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
freedom for father on it. in a statement afterwards he said my mother, my brothers and i are desperate, anxious and have no words to describe what we are feeling. this suffering will only end when we have him home with us. after the game there was no words necessary, we just gave each other a hug, that s all. we know he is. ..0k, but desperately waiting for the right news. that s all. we had moments like this in the past. i understand 100%, that s a nice story. honestly, it is super positive and great for him, but these things go by. the real information we need is a different information. that s it. but anyway, it is a really, really positive thing for him. but all the other problems stay the same. there s one game in the premier league on monday night, the london derby between tottenham and chelsea, with spurs hoping to return to the top of the table with a win. standing in their way will be their former manager mauricio pochettino, now in charge of chelsea. both managers
effectively divided gaza into two parts north and south. 11 un agencies and six humanitarian groups have called for an immediate ceasefire urging israel to protect civilians and allow more food, water, medicine and fuel into gaza. they also called on hamas to release the hostages captured on october the 7th. some aid continues to get through a royaljordanian air force cargo plane has dropped several containers of humanitarian relief supplies over the gaza strip. the update was shared in a tweet by thejordanian king. jordan s state news agency said the consignment was urgent medical aid for thejordanian field hospital in gaza. israeli media reports say the air drop was carried out in co ordination with the israeli military. meanwhile, the us has stepped up diplomatic efforts in the region. secretary of state antony blinken has held talks with the turkish foreign minister in ankara. the country s cia director william burns is also now in israel urging greater effort to avoi
indispensability of what we do to make democracy work. when you have an authoritarian in power or anywhere else, they ll be working directly against that interest. thomas jefferson once said the press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood. but in some corners of the american media, they accept falsehood instead. is the rest of the media doing enough to call it what it is? umm, i can t speak for the rest of the media. by the way, i think the atlantic has. we tried to here. but i wonder if we re not meeting this moment and speaking about the threat to democracy. look, we are we are obviously like anybody else. we have our traditions and our norms of the way of doing things. but what s happened in politics in the last six or seven years is abnormal. it s not normal in the usual way that things have gone in the united states. i think we have been many organizations, many individuals have been slow, and i understand
well, the important thing is not to be fooled, right? authoritarians obviously see the press correctly as an adversary, trying to get the truth about their authoritarian tendencies and behaviors. authoritarians to stay in power need to convince the people that the press is the enemy. what we need to do well, a couple of things. the first is to stay the course and report the truth plainly and fearlessly. and the second thing we need to do is a better job as an industry. i m not a person that believes the media is one thing. obviously, we need to do a better job as individuals and organizations of explaining why we do what we do, why it s important for people that we do the things that we do. and going back all the way, going back to the founder of what this country said 200 years ago, talked about the indispensability of a free press, and we need to educate people about the