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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 pollsTo learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy
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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

Oliver Darcy, Hadas Gold and Dylan Byers analyze the week's biggest media stories with Brian Stelter. Among the topics: AT&T's payments to Michael Cohen, the war over Fox, net neutrality, NBC's harassment report, and Trump's threat about media credentials. Darcy and Gold also share their reporting about the Salem executives who pressured employees to provide favorable coverage of candidate Donald Trump.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy
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Fox, AT&T, Salem, Trump, Cohen, NBC: breaking down the week in media

Trevor Noah, host of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," discusses the "5:30 curse" of Trump surprises, why it's important to "follow the money," and the importance of context around jokes. Brian Stelter also asks Noah to make predictions about Trump's political future and to recount his favorite joke.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy
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Trevor Noah on Trump age comedy: 'We plan for the unplannable'

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!To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy
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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!

Brian Lowry joins Brian Stelter to dissect this year's TV "upfronts." Which networks are launching the most interesting new shows? What does this year's conservative approach say about the state of TV? Lowry says the surplus of reboots is a "programming solution to a marketing problem." Stelter and Lowry also discuss the Moonves vs. Redstone corporate battle.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy
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Brian Lowry breaks down the TV upfronts and the future of broadcasting

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 mass shootings; Trump targeting Amazon -- and the Post?; Putting Trump's "animals" remark in contextTo learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy
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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

How many Pinocchios this time? That's what Glenn Kessler decides. President Trump keeps the chief writer of the WashPost's The Fact Checker blog very busy. Kessler tells Brian Stelter about the Post's measurement of Trump's 3,000 "false or misleading claims" and gets into the debate about whether to call something a "lie." Kessler also explains why he prefers "divided government" and what he misses about previous administrations.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy
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Glenn Kessler, the WashPost's fact-checker, says Trump's truth problem is getting worse

Sarah Westwood, Daniel Dale and Joan Walsh discuss Trump's truth problem with Brian Stelter. Dale says "incessant dishonesty" is "a central feature of his presidency," yet it's too often treated as "a side show rather than the central story." He says journalists should keep Trump's lies front and center.;Trump is trying to shift blame for government decisions that cause immigrant children to be separated from their parents. Daniel Dale points out that Trump officials have "owned" the new policy, while Trump himself is blaming Democrats. Walsh asks, "Where do we draw the line in cruelty?"; Michigan Congressman Dan Kildee and Mother Jones reporter Rebecca Leber join Brian Stelter to discuss the EPA's lack of transparency. EPA officials blocked some journalists from attending a recent speech by EPA chief Scott Pruitt. "I'm not gonna stand for it," says Kildee, a Democrat who is calling for an investigation.; Trump on NFL players who don't stand for the anthem: "Maybe you shouldn't be in the country." Former player Donté Stallworth's reaction: "I think it's detestable for the president to use that type of rhetoric, especially towards American citizens who are peacefully protesting."; New York Times media columnist Jim Rutenberg discusses Sean Hannity's anti-Mueller and anti-media talking points, plus the need to inform the public about how the media really works. Rutenberg previews the new inside-the-NYT series called "The Fourth Estate."; "Trump does not want this story told -- that's the bottom line." Carl Bernstein says the president wants to bury the Mueller probe because "Mueller has the ability and the facts to reveal him, Donald Trump, in a really terrible light."To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy
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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

CBS correspondent David Begnaud explains the new Harvard study that estimates the death toll from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico may be more than 4,600. Why has this shocking research been overshadowed by other news? How are people in Puerto Rico reacting? Brian Stelter also asks Begnaud about the federal response to the disaster and his own use of social media to highlight neglected stories from the island.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy
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Is the media failing Puerto Rico? David Begnaud weighs in from San Juan

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 deathTo learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy
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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

Brian Stelter catches up with two public health experts who helped explain Covid-19 when the pandemic first upended American life two years ago this week. Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal and Dr. James Hamblin discuss the initial "communication vacuum," the decline of trust in information sources, and the potential end of the pandemic.
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Two years since the pandemic began, Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal and Dr. James Hamblin assess what have we learned

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