Reliable Sources Highlights

Highlighted excerpts of CNN’s Reliable Sources, hosted by Howard Kurtz, are below. A full transcript of the program is posted at CNN.com. Reliable Sources airs Sundays, 11 a.m. to noon (ET).

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HIGHLIGHTS

“He pushed just hard enough without hectoring Sandusky.” – The Baltimore Sun’s David Zurawik on Bob Costas interviewing former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky.

“You’re reporting on people on the worst day of their life… their house just burned down, their parent just died, their son just died, their life is forever changed.” – Harrisburg Patriot-News’ Sara Ganim on the kind of crime reporting that led her to break the Penn State scandal.

VIDEO: http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2011/11/20/rs-tackling-penn-state.cnn
“At the Nepotism Broadcasting Company?” – St. Petersburg Times’ Eric Deggans on whether there’s a problem with NBC hiring Chelsea Clinton as a correspondent.

VIDEO: http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2011/11/20/rs-clinton-nepotism-journalist.cnn
“I think reporters are right. This GOP field, every week there’s a new gaffe.” – The National Review’s Robert Costa on pundits labeling the candidates the Know Nothing Field.

VIDEO: http://cnn.com/video/?/video/politics/2011/11/20/rs-gingrich-microscope.cnn
Media Monitor featured journalists arrested at Occupy Wall Street, Reuters and Bill O’Reilly.

VIDEO: http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2011/11/20/rs-media-monitor-11-20.cnn

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