our chief media correspondent, brian stelter, is in new york. brian, you just heard jean describing harvey weinstein being handcuffed, remanded into custody after being convicted on two of these five counts. once an icon of hollywood now a prisoner and ward of the state. >> it was a month before the "new york times" exposed his behavior. he looked like he was the biggest star at the party, crowds surrounding him, all wanting a minute of his attention. harvey weinstein was one of the most powerful media moguls in the world. he was on the decline by 2017. he had had some bad breaks in business by that point. but in the 1990s and the 2000s, he was a king and independent star of the movie circuit. this was the man with the power to make or break careers. that is what he did over and over again. he paid people off, he bought their silence, he buried his own secrets which we now learned about thanks to the reporting of megan cantor of the "new york times." those stories in 2019 changed harvey weinstein's life. they empowered these victims who were fimn

. >> and the winner is -- brian stelter, cnn chief media, you're a winner in my book. >> these were all? >> the race in the best picture category is between "1917" and "parasite," following two men through world war i on a harrowing mission, amazing film for those who haven't seen it yet. in fact, i thought about going to see it a second time it's that intense. "parasite" on the other hand is a film that is unlike any that's ever been up for these awards. if it wins best picture it will be the first film in a language other than english that would win the prize and primary asian cast, and the inclusiveness that would represent tonight. >> diversity has been one of the biggest >> that's been a criticism of the oscars recently, in recent years, and this year's no different. there is no female nominee for best director, despite greta gerwig's "little women" being nominated for best picture and cynthia areebo is the only african-american nominated for "harriet." do you expect that to be called out tonight? >> i do and i certainly hope it is called out tonight. this has been a multiyear conv

cnn did cut out of the president's press conference and brian stelter tweeted that out. your reaction? >> this is not the time for fingerpointing. this is time for action. things should have been done sooner. we're recognizing where gaps exist. now is the time for action. we're seeing there is vast shortage of testing kits in this country where the cdc has very narrow bide lines who they are willing to test. i think the case in california very clearly pointing out where those gaps need to be filled. we have to have testing kits at every single health care facility, testing kits at our schools, at our ports of entry, first-responders. make sure those coming in hey, i have a concern, those coming from countries where we're seeing coronavirus outbreaks occurring, they have to be tested before they even get on that plane. liz: the president is accusing speaker pelosi trying to create a panic. the associated press did a fact check of the democrats saying you're wrong to say the president cut budgets for cdc, nih. the president made a budget request that has not been enacted.

i'm brian stelter. gannett and gatehouse's recent merger is resulting in cutbacks.ibune" and other papers. warren buffett is selling berkshire hathaway's 31 newspapers. and mcclatchy is filing for bankruptcy protection. right now mcclatchy owns 30 papers across the united states. you can see the map right there, probably one near where you live, including "the miami herald" and many more. what's going to happen to them? here to discuss that is julie k. brown, an investigative reporter at one of those papers, at "the miami herald." you're the reporter who broke the jeffrey epstein scandal wide open. also joining us is ken docter, founder of the news-anomics column. what's the impact of this on you and your colleagues, julie? >> i don't think we know what the impacted is going to be. we've seen this happen around the country where some of these other chains have been bought up by hedge funds and in some cases they've dismantled some of these newspapers, these local newspapers. so of course we're hoping that that won't happen to our paper and the papers that are owned

joining me right now, chief correspondent brian stelter. l, maybe folks aren't surprised to see that happen, but facing a public health crisis, playing a game like that, like this, is serious. >> yeah, and these are people who are, for some reason, only making this about politics, trying to focus only on politics, and that's because they are hammered. so all they see are nails. sean hannity exists, in his mind, to defend donald trump no matter what, so he is making this about trump when ultimately it is not. this is about experts and scientists in trump's government that are trying to get accurate information out to the public. unfortunately, the president and his lack of credibility is an issue, and the white house is under scrutiny on that front. there is pro-trump media to make this all about trump and politics, and that's really not the media. the battle is being fought in the public arena, but that's the only place they know. >> he's not the only one, sean hannity. >> no, this has been going on all week long, especially with rush limbau

i'm brian stelter. remember the show "fear factor"?e want there was a firewall, of course the lawmakers that were involved rarely admitted to feeling that pressure or feeling that fear, but democratic senator sherrod brown said it was very well. he wrote an op ed for "new york times" recently and senator brown joins me now. you're saying in private, some did admit to feeling fear, and that motivated their decision -- >> no politician will ever say they're fearful. i saw it in their eyes, i saw it in their excuses. i hear what they say about the president's countless number of lies. i hear what they say about his demeanor, his character. i heard what they said about ukraine and the phone call, and the phone call leading up, and the cover-up afterwards. the same feel i've seen through the trump presidency reminded me of the fear i saw when i voted against the iraq war as a member of the house almost 20 years ago. the fear i saw zoo saw from so many of my colleagues they were afraid of bug called soft on terrorism. it's worse now, and it'

. >>> we are back on "reliable sources," i am brian stelter. hoped it was not true. people hoping it was not true. a big old fashion newsroom with old fashion increasingly needs to be that confirmation layer for all the unconfirmed stuff that's swirling around social media. in this case, tmz had it right and had it first. tmz usually is right about these celebrity deaths. kobe bryant was dead and everyone had a reaction. twitter can be reported as best friends or their biggest enemy. the media critic for the baltimore sun. what about tmz to report the death so quickly. the county's sheriff scolded tmz, i understand of getting the scoop but allow us time to make personal notifications to their loved ones. >> we get information and verify it and we publish and that's our core mission. in terms of legacy media which i prefer the whole fashion media. we have compassion for victims. we don't name victims of sexually assaults unless they come forward or certain children. we have compassion for victims and if we lose that, brian, and social media does

. >>> hey, grab your coffee, come on in, i'm brian stelter and this is "reliable sources," our look at behind the story. let's get right to it. this hour, president trump bringing back hope, a.k.a. hope hicks. i'll speak to two authors who have insight into all the d.c.

brian stelter is here as well. conviction is important. it's an answer. i think we can't also lose the impact of what harvey weinstein's case and how it came about, and now with this conviction means for the world. >> this is vindication and validation for these victims in this specific criminal trial. but it is also a statement. i'm not exaggerating, kate. millions of victims of sex crimes in this country and around the world. why is that? because harvey weinstein was the first domino in what we know as the global #metoo movement. this speaks to the power of journalism that this case was opened up and that harvey weinstein was brought into court and is now going to be going to prison. it speaks to the power of journalism and the court system, and it speaks to these voices that were silenced for decades. remember, there were rumors about harvey weinstein 20 years ago. he buried those secrets, he paid off women, he kept people silent, he threatened, he cajoled, he did whatever he had to do to keep those secrets. finally for the first time he's being held a

bernie sanders, pete buttigieg have both done very well in the last two contests and our own brian stelter pointed out, coincidence or not, the candidates winning the most votes are those granting the most tv interviews, probably the most notable pete buttigieg, going on all the major networks, tmz, stephen colbert. is there something to be said for having a say "yes" to everything strategy? >> that's one lesson taught everyone in 2016. he was a ubiquitous presence on networks he now denounces. i think he would go on the home garden network. he went wherever. sometimes he invited himself because he understood the power of using the medium. and i think candidates who don't do that make a big mistake. for buttigieg, who started off really as an asterisk in this race, it was some of his early media appearances that vaulted him into contention. as for the race itself, ana, i would say that bernie sanders is a front -- he is a front-runner right now. he is not a solid front-runner. his first two wins were wins in the popular vote in iowa and then -- but not for delegates. tied for delegates wit

. >>> i'm john avalon in for brian stelter. it's time for "reliable sources." our weekly look at the story behind the story, how the media works and how the news gets made and all of us can help make it better. the free press should lead the fight for a free country and free world, but those principles are under attack. it's been another tough week in the war on truth. domestic and international politics, with dangerous results. this week we're going to lack at how china's crackdown on journalists may have contributed to the outbreak of the coronovirus. an op-ed in "the new york times" drew criticism for its lack of context even by the paper's own afghanistan correspondent. here at home we're seeing presidential pardons for corrupt politicians and crooked businessmen petitioned for on fox news. an upheaval where -- prompting a retired general to say as americans we should be afraid for the future of our nation when good men and women can't speak the truth, when facts are inconvenience. this is all amid new reports that president of the united states and democra

. >>> i'm john avalon in for brian stelter. it's time for "reliable sources."weekly look at the story behind the story, how the media works and how the news gets made and all of us can help make it better. the free press should lead the fight for a free country and free world, but those principles are under attack. it's been another tough week in the war on truth. domestic and international politics, with dangerous results. this week we're going to lack at how china's crackdown on journalists may have contributed to the outbreak of the coronovirus. an op-ed in "the new york times" drew criticism for its lack of context even by the paper's own

celine gounder, elizabeth cohen, and brian stelter. hold your thought.ir way in. i see dr. anthony fauci, leading infectious disease expert of the united states, perhaps a prelude to the president soon to arrive. go ahead with thoughts until the president arrives. >> these are members of the president's taskforce, they have been meeting in the white house situation room. the president's earlier appearance in the briefing room, he announced that vice president mike pence was taking control of the taskforce. really, efforts are being coordinated through the vice president's office. we don't know exactly what president trump is going to announce, but cnn has a number of different responses to the virus, that includes economic responses, to help curb what we've seen, the enormous economic impact this virus already has had in the u.s., all the way to travel restrictions for countries that we've seen the virus threat rapidly and more widely and we mentioned the u.s. death in washington state was confirmed moments after the president announced via twitter that

i want to bring in several voices now, cnn senior medicine correspondent elizabeth cohen and brian stelter, and former clinton white house press secretary, and juliet lockhart and the assistant secretary at the department of homeland security. elizabeth, let me start with you, how significant is this, the first u.s. death now, from coronavirus. >> it is very significant. while it was certainly expected, it is still significant. one of the things that is most significant about it is what dr. redfield from the cdc said. this person has no known link to travel. in other words, it doesn't appear that this person travelled to china, or any other coronavirus hot spot. nor did they have a contact with, did they know anyone who had traveled. that gets to community spread, which has been the turning point this week in this outbreak, is the people are getting this virus, when they haven't been anywhere near china or know anyone who has been near china. >> right. we know at least four confirmed cases in the u.s. in which officials are now telling us are community spread related. julia, the fact is, w

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