news. on the cable news front, 42% of respondents say fox is their main source of information about politics. 30% say cnn. just 12% cite msnbc, which is disastrous. the politico george washington survey also polled media people. when asked who has the greatest positive impact on the political debate in america your humble correspondent the o'reilly guy comes out far ahead. 49% of americans cited me as having a positive impact on the political debate in this country. now, i know i'm not a humble man but that's really something. i appreciate it very much. i should note that 32% of the public say that i am a negative influence. of course, they are misguided. glenn beck comes in second. 38% saying he has a positive impact. 32% negative. rush limbaugh third. 36% positive. 52% negative. sean hannity fourth, 35% positive. 25% negative. and jon stewart fifth. 34% positive, 22% negative. what does all this mean? clearly the fox news channel has become the most important media outlet in the country. i don't think there is any question about that secondly, our cable competition doesn't even show up. th

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at sabatino's, just one of the many restaurants closed for two days as the crews work to bury the new cable>> lost business is like lost sleep. once it's gone it's gone. but it happens. sometimes you have a snowstorm. sometimes you have a power outage. >> still no word on the cause of the fire. that damaged that underground cable. >>> 6:54. the university of maryland hospital for children unveiled a new fun center for patients yesterday. >> the starlight fun center was a donation from the wyndham hotel group and it's a mobile nintendo wii which can be wheeled up to the child's bed when it's time for an iv change. doctors and staff say it's a nice distraction for young patients and allows them to be kids. >>> good morning. 6:54. you'll hear more about this on "good morning america" coming up in a few minutes. i want to point out julia upgraded to hurricane status this morning. winds 75 miles per hour and just off the coast of africa. igor down a little bit in strength but still a category 4 storm, 135 mile-per-hour winds. it's going to pass just to the north of the caribbean islands and prob

sabatino's is just one of a string of restaurants closed yesterday as crews had to work to bury the new cable. >> lost business is like lost sleep. once it's gone it's gone. but it happens. sometimes you have a snowstorm. sometimes you have a power outage. >> great attitude. he's there laughing. there's still no word on the cause of that fire though. it did damage the underground cable. we'll keep you posted if we find out. >> it's been there 72 years. >>> it's an issue that is close to her heart. >> first lady doing what she can to curb childhood obesity. how she wants restaurants to help out. >> an animal rights group has a beef with lady gaga's dress. what the pop singer has to say about this. >> before you head anywhere, how are the trains and buses? here's mark jones. >> good morning. the commute start is good on the rail services, light rail, metro subway and marc all look good for travel. on the buses, still dealing with diversion activity mainly responsible for construction, due to construction. the 5, 19, 27 and 91 diverted in downtown at fayette and eutaw. the numbers 10 and 30 buse

with the new cabling, the families and miners are able to converse in a private video conferen conference. for now, these conversations are limited to five money outs, once a week. on the advice of psychologists, this kind of contact is being limited. instead, the families are writing letters each day. in the harsh climate of the decemb desert here, there is a strange sense of joy surrounding the mine. the route here is carpeted in purple flowers. this, in what is said to be the driest place on earth. and, on the hillside above the mine, we found two little girls arranging some of those flowers around one of the 33 chilean flags fluttering in the wind. the words on the flag say, "we are waiting for you, mario gomez." he is her uncle. i'm jeffrey kofman for "nightline" at the san jose copper mine, chile. >> what a fascinating story. hope above and below. thanks to jeffrey kofman for that report. >>> up next, we're going to turn to the world of music, where you may not be able to hurry love, but you may be able to do anything else, at least, if you're phil collins. 66% of new products have

operators of cable cars? >> new operators?r practice ring and the real thing. howard woo. [ringing bells] >> howard woo, ladies and gentlemen. fantastic. all right. our fourth contestant, ladies and gentlemen, is a grip and a conductor. he's been with muni for 35 years. he's been on the cable car for 18 years. 1999 champion to ring in the millennium and 2004 champion. ladies and gentlemen, mr. frankware. -- mr. frank wear. how's it going today? >> great. >> if you weren't driving the cable car what would you be doing? >> i'd be bar-hopping. >> start at one end of clement street and go all the way down, hitting all the bars. if you could choose anybody to pick your partner, who would you pick? >> i would say the governor but i knows -- know he's busy clearing up all this mess we're in. ity would say the superintendent. he was a conductor at one time. >> excellent. then we could just take the car and go on that bell-hopping or bar-hopping run. i'm hammered already. ladies and gentlemen, mr. frank ware. [ringing bells] [applause]

chicks they want to hear as if his head coach bills lesia is one of the main reasons why him time his new cable when the favorite with this he's going to double agent hits he could pretty good but bowed to a talented but even gruden good plays which of them will be don't see. that brings us on to the converse where revenge will be very much in samuel peters mind this saturday night's the nigerian taking on i b s w b o b o heavyweight boxing champion in a rematch of their fight from some five years ago that night peter troubled the giant ukrainian more than any other fighter has done and klitschko was nine title defenses to date pietersen in the thirty four year old to the ground on three occasions before that score regained enough composure to win it on points to score a younger brother of current seat belt holder for tali of a tough twelve run clash last time out against the chamber's i was in march on the team say they're expecting similar on september the eleventh. really exciting fight the first time the second time around i'll say no peters but again it was mandatory challenger and so ever

found out how much better they got their phone calls returned because they had been on tv, our all-news cable channel, then they loved it. same thing when they brought the first computers in, and i keep a couple of old typewriters in my office just for old times' sake, but-- >> jay, where do you think the resistance is to that question? >> one interesting source i found is i think that, for example, beat reporters ought to be operating with a network of 1,000 people helping them with their beat, and in trying to get reporters to see the virtues of that approach, one of the lines of resistance has been that if i share what i'm working on with people, my stories will get stolen, and this has proved to be a major stumbling block. how can you be open with readers and users if you're worried about your competition stealing your story? so that's been one line of resistance, and then, as clarence said, some of it is just generational, just people who had been around who mastered journalism when it was done on a other platform. they just can't get with any of these tools. >> i'll give you another exa

. >> a new poll finds an influence of 24-hour cable news on public awareness. >> according to a new pollmore americans are getting news about the -- the largest portion, uses fox news as their main source. the -- the largest portion, uses fox news as their main source. expanding clean energy manufacturing. but in america, gridlock has held us back. now, the senate can change that - by passing a renewable electricity standard. it will spur development of clean energy and boost manufacturing in america, creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs. so we can make our own energy future - not just buy it from china. call your senators and urge them to pass a renewable electricity standard today. >> more rain is headed here. a lot of rain is out of the area now. all of that will work its way here later tonight. by 11:00 p.m., the brain will be closer. it the next seven days shows the rain getting closer. another storm system could bring excessive rain to the parts of the mid-atlantic on thursday with clearing skies on friday and the weekend will have a real taste of fall. highs in the mid-60s w

well that is true and but in that case you know so far the new york times the washington post the main cable news channels are also supporting this shield law so it is that wrong should they not be in support of it are they throwing certain people under the bus or are they just taking what they can get right now the little pieces i think i think the latter interpretation is correct i think they're just they're just taking what they can get it is a climate of fear and they're not really willing to stand up and say that everybody enjoys protection but why do you think that is happening in this country and why is it these days that you have to take little pieces you know to enjoy your first amendment rights to have freedom of speech you have to nibble at what the government gives you. i think there's too much money on the line. when you go in with multibillion dollar corporations that are. publicly traded the obligation to the stockholder to lose or increase profits becomes more important then journalistic freedom at times at least. i also think it is just a perception that it's better to take

party, and a lot of folks united to get this thing shot, and we heard one piece of good news, that when that cable is running, the power plant is not. that is good news, but what i heard on that day is that the cable has to run for a month and a half straight for us to get the green light for us to say we are now in the final stage with this issue of a notice with intent to cancel, but the main thing is they were very straight up claim communicating with us letting community folks know what is going on. even the governors were saying that they want the thing gone as bad as we do. with one thing, i think we want to see this shutdown on super riser maxwell's watch. she has been working tirelessly. she is out of office at the end of the year, and we expressed how critical it is that this thing shuts down on her watch. -- we want to see this shut down on supervisor maxwell's watch. last year, the use to want to kick us out of the room, and they never succeeded, but they still wanted to do that nonetheless. the other point i wanted to make was to echo ms. jackson's statements about the good faith effor

appreciate it. >> fox cable news explosive the dad who stormed his daughter's school bus joins us. has been four-hours since the moratorium. he is from the president and hillary clinton to ♪ ♪ i like your messy hair ♪ i like the clothes you wear ♪ i like the way you sing ♪ and when you dance with me ♪ you always make me smile [ male announcer ] we believe you're at your best when you can relax and be yoursf. and at thousands of newly refreshed holiday inn hotels, you always can. holiday inn. stay you. and now stay rewarded with a sweet dilemma. up to five free nights at any of our properties or double points. >> what do we think about the bul bully busting dad to stormed the school bus? we report you decide with a fox exclusive. here's chris. >> geraldo the question remains how would you respond if your child was being bullied? james jones took matters into his own hands when his daughter shitari was abused on her school bus and what happened here? >> i took matters into miss own hands and i got into a little trouble with that. >> jones exploded on the students and the bus driver f

news. if you start the glenn becks of the world, the stuff they do and the stuff they say is very popular. and it actually it means that the other cablennels are chasing for that success. >> i've seen that once or twice. you became pretty well known as the editor of vfrn rfrn and then of course as the editor of "the new yorker." is it more challenging in some ways to put out the daily beast and deal with an online publication where you're virtually always on deadline? >> i'm absolutely loving it. and i finally found something commensurate to my own impatience. >> is that the secret? >> yeah, it is. it's alive. it's fresh. you know, i'm actually really loving it. and of course the challenge is to keep your standards up while being fast. but i've got a really great staff who understand that there is such a thing as rigor and standards while doing it on the run. and it's not easy but it can be done. and i think we've created a really good journalist m culture there. we now have over 5 million unique visitors. we've just been nominated as one of the five best news sites in "time" magazine, which was very thrilling because we were right th

the family is featured in the new cable tv reality show called "sister wives."y brown is legally married to one of the women, but he calls the other three women his wives as well. >>> a federal judge has blocked what would have been california's first execution in nearly five years. albert brown was scheduled to die by lethal injection tomorrow. he was convicted for the rape and murder of a 15-year-old. now it could take months for the appeal to work its way through the legal system. the state wants to appeal the ruling but experts say it is unlikely it will be overturned. >>> federal investigators are heading to milwaukee this morning. a sky west plane was forced to make an emergency landing due to problems with its landing gear. only two of the three sets of landing gear would lower. none of the people on board were hurt. last weekend a commuter jet made by the very same company made emergency landing in new york after going through a similar problem. >>> president obama begins his day in des moines where he will meet with a family to talk about the economy. l

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are the economics of news threatening journalists' traditional role? >> i think that people who watch cable news now increasingly are very frustrated by the fact that most of it is conversation and talk, and it's very unclear where the facts are. i think increasingly in our very complicated world, facts are in shorter and shorter supply. >> who can you trust to deliver the facts you need? safeguarding the public trust in a new media world--that's our topic today on "the future of news." >> a government without a tough and vibrant media of all sorts is not an option for the united states of america. >> the journalist's role is to get to the truth, and the best way to get to the truth is to accumulate facts. >> many people sort of assume that if they get crossposted on gawker, they have a journalism career. >> from the newseum in washington d.c., this is "the future of news." welcome to the knight studio and our conversation about media and news in the digital age. i'm frank sesno. our guests today both bring a deep understanding of the importance of news as a public good in this country. far

religious faith is and whether or not he's an american and so forth so i think that's the new version of cablei would attribute most of the negative attitude, not to the facts, but to the distorted facts that comes out of the fox. >> larry: what do make of all this? tea party, fox, the glenn becks of the world. the phenomenon in a sense. what do you make of it? >> i'm disturbed about it. i can't criticize the tea party people because i came into the white house pretty much on a same basis that they have become popular. that is, dissatisfaction with the way things are going in washington and discouragement about the government, but that's what happened before i ran for president. had it not been for that feeling in the country, i would not have been elected. for instance, we were just out of the embarrassment of watergate and the defeat in vietnam and the fact that a lot of people lied about what was going on in vietnam. the assassination of martin luther king jr. and both of the kennedy brothers. and the revelation by frank church committee that the american government and cia and some preside

i think that's a new version of cable news.ld attribute most of the negative attitude not to the facts but to the distorted facts that comes out of fox. there has been a deliberate effort, again, referring to fox, broadcasting, to inject the race issue into it. >> bill: i think larry fell asleep during that interview. i'm not sure. let's examine mr. carter's statements. we could find no fox news employee who has said president obama is a muslim. we can find no fox does. carter can simply not back up what he says. in fact, he is afraid to appear here on the factor because he would look foolish. his ridiculous statements are irresponsible and reflect poorly on him. another former president bill clinton was asked about the growing power of sarah palin. >> is she qualified to be president? >> let's -- the american people can elect whomever they want but she served, you know, not a full-time term as governor. she went out and did. this we don't even know if she is going to run as president. but i think she is clearly a public figure

on cable news, and they put one side and you do not see enough of the other side. i want to pretend -- i want to give credit to fox. there are a hell of a lot more democrats on fox then define republicans on msnbc.. we need to be informed, not just a firm. we are gathering information just to confirm what we already believe rather than being open- minded and try to collect information in. that is another of the great problems we have. there had to be oversight of wall street, which there was. the bush administration should absolutely be held accountable. but when we create some many rules and regulations into thousand pages of legislation, you do not know what the unintended consequences are. the people passing new legislation did not know the details, and ever-changing them in the last 48 hours because lobbyists for coming in. one thing we probably agree on is we do not need lobbyist legislation. we want legislation that has a positive impact. we want to make sure there is the right amount of oversight and accountability. we want to punish those who do something w

rosenberg's decision to move her media news to the berkeley cable access studio at the beginning of the year. this is logistically sensible, as media alliance is an oakland based organization and she is an east bay residents. but i do not understand how she can claim to represent cable access producers with whom she has severed ties. in light of these considerations, asked the rules committee and board of supervisors to reassess the weight they have given to her prior testimony, which i am willing to certify as incomplete, uninformed, and riddled with inaccuracies, which amounted to address on a point by point basis, if you would give me the time to do so. chairperson campos: thank you. next speaker, please. >> my name is ken johnson. i have been involved with cable television public access since its beginning. i have been involved with a lot of groups throughout the city, and the main reason -- what we were trying to accomplish with public access was to put up studios throughout the city where they have had in this. that is the connection where you can televise your programming from a

. >> fox cable news explosive the dad who stormed his daughter's school bus joins us. it has been four-hours since the moratorium. he is from the president and hillary clinton tof@@ >> what do we think about the bul bully busting dad to stormed the school bus? we report you decide with a fox exclusive. here's chris. >> geraldo the question remains how would you respond if your child was being bullied? james jones took matters into his own hands when his daughter shitari was abused on her school bus and what happened here? >> i took matters into miss own hands and i got into a little trouble with that. >> jones exploded on the students and the bus driver for not protecting his daughter. >> listen, i am telling you this anything happen to my daughter (bleep). (bleep). >> she is in a special situation. she has cerebral palsy. tell me how that affected you? >> it broke my heart to see my daughter crying, i just snapped. >> surveillance video released two weeks after the accident shows the chaos before and after the confrontation. frustrated driver unable to control the chi

new technologies were supposed to ruin the business. about every 20 years something like this comes along. big media organizations try to cope with it. in their day, cable was new media. radio was new media. satellite was new media. if you look in the bay area where we work, you can see the big technology magazines based here going through the chair -- same changes as the big news bailey's. founded by guys like me, adding voices to the commentary about the world of technology. a forest grows and burns in a cycle, that is a constant. along run history would tell you that the funding of new media is a constant. >>

i'm willie geist and this is "way too early" voted most likely to host a cable news show at 5:30. must have been fate. glad you're up with us. shoot me an e-mail on waytooearly@msnbc.com and let me know why you're awake this hour or do what carl paladino does. we'll read your responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes is the cram session for this thursday, the last day of september the 30th. a lot going on today including president obama facing tough questions at a backyard barbecue in iowa. plus another devastating blow to america's future as snooki gets a book deal. what kind of wisdom can we ex-is s. pekt from the poughkeepsie poof? >>> first the news live at 5:30 a.m. the race for governor in new york is getting personal. republican candidate carl paladino is accusing andrew cuomo of being unfaithful to his wife years ago. he made the claims minutes after angrily declaring that his 10-year-old daughter from his own affair ten years ago was off limits to the press. politico quotes him as saying has anybody asked andrew cuomo about his paramours when he was married or aske

news and talk radio. jon meacham, you're a pulitzer prize winner, let's try you. >> okay. >> question. if you're a conservative cableuse the president of the united states, who happens to be a democrat, of being a fascist, nazi, marxist and quote racist who hates white people. >> come on! >> all at once? >> no. it is an a rapid succession of tearful sermons. >> right. with hair on fire. >> can i call beschlos? >> no. >> you and him together are like mixing ambient and tylenol, you're out for hours. >> they said yes, i will say, no. >> you are correct. >> there we go. it's cocktail night. >> give him the hat, too. >> because we're going back to barnicle. >> are you ready for the last question? >> mike. >> question. for the t-shirt. if you're a liberal cable host and you want to keep calm and carry on, do you accuse the president of the united states, who happens to be a republican, of being a fascist and a liar, who urine urinates on the constitution. i would suggest urinates on the constitution as well as liar and fascist would be a good clue for you. >> come on, give me the t-shirt. >> buzzer. >> it happens all the

has widely been criticized for his refusal to jump into the whole opinionated trend that's riving cable news these days so in or notis staff today klein said that he leaves the network both in a stronger and stronger both in editorial and financial position the when he first took the helm he said quote that it is a tribute to your passion for telling stories that matter your talent for uncovering the truth without layering on destructive bluster or partisan spin and your willingness to indulge my appetite for innovation and change. wait a minute john i was sorry i had to call you out there what innovation or change are you talking about the whole failed holograph experiment fan and is nothing more than a bunch of old white guys talking about today's stories and being polite to each other it's boring t.v. and let's take a look at the c.n.n. the client leaving behind in his e-mail he touted the situation room he said that over the last six years we witnessed the birth of the situation room as a vibrant new way to relate the day's events as well as the rise of the best political team on televis

seeing some cleavage really going to harm children forever you can see more cleavage watching most cable news channels primetime t.v. and fact i'm sure your kids barbie dolls and their favorite disney princesses show more than that so lighten up america thank you. now during his address to the un general assembly today president obama spoke about the right of everyone to make a decent wage and the right to pursue their dreams with unemployment here in the u.s. hovering around ten percent more and more americans are leaving this country in search of a new dream halfway around the world archies preassure their travel to india where many americans are finding a land full of opportunities. it's thursday morning in bangalore india. in the morning bustle is just beginning. but beyond the bustle on the other side of bangalore a different kind of morning is underway a quiet morning at the center of what's being called india's i t boom there's definitely a sense of excitement here things are looking up for india even throughout this recession things have remained positive here and you can really say t

a new generation of men and women in this country? plus, the first cable interview with colonel anthony shaver since his book was censored by the military. what they don't want you to know about the war and 9/11 attacks. also, if you're depressed by the state of this country and our politics and business community, what could blame you? i get depressed, too, but let's not start the weekend on a sour note. we're bringing in the happyness squad. show starts right now. >>> good afternoon. nice to see you as we wrap up our special series. there is new data out today that shows how this crisis has changed the american family, including a report showing that the recession has split this country in two. americans say they have lost ground, their jobs, not making mortgage payments. slightly less than half say they've fared well. perhaps one way they've survived, by making the choice between love and money. the census bureau reporting a 13% jump in unmarried couples who have chosen to move in together. as for the marriemarried, full wife and mother, now full time p

$115 million of stimulus money to increase it will be used to put down 1200 miles of fiber optic cable the newr will improve speeds, government offices and hospitals. stephanie rrwlings-blake said it may help the city's bid to gee baltimore. >> i annot think of how we would not be benefited by the fact that this is a significant, significant invessment, and google, who is looking to invest ovvr a billion dollars, that money would go further. >> and internet connectionssin homes willlnot see an immediate benefit from this. but businesses may able to use some of the new fast internet. ,3 >> just two seconds to turn off your cell phone. aaa is teaming up with 17 magazine, to encourageeteenagers their cell phones, before they start ddiving. and it only takes a 22nd ú%straction, to cause a fatal car accident. -> target it toward teens, disttacted driving impacts all of us. and we're focusing on teens and parents and making sure that they are involved. but urging everyone not just teens to pay attention to the task of drivingg and not be distracted while doing so. >> nationwide, more than 3500 teena