Transcript: Reliable Sources for Sunday, January 23
Highlighted excerpts and a full transcript of CNN’s Reliable Sources, hosted by Howard Kurtz, are after the jump. Reliable Sources airs Sundays, 11 a.m. to noon (ET).
HIGHLIGHTS
Former MSNBC anchor David Shuster, saying Keith Olbermann left MSNBC in part for financial reasons after a show of public support when he was suspended:
“He wanted to be paid what he felt he was worth, and he wanted the respect that he felt his 300,000 fans who signed the petition deserved.”
Baltimore Sun’s David Zurawik on Olbermann:
“He wanted to be Edward R. Murrow, and he was more McCarthy than Murrow.”
EMBEDDABLE VIDEO: Olbermann’s abrupt exit: What happened?
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Former network anchor Carole Simpson on facing racial bias, sexual discrimination and groping:
“I wasn’t going to let anybody push me away from my dream to be a journalist, and I just had to grin and bear it, because there was no recourse.”
EMBEDDABLE VIDEO: Journalist talks successes and scars
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Journalist Mark Potts on the Apple CEO’s failure to disclose details of his medical condition:
“That’s fine if he’s an actor, if he’s Michael Douglas. The fact is, there are millions of people who…have a stake in Steve Jobs’ health.”
EMBEDDABLE VIDEO: Journalism ethics & Steve Jobs’ health
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Media Monitor featured NPR’s Scott Simon, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, and the media’s scant coverage of the disappearance of an African-American high school student.