change across the company, including here at cnn. and i m sad that i won t be here to cover it. but since this is our final episode, we re going to do something today. this is a special hour and it s about change. it s about change all across the media world. what s changing? what might change? and what must never change about the accountability function of journalism. i love this show. this small but mighty show punched above its weight for so many years. even a former president commented on the cancellation. reliable sources has been a one of a kind show, and a popular show. this is one of cnn s highest rated weekend shows. so i want to say thank you to all of you watching around the world. i was lucky to be a part of it for nine years. but it began 30 years ago after the gulf war. so here s what the iconic former cnn ceo tom johnson said on facebook when he heard the show was canceled. he said it was founded by ted turner and leaders of cnn who felt deeply that media org
And incredibly powerful sources can figure out how to make the tools work for us, not against us. that is what it is all about, right? that is what reliable sources has been about. dissecting the can changing media world for 30 years. we re living through an era of dizzying change. we have super computers in our pocket. we are all members of the media now. that is probably the biggest change that has happened while this show was on the air. and so the media is the people. people are flawed and opinionated and hopeful and believing in accountability. and that is the watch word here. accountability. so this show is going away, but there will be so many more. we need to have room for media criticism and debate and discussion, and we will. so much of the media ecosystem in 2022 is garbage, but so much of it is spectacular. the hard part is sorting out the treasure from the trash. these are thorny complicated things. i didn t have all the answers.
Inside some news organizations that make that more difficult. and i think that war is going to continue. continue. let s get to claire atkinson for 30 years of change. what would you say the biggest change you ve seen in 30 years of covering the media? i guess big tech has had an incredible impact on how we do our jobs. everybody is a journalist these case. you have a phone, you can record and share things. one of the negative consequences is everybody who has a social media account is a media critic. we talk about trust in the media. so many people have criticisms, conspear sis. it s fascinating to see what gets shared on social media. as we know, alex jones has been able to profit off of that. no consequences for lies. it is a crime to lie in a court. it is not a crime to lie in a political ad. in fact, there s no rules. facebook is able to share those
change across the company, including here at cnn. and i m sad that i won t be here to cover it. but since this is our final episode, we re going to do something today. this is a special hour and it s about change. it s about change all across the media world. what s changing? what might change? and what must never change about the accountability function of journalism. i love this show. this small but mighty show punched above its weight for so many years. even a former president commented on the cancellation. reliable sources has been a one of a kind show, and a popular show. this is one of cnn s highest rated weekend shows. so i want to say thank you to all of you watching around the world. i was lucky to be a part of it for nine years. but it began 30 years ago after the gulf war. so here s what the iconic former cnn ceo tom johnson said on facebook when he heard the show was canceled. he said it was founded by ted turner and leaders of cnn who
Axing your show? i don t know the answer to that. people might suspect it s political. he s a libertarian who believes in not paying tax it is he can avoid it. but he said he s not directly involved he did deny it. but then i think he s a businessman. he s looking at where the money and audience is. and the viewership on the left is split between cnn and msnbc, and the viewership on the right is all at fox news. they have a bigger audience, lots of money, and perhaps he s saying if we shift a little bit this way, maybe we ll get that, too. but he acknowledged in the meantime there s going to be the possibility of people leaving cnn, and the possibility that ratings go down. and there will be more change. i know i m going to be rooting for this place for the rest of my life. david, centrist. is there anything wrong with that word? it s a pretty innocent word. nothing wrong with it. but here s what happens.