welcome back. on reliable sources, becausefebecause buzzfeed decided to publish an unconfirmed claim against donald trump. it claims russian operatives have compromising information on the president-elect. we re proud we published it. i feel three days later it seems clear that it was the right thing to do. if you look at how much more we know than we knew three days ago. i think in three months it will look even clearer. host of reliable sources, brian stelzer, joining me. what else did ben smith have to see about the justification? that s right. this has been one of the biggest media controversies we ve seen in a long time. most numeroewsrooms, cnn includ chose not to publish it. only alluded to the claims, did not share all the sordid details. here s what s been said about the reasoning for putting the whole thing on line.
yesterday was boycott delta. singers like olivia wild saying never fly this airline again. i never quoted winston churchill i m going to do it now. a lie can go halfway around the world before the gets its pants on. even if the story is dewunk it s impossible to put the toothpaste back in the tube. this has already hurt delta irreparable. check this guy for one second on google it was like tiawain brally accusing you of assault. let s put up in case our viewers haven t seen it some performance from brian stelzer on fake news one of his favorite topics. fake news has become a plague on the web and especially on socialç networks like facebook there are so many unreliable sources about this election. so we need a new rule for the web. triple check before you share.
this is a guy who said there were hundred drildz of swastikas being painted on a building. i was convinced he wanted to be hillary s press secretary. that s fine. he has a political point of view. is he a progressive. is he activist. how does he get to pose as a media critic on purportedly nonpartisan news station. let me give that you quote first, tucker. i found it remarkable. he said about trump supporters six days after trump was elected. we are seeing hundreds of swastikas. racist language, assault or bullying across the country. this has been disproofn completely. no one can verify anything around hundreds of swastikas or hundreds of people being beaten around the country did. brian stelzer apologize? no. did he retract? no. was there any accountability from management? no. you have inmates running the asylum and that s the problem here. i say a new year s resolution, tucker, basically journalists that purport to be straight news reporters, like had you kirk
proved him to be advocate. brian stelzer should change the name ofç his show countdown with brian sellser. conservative media bias calling out trump every turn. people will respect the fact is he being transparent. that s exactly right it wouldn t bother me. if npr would pretend to not be bias. cnn has not responded? seems like irony of a guy decrying fake news. have they retracted his we did the? have they apologized for it and corrected record at all. you can go on twitter and see that is still up. doing damage. still retweeting it out stelzer standing by it only trying to point out the virality. that s why fake news is dangerous and hurts american business, tucker. thanks a lot, joe. i appreciate it.
yesterday was boycott delta. singers like olivia wild saying never fly this airline again. i never quoted winston churchill i m going to do it now. a lie can go halfway around the world before the gets its pants on. even if the story is dewunk it s impossible to put the toothpaste back in the tube. this has already hurt delta irreparable. check this guy for one second on google it was like tiawain brally accusing you of assault. let s put up in case our viewers haven t seen it some performance from brian stelzer on fake news one of his favorite topics. fake news has become a plague on the web and especially on socialç networks like facebook there are so many unreliable sources about this election. so we need a new rule for the web. triple check before you share.