Aftermath: Reporting on Russian Hacks with NYT's David Sanger

12/20/16 • -1 min

Bob Schieffer's "About the News" with H. Andrew Schwartz

The New York Times's David Sanger is part of a team that explained how Russian hackers attempted to play a role in the US presidential election. A great discussion on what happened and when, how it was reported and the aftermath. Download transcript here .

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Washington Post’s Margaret Sullivan: Fake News, Muddy Waters and Presidential Tweets

The Washington Post’s media columnist Margaret Sullivan has an incredible job to do these days—make sense out of a new digital media landscape where the lines between real news, fake news and satire are often blurred. It’s a landscape journalists and media companies need to adjust to. As do tech giants Facebook and Google who are grappling with the very issue of whether they are a “media company.” Download transcript here

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Chris Wallace and the Fox Firewall

On this episode, we spoke to Fox News Channel’s Chris Wallace, moderator for the past 14 years of Fox News Sunday. Wallace moderated the third Presidential debate this year, the first time a Fox moderator has been selected. Over 70 million people watched the debates and by all accounts, Wallace was a superb moderator. We discussed the debate, the campaign and Fox News’ place in the news ecosystem among other in the moment topics about the news. Download transcript here.