The Media's Trump Problem

Two weeks ago, CNN announced that they had gained exclusive information that seemed like it could effectively place the smoking gun of collusion in the hands of the Trump family: an email sent to Donald Trump, Jr. containing a link to a collection of hacked Wikileaks emails with a decryption key for access, sent on September 4th, 2016 – 9 days before the files were made public. 

The problem, as The Washington Post soon discovered, was that the email wasn't actually from September 4th, but from September 14th: one day after the files had been widely released. Thus, it was less of a smoking gun and more of...nothing. CNN and other outlets that reported the story noted their mistake and moved on.

It may seem like one small incident, but according to The Intercept's Glenn Greenwald, we should take note, because it is indicative of a much larger issue: the media's tendency to make these kinds of mistakes when it comes to the Trump-Russia story and failure to be transparent about their mistakes. Bob talks to Greenwald about his article on the CNN debacle and why the media need to do better if they want to regain public trust.