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Brian Stelter and a panel of guests discuss the right-wing media targeting both Disney and LGBTQ rights. Plus, Julia Ioffe makes the case that Vladimir Putin is now a prisoner of his own propaganda; Meduza editor Ivan Kolpakov discusses his fight to provide news to Russians despite restrictions; and CNN's Frederik Pleitgen calls in with eyewitness reporting from Bucha, Ukraine.

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"I was absolutely convinced I was going to die," Stuart Ramsay says. Ramsay, the chief correspondent for Sky News, was shot when his crew came under fire in Ukraine. One month later, he is now recovering from surgery and is able to share his story. Ramsay and senior foreign producer Dominique Van Heerden speak with Brian Stelter about how they fled the ambush; sheltered in place for several hours; and evacuated with the help of Ukrainian police. Unimaginably, Van Heerden says, "what happened to us was the good outcome," since other journalists have been killed in similar attacks.

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Journalists Ekaterina Kotrikadze and Tikhon Dzyadko, who fled Moscow when the war began, tell Brian Stelter about relaunching a channel on YouTube from outside Russia. Plus, Frederik Pleitgen talks about covering the invasion from both sides of the border; Jane Mayer shares the significance of the recently revealed Ginni Thomas texts; and CNN's Andrew Morse and Alex MacCallum preview this week's launch of the CNN+ streaming service.

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Brian Stelter and Oliver Darcy review the first quarter of 2022 across the wide world of media, from CNN to OAN, Fox to Facebook, Spotify to the Smiths. The pair also discuss news coverage of the war and Ukraine and the evolution of the pandemic. "We need to do better in the news media and elsewhere talking about what the end of this pandemic looks like,” Darcy says.

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Olga Rudenko, editor in chief of The Kyiv Independent, talks with Brian Stelter about covering Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Plus, Associated Press executive editor Julie Pace discusses war zone deployments; and Anne Applebaum, Peter Pomerantsev, Kimberly Dozier, Mara Schiavocampo and Philip Bump join the conversation.

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Kimberly Dozier is one of the only people in the world who can relate to what wounded Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall is going through. When Dozier was reporting for CBS in Baghdad in 2006, she survived a bomb blast that left two colleagues dead. Dozier reflects on the trauma and the road to recovery for wounded war correspondents; describes how journalists are mobilizing to help Hall; and underscores the importance of reporting in conflict zones like Ukraine. She also warns against letting "image fatigue" set in, arguing that "getting tired of the war helps Putin."

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Veteran Russia journalist Yevgenia Albats joins Brian Stelter from Moscow. Plus, Maria Ressa and Nick Kristof react to Russia's new anti-journalism law; Daniel Dale debunks videos circulating on social media about Ukraine; and Christof Putzel pays tribute to his friend Brent Renaud, the filmmaker who was killed near Kyiv on Sunday.

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Brian Stelter catches up with two public health experts who helped explain Covid-19 when the pandemic first upended American life two years ago this week. Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal and Dr. James Hamblin discuss the initial "communication vacuum," the decline of trust in information sources, and the potential end of the pandemic.

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Brian Stelter reports on a new Russian law that may make legitimate reporting a crime. Robert Mahoney, Julia Ioffe and Thomas Friedman analyze Putin's crackdown on the press. Jim Sciutto explains the challenges in confirming information from the battleground. An executive from Facebook's parent company says the company is trying to restore service in Russia. And a TV host from a Ukrainian news network has a message for the world.

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"You cannot exaggerate how dangerous this moment is," New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman says. Friedman talks with Brian Stelter about the Ukraine war; how to cover the "economic nuclear bomb" dropped on Russia; and why he dubs this "World War Wired."

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