often individual sections of the huffington post draws more traffic than the front page does. the huff post politics, one of the most popular if not most popular sections, often draws more traffic than the front page. people don't come in the front door. it's not a mass thing where people see the same front page at the same time. everybody sees what they want to see, what they are interested in, and what they are focused on. that's change number two. change number three is it's constant and not periodic. as mark said, you had to wait for the next radio broadcast, but now you can tweet instantly. that's true now. there's no news cycle anymore. the news cycle -- in the old days -- in the days that i talked about with walter cronkite, there were two news cycles. the morning newspapers and then there was the evening news and then the next morning's newspapers, and that was the -- there were two news cycles. now we've got so many you can't count them anymore, and really the notion of a news cycle has disappeared. it's constant, absolutely constant. change number four -- the distinct

. >> we discovered something else interesting about "huffington post" reporter sam stine. >> he accuses the reporter of getting his sources drunk. is this the new face of conservative journalism? >>> plus, as facebook reveals more and more about us, is privacy passe? why is blogger jeff jarvis revealing so much about his personal life? we'll ask him. i'm howard kurtz, and this is "reliable sources." >>> every week it seems there's another one, and there are at least a dozen more to go -- televised drama featuring mit and rick and herman and newt and michele and the rest of the gang. but these primetime programs, are they really about chris wallace and anderson cooper and wolf blitzer and brian williams and charlie rose? >> it's time now to meet the 2012 republican presidential contenders. >> here's the format for our debate tonight. >> let's get to it and meet the candidates. >> good evening, candidates. we're going to get right to it tonight. >> the next question is for you -- >> we debate this evening about spending and taxes. >> it's no secret that rick perry has had a tough time dur

joining me now, howard fineman, editorial director of aol "huffington post" media group.oward, thanks for joining me tonight. >> sure, lawrence. >> howard, you -- when i read your title now, aol "huffington post" media group, it's a job that would not have existed were it not for steve jobs' creativity in his garage, thinking there's a market for this thing, this idea of mine, the home computer. that's where your work is now consumed. not just on home computers, but on computers people are holding in their hands, created again by steve jobs. the iphone. other smart phone, digital devices. this is -- i've been trying to place him, howard, in his position in american history, in our lives from alexander graham bell, thomas edison, forward, through the people who created things that changed our lives. >> well, you're absolutely right about the immediate business, lawrence, for one. when i joined "the huffington post," one of the first things i did when i visited our headquarters down in soho at the time was to meet with a group of developers. of course, they were all under t

. >> the huffington post thinks rich lowrie may have lifted the 9-9-9 idea. it might be a bigger republican plagiarism scandal than scott brown cutting and pasting part of an elizabeth dole campaign speech into his personal message on his congressional website. the idea of the three 9% taxes was used in the sim city virtual reality game, as you can see in this screen grab from the 2003 edition. joining me now is sam stein, plinth political reporter for the huffington post. sam, congratulations to the huffington post for getting to the bottom of the 9-9-9 plan, where it came from. it doesn't get stranger than this in the politics of economics in our country, to have -- >> no. >> -- to have that screen grab being relevant to the story. but also this adviser to herman cain who has no training in what it is he's talking about, what it is, and says in his mind this is very simple, this is as simple as the physics of dropping a bowling ball. >> well, first of all, if we cc'ed the pulitzer xhirkts as our reporter amanda turkel did for the simcity piece we put up. it

cure and then be assimilated by the disease so i've decided i'm not going to post anymore on huffington post and i'm looking for another place to start writing so i think it's also about an individual stand up we take in the media just not to get caught ok and you know you're saying the mainstream media they're part of the problem what is the solution and how do we turn this around a really good question. i've been down to general assemblies here in portland oregon i've been a part of the movement i've had a lot of people on my show i'm trying to immerse myself in it i don't want to stand apart from it so my recommendation to people in the mainstream media and this is a recommendation i continually make to myself as well is is to go down there and to leave a microphone at home and send the camera crews to lunch and just sit and do something really revolutionary like to listen and i think that they will find is that there's something truly democratic going on here and that democracy is alive and well in america and that's there's adam thank you so much for your thoughts on that foul was adam

joining me now is sam stein, political reporter for the huffington post. sam, congratulations to the huffington post for getting to the bottom of the 9-9-9 plan, where it came from. it doesn't get stranger than this in the politics of economics in our country, to have -- >> no. >> -- to have that screen grab being relevant to the story. but also this adviser to herman cain who has no training in what it is he's talking about, what it is, and says in his mind this is very simple, this is as simple as the physics of dropping a bowling ball. >> well, first of all, if we cc'ed the pulitzer xhirkts as our reporter amanda turkel did for the simcity piece we put up. it was sort of a bizarre coincidence, and we're wondering if rich lowrie is a secret gamer. this 9-9-9 plan, more coverage for this plan than any proposal that will never be enacted into law i think in the history of politics. it's obviously dead on arrival both because conservatives like grover norquist don't like it. you can easily demonize it -- the sales tax component of it as was demonized as a t

and that is just one of the many questions that our specialists tackle in a ten-part "huffington postseries called "beyond the battlefield." david wood is their military correspondent. david, what is your assessment of america's capacity socially, economically and culturally to -- to welcome home these soldiers in a way that makes them feel that they have the support they need? >> dylan, i think it's an open question. there's two parts to this really. on battlefield and in the military medical system, there have been enormous advances over the last ten years that have really enabled the military to save wounded soldiers and marines who ten years ago probably would have died of their wounds. now they can be saved. they are brought back to this country. the rehab system is phenomenally good. up until the point when they pass out of the system, then the care is superb. the problem comes when they are out in our communities. many of them looking for jobs. all of them struggling to some extent with pretty disabling wounds. >> go ahead, imogen. >> dave, i mean, these are extraordinary image

they were at ease up as they found out that governor cuomo was saving a game changer award at huffington post that which is very ironic considering that. refused to choose. tax millionaires so i'm not quite sure how you changing the game in that respect but because he refused to tax millionaires. even came to try to profit by wall street so when they found out he was going to be nearby they decided to shift the target of a march to this event and when they arrived. became aware of their presence she actually saw her credit engaged with them said let me take your vans inside to the huffington post and read and then it was when she came back out and try to assemble with them on the sidewalk that she had along with companion well. and now from what i understood from reading her account today it was there was some technicality that they claimed that the pub or the side block had been rented out so that it could be used by the protesters i mean i'm just curious right because of that seems like some crazy technical thing how many times since you've been covering this protest since day one have you

the huffington post reports that children of several big donors are also given to their campaign, evenry appointed to a position has four kids who live at home. three of them are students, but they all donated $1,000 to perry's campaign. the chair of the texas parks and wildlife commission is a perry supporter. his two college-age sons chipped in $2500 apiece for perry. but one family of perry supporters has really taught their kids to be generous from a young age. texas railroad commissioner barry smitherman has a son in college who contributed to perry. so did his high school and his daughter who "the huffington post" reports appears to be in middle school, also gave $2500. that's a whole lot of allowance money, unless it's really coming from mommy and daddy. the truth is it's legal for minor toss give to political campaigns as long as it's their money and it's given knowingly. even if those two conditions are true, wouldn't the kids rather go to the mall or the movies than spend money on rick

and aol, "huffington post" analyst, howard fineman. thank you. you were chuckling as we were ramping back into the latest christie fever, christie indecision 2011 discussion. what's so funny? >> i was chuckling at the definitive politico report. >> the definitive maybe. >> the definitive maybe. here's what i know. i'm in john's town here. so i'm calling new york sources. he's seriously considering. a political consultant close to him, also by the way close to karl rove, and others who have been going around saying, i said this on the show last week, they're saying to professionals around the region and the country, if the governor were to decide to do this, would you be willing to go with him? either as fund-raisers or as professional staff people? that doesn't mean he's going to do it. the last word i had before i came on the air was one guy who worked for him at one point who said, look, if he's gone radio silent, that definitely means he's seriously considering it. that's all we can say at this point about his decision making process. >> john,

huff post 50 launched today and joined now by the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the "huffington post huffing ton, of course, editor at large of huff post 50,ing an tore and producer, rita willson. rita, you say in your first editorial, if you reading this without glasses, consider yourself lucky. what is it about everything that happens to us after 50? >> well, that's true. i don't know anyone who has been blessed to not need any kind of glasses after the able of 40. but i think that's humorous because it is something that people have in common. but arianna is -- and very had a really great time coming up with the many ideas that we will have on here. because look, in my parents' generation, after 50, you were winding down. and everybody i know seems to be winding up. there's just so much to do and so much to explore. and so many interesting ways to reinvent yourself. >> you say you chose rita wilson to be your editor there, arianna, saw her at aim 49, the first time, singing and dancing on broadway in chicago, which is amazing. i can understand being blown away by that. >> it is ama

this is "the huffington post" analysis today. at this point in years past republican establishment figures are publicly getting behind one candidate or another. look at where we are this year. not this time. not with mitt romney. if you are mitt romney in this failure to thrive scenario, yes, herman cain is sort of ahead of you right now. if you think that might not last, uzbekistan 9-9-9, for example, if you are mitt romney and think it's possible the herman cain surge might not last, then it is all about timing at this point. you is to lock up the nomination before people realize you may very well be a doomed candidate. you have to lock up the nomination before there is, say, a rick perry resurgence. you have to lock up the nomination and soon. my favorite bit of intrigue right now is people including herman cain and newt gingrich and jon huntsman are bailing on the entire nevada caucuses. they're bailing on the state of nevada because they say that mitt romney has in jon huntsman's words gamed the system. mitt romneyi trying t

and "the huffington post" reports, the governor has largely ignored allegations of racism on the partat least one subordinate and on one occasion was accused of racial insensitivity himself. in 1991, as texas agricultural commissioner, perry supported his assistant commissioner after he was accused of saying this in a meeting, quote, we already have one "n" word. we don't need another. perry called the accusation vial and offensive in spite of sworn statements from the accusers and another witness. the aide was eventually forced to resign over the scandal. so questions are mounting. where are you, mr. perry? i'm waiting. joining me now to help answer that question who did show up is matt glaser, executive director of progress texas, a group that has followed perry's past and jonathan capehart, editorial writer for the "washington post" and msnbc contributor. gentlemen, thank you for your time tonight. >> hi, rev. great being here. >> let me start with you, jonathan. three days, no perry. we hear some spinning, if you want to call it that from some of his campaign aides. he didn't come

when i came out of the "huffington post" event where i'd been a guest.hem far away. when asked them why, they were told they had no right to march where they had been. i knew that wasn't correct, so i checked with the people in charge. they said the permit did allow them to walk without obstructing the sidewalk. i said i'm going to walk with my partner and anyone who wants to walk with us, please join us. so we were walking peacefully back and forth, not obstructing anything. suddenly 30 or 40 giant men in white shirts, apparently the nypd, appeared and stopped in front of me and one of them used a megaphone, which the protesters have been told citizens are not allowed to use. another fake permit situation. and said disperse, you're unlawfully present. and i'm a reporter, and i said i'm sorry, i don't understand. i understand the permit allows us to not obstruct the passa passageway. and you can see from the video i was calm, peaceful, respectful. >> were they forceful with you? >> well, i'm not going to say they injured me because they didn't. but they

up now on "the huffington post," our latest blog, "how did our oil get under their sand?"resh off the fall of gadhafi, how we are letting our oil interests shaping our military and foreign policy to this day. and of course, an honest conversation on energy, just one of the debates we are desperate to get. but because of money in politics, we are simply prevent. to that end, more than 225,000 folks have partnered now to create a digital wave to get money out. we continue to get a cascade of interests from all sorts of places, and i suspect there'll be lots of big news around this over the next couple of months. but you can learn more about it now and tell a friend about the amendment to get money out of politics at getmoneyout.com. if you haven't, spend some time on that website. it's worth familiarizing yourself a little bit, at least, in my humble opinion. >>> next, from street battles in somalia to digital warfare in cyberspace, the best-selling author of "blackhawk down," our guest on the new threat we all face. in america, we believe in a future that is better than tod

in a piece for the "huffington post" today, you write that iran's paramilitary wing, the al quds, hasployed in latin america. many people were literally taken aback by their willingness to engage with a drug cartel for the purpose of an assassination. were you surprised? >> i was surprised at the incongruity of the not surprised at all of the connections that existed and have been documented by the fbi as well as cia involving linkages between hezbollah, al quds force, mexican cartels and the venezuelan government which has provided safe havens for al quds operatives and hezbollah on an island in venezuela known as margarita island and in an article today in "the huffington post" i outlined over two decades of involvement by the al quds force, the iranian paramilitary organization as well as hezbollah starting in south america in what is called the triangular area between brazil and venezuela and argentina and the involvement in mexico, involving which has been documented by the mexican pol e police. >> the iranian government has described this complete plot as in their words a fabric

zack carter joins us as well, senior political economy reporter with the "huffington post" and a man we're always happy to see. professor black, what is your assessment of the proposal from president obama? >> well, first, the numbers are considerably worse than you just showed. that figure of 12 million is actually how many houses are underwater by at least 125%, not 100%. >> so, again, because it goes to my base criticism, which is, i'm not sure that the political parties, and for that matter, the media, comprehend the magnitude of this problem. why is understanding the size of the problem so important? >> because, you realize immediately that the proposed solutions, if they worked perfectly, would do virtually nothing, given the scale of the problem. so they haven't even tried to solve. we've gone from yes, we can, to actually, we're not even really going to try. > >> and zack, in the context of professor black's assessment, have you seen any housing plan, from any political leader, that addresses the scale of the problem or who would you even point us to as any agency who has eve

sam stein is the white house correspondent for "huffington post" and susan mill i gan is with "u.s.d like the talking points to me of the obama campaign voiced by its top kick. >> absolutely. well, look, that's their strongest argument at this point, and that's what romney's problem has been in the primary, is that he's not completely trusted by the conservative wing of his party. and i think that there's a sense that people don't completely know who he is. mario cuomo had this issue come up when he was governor of new york and he was running again and some people said, you know, you've got to change your mind on the death penalty and be for the death penalty, most new yorkers are. and he wouldn't do it. and he sat with us in the statehouse and he said, if you change your mind on something that fundamental, people won't trust you again. you're not going to win over the people whose side you went over to and you're going to lose the people who were with you before. and people just want to know who you are, particularly on things like abortion and gay rights that mitt romney has flipp

and again, it's worth taking a trip to "the huffington post" to take a gander at that.e'll talk to you next week. >>> straight ahead here, he was one of the world's most eccentric leaders, the rise and fall of the mad dog the dictator, moammar gadhafi. you name it. i've tried it. but nothing helped me beat my back pain. then i tried salonpas. it's powerful relief that works at the site of pain and lasts up to 12 hours. salonpas. constipated? phillips' caplets use magnesium, an ingredient that works more naturally with your colon than stimulant laxatives, for effective relief of constipation without cramps. thanks. good morning, students. today we're gonna continue... >>> he called himself the leader of the revolution, but today it was a revolution against him that killed moammar gadhafi. he seized power 42 years ago ousting libya's last monarchy. once in control, he nationalized libya's oil revenues is saw libya grow rich, but no one richer than his own clan. his reign involved into a classic military dictatorship, killing dozens of political opponents each year, but it

. >> the "huffington post" obtained a copy of the biography written by isakson where he offers inside into a 2010 meeting between jobs and the president. jobs told the president the obama administration had to be more business friendly saying, quote, you're headed for a one-term presidency. that from steve jobs toment obama next week walter isakson will join us live on "morning joe." >>> still ahead on "way too early." the cardinals were two outs away from putting texas into a hole in the world series. then the ninth inning happened. >>> plus jon stewart on the death of moammar gadhafi. that clip and a check on weather when "way too early" comes right back. >>> news the feeding tube would be reattached brought joy and relief. terry schiavo had been without food and water for six days, her parents fighting desperately to keep their daughter alive could barely contain their emotions. >> we're not home yet, but damn near there. i want healthy skin for life. [ female announcer ] improve the health of your skin with aveeno daily moisturizing lotion. the natural oatmeal formula improves ski

. >> a harvard law professor recently argued in the huffington post is not the right approach to make the networks sell some of their spectrum because it will stifle innovation. he goes on to talk about the use of unlicensed spectrum and how wifi has been successful in short distance. >> the congress is looking at how to achieve a balance. i suspect there will be some support in the super committee for not providing some unlicensed spectrum. part of the question is what part is used for licensed, unlicensed, sun on. -- so on. i think the 84 megahertz will come from the broadcast side. it is probably better suited for the kinds of mobile services that we have today than for a lesson that services, -- of licensed services, and therefore we hope the committee would set up that spectrum for mobile services and perhaps some spectrum from the government, but there will be other spectrum that over time will be more specter made available for unlicensed. >> i wanted to touch on the at&t and t-mobile deal. c.e.o.nth, verizon's said at the deal had to occur because of a lack of spectrum on the

people right now for the huffington posts are getting something like $15. the market has really degraded from even their, and it is very difficult to make money doing that. i have friends who are doing it, who are writing 10 stories a day just to get by. at the same time, the proliferation does make it very difficult for one small site to exist, right? our strategy in the old days was to align ourselves with a big media company -- cbs. we align ourselves with yahoo! in some way and with ail -- aol in another way. you need the types of connections with more established or at least larger players in order to survive. the other reason is that the proliferation of sites has caused a change in the way people get their news. no longer do they just go to what we call destination sites, which was essentially a newspaper online. they are getting their news on facebook and google and bing and search engines. to be out there in that news sphere, you have to have different ways of attacking a and having connections and distribution arrangements. >> i would like to add

and the huffington post, howard fineman. first up, a year and a month from now we will either say yes to a new four-year term for president obama or turn the job over to either mitt romney or rick perry. that's now. what it looks like is the true choice. the latest polls are very tough for president obama. 55% of voters say they do not believe he will win. so if you're romney, on top in g.o.p. polls you might be very hopeful. but not so fast, mitt. consider these reasons why it still could be rick perry. first, perry's got more debates to come. his big drop came after debate mistakes. romney won three in a row and can't budge above 25%. what happens if perry has a good debate? also, perry's got cash to hang in there. he raised a hefty $17 million in just the first few weeks. and finally, so far, mitt romney is not drinking the tea. his refusal to join the tea party and lead them to perry and dan, that's my big question. it looks like it's still a big fight on that side. those two. >> i think it is a big fight. perry is wound

we're now joined live by john wellington that is a filmmaker and also a contributor to the huffington post jones thank you very much indeed for a time so earlier on we just heard from the u.s. president who said he understood the frustration of the people so with the protests hitting a third week out do you think the people are actually trying to achieve something here well is this just more of a statement. oh i think it's the beginning of something that's going to be going to the wall being. obama there's a lot of doings to knowledge this mirrors his reluctance to get. rid of the oil spill and the outrage there. i think while this may seem like. a demonstration and signs to a lot of people disease as you. were led into this. these are very hard and what the media keeps trying to do. is and try to see how much they can get them off into some top and more into this really much more that there's the reality of what people are living in a church has appeared to have a number of different goals but how strongly you know right to do thing they really are. well i think the protests are so united

that on the left as well, and that wasn't true a couple of years ago, because now you have the huffington post, which is a hugely trafficked and very popular web site, especially for liberals. you have msnbc, which in prime time has made the decision, the calculated decision, to really cater to liberals. so they have the same power that the right has had for some time through talk radio on the left, and i think both of those forces really can push and press a story. >> sir? >> what can the media do to hold elected officials and media personalities accountable for lying about facts? >> well, we can continue to try to ask them the questions and look at what they say, and of course, investigative reporters can look at what they do and their people do and bring you that information. and then you get to do with it what you will. we talked about correcting the record a moment ago. i am always puzzled to some extent, but i acknowledge it's there, when the media or reporters bring information that counter absolutely what someone has said or done, and with so many people, unfortunately, it doesn't matt