who have been separated from their families. and an executive order hasn t fixed it. they have to be reunited with their families. there s a moral imperative on us as a country to ensure that that happens. and she went down there today, patrick, sort of asked them, what can i do to help you? not that the first lady would be expected to set policy, but was no one in the white house making her aware what was any of these policies would be? obviously no one knows. jeff zeleny, white house reporter, is saying the president s tweet when he sent that out saying it was the media led to an urgent staff meeting at the white house. they don t know who came up with the idea of blaming and saying this is pointed at the media but they got excited about it, they decided he was going to go ahead and do that. stephanie grisham, the first lady s spokesperson, said today s visit with the children in texas impacted float does greatly. if the media would spend their time on kids instead of her wardrobe
spokeswoman also dismissed it. thanks to all of you for being part of my program this week. i will see you next week. hey, i m brian stelter. happy super bowl sunday. this is reliable sources, our weekly look at the story behind the story, of how the media really works, how the news gets made. and this week, how misinformation gets made. the right unleashed its version of fire and fury this week. the gop memo. but what exactly does it mean and where do we go from here? for today s show, chris ruddy is standing by. he s the ceo of newsmax and a personal friend of president trump. plus, historian julian zelizer is here to put the memo fight into context. and julia ioffe, as well. i m going to ask her, are we missing the real russia story? because i think we are. let s be honest. this week, sean hannity won. and the rest of america lost. the pro-trump media led by hannity has circled the wagons
people. it is his circle. it is his supporters in the congress and most especially it is the right wing media led by fox news which has long since ceased to even have pretensions of actual journalism. it s just a hit team for what we used to call the lunatic fringe. one of the things that i think distinguishes this president from previous presidents is this president seems to consume that almost exclusively as the way he gets information about the world. so it would appear. it s not just he s a consumer. he s also a contributor. there seems to be and it s been actually quite well documented a reciprocal effect.
or a misrepresentation. they are all lies all the time and it s not just the president. it is his succession of spokes people. it is his circle. it is his supporters in the congress and most especially it is the right wing media led by fox news which has long since ceased to even have pretensions of actual journalism. it s just a hit team for what we used to call the lunatic fringe. one of the things that i think distinguishes this president from previous presidents is this president seems to consume that almost exclusively as the way he gets information about the world. so it would appear. it s not just he s a consumer. he s also a contributor.
caught in a fib or overpromise or a misrepresentation. they are all lies all the time and it s not just the president. it is his succession of spokes people. it is his circle. it is his supporters in the congress and most especially it is the right wing media led by fox news which has long since ceased to even have pretensions of actual journalism. it s just a hit team for what we used to call the lunatic fringe. one of the things that i think distinguishes this president from previous presidents is this president seems to consume that almost exclusively as the way he gets information about the world. so it would appear.