now, ms. farid johnson, could you explain to us , what is jawboning? can you explain that to us? >> yes, jawboning is the act of coercion by the government to an entity to get it to -- well, in the cases we have seen so far, to get it to change its positioning, programming, what have you, in terms of what it presents to the public. >> you have concerns about congressional hearings such as this one, or statements that officeholders make that could be intended to influence editorial decisions at news organizations? >> news organizations are entitled to decide for themselves what subject to cover, and the first amendment protects the editorial decisions they make about their news coverage. it would be unconstitutional for any government official to attempt to coerce a news organization through legal threats or exercising the state's coercive power. >> could jawboning be considered unconstitutional? >> as you know, we filed an amicus brief in the case before the supreme court, and what we talked about their is that we have said publicly, that the government has an important role to p