and by the mattson mchale foundation in support of ppblic television. and also by mfi foundation, improving the quality of liff within our community. and also by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation and viewers like you. thank you. -> i'm evan smith. he's a veteran political years at the washington post and eleven years as a senior news analyst at nattooal pubbic radio. he's now a political analyst for fox news. his books include the best-seller eyes on the prize: america's civil rights years, 1954-1965 and the recently published muzzled the assault on hooest debate. he's juan williams. this is overheard. ♪ >> smith: juaa williams, wwlcome. >> williams: evan, good to be with you. >> smith: very nice to have you here and congratulations &->> williams: ttank you, sir. >> smith: could you tell us what happened that was the genesis of this? would the book have been written, although the point is a general point, not entirely about your own experience over the last few so, would you have written the book without what happened to you? because the point is a

and by the mattson mchale public television. and also by mfi foundation, improving the quality of life within our community. and also by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation thank you. >> i'm evan smith. he recently stepped down as the executive editor of the "new york times" after more thaa eight years in that highest of all high impact which time the paper won 18 pull it's certify prizes. he seems to be falling into fine as an op ed columnist, a blogger and a tweeter. he's bill keller. this is overheard. >> smith: bill keller, welcome. nice to be here. >> smith: very nice to see you. may, may we start broad and talk about the newspaper business? >> keller: you starr wherever you want. >> smith: okay, good. so circulation across the industry is down. revenues are down. competition is greater than ever. would you just end the suspense for all of us and tell uu how thissmovie ends? i think we're all, we're all a little worried about what we're seeing and we hope it's going to be better than it is now. >> keller: well, i mean, i

and by the mattson mchale foundation in support of and also by mfi foundation, improving the quality of llfe within our community. and also by the alice kleberg reynoldssfouudation and viewers like you. thank you. >> i've evan smith, he's a comedian, satirist, and new yorker contributor whose fake news website and accompanying social media extensions should be at the top of the most reads..3 his new book is the 50 funny jess writers, this is andy >>ropitz, overherd. >> i would do that when i wanted to get that -- that buzz you get from wwrking at the absolute top dollar -- [laughter] >> smith: andy borowitz, welcome. >> borowitz: thanks for >> smith: nice -- nice to have you here. can we start picking on the list? right away? right off the bat? >> borowitz: yes, yes. be combative please. >> smith: i will be absolutely combative. now i want to say before i &-introduction to the listou that it's not necessarily a top 50 list. it's just 50 pieces by 50 writers you found funny. >> borowitz: it's -- theecommarison i make is, it's a playllst. >> smith: yeah. >> borowitz: it's -- it's like