THIS MORNING ON RELIABLE SOURCES: Fearbola. What are the reasons for almost wall-to-wall coverage of Ebola? In every segment of CNN Reliable Sources (except the last one) today, Im going to suggest some answers. And Im starting with what makes the prospect of an outbreak so scary. And asking: why do some people want to believe unreliable sources and preposterous conspiracy theories? The guest: CNNs Sanjay Gupta Plus, a shout-out to Shep Smith for this masterpiece: youtu.be/Z2KBfynW09I Other Ebola angles: -- Seema Yasmin, whos a new medical reporter at the Dallas Morning News, tells me about covering the local story there... and whether she misses her old job as a CDC disease detective -- Krystal Knapp, who broke the news about Dr. Nancy Snyderman violating her self-quarantine, resulting in a MANDATORY quarantine, recounts how she did it... a segment inspired by this Erik C. Wemple interview: wapo.st/1o8dhpH -- Bob Arnot, who used to be in Dr. Nancys position at NBC, tells me whether he thinks she lose her job -- And theres Red News/Blue News on Obola and the politics of this story. Also on the show this morning -- should we trust Nielsens TV ratings? A recent glitch got a lot of attention and affected the outcome of the evening news ratings race (see here: cnnmon.ie/1nkN9qO). Im interviewing someone I used to cover -- Jonathan Klein, a former president of CNN -- who now runs the digital media company TAPP. And Im talking with one of the countrys best investigative journalists, James Risen, about the governments attempts to find out his source for a blockbuster story, and about his new book Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War. At the end of the show, Ill report on this weeks painful layoffs at CNN and changes at HBO... and try to explain how those two seemingly unrelated stories are connected. Tune in! 11 a.m. ET, CNN.
Posted on: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 14:26:32 +0000
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