i had a job as a result of having gone to oxford, interviewing american cultural figures for the bbc radio back in england. in new york, i interviewed a fiction editor. famed as the man who made ray monday car ver a great man. he said at the end of the interview. i didn't have one and i lied and said, sure. he said give me a look at it. iú went home and wrote a short story and received my first contract. we were first introduced to you. i had never heard about you in my life. >> in about 1992 or so, the producer of the show dropped this magazine article on my desk. she was some what incessant about what you wrote. i had a different reaction. i want to read it back to you. >> i remember writing it and the sentiment but not the sentences. >> i want you to tell me where you think the world has gone since this. the headline on it is "rahm tv." if television is a plug in drug, then c-span is the antidote, the network to watch when you want to come down. the programs are shot in color but might as well be in black and white there are no commercials. the almost total lack of editing and super sl

>> i interviewed for the bbc radio back in england. in new york i interviewed american book editors. i interviewed a man who main raymond carver a great name. he said at the end of the interview must have a great short story or book. i did not that i set a course. i went back and wrote a story. i wrote a short story and about a week i brought it back, and he liked it. i said can i have a contract? he said you have a contract. i wrote my first book of short stories. i kept at it. >> what did you get paid? >> $3,000. >> all politics is local, and that does for us here. we were first introduced to you by someone -- i had never heard of you in my life. actually the producer of the showed a drop this magazine article on my desk, and she was someone incensed by what she read. i had a different reaction, but i want to read it back to you. >> i remember writing it and i remember the sentiments, but i do not remember the sentences. >> i want you to tell me where you think the world has gone. the headline is "ram tv." if television is a drug, th

garofalo gave this material to bbc radio. >> bill: no liberal outlet for news commentary.oman on the planet? is she hanging out with amy winehouse? unbelievable. check two. also on the b.b.c. bono talked about a meeting with president bush. >> particular picture with george bush a speech at the national prayer breakfast and all kinds of people in the audience. and he was giving me a hug. but what i was doing is i was dodging the hug and trying to hide behind the podium and when i sat down i was sitting beside senator obama. and soon to be president. and he just said nice work with the hug dodge. [ laughter ] bill: you make the call on that. check three. far left writer henry hertzberg err is a bomb thrower. he accused newt gingrich of being a homophobe and attacked the factor as well. you may remember jesse waters caught up with hertzberg. >> you called the guy a bigot what was that based on. >> long record of bigotry in almost every department. >> you can point to a specific example. >> you can look it up. i have written about it go. and google it. >> i read the article a