Mark Cuban on CNN’s Reliable Sources
Highlighted excerpts of CNN’s Reliable Sources, hosted by Howard Kurtz, are available after the jump. A full transcript of the program can be found here.
HIGHLIGHTS
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban on deliberately provoking a $25,000 NBA fine by tweeting:
“I did it because it would jack up the number of Twitter followers that I had.”
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Radio host Bill Press on Glenn Beck leaving Fox News:
“I think he had this messianic complex. I really think he started to take himself too seriously.”
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Politico’s Julie Mason on the threatened government shutdown:
“Every veteran journalist in Washington knew exactly how this was going to turn out. We were joking about it.”