“Reliable Sources” will continue after Kurtz’s departure in a couple of weeks. The Sunday morning program has appeared increasingly ragged. A few weeks ago, Kurtz devoted an entire 30 minutes to one of his reporting miscues. Last Sunday, it included a shameless promotional segment devoted to the debut of “New Day,” CNN’s reworked breakfast show. NYT
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The longtime host of CNN’s “Reliable Sources” is leaving the cable network and will set up shop with a similar media criticism program on Fox News. Kurtz, the former Washington Post reporter who’s made a reputation for overextending himself while working for multiple entities at the same time and whose work appears to have suffered for it, was not under long-term contract at CNN. The New York Times says the network had expressed no intention of offering one.
“Reliable Sources” will continue after Kurtz’s departure in a couple of weeks. The Sunday morning program has appeared increasingly ragged. A few weeks ago, Kurtz devoted an entire 30 minutes to one of his reporting miscues. Last Sunday, it included a shameless promotional segment devoted to the debut of “New Day,” CNN’s reworked breakfast show. NYT
Howard Kurtz out at CNN, in at Fox News
Thursday, June 20, 2013
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Ron Russell
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“Reliable Sources” will continue after Kurtz’s departure in a couple of weeks. The Sunday morning program has appeared increasingly ragged. A few weeks ago, Kurtz devoted an entire 30 minutes to one of his reporting miscues. Last Sunday, it included a shameless promotional segment devoted to the debut of “New Day,” CNN’s reworked breakfast show. NYT
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