Recent show highlights 

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    Facebook exec explains the company's US election actions

    Facebook VP Nick Clegg talks with Brian Stelter about the platform's latest efforts to address election misinformation. Clegg says Facebook will remove outright attempts at voter suppression and will "label any claim by a candidate where they prematurely claim victory."
  • Downie's tips for covering the coming election chaos

    "The news media needs to cover voting as much or more than it covers the rest of the campaign," says Leonard Downie, Jr., former executive editor of The Washington Post. Downie also shares lessons from his new book "All About The Story."
  • Listening to the pandemic pain, thanks to C-SPAN

    With so many Americans struggling through the pandemic and the unemployment crisis, C-SPAN is providing a public service by letting their voices be heard. Brian Stelter says the press must bear witness to the pain and suffering.
  • Right-wing outlets spread bogus story about Covid-19 coverup

    "Coronavirus denialism continues to have deadly and destabilizing consequences," Brian Stelter says. He shows how right-wing media outlets ran with a misleading story about a Covid-19 coverup by Nashville officials and describes how one woman is fighting back against "hoax" claims.
  • RBG's principles vs. the coarse political culture of 2020

    Julie Cohen, co-director of the documentary 'RBG,' says Ruth Bader Ginsburg "tried to stand for and symbolize greater principles -- the rule of law, civility -- things that seem like they've gotten completely lost in the political conversation of 2020."
  • Foreign reporters warn about American authoritarianism

    Brian Stelter asks reporters in London, Mumbai, and Nairobi how the American political crisis looks from abroad. "It's very Orweillian," John-Allan Namu says, "how authoritarianism starts to establish itself. This is exactly how it happens: You establish your own set of facts. You demonize people who have an opposing view and start to divide people." Rana Ayyub and Luke Harding also weigh in.

 

  • Brian Stelter

    Chief Media Correspondent and Anchor of Reliable Sources
    Brian Stelter is the chief media correspondent for CNN Worldwide and anchor of Reliable Sources, which examines the week's top media stories every Sunday at 11:00 a.m. ET on CNN/U.S. Stelter reports for CNN Media, and writes a nightly e-newsletter.