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>>> THIS IS MY LAST EDITION AS
HOST OF "RELIABLE SOURCES" AFTER
15 YEARS IN THIS CHAIR.
I WAS PART OF A PILOT FOR THE
PROGRAM BACK WHEN BILL CLINTON
WAS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.
AND I HAVEN'T MISSED A SHOW
SINCE THEN, MY OWN PERSONAL CAL
RIPKEN STREAK.
SHEAR WHAT THE PROGRAM LOOK LIKE
AFTER THE CONTROVERSIAL HOUSE
VOTE.
>> THE MORNING AFTER.
THE MEDIA HAVE AN IMPEACHED
PRESIDENT.
WELCOME TO "RELIABLE SOURCES"
WHERE WE TURN A CRITICAL LENS ON
THE MEDIA.
WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM READERS
ACHD VIEWERS ALL YEAR THAT WE
HAVE OVERCOVERED THIS.
ONE OF OUR MOST DRAMATIC
PROGRAMS CAME IN THE AFTER MATH
OF THE 2000 ELECTION WHEN THE
NETWORKS CALLED FLORIDA FOR AL
GORE AND THEN GEORGE W. BUSH.
SAM DONALDSON, ABC AND THE OTHER
NETWORKS WERE WRONG TWICE IN THE
MOST DRAMATIC HIGH PROFILE WAY
IMAGINABLE JERKING THE COUNTRY
AROUND AND CANDIDATES, AS WELL.
HOW COULD THIS HAVE HAPPENED?
>> NO ONE IS HAPPY ABOUT IT.
WE HAVE EGG ON OUR FACE NO
QUESTION ABOUT IT.
WE MADE A MISTAKE.
WE WERE WRNK.
WE WERE JUST FLAT WRONG.
>> IN 2003, I SERIAL
FABRICATIONS OF JASON BLAIR AND
LATER ASKED HIM HOW HE FELT WHEN
I CALLED HIM THE FIRST OF THOSE
LIES, A PIECE ABOUT A TEXAS
WOMAN WHOSE SON WAS MISSING IN
IRAQ.
HOW DID YOU THINK WHEN YOU WERE
DOING IT THAT YOU COULD COPY THE
QUOTES FROM THIS WOMAN, THAT
COULD YOU USE DETAILS LIKE HER
MURTHA STEWART PATIO FURNITURE
WHICH WAS STILL IN BOXES AND NOT
GET CAUGHT?
>> WELL, SOME PEOPLE SAY IT WAS
A CRY FOR HELP.
I DON'T KNOW.
>> THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN ABOUT
ASKING DIFFICULT QUESTIONS.
AFTER BARACK OBAMA WAS ELECTED
IN 2008, AS MOST OF THE MEDIA
WAS CELEBRATED THE NEW
PRESIDENT, WE WERE SKEPTICAL
ABOUT THE COVERAGE.
>> THE HISTORY AND THE HYPE.
DID SOME JOURNALISTS GET CARRIED
AWAY DURING BARACK OBAMA'S
ELECTION VICTORY?
>> IS THERE A DANGER THAT ALL
THIS WILL BE SEEN AS A LOVE
FEST?
>> SURE.
>> I'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO
INTERVIEW PEOPLE FROM TIM
RUSSERT TO JON STEWART, FROM
RUSH LIMBAUGH TO DIANE SAWYER,
BRIAN WILLIAMS, BARBARA WALTERS.
THERE WAS NO FACEBOOK OR TWITTER
OR iPHONES OR iPADS WHEN I
BECAME THE FIRST BACK IN 1998.
WE'VE TRIED TO REFLECT THE
CHANGING NATURE OF THE NEWS
BUSINESS.
I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD THIS
FRANCHISE AND TO ALL OF FOR YOU
WATCHING AS WE'VE TACKLED THE
TOUGH JOURNALISTIC ISSUES DURING
WARS AND TERROR ATTACK AND
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS AND
VARIOUS MEDIA FRENZIES.
THE FIRST RATE STAFF HERE HAS
MADE THE PROGRAM.
AND WE HAVE NOT SHIED AWAY FROM
CONTROVERSY, INCLUDING ON THOSE
OCCASIONS WHEN WE'VE CRITICIZED
CNN.
I AM MOVING ON TO BECOME AN
ANALYST FOR FOX NEWS AND CREATE
A NEW MEDIA PROGRAM THERE.
THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN SNIPING
FROM PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIKE FOX,
BUT I HAVEN'T CHANGED AND I'LL
BE CONTINUING MY INDEPENDENT
BRAND OF MEDIA CRITICISM.
AS FOR CNN, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT
"RELIABLE SOURCES" WILL CONTINUE
WITH THE FULL SUPPORT OF TURNER
BROADCASTING.
JEFF ZUCKER HAS BEEN EXCITING TO
WORK FOR AND VERY GRACIOUS ABOUT