i was walking out and glen called me. you got ten more seconds. glen will be back tomorrow night. he has a lot to say on the situation on egypt and the latest on the violent cla hi, everybody. if you are like two out of three americans stuck at home today because of the snow and ice, you are probably wondering what is going on and you have a couple choices. you can look at the tv or get your latest news hoping on to the internet if your paper isn't already frozen in the snow and the ice. rupert murdock is offering an appealing idea to get you up to speed whether you are at home or at work. and that is a newspaper for ipad only users. and now that might seen a

fairly limited audience until you realize we are talking better than 15 million users across the globe and growing per year. the question of an ipad only newspaper comes at a time when newspapers themselves are having, well, a stuff -- a tough time. the stories are ledge legendary about publications that were shutting down and losing money. rupert murdock tried to change that by saying there is a way to get the content to you, and whether it is by paper or on-line or now with this device today, the bigger question will be has he answered that? we will know in a few minutes when mr. murdock addresses folks around the country not only on that issue, but on a host of others. he will be joined by top apple executive. it was to be steve jobs a couple weeks ago. we all know what mr. jobs is dealing with, but we have his top interview guy teaking the

reins today -- taking the reins today. a lot of folks may say, what does this mean to me? bottom line, this comes at a time when how you get news is really the eye of the provider, right? look at what has been happening in egypt and how we have gotten that through the internet. and how have these people been motivated and mobilized to protest again largely through the internet. so what began in tunisi a and extended to egypt and a host of other countries is internet driven. rupert murdock sees that and a number of other player whys see that as well. but the bigger question, will they pay for that? will they pay for something most get for free? that is going to be the real issue. will you pay for something you are used to getting for free? >> when the ipad came out rupert murdock said this is a game changer. this is a game changer device. and in believing so he has decided to create unique

content the first daily delivered publication specifically for the ipad. nobody has ever done this before. and it is not going to look like a newspaper. they say don't call it a newspaper. it will be news delivered by columnists we have seen across the globe in a multi media sort of story-telling visual that you can't get anywhere else besides the ipad. also a voice that many expect to be more centric, more useful and perhaps talking about the newspaper industry and how it is grasping and grappling to get the younger demographic to clasp on. this may be the way to get the youth to consume news that everyone else -- the big publishers are putting out there in print form and now being diverted through the ipad. >> we were talking about the fact that a lot of news today you could pick and choose. there is instant paper and there is a free website. say anything that appeared on fox business as you would.

the problem is when you get that and can download pretty much anything you want, and then getting that and paying a price for it. >> right. there is a big question, what will the price tag be? up until now we have seen americans out there and being able to get information for free on the web. they pay perhaps to get a newspaper subscription and a magazine subscription, but what this innovation is going to do is kind of flip that model upside down. meaning you should be paying for content on-line and you are not going to be able to get it anywhere else. it will not be in newspaper form. it will not exist on the web. it is original, and because of that it has value and it has a price tag you should pay for it. >> also if you think about it, a great deal of secrecy to this. we should stress as well this so-called i -- ipad app launches noon eastern time.

so you can't find it. furthermore when you go to this site, the daily .com site which is just a site for advertising the product and not getting the product downloaded per say. very, very secretive there. they are going to screen obviously the conference you will be looking at, but little else. there is a great gamble on this device and that is part of the world's richest men. that's the ipad device, overall of the other competetors there, and right now it is the device of choice. 85% of all tab lets sold are these ipads. but what if samsung's galaxy takes hold or a host of others we have seen? what if they begin to eclipse the ipad? has rupert murdock dug himself a hole? but a lot at stake for not only the publishing titan, but

his definition of news. keep in mind this is the same man who plunked down $5 million for "the wall street journal" at a time most thought newspapers as we knew them were dead. "the wall street journal" is building subscribers in advertising which is a rarity in this business. his new york post is not quite so fortunate. so there is a great deal of pressure on rupert murdock's contention to save the content will always be king. it is just how you get it which will be the decider going forward. his big belief and the crux of this on going revolution is he has the content. he has the means. he has the resources. he has the staff to deliver. the jury is still out, but the investment is on. he plunked down better than $30 million to make this happen. now the man is trying to deliver. rupert murdock. >> good morning. i am rupert murdock, and i am

pleased to welcome you to the launch of the -- "the daily" a national news publication for the ipad we have created from scratch. first i would like to thank the amazing steve jobs, a man who has single handedly changed the world of technology and media. his efforts over the years culminating most recently in this brilliant tab let have given us ain credible new platform. we are honored apple has put its support behind this venture. steve has been a champion of the daily from day one along with eddie q. i am delighted to welcomed dooy and will be hearing from him in minutes. new times demand new journalism. the devices that modernen ngineering has put into our

hands demand a new service edited and designed specifically for them. i challenge -- our challenge was to take the best of journalism, competitive reporting, good editing, a skeptical eye and combine it with the best of contemporary technology. 360-degree photographs, graphics that respond to the touch and now the innovations that are unthinkable in either print or television. simply put, the ipad demands we completely reimagine our craft. there is a growing segment of the population here and around the world that has educated and sophisticated that did not read national print, newspapers or watch television

and news. they do consume media. and they expect content tailored to this specific interest to be available anytime, anywhere. too often this means news is restricted, only to interests that were predefined. what we are losing today are the opportunities, the true news discovery it lies in serendipity and surprise. the death touch of a good editor. we are going to bring that magic to "the daily" to inform people, to make them think, to make them smile and to help them engage in the great issues of the day. similarly we can and we must make the business at news gathering viable again.

it is a remarkable age of renovation, a digital renaissance. our aim is for "the daily" to be the indispensable source for news, information and entertainment. the opportunity is enormous, and i'm convinced that in the tab let era it is a robust and new voice. i am immensely proud of the leadership of jesse angelo and the publisher. the many talented men and women who make up "the daily" team have worked tirelessly to take full advantage of everything the ipad of oners. the result is trans -- transform tiff.

no paper, no trucks, and we are passing on the savings to the reader which is why we can offer "the daily" for just $.14 cents a day. in exchanging for the $.14 cents readers will enjoy a design of a professionally edited magazine, the immediate see of the web, the original reporting and distinctive voice of a newspaper as well as stunning photography and high definition video. it certainly won't lack for wit, opinions or sense of fun and our target audience is the more than 15 million americans who are expected to run tablets s -- in the next year. thank you, john miller our chief dimming tall officer,

and for your wise council as we embark on this ambitious project. your oversight will be just as available in the coming months and years ahead. and as we listen to our customers, the daily success will be determined by its utility and original national tee which will work passionatly to continue to develop. we see this evolution as a strength because "the daily" is not a legacy brand moving from the print to the digital world. we have license to experiment, commitment to innovate and an ability to evolve and respond to our customers' needs. in this exciting new era, we believe "the daily" will be the model for how stories are told and concerned. i am very pleased with what we have completed so far.

congratulations and thank you to all our friends at apple and everyone who has worked around the clock these last few months to bring us to this day. and now it is my pleasure to introduce john, jesse and greg who will unveil the first edition of "the daily." [applause]. >> thank you, rupert. good morning, everyone. i'm john miller and joined by jesse angelo, editor of "the daily." greg is driving today's presentation. it is not a demo. these are live production bits. six months ago when rupert challenged us to find a new way to marry journalistic expertise that runs deep with news corp, we knew we had a tremendous opportunity and a lot to figure out. we have taken a fresh look in what it means to tell a story,

and we thought, how do you create a new news brand that is truly distinctive. certainly the voice matters. you have to have a wonderful and distinct editorial voice. we thought a true new look, a new look, a visual style that was tremendously impactful would be key to everything we did. so we think we have developed that, and we will show you that today. jesse will now reveal the daily. >> thanks, john. ladies and gentlemen, "the daily." [applause]. >> first of all, thank you all for coming out in this miserable weather. we appreciate it. we are very, very excited about today. we are excited to launch. we have been doing live production for about six weeks now, and there is nothing worse than a room full of journalists and designers creating great stories, creating great content and only a few hundred people seeing it. but i'm kidding. the staff at "the daily" has been fantastic.

they have been working around the clock to get this done and producing fantastic stuff. we are excited to share it with you today. as you can see, we lead today with egypt. it is such a remarkable story. i think everybody has been so compeled by it. our guy is on the ground right now in cairo. aside from the obvious, it is the story that is cater-made for "the daily." the pictures coming out are amazing. the video and audio are incredited -- incredible. the versatility of the i pad allow is us to choose the most compelling way to tell a story. we do that. we say, what's the best way to tell the story? sometimes pictures and text. sometimes it will be animation or touch and grab graphics. sometimes it is video. and we built a newsroom to do that. we have people from television backgrounds and newspapers and magazines. we have people from across the digital sphere. and they are working hand in hand with designers and developers and that is key. the ipad allow is us to tell

stories in different ways than we could before. 360-degree photographs. we love them. they look great. and when you can have the user interact with the photograph and move their way around through it, you create a really cooly mers cive experience. it is a different way to consume media. it engages you. we can put audio behind these so people can listen to what's going on. we are going to do these editorials every day. we are out there taking pictures. video looks incredible on the ipad. we all know that. this is a series we have done, just fun slices of life from out there on the highways and byways of erk in. this is actually about angola prison and prisoners of children. >> maybe we will never have that. >> we don't get something

about this. >> i think what you are seeing is the first all media product. the first product that every day uses all types of media to inform and ebt tane, and we will produce up to a hundred pages, depending on the news, every day. and when you do that, you have to think about how do people find this stuff? how do they navigate around? how do they consume in the ways they want to consume? the text, the video, the pictures? how do you get through that? we have come up with some innovative and cool, new ways to find your way through "the daily." >> we call this the carousel. it is our central navigational experience. all of these tiles represent stories. all of the stories are represented visually. if you are just in the story you hit a tile and it pops up and you can read the story. or you can swipe through pages like you would any newspaper or magazine. but in the carousel, there are different ways to consume the

media. down here is a control panel. if you press an auto play button it will pass and you can stand and browse it. the shuffle button will bring up stories you haven't read yet. we have professional voiceovers weeding out some of the top stories of the day. you can listen like you do the radio. and we have a video anchor. >> hello. welcome to the inaugural issue of "the daily." what is next now that the egyptian president says he is going to give up power in september? >> as you can see, we understand news has changed. it is not in a vacuum anymore. it is shared and social, and the ability to follow links is crucial. you can share articles on facebook, twitter or e-mail "the daily" is not an island. it will be a part of the entire web discourse and social world. >> if you want to share a story you press the share button in the upper right hand corner. this screen pops up.

you can instantly post a facebook, twitter, send an e-mail to a friend or clip it and save it for later. you can write text comments or record audio comments. that's not the only way we interact with the web. we can pull html5 pages into the device. we can link out to the web so we will link out from hyperlinks in text or we can link out from hotspots on pages. this is a fashion feature. you can pull up the designer's website and learn more about the things the woman is wearing or buy them. here is a television review. there is a link out to imdb if you want to go to imdb to learn more about the cast and characters and the trailer. twitter, obviously twitter has changed how we communicated and it has changed how content is shared. we built components to bring twitter feeds directly into the application. so if it is a gossip item

about lily allen and elizabeth hurley it can come in. the stars can speak for themselves, but we can do it for a trending topic. it is another way to bring the power of the web into the machine. >> anyone who has an ipad is almost by definition obsessed with apps. we have an apps and game section. complete with reviews and a direct link into the apple store. another thing about the i pad is how you can use your hands and fingers. as any two-year-old with an ipad can show you, they get it right away. we are making the most of this ability, and one of the places you can see this is in our sports section. >> touch interactive tee and animation are great. it is a way we can bring the stories alive, and it is a way we can have a good time. this is a super bowl time line in today's issue. you can touch on the games and see every game through

history, a synopsis of what happened and the pictures. troy poll llama lieu and this is a funny feature we did on clay matthews and pollimalou's hair. this is a way you can really begin to create different kind of content with the ipad. for sports fans we really think this is the show stopper. this is our sports package. you can pull up your favorite team's schedule. you can pull up scores. you can pull up the latest stories, the latest photographs, and it is fully customize believe a. so you choose which teams you like, and every day, or even in live time, it pulls up what you want to see. we even have the team tweets. we went through each team and found the twitter feeds and the teams and put them together so you can follow them that way if you like as well.

>> "the daily" is publishing every morning. it is delivered to you on the ipad. updates will be throughout the day when the news warrants, and we can break into the app for breaking news at anytime. as rupert says, it is $.99 cents a week, and we have special promotions in mind. we want to thank verizon. the first two weeks are free courtesey of verizon. and there are other partners i want to thank, hbo, land revolver, macy's, pepsi and virgin atlantic. i want to thank everyone for coming out in such a beautiful day which checking "the daily" weather page we can see tomorrow is going to be better. it will be 30 degrees and partly cloudy and then we get more snow. quite the winter in new york. and i want to thank jesse, greg, the team that worked on "the daily" and a shout out to john mckinley who put out a spectacular product. when we leave here today, we

will be going live at noon. you can download "the daily" right after this. now i want to introduce our friend from apple, eddie cue. [applause]. >> we are continuing to monitor this event. i am already getting e-mails. you are only covering this because your boss is rupert murdock. well this is a biggy vent no matter how you look at news. i might remind the news organizations when apple comes out with a product, whether they get top executive there's or not, they go full throttle on that product announcement. these tend to be cultural events that go beyond a company. what rupert murdock is trying to do could go beyond the given. it is no accident that some of the pro and con comments that we have been getting are coming from the internet. and that is going to be the

next ok coral forgetting your news and information. it is an interesting stat to point out. by the way, the home of contemporary modern art. the contemporary way, a lot of young folks get news on the worldwide web. in fact, seven out of ten college students do not look at a printed newspaper. they get all of the news they need on-line. that could be either a good or bad thing. they are trying to change the dynamics so you get the content kids. it is not just for kids. although it is a push for a younger audience who largely left the traditional media. so the fact of the matter is in this respect it is a crucial, crucial stage being fought. and now to the guys leading that battle on the other side for apple, eddie cue. >> i can tell you it is amazing. it is incredible to believe that something of this production value can be done

every single day. when you look at the photos, they are just stunning. the 360 degrees makes you feel like you are standing right there. the hd videos let you watch the news as it happened, and you can even personalize it. you don't have to live in wisconsin to get the green bay packers as your home team in your paper. and of course it is interactive. it lets customers really experience the news they care about most. as was said ipad customers can download "the daily" starting today. we included a subscription billing that is as easy to use as one click. you will be billed weekly at $.99 cents or yearly at $39.99. it is your choice. we couldn't be more excited to be here for the launch of "the

daily." they have put a great deal of thought and creativity into this news product, and we think i ipad customers are really going to embrace it. so thank you very much and john? [applause] >> okay, we will do a quick photo op and then take your questions. bear with us for a moment. >> we will continue to monitor that. he is apple's vice president and internet and that sort of thing. it blurs the line a little bit. remember this was supposed to be steve jobs a couple weeks back. it was going to be a big san francisco event. he and rupert murdock were to make that announce meant together. obviously mr. jobs leaving the company on medical leave. we don't know his physical state or how he is doing. we know these things were quickly rearranged so eddie q would be with rupert murdock.

and we are back to why this is a biggy vent. it goes back to how you get your information. if you watch me or fox or fox business or any other news entity in the future, you will be doing it on-line. and increasingly through devices like the ipad. the question going toward is whether this is the device and whether it is worth paying for. you heard some of the quick snap shot figures. 99 cents a week, $40 a year. there are incentives that will no doubt knock the price down. it is limited to the ipad which is the tab let of choice globally. we talked about 15 million of these babies across the world. but they mentioned an interesting statistic. that universe is expanding rapidly, and not exclusively for ipad. >> there were estimates from the industry sources that say over the next five years there is going done -- to be 100 million tablets and they will

not just be apple, but made by dell and sam coping and other company -- samsung and other companies. can an ipad's specific content platform thrive and survive when people are not making choices on the apple platform. they are a leader in contact creation. the plats form poses -- the platform poses that most applications versus any competetor out there. but at some point the competetors will go straight. what is news corporation going to do? what will they do to get the information out there. will they be agnostic? are they going to stick to one specific tab let device? that's a big question that will be played out over the next few years. >> it might be politically agnostic. >> we have journalists, some

100 who he has hired and contribute etd from the atlantic and the "new york times." so what will this be in terms of the dna? >> it seems to be rooted in newspapers. it is meant to be a journalistic enterprise. what i found fascinating about what he said on stage is this is an enterprise and a creative product like we have never seen before. >> so the bottom line as we wrap things up, one of the world's richest men has decided to place a substantial financial bet that this is the way you will get news in the future, that you will be happy to pay for that content as long as it is very rich in video and photo toes and sound. and the type of experience heretofore you never had, and here to fore if you are a print subscriber you simply cannot get. it is a huge gamble. for a gentleman who is used to making huge gambles. suffice it to say the battle has been injod, and one of the

biggest believers in journalism as we know it is saying, i see it still having a future. maybe not the one you are used to, but the one i see. one future if you will not guided by politics or agendas, but simply the printed word. the only difference now is, it is not necessarily printed. that will do it from here.m back to you guys in the studio. y whether we sit together tonight, but whether we can work together tomorrow. >> the president delivers the state of the union address. some in the media cheered. >> it could be his reagan moment and others thought differently. >> one of his weakest speeches. >> republicans responded with a warning. >> no economy can sustain high levels of debt. >> and extra added twist with

a tea party response. >> we need to make things again in this country. >> how was she treated by the media. >> wikileaks founder julian assange called him peter pan-like with a hot temper. the if you ed is just getting started. >> good night and good luck. >> a whole week goes by without mr. oberman. kicked out and could this be the end of his sketchy career? >> 25 years since the world witnessed the challenger disaster on live tv. a moment we will never forget and what affect does attractive female reporters have on fewers. stick around to find out. >> fox news contributor judy miller. national rejew editor rich lawery . allen combs and fred pinkerton. i am john scott.

fox news watch is on right now. president obama delivered the state of the union and getting positive reviews in the main stream media and getting favorable comparison. >> he was trying to envoke the optimism that bring to mind ronald reagan. >> how this could be his reagan moment. >> talking about winning the fut and you are that was a theme of reagan. it is not left-right. >> sunny optimism and reaganesque and american exceptionalism and full of kennediesque encouragement to break a new frontier. that was remarkable. >> and then this from time magazine.

a doctored image of ronald reagan with his arm around mr. obama. you have been around washington. when reagan comparison erupts, is that spontanous. >> we associate reagan with optimism. it is lazy to just associate reagan with optimism. there is a wonderful documentary that came out and didn't show him smiling and the grim determination to beat the soviets and he hated the statism that barack obama is plugging for. >> there could not be two presidents with more opposite philosophy. >> for one thing president obama is reading up and reading him and studying his presidency and he did that over the christmas holiday. sunny optmistic view. watching the speech, i thought this is -- why are you

laughing? >> i don't agree with you. >> you think this is mourning in america. >> contrary to what john boehner when he accused the president of not saying exceptionalism. the president time and time again during the speech showed a sunny optmistic. this is a morn nothing america speech . people an analyze it see it properly. >> we'll check with jim pinkerton. anduc leto work in the reagan campaigns. when we said morning in america. unemployment declining and fell in 10.8 to sen.2 on day in '84. that is a 50 percent decrease. what we are seeing here that reagan has joined the pantheon of great presidents along with the people on mount rushmore . the media are eager to say he

was a great president. every president we like should be compared to reagan. and that is like alec combs. >> he wasn't liked? >> and say it is optimism and he is a nice guy. >> he cut taxs and built up defense . all of the things rich is alluding to and the chance for conservative republicans. it was not just a smile but a certain set of ideas and policies. and this is about style. it is style. >> stylistically . i found it interesting that conservatives hated it and liberals tended to like it and american people 91 percent of them according to a cbs poll thought it was great. i don't know if the media is out of touch or the president. >> focus on date night in the media . members of both parties sitting together and a political cartoon that pointed out that maybe all of this

comedy was a put on . there is a look at it. i am with stupid. was too much made of that? >> look at the best of american tradition. thomas jefferson said we were not democrat or federalist. we are all americans. and but the media forgot about it look at chris matthews and what he said about michelle bachman. and calling him infan tile. >> i think it hurt the speech. it took the air out of the room and i think you need that raucus and constant partisan applause to give the lift. if i am a democrat or president obama i don't want that to happen next time. >> what about what happened after the speech and generally liberal media took the opportunity to play the gop

response and played the tea party response to michelle bachman delivered obviously someone you admire. >> i want a palin-bachman >> they will talk about her like reagan in 20 years. >> they wanted her on there as a target. they knew they wanted somebody to hit and if they have to praise obama a bit . a lot of them were skeptecal about obama. but with bachman. >> you think that is why cnn let her have air time. >> i can't speak to why they did it. but we can see the commentary afterwards. chris matthew called her a balloon head. man you love to hate. >> you go about anyone who denounced.

she called obama anti-american and accused chris matthew of setting her up . i mean, it is okay for her to say vile things but not said about her. >> make allen's day when you bring up bachman. >> no one mentioned the fact that she stared in the wrong cam rampt every single liberal commentaror mentioned. one of the network people. everybody has done that occasionally, and kind of charitable remark. >> i think that is going. and the story that i heard. she was looking at cue cards that was held to the side of the len. >> web cam rampt >> you can't do that on tv. superficially. carny is taking robert gibbs'

job. he is married to clare shipman management in abc. >> it is part of a long standing tradition in washington. it is a small town because we have had this again and again and again. at this point people are not raising an eye brow it is so common. >> there is no conflict. they are on the same team. >> and mary madelyne was married to carve veland worked for cheney. >> again, and again. >> really democratic operatives and main stream media are the same people with the same set of beliefs it is not surprising whatsoever. >> if you want to keep current on the media stories of the week check out fox news.com/fox news watch . you can lin in on our conversations here on set during the commercials in the behind the breaks clips. up next. new york times takes a few

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york times sunday magazine is first account of billicler detailing the relationship with wicky leaks and founder julian assange. keller does not paint a flattering image of the magazine teamed up who let sensitive doults get out in the world. here is a description . he was aclert and dischefled like a bag lady. >> so what was the purpose of the arcticle. >> calling her a balloon head. >> it said a report on the weekend wardrobe. >> i found it interesting that keller went out to make the description as a source than a

journalist. i think that he has proven himself to be a journalist. he is one. but keller wanted him to be a source, but boy, this is a heck of a way to treat a source. >> if i didn't know better i would say the new york time system ungrateful and jealous. because assange gave them the stuff and nowicler want to create his own inbox for big leaks. we don't need assange . cut out wikileaks. >> take the material and cut assange down to size . make fun of him and make him seen like he is not presentable. >> what a shock that assange is not the rotary club man of the year. go atake him. >> we did think he would be the first amendment.

and we want to assume our heroes and i think he is a hero by doing what he did. but the heroric characteristics which they don't have. >> that's not explaining why keller slimed him. >> how did they slime. i assume he was dischefle would. why would they make it up. >> arrogance. and all true. any evidence that that is not true. >> you write that about a source who gave you one of the best stories. >> he is ego maniacal. they sat down and he was ego minical. >> and you are doing that? >> i think they are trying to distance themselves from him because they are embarrassed by him. and looking how irresponsible he was. and we retracted ours. >> and we don't spell.

>> you probably don't spell had. >> the times wouldn't call a homeless person a bag lady. they would call them a victim of reaganomics. and they are. wikileaks had its own response to a hit job on julian assange saying in er message. new york times does a self serving here and facts wrong top to bottom and dark day for u.s. journalism . assange is looking for more media partners to release the secrets. they are striving for maximum impact. new york times is off of the list. >> no, there is probably a double game. >> look what happened in the middle east. he is changing the world before our eye in a profound way. in tunisia it is clear and egypt they are saying it is part of the stuff. he's had a million amount more

times impact. >> i continuing is fascinate news worthy. i have a problem with the collaboration. go publish it on the website and when you do that we'll report on that instead of the various argument. - agreement. >> they wanted the scoop. up next, what ever happened to keith ober man? >> this is the last edition of countdown. >> he's gone but not forgotten. the peacock boots oberman out of the door and everyone is asking where he will turn up next. >> the world watched the challenger and the crew. how did that change news coverage.

>> in the mundane world of television goodbyes realits is uncooperative. i resigned and i was begin 30 seconds to say goodbye. as god as my witness in the commercial break, the producer got in my ear piece and said can you cut it down to 15 seconds so we can get in the tennis result from stutguard. i am grateful to have more time to sign off here. regardless. this is the last edition of countdown. >> and that's it, he's gone. msnbc dumping keith oberman. new head of nbc universal mr. burke said he wants little less drama at nbc and looking to end the conflict and so dumping keith oberman. >> it is clear that comcast

wanted this to happen. it was done in the last day of the general electorate regime. no one is nbc or ms nbc would fire him. but steve burke made it cleary that this is a new era in msnbc. >> ratings went up in his absence. did it show it was a smart business decision? >> people will want to see what is new and different . being a host on the show. first week rating it is don't give you the long-term view. >> you don't think it will stick. >> i don't know. what am i nostradamus? >> i find it remarkable with his departure. we still don't know. keith oberman original blabber mouth kept the secret because it is in his financial interest i suspect. >> i don't think there was

anyone in tv and msnbc would think it wouldn't end badly. who will lecture us on the need for civilitiy. >> want to dance on his grave. >> where did he go? >> i wouldn't be surprised on the washington post as they go more to television. my favorite quote on the oberman stuff to pile on was the washington post saying oberman didn't just burn bridges. he napalmed them. >> reason he only had 15 seconds to say goodbye. >> the nation is still standing and msnbc is leaning forward whatever that means. >> at least they let him say goodbye. many places you don't. >> moving on. >> this week marks the 25th anniversary of a national tragedy. 73 seconds in the launch the space shuttle challenger exploded and took the lives of

the people on board including school teacher christi mccullough. it was seen all over the world and little kids were watching. >> they had class says set aside and we'll go to someplace to see the television and third graders watched. >> there is a great job of the coverage including the cnn clip. after it blew up upon they didn't know what to do and it was kind of frozen. >> i was watching in libya which was about you know, the bombing of libya was on people's mind and colonel khadafi said i have seen the pictures of the challenger and want to send my condollences to the american people but not ronald reagan. he is bad. >> it was a beginning of an era where we see things live on tv.

jack rubby being -- or him shooting oswalt was a major tragic event. >> that was the exception. >> challenger was the beginning of the rule. >> nasa got too complacent putting a teacher on board. >> taken apart in journalism. it was the media that pushed nasa to do that. . dan rather went out of his way to mock nasa and the feeling was nasa said we can't take press criticism. we are not sure about the oil rings and ended in tragedy . the media role was pushing too hard. >> no one wants to look bad in front of the television. >> dan rather went down for the launch. >> it was the beginning of the end of the flamor. the space shuttle was a huge white elephant and dangerous and pointless. >> it got us a international

space station built. >> we will take one more break. what affects do female reporters have on male viewers? is it true? do pretty female reporters make men dumb in answer is next on news watch. ?x?oñ7 6ú

>> there is it a new study out about tv news and attractive anchors and reporters it is real although i am not sure it is 100% scientific. two reaccepters from indiana university setut on to see if pretty sexy tv reporters attract more male viewers. the more attractive the female anchors more attention they pay but less they remember what the news was about. women on the other hand retained the content of the stories. this report did