Rushing to judgement
Ana Marie Cox, Manu Raju and Ryan Lizza sit down with guest host Brian Stelter to talk about whether or not the media can avoid judgement on Obamacare.
Media's obesession with Obamacare, shutdown
Ana Marie Cox, Manu Raju and Ryan Lizza join guest host Brian Stelter to discuss the media's coverage of the potential government shutdown and the controversy over defunding Obamacare.
The recipe behind the Food Network
Allen Salkin joins guest host Brian Stelter to talk about his new book that takes inside look at the Food Network.
An updated "Weekend Update"
As Cecily Strong joins Seth Meyers on Weekend Update, James Poniewozik and Maureen Ryan sit down with guest host Brian Stelter to discuss Strong's performance and her potential.
Spoiler alert: "Breaking Bad" ends tonight
President of AMC Charlie Collier joins guest host Brian Stelter to discuss how Breaking Bad became such a hit for his network. Then, James Poniewozik and Maureen Ryan look ahead to the show's finale.
Questions over disclosure
Guest host Brian Stelter shares his thoughts about disclosure involving CNN's Crossfire.
Sneak peek at this Sunday's show
We’ve got a busy show planned this Sunday when Brian Stelter of the New York Times returns as our ‘Reliable Sources’ guest host.
With the nationwide rollout of Obamacare and another government shutdown on the horizon, we’ll discuss how the bipartisan bickering in Washington is playing out across national media outlets with CNN commentator Ryan Lizza, Politico’s Manu Raju, and The Guardian’s Ana Marie Cox.
And it’s the day all Walter White fans have been holding out for– ahead of the highly anticipated ‘Breaking Bad’ series finale, we’ll sit down with AMC President and General Manager Charlie Collier to discuss the success of the show and the series spin-off currently in the works.
Later in the show, Time Magazine’s James Poniewozik and the Huffington Post’s Mo Ryan will join us to talk all things ‘Breaking Bad.' We’ll also discuss ‘Saturday Night Live’ as NBC’s popular late-night comedy show enters its 39th season with a handful of new cast members, including a new ‘Weekend Update’ co-anchor.
Finally, author Allen Salkin will join us on ‘Reliable Sources’ to discuss his new book, “From Scratch: Inside the Food Network,” which details the founding of the network as well as the recent scandal surrounding celebrity chef Paula Deen.
Tune in Sunday at 11am ET.
What we're reading this week...
By Sara Fischer, CNN
We’ve got an exciting show this week featuring coverage of the potential government shutdown, 'Breaking Bad' and the Food Network with returning guest host Brian Stelter, media and TV reporter for the New York Times, but until then; here’s a look at what we’ve been reading this week.
Pinterest sees growing number of journalists using the site, makes related changes
The pin-board style photo-sharing website, Pinterest, is making changes to its’ digital platform in response to a surge in journalist users. As of Tuesday, Pinterest users can now pin articles, just as they would pin items of clothing, bath towels, or craft projects. Pinterest’s ability to drive high traffic is appealing to journalists and news organizations that want to expand their brand and engage their audiences more heavily.
Why we're shutting off our comments
Popularscience.com is shutting off their comments feature to readers because “comments can be bad for science.” Acknowledging that it wasn’t an easy decision to make, the website argues that posting comments are bad for the website and science alike, because certain comments can polarize readers and make them feel more negatively about the science being reported.
Comedian arrested after punching Journalist Josh Rogin at D.C.'s Funniest Celebrity Competition
Egos weren’t the only things that were bruised at this year’s D.C.’s Funniest Celebrity contest. The event headliner Dan Nainan got into a tiff with Newsweek’s front-man Josh Rogin this Saturday over tweets Rogin was sending in the middle of Nainan’s performance. Nainan couldn’t take the joke. He allegedly walked up to Rogin after the show and punched him in the face.
World's oldest newspaper to end print edition, go digital only
The future of print just got a little dimmer. Lloyd’s List, the world’s oldest newspaper announced this week that it would move to a digital-only platform. The publication, which was first printed in 279 years ago, is now cancelling its print circulation, citing a declining interest in the hard copy as the reason.
Could transparency bolster publishers efforts to adopt new revenue models?
WeatherFX, a weather website, has created a new data model that they believe other digital publishers should follow. While most digital publishers use traffic and engagement numbers to cater their products to their own audience, WeatherFX takes these same numbers and correlates them to consumer patterns of other products on the web. WeatherFX’s general Manager Vikram Somaya argues that small publishers that have a niche audience need to build a story around that audience, so that their data can reflect their audiences’ interests and needs.
Restrictions on reporting
Guest host David Folkenflik speaks with The Guardian’s editor, Alan Rusbridger about his newspaper’s work uncovering NSA surveillance practices and compares press freedom laws in the US and the UK.
Navy Yard shooting: naming the wrong guy
After being mistakenly named as a suspect in the Navy Yard shootings by multiple news organizations, Rollie Chance shares his traumatic experience with guest host David Folkenflik. The, the Washington Post’s David Fallis talks about the importance of gun literacy for reporters covering mass shootings.
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Brian Stelter is the host of "Reliable Sources" and the senior media correspondent for CNN Worldwide. Before he joined CNN in November 2013, Stelter was a media reporter for The New York Times. He is the author of the New York Times best-seller "Top of the Morning."
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