Mar 2013
Marisa Guthrie, Joe Concha and Gail Shister discuss NBC's decision to drop the late night comedian, and the discuss the most opinionated network. Zev Chafets discuss his new authorized biography on Fox News President Roger Ailes. Bill Press, Tim Carney and Howard Kurtz talk about the GOP 'autopsy' report. Annmarie Timmins discuss her recent column on her battle with mental illness.
Jun 2013
Today's guest include: Dana Milbank of the Washington Post, Debra Saunders of the San Francisco Chronicle, and Lois Romano of Politico, John Stackhouse, Editor-In-Chief of Toronto's largest newspaper, The Globe and Mail.Howard will sit down with former Chicago Sun-Times photojournalist John H. White to talk about the newspaper's decision to lay off all of its full time photographers.
Sep 2013
Brian Stelter returns to host our show this week . Frederik Pleitgen with an update on Syria, andThe Wall Street Journal's Sam Dagher, Huffington Post's Michael Calderone, Matt Lewis and Al Monitor's Foreign Policy Reporter Laura Rozen join Stelter in the studio to discuss media's coverage of the Iraq War. BuzzFeed's Whitney Jefferson on the media circus surrounding Miley Cyrus.
Sep 2013
Ana Marie Cox, Manu Raju and Ryan Lizza join guest host Brian Stelter to discuss the media's coverage of the potential government shutdown. Allen Salkin to talks about his new book that takes inside look at the Food Network. As Cecily Strong joins Seth Meyers on Weekend Update, James Poniewozik and Maureen Ryan discuss Strong's performance. President of AMC Charlie Collier discuss Breaking Bad.
Oct 2013
The government shutdown comes to an end but did the media distracted from the underlying economic cost. Also, the press reports the death of a Senator only to find out he's still alive but not quickly enough to stop re-Tweets. Plus, former NSA executive travels to Moscow to meet with Edward Snowden.
Nov 2013
New information come out about Rupert Murdoch and how is tabloids really operated. 60 Minutes story which aired last week has teh validity of its source comes into question. Plus, journalists heavyweights, Bill Keller and Glenn Greenwald, take sides on the question of holding the powerful accountable.
Nov 2013
Errol Louis, Lynn Sweet, Dylan Byers and Terence Smith join guest host Frank Sesno on the 60 Minutes botched Benghazi story. Writer Chris Jones on events on Air Force one the day of JFK's assassination. Film critic Ann Hornaday on a study about gun violence in PG-13 movies. Philippe Cousteau and Andrew Revkin on lack of interest about climate chage.
Nov 2013
This week's guest host is Eric Deggans, TV critic from NPR. Eric looks at MSNBC's Eric Bashir's inflamatory comments about Sara Palin. Erik Wemple and Amy Holmes also weigh in. Also, how was it possible for a City Councilman in Flynt Michigan get elected without his past conviction from murder being made public?
Dec 2013
Today: The White House Press Core and the White House go back and forth about their level of access to they need while the White House says they will never be satisfied. Plus, a look at Fox' coverage of this week's Santa controversy. Also, a look at the extreme marketing campaign for the new Ron Burgundy movie due out this week.
Sun, Aug 18, 2013
Outbreak of violence in Egypt. Michael Calderone and Edward Felsenthal on next week's launch of Al Jazeera America. Melinda Wittstock and principal technology columnist for the Wall Street Walt Mossberg, about how new technology will change the news gathering process. USA Today David Callaway future of print in light of Jeff Bezos's purchase of The Washington Post.
Sun, Aug 25, 2013
This week show focuses on the civil rights movement from 50 years ago: Dan Rather discusses his coverage and the media's coverage of the movement. Other guest include journalist Paul Delaney, author Joseph Torres, A panel discusses the media's coverage of race issue and if the media uses this topic for profit more than truth.
Sun, Sep 15, 2013
Patrick Gavin is today's 'Reliable Sources' guest host. Featuring: NPR's Deborah Amos, PBS anchor & 'CBS This Morning' co-host Charlie Rose, The Washington Post's Max Fisher, DecodeDC host Andrea Seabrook, CQ/Roll Call's Emily Cadei, Farhad Manjoo, University of Maryland journalism professor Mark Feldstein and The Onion editor-in-chief Will Tracy.
Sun, Oct 6, 2013
This week: It's Washington's blame game with each side pointing fingers at the other. How does the public separate fact from fiction? Guest host speaks with Rep. Scott Rigell leaving his party line and about how he sees Congress getting to the bottom of the fiscal issues facing the country.
Sun, Oct 13, 2013
On Today's show: The NY Times reports big stories this week but is the paper right, wrong or somewhere in between? Is the media too focused on the of politics today's government issues instead of focusing on their consequences? And, is the Obama administration waging a war on the press?
Sun, Oct 27, 2013
This week's guest host is John Avlon. Obamacare: the Obama administration has moved the deadline back for registration, but is that enough? Jake Tapper discusses his book and about America's longest war. John and David Folkenflik talk about Rupert Murdock and his empire. Last, an exclusive interview with the famous reporter, Jimmy Breslin.
Sun, Nov 10, 2013
Bill Carter, Kelly McBride, David Brock and guest host Eric Deggans on the CBS news magazine show's latest controversy. Paul Farhi, Callie Crossle weigh in on the allegations that NBC pays for interviews and the firing of an editor and writer at 'Guns and Ammo." Ray Suarez, Richard Prince discuss the media's new focus on audiences of color.