mean, so he did honest journalistic work when he was starting his career according to even the washington post, had nothing to do with the grades zone at the time. and yet the post, the way they frame it, is that the iranian government is actually paying the gray zone. and so since this articles come out, i've had to, for example, address this with like college buddies who say. so the washington post says that iran controls the grades and what's up with that is really media i $24.00 and it's really the government linked media's out media outlets reported that iran and russia are funding the great zone in a bold print headline. a complete lie that's not even backed up by this washington post article. so the point of the article is to create a kind of steel darcy, a situation where they slap together enough innuendo. outright lies and smears to convince people in the 3 letter agencies that maybe they need to get a fives, a warrant on us. maybe we need to be investigated, maybe f b i agents need to show up at my door. but certainly i need to be harassed because as this article explicitly acknowle

i should mention thatjeff bezos has sent a note to all the staff at the washington post saying, "our ery high. "that can't change, and it won't. "you have my full commitment on maintaining the quality, "ethics and standards we all believe in." now, at the beginning of the programme, we were talking about the reuters institute and its latest report, its digital news report, which it publishes annually. there are lots and lots of interesting details in it. one of the interesting details is not a surprise, that it's highlighting news avoidance. lewis, i guess this is a factor that is in the mind of all journalists these days. you're notjust competing for news consumers, you're trying to make sure people are consuming any type of news. yeah, look, i can sense this even, you know, travelling around - the country for the general election _ there is such a disconnect between the kind of, - i mean, there always is, but it feels particularly. acute at the moment _ between the sort of frenetic nature of the westminster conversation and the sort of, the air war, - and a complete kind of indiffer

well, first of all, it's — i mean, when we sayjust one newspaper, the washington post — the washingtonbout independent, quality journalism, investigative journalists and holding the powerful to account. so, that matters right there. but also it would speak to some other trends that are happening in media. one is, you know, the fact that it is owned by a single billionaire owner — and we're talking about jeff bezos, of course — who has the sole power to hire and fire, and what does this say about hisjudgement? it also gets at the very — and you alluded to this in the intro, ros — is the very different standards between quality american journalism — there's plenty of low—quality american media — and the difference between that and sort of the practice of tabloids in the uk, it's really shined a light on different — those different practices. and if i could just bring lewis goodall back in from the news agents here, i wonder how you view this. and in terms of the kind of differences between american journalists, how they see themselves and british journalists, do you sense there's a diffe

my guest is marty baron, pulitzer prize—winning former editor of the washington post.as old—school reporting had its day? does the future belong to the influencers? marty baron in massachusetts, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. thanks for having me. it's a great pleasure to talk to you, marty. 00:01:01,289 --> 2147483051:37:15,359 you were editing the washington 2147483051:37:15,359 --> 4294966103:13:29,429 post through the political democracy works when citizens are well informed, which is why independent, evidence—based journalism matters. it holds the powerful to account. it empowers the voter. does that sound old—fashioned? maybe it does. the media landscape, as seen in the recent us election, is changing at warp speed. more and more citizens seem to be leaving the legacy media behind. my guest is marty baron, pulitzer prize—winning former editor of the washington post. does the future belong to the influencers? marty baron in massachusetts, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. thanks for having me. it's a great pleasure to talk to you, marty. rise of donald trump and do

the fallout continues for the washington post and "la times", after their publishers announced that the papers will not be making a presidential endorsement this year. for the posted is a problem exacerbated by the fact that it's owner jeff bezos has billions of dollars worth of contracts with the federal government through his other businesses like amazon, particularly web services and the aerospace manufacturing company blue origin. on the same day that the post publisher announced the newspaper would not make an endorsement, the associated press photographed two executives from blue origin, the ceo on the left, and megan mitchell, vice president of government relations on the right, speaking with donald trump on the tarmac in austin. this highlights complexity of business journalism conflicting with or undermining the actual work of journalism, which can have dire consequences for society as a whole. the legendary newspaper publisher and former politician joseph pulitzer warned us about this in 1984. our press will rise or fall together. and able disinterested public spirited press w

you can certainly make that argument, but it's in the washington post address. my argument is it doesn't move any folders and then just a very quick one. do you think it's likely to set the trends if i say yes or no on . so really the new well, i think used papers are moving away from endorsements generally. okay, thank you. very much that and all started what house column is for the publication, the who your as well as the result, sir, george is willing policy is taking the lead in a high stakes parliamentary election with more than 2 thirds of ballots counted the georgia dream policy has 43 percent of the vote bought deal positions as it one to accept the result. i filled some of its reports. there's jubilation at the georgia dream party headquarters. as preliminary results suggests they're set to become 1st instead of a selection. but in george's 1st election, using electronic voting to exit polls, the initially painted different pictures of who can form image already the both the georgia dream party, which is rules for more than a decade and faces accusation

a british editor who was tapped for a top position at "the washington post" will no longer take that as outcry continues to mount over a plan to shakeup "the post's" newsroom. the editor, robert winnett, will now stay at "the daily telegraph" instead of coming to "the washington post." the decision comes days after it was revealed that winnett had a history of using fraudulently obtained phone and company records in newspaper articles. "the post's" chief executive will lewis is also coming under scrutiny over his record. both lewis and winnett are veterans of british papers owned by rupert murdoch. "the guardian" also recently revealed lewis advised then-u.k. prime minister boris johnson and top officials to "clean up" their phones amid public uproar over government violations of covid-19 safety precautions in what became known as partygate. will lewis has also been accused of trying to suppress stories about his connection to the phone-hacking scandal at rupert murdoch's "news of the world" newspaper in britain. the owner of "the washington post," amazon founder jeff bezos, has suppo

jonathan: the washington post reported earlier this month -- sorry, a washington post story earlier this month cast doubt on republican challenger kenshin sheehy's claims that a gunshot wound he suffered in 2018 happened in afghanistan. the post interviewed a park ranger in glacier national park who ticketed him for discharging a weapon in the park. he shot himself in the arm while loading up his gear. all of that lined up to ask, has this and other reports on that incident had any effect on that montana senate race? sen. peters: i think so. especially the last few days as more evidence has come out and more witnesses have testified to the fact that he did not get that wounded in afghanistan. it was later. so, it is certainly in dispute. certainly, there is one thing that folks in montana, though i would say all over the country, people are outraged about, and that is stolen valor. here you have a republican candidate who talked about having a gunshot wound while serving i may afghanistan. it appears based on what was coming forward it is based on a live. what is essential for folks in m

one former "washington post" editor called it spineless.pineless decision that will embolden trump. later, what has been a central tenet and tonight harris will be in the state of texas. a backdrop to hit that message hard as that state is ground zero for the impact of donald trump's supreme court nominees and the extreme abortion bans. we'll preview her message at tonight's rally which features none other than beyonce. all those stories and more when "deadline white house" continues on this friday. don't go anywhere. where. i'm not an actor. i'm just a regular person. some people say, "why should i take prevagen? i don't have a problem with my memory." memory loss is, is not something that occurs overnight. i started noticing subtle lapses in memory. i want people to know that prevagen has worked for me. it's helped my memory. it's helped my cognitive qualities. give it a try. i want it to help you just like it has helped me. prevagen. at stores everywhere without a prescription. i brought in ensure max protein with 30 grams of protein. th

what "the new york times" publishes and "the washington post" publishes and the l.a. s posts can get amplified and gets on the television and cable networks and gets on the radio and it ends up spread through social media so it can have a greater impact. but the problem is right now is that we have, because of the internet, because people can turn to sources of information that affirm their pre-existing points of view, we have in many instances -- in too many instances, a society that doesn't share a common set of facts. and it's actually worse than that. we can't even agree on how to establish that something is a fact. so the kinds of things that we traditionally have used to establish something as a fact have been greatly devalued in our society. unfortunately. things like education, expertise, experience, and worst of all, actual evidence, so that in many instances, such as what we saw january 6 of 2021, people are denying what they saw with their own eyes and heard with their own ears and of course there's an enormous volume of evidence and yet people will call tha

read a word of the washington post. that is a base to build upon, the internet is giving us this gift, and we should build upon that. he saw the capacity to turn around the post, which most didn't, including many who worked within the post. i think that he saw that he could make a difference. for a variety of those reasons i think that he bought it. he has not used it to exercise influence. he has been accused of that by trump over and over again, but there is no evidence. the reason there is no evidence of that is because he has never actually done it. patt: your book was published after you read the paper, but your review said that it was three books in one. bargain hunters, beware. an insider's revealing examination of bezos' stewardship of the post, a sometimes thriller about how the post navigated a peril of time in journalism and chronicle of how trump tried to discredit the post and sing amazon. you had a seat at the table for a lot of that relationship with bezos and trumpet. my sense is that rob probably expecte

but also discuss what some of the principles of the washington post? principles that the post at the time of the watergate scandal have had to say about this interpretation of watergate. and will consider why it matters we'll consider the so what question. why debunking this myth? matters along the way we'll have some time for q&a. here are a few names that will encounter. during our class today. bob woodward and carl bernstein these are these were reporters for the washington post the lead reporters on the watergate scandal for the post. and they teamed up in 1972 and were together through the scandal in 1974. together they wrote two books about the watergate scandal. catherine graham is another name that will encounter she was the posts publisher. during the watergate period the post then was a family-owned newspaper. and she was publisher from 1969 to 1979. she backed the watergate investigation. sometimes in the face of government pressure catherine graham died in 2001 ben bradley is another name will encounter today. he was the posts executive edit

once we know about what went down behind the scenes of the washington post? made rather suddenly. they began drafting this editorial and went through the normal process. up until a week ago, there was some nervousness that it was not moving forward. a week ago, i was told that the editors said it was moving forward. and then suddenly they learned that the piece had been pulled. today you had an explanation from the publisher. as to why not to endorse. what is unusual for both of these cases is staff had already gone ahead and drafted these endorsements. why were they pulled so quickly? anchor: in the case of the washington post, the executive editor called the decision cowardice. he said trump will see this as an invitation to further intimidate jeff bezos. is there truth to this? what do we know about that? >> we know that he was to hide this decision. the post confirmed this was the case. he is one of the wealthiest persons on earth. amazon is facing an antitrust lawsuit. he is involved in space exploration efforts. there are many areas of his interest that

but the washington post itself reporting that it was ultimately spiked by owner jeff bezos. now some of the biggest names, both current and former in the water washington post are speaking out about this former editor, marty baron, who led the paper under bezos during the first trump administration, coming out swinging against his former boss, calling the decision not to run an endorsement cowardly. he also said that the explanation given that readers should make their own choice affable, given the timing, take a listen to what he had to say to cnn's michael smerconish the fact is that bezos has other commercial interests, as we know, he obviously founded amazon has a huge, big, big stake and amazon, he has a space company called blue origin trump has threatened to pursue soo his political enemies and he rewards his friends and he punishes his perceived political enemies. >> and i think there's no other explanation for what's happening right now. >> washington post publisher will lewis pushing back on the idea that jeff bezos was intimately involved in nixing the endorsement

hates the washington post. and so colson has a plan. to drive down the washington post share price. i think it was 38 dollars and colson has succeeded in driving it down to as he says 25 dollars. actually 28 dollars and so he's boasting about this to nixon. he's delighted to inform nixon that the economy was doing great. everybody's fortunes are up except those of the post. oddly enough their stock has dropped three more points since i told you last it's now $28. that's too -- bad. nixon replied sarcastically. isn't that a shame says colson? it was 38 dollars in december and had record earnings and has dropped 10 points. keep them busy nixon instructed. it was nearly 2 am finally time to go to bed. the president had to be up early the next morning for the inauguration day ceremonies. he said goodnight to his special counsel and hung up the phone. two floors below in a locked cabinet in the west wing basement. you are 4,000 real to real tape recorder. stop worrying. now if any of you did ap literature in school,

in 2015, jesus bought washington post for $250 million. it was a strange because bezos was not interested in paper and printing, but he bought the washington post company's newspaper publishing business. when he first visited the washington post, he clearly manifested his feelings. he asked the managers to look for tablet for reading a newspaper. in fact, bezos became more powerful by buying the washington post, now he is a man with lot of money, media. and lot of information. he only needs weapons to create a self-governing government. this deal could give him more influence over politics. nobody hangs out in washington dc just to go to the free museums. you buy a home in washington, you buy a newspaper in washington, because it is the most influential city in the world, and you want to lay your hands on that power. it is not possible for many people in the world to live without amazon. this company has become so big that others have to adapt themselves to it. it is just like the amazon river, because there is life next to it, but if ther

in fact, bezos became more powerful by buying the washington post. now he is a man with lot of money, media and lot of information. he only needs weapons to create a self-governing government. this deal could give him more influence over politics. nobody hangs out in washington dc just to go... to the free museums, you buy a home in washington, you buy a newspaper in washington because it is the most influential city in the world, and you want to lay your hands on that power. it is not possible for many people in the world to live without amazon. this company has become so big that others have to adapt themselves to it. it is just like the amazon river, because there is life next to it, but if there is filuvial, people will lose their lives for sure. people's lives are affected by any small change in amazon. companies that prefer to be a part of amazon instead of confronting it, are best described in a sentence in a flag of sunrise book by robert stone. sometimes the mouse is so afraid that it endangers itself and goes to the cat itself. it seems tha

my guest is marty baron, pulitzer prize—winning former editor of the washington post.as old—school reporting had its day? does the future belong to the influencers? marty baron in massachusetts, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. thanks for having me. it's a great pleasure to talk to you, marty. you were editing the washington post through the political rise of donald trump and donald trump's first presidency. you reflected, after all of that experience, that you felt the american media had a lot to learn from the failings it displayed in covering the rise of trump. you talked about the failure to truly understand many americans and what they were feeling and thinking. do you think, as we reflect on trump's return to the white house, that those lessons have been learned? i think we still have a lot to learn. i think our original problem prior to donald trump running as a candidate for president back is that we didn't anticipate a candidate like donald trump. we didn't understand the level of grievance and anger against the so—called elites in this country. i think still,

times" and the "washington post" both owned by billionaires and in the case of the post and the l.a.ick xun xong. not endorsing a presidential candidate is there a trend of some kind? what does it say to you? >> well, the trend -- it's a great question. i think that endorsements, you know, we have to think their utility and usefulness. i think when at the state and local level when we they help decide ballot questions of which there so many, things where there's not a lot news and publicity that these editorial board members can add insight and they can interview people on prose an cons of issues. you can make an argument that the presidential level is less useful because there is so much attention. people are getting information from so many places. and if the n "new york times" or "chicago tribune" says vote this way or that way it may not carry weight like it once did. that's a legitimate discussion. what i think is disturbing for a lot of people in the journalism community is doing it so suddenly and without a lot of trance pansy. will lewis said in his op-ed today. we don't see

, particularly going back to watergate, but never read a word of the washington post. that's a base to build upon and the internet is giving us this gift and we should build upon that. he saw the capacity to turn around the post which most people did not see, including many people who worked within the post. and i think he saw that he could actually make a difference. and so, for a variety of those reasons, i think, he bought it. he has not used it to exercise influence, but he's been accused of that by trump over and over and over again. but there's no evidence of that and the reason there's no evidence for that is because he's never actually done it. >> your book was published after you left the paper, but the review of your book said it was three books in one. bargain hunters be aware, the three books in one and sorry about the kibitzing here, revealing examination of bezzo's stewardship of the post and sometimes a thriller that navigated a perilous time in journalism and how trump tried to discredit the post and sink amazon. you had a seat at the table for a lot of

hates the washington post. and so colson has a plan. to drive down the washington post share price. i think it was 38 dollars and colson has succeeded in driving it down to as he says 25 dollars. actually 28 dollars and so he's boasting about this to nixon. he's delighted to inform nixon that the economy was doing great. everybody's fortunes are up except those of the post. oddly enough their stock has dropped three more points since i told you last it's now $28. that's too -- bad. nixon replied sarcastically. isn't that a shame says colson? it was 38 dollars in december and had record earnings and has dropped 10 points. keep them busy nixon instructed. it was nearly 2 am finally time to go to bed. the president had to be up early the next morning for the inauguration day ceremonies. he said goodnight to his special counsel and hung up the phone. two floors below in a locked cabinet in the west wing basement. you are 4,000 real to real tape recorder. stop worrying. now if any of you did ap literature in school,

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"the washington post" is a left-wing publication. "the washington post," remember, had the austere scholar language before. they are, by all measures, i would argue, one of the most left-wing publications in the nation. "new york times" gives them a run for their money. and they are choosing not to endorse kamala harris. they have endorsed all the theories about what a threat to democracy donald trump is, go read their editorial page, go read their reporting, and they are not endorsing in this race? what a way to undercut, kneecap, totally undermine kamala harris' closing argument. "this guy is a fascist, this guy is unpalatable paid this guy iss a threat to democracy. but we're not going to endorse in the race." what an insult to kamala harris. an added at the "l.a. times," the unions? kamala, who do you have when you've lost a "washington post"? >> harris: i want to read this quote. "the washington post," this is a quote from them, their statement. "the washington post will not endorse either candidate in the presidential campaign.

the washington post has that front-page story this morning. as we said cut senator peter welch cut democrat, first of a credit senator to come out and say that the president should withdraw. others have expressed skepticism. senator richard blumenthal of connecticut, senator michael bennet of colorado. you have seen their comments on other networks. today on capitol hill, senate democrats will hold a special caucus lunch to hear from senior biden advisors and biden campaign chair, according to a person close to senate democratic leadership. they will meet behind closed doors to hear from the biden campaign about the path forward. you get to let washington know what you think on this. mark in pennsylvania, independent. good morning. caller: good morning. please do not cut me off and you can ask any question you want. first, 81 million people voted for this guy. he cannot even hold a crowd of 500 people. if you have to pass a bill to make people think you are doing great -- the infrastructure bill , $7 billion to put in seven electronic whatever

and also, as krotevych claims, the washington post writes, and then he also witnessed how, in response to a request from one of the commanders to provide instructions, sodol said: we are finished and hung up. well, yes. also this is again i will remind you, this is us now we are quoting from the washington post, and the journalists claim that they have at their disposal a statement to the security intelligence service written by bohdan krotevych against yuriy sodol, although krotevych himself did not specify any surname, he simply spoke of the general. we will return to this statement, and now we will begin our own discussion, what prospects await yuriy sodol, and in general, what this whole story is about, gennadiy druzenko, public activist, co-founder and head of the first voluntary mobile hospital, joins our broadcast named after mykola porogoov. congratulations. good day. glad to hear from you. each other tell me, please, what do you think about this story with yuriy sodol, does he now have any prospects of remaining in the army in a leadership position? well, in principle, he hold

washington post owner jeff bezos, penned an op-ed defending his position after internal backlash backlash led to multiple staff resignations and the cancelation of thousands of subscriptions. the paper social media team also posted a tiktok video mocking their boss's decision don't publish it. >> why not? so as you may know, i'm a billionaire. yes. and many of us billionaires own multiple companies. yeah. we know you own the washington post and blue origin, which happens to have billions of dollars in cloud computing contracts with the federal government. so you're worried about retribution if trump wins. i didn't say that but many experts have pointed to that. yes cnn media correspondent hadas gold is here with more on the fallout. >> hadas, what more can you tell us? >> i mean, kudos to the washington post. dave jorgensen and their social media team for being willing to put that out there and the washington post, i should say, has been doing some really good reporting on itself on what's happening here and what's happening with their owner, jeff bezos. jeff bezos's op-ed that w

your story today in the "washington post," you talk about things to watch for, particularly tomorrow when it comes to the gag order given to the president. can you elaborate on that? guest: one of the ongoing legal fight of this whole process has been the things trump says outside of court, attacking the family members, the staffers of people involved in this process. and the prosecutors are asking the judge to hold him in contempt for the public statements he has made. trump is arguing he should not be punished for those things, that those payments were acceptable, but so far it looks like the judge will not agree with that idea. host: and then come wednesday or at least later on this week, one of the things you write about was concerning a bond the former president used in order to satisfy the demand. you tell the viewers what that is about? guest: this is actually today across the street in manhattan. there is a hearing on whether trump's $175 million bond is valid and meets the requirements of the court. that bond is important because it allows him to put off paying a more than $

and now judge cannon is under fire once again for what "the washington post" diplomatically calls, quote, an unusual order regarding jury instruction. quote, even though cannon has not yet ruled when the trial will be held or a host of other issues, she's skipping ahead to the very end, to jury instructions, asking prosecutors and defense attorneys to consider two different hypothetical situations. writing in part, quote, in the first scenario the jury would be allowed today review a former president's possession of a record and make a factual finding, whether it is personal or presidential, using the definition set forth in the presidential records act. the second scenario is one in which a president has sole authority to categorize records as personal or presidential. and as "the washington post" points out, that second hypothetical would appear to be one in which trump seemingly could not be convicted under almost any set of facts of

a washington post endorsement of campbell, the hardest would not have shocked and a one. i don't believe it would have moved any votes, but i think mister base shows by being perceived dribbling, don't his newspaper as create a public relations nightmare for himself so that he could just as easily help avoid . it appears that he has at bethany toward, mister trump, that he has been intimidated essentially. and that because of that intimidation, he has meddled with his newspaper to stop its journalist during something that they would otherwise have. don't know if that was a great look, especially when in my if you think you're just of left, the editorial board, right. whatever it likes, apparently, a endorsement of comma harris was with a drafted, and it would have made my judgment, no difference at all to the outcome of the election. whatever that is, there is an argument, of course for newspapers, not endorsing at all. but when you decide 10 or 11 days before the election, the, that's the time that you're going to move back to a rich as the portrait, a justification for