climate crisis coverage
Sep 13, 2019
Watch out for language that legitimizes Trump's lies; a long week of White House misinformation; Steve Kroft reflects on 30 years of '60 Minutes'; new book 'Audience of One' examines Trump and TV; how online harassment threatens press freedom; the slow de
Sep 08, 2019
James Poniewozik talks "Audience of One" and Trump's relationship with TV
Sep 05, 2019
The truth about Trump's relationship with Fox News; Lawrence O'Donnell's reckless report; Joe Biden 'loose with facts' on the campaign trail; Brian Karem's lawsuit against Trump over press pass suspension; Jeffrey Goldberg gleans new info from James Matti
Sep 01, 2019
Jeffrey Goldberg on James Mattis: 'The Man Who Couldn't Take it Anymore'
Aug 30, 2019
Two psychiatrists on coverage of Trump's instability; Trump's messaging war over the economy; April Ryan breaks silence on bodyguard's alleged assault; trickle-down effects of Trump's anti-media rhetoric; parents of killed journalists work for reporter sa
Aug 25, 2019
Barry Glassner on 'the culture of fear' and how the media should cover the 'fear-monger-in-chief'
Aug 23, 2019
Journalism during the disinformation wars; Study finds $235 million spent every year on ads on extremist sites; Russian site launches smear campaign against CNN's Clarissa Ward; How to avoid taking the bait when covering president Trump; WSJ report tallie
Aug 18, 2019
Carole Cadwalladr on her role in Cambridge Analytica's downfall and "The Great Hack"
Aug 15, 2019
Tucker takes vacation after white supremacy 'hoax' remark; "cancel culture" comes for the New York Times; headlines fall short of highlighting El Paso victims; CNN obtains draft order for FCC to police social media; reporter who reopened Epstein investiga
Aug 11, 2019
Cosmo goes undercover with online extremism investigator
Aug 08, 2019
Texas and Ohio newsrooms respond to shooting sprees; racist essay was published shortly before El Paso attack; growing threat of online radicalization; activists converge on Capitol Hill; Moms Demand Action founder calls for Senate vote; how to cover the
Aug 04, 2019
Their journalist sons were murdered by ISIS. Now they work to make sure reporters stay safe in conflict zones.
Aug 03, 2019
David Zurawik and April Ryan react to Trump's harsh tweets; Bernie Sanders' campaign manager speaks out about media bias; how the Mueller hearings reinforced America's media bunkers; behind the story that led to mass protests in Puerto Rico
Jul 28, 2019
Susan Glasser on Trump's lies, Mueller's aftermath, and the danger of "information bubbles"
Jul 26, 2019
Trump, race, and 2020; Fox's fixation with Ocasio-Cortez and Omar; Dan Rather previews the Mueller hearings; Democrats pledge to bring back White House press briefings; founder of socialist magazine responds to right-wing rhetoric; remembering Edward R. M
Jul 21, 2019
Farai Chideya on Trump, racism, xenophobia, and news media's coverage of 'political propaganda'
Jul 19, 2019
Special edition about the information wars; Trump rallies meme makers for 2020; fact-checking claims about Big Tech bias; Trump's warped definition of 'free speech;' the link between Tucker Carlson's anti-Omar attacks and Trump's racist tweets.
Jul 14, 2019
Meet three journalists from competing Florida newsrooms who are collaborating to expand climate coverage
Jul 10, 2019
Miami Herald reporter speaks about Jeffrey Epstein arrest; unpacking the census citizenship battle; Trump claims the truth is up to him; Carl Bernstein on the post-Mueller news cycle; new book says there is a method to Trump's 'madness;' how news coverage
Jul 07, 2019
Ex-Fox Newser Carl Cameron on Trump, cable TV, and the progressive news site he's working on
Jul 03, 2019
Kamala Harris 2020's press secretary talks media strategy; Trump's 'stunt' at the DMZ; press grading Trump on a curve versus the Dems; Tim Ryan on the loss of Youngstown's local newspaper; E. Jean Carroll says 'I'm not sorry;' behind the scenes of Showtim
Jun 30, 2019
E. Jean Carroll discusses her new book, Trump's alleged assault, media coverage, role of men: "This is not a Trump book"
Jun 28, 2019
The problem with headlines; how TV coverage of Iran is influencing Trump; former Facebook moderator blows the whistle; bipartisan support for fallen journalists memorial; Michael Collins on how Apollo 11 united the world; Trump speaking on broadcast, but
Jun 23, 2019
Alexander Nazaryan's new book "The Best People" scrutinizes Trump's cabinet picks and contains a message for the media
Jun 20, 2019
The podcasting primary; interview with Andrew Yang; the polarization of trust in the Trump era; sensationalism and scare tactics in local news; secrecy surrounding immigration policy; does the press want impeachment?
Jun 16, 2019
NYT's Kevin Roose on YouTube's recommendation engine, online radicalization, and a parallel media world
Jun 13, 2019
Trump uses cemetery backdrop for trash talking on Fox; Coverage of 2020 race revolves around Joe Biden; Looking back at the day Trump entered the GOP race; Jim Acosta's new book: 'The Enemy of the People'; Have Democrats lost the Mueller messaging war?; C
Jun 09, 2019
Meet three of the witnesses who are speaking about journalism at an antitrust hearing about Big Tech
Jun 07, 2019
Mueller's big TV moment; Handmaid's Tale star speaks out about abortion bans; new book says America "is split into two worlds;" how to improve coverage of inequality; Bill Nye's explanation for strange UFO sightings; why has the Pentagon stopped holding o
Jun 02, 2019
Bill Nye explains climate change coverage, science denialism, UFO sightings, and how his "Science Guy" role has evolved
May 30, 2019
Scott Pelley on CBS, media and democracy; the 'dumbfake' problem; Trump's go-to rhetorical device; why press advocates are concerned about Julian Assange case; update on San Francisco police raid of journalist's home; Pete Hegseth lobbying POTUS; Trump an
May 26, 2019
Paul Rieckhoff says Fox host's push to pardon accused war criminals 'should alarm all Americans'
May 23, 2019
Trump's reckless treason talk; Attorney General Sean Hannity; the death of the daily briefing; White House's so-called 'censorship' tool; how the media bolstered Trump's businessman image; the red and blue media divide about abortion; how 'Game of Thrones
May 19, 2019
Facebook VP responds to co-founder's critique; Chelsea Manning's first interview after two months behind bars; The Intercept's top editor reacts to the arrest of another alleged leaker; news coverage of 'constitutional crisis' claims; Democrats get traini
May 12, 2019
Trump and InfoWars; Ben Shapiro on the slippery slope of Facebook's bans; the anatomy of a right-wing smear; the Mueller report is America's best selling book; big changes coming to CBS News
May 05, 2019
Fast-growing One Free Press Coalition spotlights journalists in danger
May 01, 2019
Ron Chernow's message for the media; Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein speaks out after synagogue shooting; the role of social media in online radicalization; Trump is the 'say anything' president; Jordan Klepper on the role of comedy in the Trump age; Sally Quinn
Apr 28, 2019
Julia Angwin on what went wrong at The Markup
Apr 24, 2019
Mueller report reveals a White House of lies; Sarah Sanders' lack of credibility; inside CNN's 18 months of reporting on the Mueller probe; viral video shows hypocrisy of Fox hosts; Jay Rosen warns about 'authoritarian news system'
Apr 21, 2019
Two perspectives on the Pulitzer Prizes: winner Nariman El-Mofty and administrator Dana Canedy
Apr 18, 2019
The manufacturing of the Trump-Omar controversy; Peter Buttigieg's journey from small city mayor to magazine cover star; is the Assange case a threat to press freedom?; the scandal-plagued National Inquirer is up for sale; Fox's Lou Dobbs has the ear of P
Apr 14, 2019
Erin Lee Carr talks about her new book, lessons from her father David Carr, and why she was 'lucky' he mentored her
Apr 11, 2019
Former Murdoch exec speaks out on why he quit; David Axelrod's prescription for 2020 coverage; are women candidates getting more negative coverage than men?; NYT says we're all living on Planet Fox; why the State Department stripped a reporter's award; ho
Apr 07, 2019
Jessikka Aro's courageous reporting was going to be honored by the State Department. Then something went wrong.
Apr 04, 2019
The post-Mueller media landscape; Mayor Pete Buttigieg's TV strategy; the Trump-and-TV revolving door keeps turning; Zuckerberg calls for social media regulations in op-ed; Knight Foundation's next big investment in local news
Mar 31, 2019
How Big Tech is combating white nationalism, vaccine myths, and other viruses
Mar 29, 2019
Tune out the noise, tune in to the news; partisans pushing far-fetched theories on the left and right; George Conway urges press to cover Trump's 'narcissism;' Pirro sidelined at the time Trump needs her most; why 33 California newsrooms are collaborating
Mar 24, 2019
Jacobin editor Bhaskar Sunkara says Democratic Socialists are having a moment
Mar 21, 2019
Fox suspends Pirro; Rather on covering presidents under pressure; Standing up for tech literacy; Wake-up call about right-wing extremist violence; Attorney for Diana Falzone on status of Fox News NDA; NBC hires YouTube star Lilly Singh for late-night
Mar 17, 2019
Hot Pod's Nick Quah talks about the podcasting "tipping point"
Mar 14, 2019
Fox shifting from partisanship to propaganda?; Debating the DNC's decision to exclude Fox from debates; Democrats probing Trump's opposition to AT&T deal; Lights out for Bill Shine at the White House; Will daily W.H. press briefings make a comeback?; Conn
Mar 10, 2019
Jonah Peretti on BuzzFeed's business, digital media turbulence and the future of the internet
Mar 08, 2019
Haberman on NYT's shocking security clearance story; Why Trump is tweeting about Cohen's mystery 'manuscript'; Maggie Haberman's most important lesson on the Trump beat; Critics call out CPAC's pro-Trump 'grifters'; Kristol: 'We're now in late stage Trump
Mar 03, 2019
Adam Moss reflects on his time running NYMag in the rapidly changing magazine industry
Feb 28, 2019
In an era of insanity, is anything shocking anymore?; New threats against normalcy; Clarence Thomas calls for review of landmark libel case; Politics and pop culture collide in Smollett story; Legendary Barry Diller on the "revolution" in Hollywood; Barry
Feb 24, 2019
Tim Carney on the media's blind spots about 'Alienated America'
Feb 20, 2019
Trump's media strategy: Pretend to win while losing; Trump says 'SNL' is anti-GOP and 'should be looked into'; Rush to judgment in the Jussie Smollett case?; Was 'GMA' too soft in Jussie Smollett interview?; How the Mueller probe is viewed in Moscow; This
Feb 17, 2019
Valentine's Day edition: Jamie Stelter interviews Brian about Twitter, romance, and Trump
Feb 13, 2019
How the Post, owned by Bezos, is covering his scandal; Behind Bezos' strategy to out the Enquirer; The twisted path from Pecker to Saudis to Bezos; Abramson points to 'oppo campaign' by Vice; Moynihan: 'One cannot cite plagiarism away'; 'Team of Vipers' a
Feb 10, 2019
Karen Attiah and Marcela Garcia confront threats to the press at home and abroad
Feb 08, 2019
Covering a historic field of presidential hopefuls; Dueling news cycles for the Democrats; Warren's rollout and the significance of female candidates; Reporters stunned by Northam's press conference; Was Howard Schultz's book rollout a 'grande' failure?;
Feb 03, 2019
Super Bowl media preview: Three reporters share forecasts for the big game, weather and all
Jan 31, 2019
A huge test of Trump's 'reality distortion field'; What it means to live in the 'information war' age; Laid-off journalist reacts to Trump's insult; Media primary: Dems on Colbert, Maddow and Instagram; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's relationship with the med
Jan 27, 2019
Jason Rezaian and Joel Simon on what happens when journalists are taken hostage
Jan 25, 2019
BuzzFeed editor and reporter defend scoop; Bernstein weighs in on BuzzFeed controversy; Atlantic editor shares story behind 'IMPEACH' cover; These reporters are being affected by shutdown; Zurawik on conservative media's 'caravan' talk; What 'Report for A
Jan 20, 2019
Report for America co-founders are trying to help local newsrooms, one reporter at a time
Jan 18, 2019
Stelter: When will the public get answers?; Bernstein's latest on Trump-Putin relationship; Trump's defense strategy: Phone a Fox friend; What has Bill Shine done as WH comms chief?; Should networks air Trump's speeches live?; Sizing up the shutdown news
Jan 13, 2019
Hulu CEO Randy Freer on the streaming wars and the future of TV
Jan 10, 2019
Sanders on the left's distrust of the press; Finney, Pfeiffer's hopes for 2020 coverage; 'Golden age' or 'garbage age' of journalism?; Inside Sherrod and Schultz's 2020 discussions; Trump stoking fear amid border funding fight; Critics say Trump spouted R
Jan 06, 2019
Connie Schultz on Trump, journalism, and her husband Sen. Sherrod Brown's potential presidential run
Jan 05, 2019
A year full of 'Fire and Fury' and 'Fear'; Media shakeups in a dizzying 2018; Threats against journalists are multiplying; Media's biggest winners and losers of 2018; Farrow, Carmon, Abrams on year two of #MeToo; How reporters convince victims to speak ou
Dec 30, 2018
Media in 2018: Deals, scandals, streaming services, movies, celebs, weddings, and more
Dec 27, 2018
Stelter: This is the as-seen-on TV presidency; Restoring sanity to the border wall battle; Carl Bernstein on Mattis' resignation; Right-wing personalities pulling Trump's strings?; Market meltdown overshadowed by other news?; A year of 'fake' complaints a
Dec 23, 2018
Media in 2018: Politics, tech, Trump, threats, and an $85 billion deal
Dec 20, 2018
Stelter: How to help viewers see the big story; Bunch: Conspiracy is 'hiding in plain sight'; Right and left views of Mueller news coverage; How the WSJ exposed hush money schemes; Is there value in interviewing Trump's aides?; Trump lashes out at 'SNL' a
Dec 16, 2018
Inside Mic's collapse and Vox Media's growth as digital media companies fight for their futures
Dec 14, 2018
Where are we in the Trump-Russia story?; Bernstein: Trump led a 'criminal conspiracy'; Glasser: 'Stick to the facts' about scandals; Frum: Treat Trump's comments 'with tongs'; Concerns about the fate of the Weekly Standard; Another turn of the Fox-Trump r
Dec 09, 2018
Harry Enten unpacks the midterm results, how the polls performed, and the North Carolina fraud allegations
Dec 06, 2018
Matt Lewis and Margaret Sullivan on the present and future of conservative media
Dec 02, 2018
Donaldson: H.W. Bush respected media's role; What a presidential funeral signifies; Sesno: Bush 'actually believed in government'; Piecing together the Trump-Russia story; Inside Miami Herald's Jeffrey Epstein exposé
Dec 02, 2018
How these NYT reporters revealed what really happened with Moonves and CBS
Dec 01, 2018
Two Americas, two different news worlds; Shachtman on the 'merging' of Trump and Fox; Press corps shrugs off White House 'rules'; Asking questions about Trump's military claims; Conservative media's Ocasio-Cortez obsession; This video could tip Mississipp
Nov 25, 2018
StoryCorps' Dave Isay: Listening is a form of love
Nov 20, 2018
Should Trump's mood swings be a top story?; Rethinking live TV coverage of Trump's events?; Acosta has his press pass back. What's next?; Bernstein answers Trump's demand for 'decorum'; Ruddy and Stelter spar over Trump and media; How local reporters are
Nov 18, 2018
Renee DiResta: Misinformation is a 'chronic condition.' Here's how to address it
Nov 15, 2018
Sam Donaldson to Jim Acosta: 'Keep it up'; Abrams: CNN has strong case for lawsuit; Sam Donaldson on how the Trump era will end; Ryan says some of Trump's attacks are racial; Police investigating protest at Carlson's home; Fox News executives call for 'co
Nov 11, 2018
Linguist George Lakoff breaks down Trump's "tropes"
Nov 09, 2018
Trump 'raised the stakes' of the midterms; Have journalists learned anything since 2016?; Fact-checker says Trump is a 'serial liar'; Trump's midterm message: News is 'fake'; How much faith can we put in the polls?; Soros rep: Fox News refuses to have us
Nov 04, 2018
Midterm elections in news deserts: This researcher studies the problem at work and sees it at home
Nov 01, 2018
Kristol: Fox is part of 'toxic environment'; Lewis: Cable news heightens America's rage; America's tone starts at the very top; Inside the evacuation of CNN New York; Stelter: What I learned at a Trump rally; Social media's role in spreading hate; What's
Oct 28, 2018
A.G. Sulzberger: "This is an all-hands-on-deck time" for journalism
Oct 25, 2018
Lies, smears and scams plaguing social media; Stelter: Trump is 'Mr. Misinformation'; Pro-Trump media claims caravan is a threat; The power of the caravan pictures; Khashoggi's WashPost editor pushes for answers; How media business models fuel polarizatio
Oct 21, 2018
TV slugfests and social media distort the public's perceptions, Tim Dixon says. He insists that Americans still have "more in common."
Oct 18, 2018
Les Hinton worked with Rupert Murdoch for 52 years. Here's what he learned.
Oct 12, 2018
Lower reporting standards in Kavanaugh stories?; Trump's comment about Kavanaugh and women; NYT is working on Trump tax followups; Jamal Khashoggi's editor speaks out; Nuzzi: Trump is 'an anti-press freedom president'
Oct 07, 2018
Can 'fake news' be confronted through the courts? This lawyer says yes
Oct 05, 2018
One hearing, two realities for viewers; Schlapp: 'I felt like I was watching my country slip'; How to improve news coverage of sexual assault; Katie Couric on Kavanaugh-Ford coverage; Couric on the 'male hierarchy' of TV news; Gergen grades the media's Ka
Sep 30, 2018
Meet three people who are trying to save local news
Sep 27, 2018
How much has changed since Anita Hill?; How Trump's tweet sparked #WhyIDidntReport; Washington Post's exclusive access to Dr. Ford; Websites are smearing Ford to help Kavanaugh; What Trump's 'Fox cabinet' is telling him; The disappearance of the White Hou
Sep 23, 2018
Olivier Knox on the disappearing W.H. press briefing, access to government info, and more
Sep 20, 2018
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
Sep 16, 2018
Whatever happened to Tucker Carlson? This reporter asked him.
Sep 15, 2018
What Woodward's book says about Trump's fitness; Bernstein on why Woodward's 'Fear' is different; Why should readers trust anonymous info?; Should NYT have published an unnamed op-ed?; Reports: Trump 'grousing' about Bill Shine; Reuters reporters facing 7
Sep 09, 2018
Michael Kruse's Trump library: He reveals what a 28-year-old book can teach us today
Sep 07, 2018
Trump wants to be the arbiter of truth; April Ryan on press threats: 'It is getting worse'; Does Trump have a point about Google?; Exclusive interview with Sleeping Giants founder; Solving the problem of 'news deserts'; How John McCain's legacy helps pres
Sep 02, 2018
Breaking Hollywood's stereotype of female journalists
Aug 30, 2018
Dan Rather reflects on John McCain's legacy; McCain's unique relationship with the press; McCain's abiding respect for the free press; How to cover a habitual liar; Trump losing one of his allies: the Enquirer; Carl Bernstein on John McCain's legacy
Aug 26, 2018
Jim Rutenberg: National Enquirer "tip line became a trip wire" helping Trump
Aug 22, 2018
Jack Dorsey speaks: CNN's full interview with Twitter's CEO
Aug 19, 2018
Trump is live-tweeting Fox more than ever. Why?; 51% of GOP calls press 'enemy of the people'; Ralph Peters: 'Fox isn't immoral, it's amoral'; Glasser: Ocasio-Cortez 'made a mistake'; Jack Dorsey speaks about Twitter's problems; Twitter CEO knows people '
Aug 19, 2018
Trump's dangerous talk: Dogs, infestations and "enemies of the people"
Aug 15, 2018
Should the press take Omarosa's book seriously?; Bill de Blasio speaks out against Murdoch; Reporting on racists without stoking the fire; Stelter examines Trump's hall of mirrors; Will these editorials make a difference?
Aug 12, 2018
Harry Enten talks "blue waves," polling misconceptions and media critiques
Aug 09, 2018
Trump leading "hate movement" against media; Lockhart says Sarah Sanders is "cowardly"; Stelter breaks down Trump's "storytelling" skills; Should reporters stop attending Trump rallies?; Leonhardt: Trump wants a "monopoly on info"; Journalists on the rece
Aug 05, 2018
David Leonhardt says Trump wants a "monopoly on information"
Aug 03, 2018
Ronan Farrow's new piece on CBS and harassment; Story alleges a darker side of '60 Minutes'; What Trump and NYT's publisher talked about; New signs of solidarity among W.H. reporters; Trump v. Cohen is TV's newest drama; Trump angry with FCC chair over Si
Jul 29, 2018
These three Daily News reporters were laid off. Now they're speaking out
Jul 25, 2018
Press scrutinizing Trump's Russia ties; How the media can help dissect propaganda; One summit, two narratives about Trump; How to make the most of a Trump interview; Haberman wants more W.H. press solidarity; Ruddy and Stelter spar over Trump coverage; F
Jul 22, 2018
Maggie Haberman on Trump's 'worst week ever,' scandals, sourcing, the W.H. briefing, and the future
Jul 20, 2018
Stelter: Trump cannot be trusted; How the press should cover Trump-Putin summit; Tony Schwartz on Trump's 'meltdown'; Michelle Goldberg on Bill Shine's W.H. job; Uygur on the 'blue wave' and progressive media; What should Facebook do about InfoWars?
Jul 15, 2018
Michael Isikoff on the Trump-Putin meeting, the Russia probes, and more
Jul 13, 2018
Where are the kids? Reporters demand answers; Stelter: Trump-Fox alliance is unprecedented; How Trump is "producing" his SCOTUS pick; Rethinking how Trump's rallies are covered
Jul 08, 2018
Ezra Klein on Trump framing, rallies, polls, policies and the "counterfactuals"
Jul 06, 2018
Capital Gazette survivors share their stories; How does the Capital Gazette go on?; Remembering the Capital Gazette victims; McKerrow: Attack 'will rededicate us to this mission'; The left is raging. Is the media listening?; Don't just follow the money, "
Jul 01, 2018
Marty Baron: "The public is looking for a press that stands for something"
Jun 29, 2018
Pearlstine: "Media is really Trump's cocaine;" WaPo: Enquirer sent stories to Cohen for review; Trump supporters seize on Time mag controversy; George Takei condemns Trump's "big lie;" Glenn Beck walks off
Jun 24, 2018
Getty's John Moore describes his iconic border photo -- and what it doesn't show
Jun 22, 2018
Top story on Father's Day: migrant families; Karem not sorry for briefing room outburst; Trump's 'vicious cycle' of dishonesty; How to make a 'truth sandwich'; Rob Reiner on Trump, the probe and the press; Stelter on the AT&T deal and CNN's future; Vice:
Jun 17, 2018
George Lakoff says Trump "weaponizes words." A solution? The "truth sandwich"
Jun 14, 2018
Don't hit snooze on the news, Stelter says; "News fatigue" challenges readers and reporters; Where Trump heard about this conspiracy theory; Editor reacts to seizure of reporter's data; Jason Rezaian: How Bourdain changed my life; Media guidelines for cov
Jun 10, 2018
Adam Davidson foresees the 'end stage of the Trump presidency'
Jun 08, 2018
Are we in the eye of the Trump hurricane?; How the media is covering Melania's absence; Barr and Bee: A media double standard?; Is the media failing Puerto Rico?; Celebrity pardons: Trump's media strategy; The journalistic ethics of faking a death
Jun 03, 2018
Is the media failing Puerto Rico? David Begnaud weighs in from San Juan
May 31, 2018
How to cover Trump's lies; Missing migrant kids: How the story went viral; Why Pruitt is hiding from the press; Donté Stallworth on the new kneeling policy; Countering Hannity's bid to discredit Mueller; This is Bernstein's "bottom line" about Trump
May 27, 2018
Glenn Kessler, the WashPost's fact-checker, says Trump's truth problem is getting worse
May 25, 2018
Stelter asks Conway: Where is Trump getting his info?; Conway says White House is hunting for leakers; Stelter: Is Trump "hiding" from the press?; Does Giuliani have a press strategy?; Are Michael Avenatti's 15 minutes up?; "Flipping the script" after mas
May 20, 2018
Brian Lowry breaks down the TV upfronts and the future of broadcasting
May 18, 2018
The impact of Trump's 'credentials' threat; Amanpour: 'It is no longer possible to shut us up'; Exclusive: Trevor Noah explains the '5:30 curse'; Rezaian: Americans remain imprisoned in Iran; Kristof on covering 'invisible America'; Happy Mother's Day!
May 13, 2018
Trevor Noah on Trump age comedy: 'We plan for the unplannable'
May 12, 2018
Fox, AT&T, Salem, Trump, Cohen, NBC: breaking down the week in media
May 11, 2018
How to keep up with all of Trump's lies; Three authors address W.H. 'credibility crisis'; Inside Robert Mueller's interview room; Former Charlie Rose assistant speaks out; Kabul journalist mourns his fallen friends; How Trump uses and abuses polls
May 06, 2018