ben smith is media columnist at the new york times, and before that, he was editor—in—chief at buzzfeed ben, we will be talking a lot today about investigations, which is an art form that you are familiar with. tell me, what would you say has been your own biggest investigation? one of the glories of being an editor is being able to take credit for other people's work, and so i'lljust go ahead and do that and had a basically quite small hand in a project that won the pulitzer this year that a reporter did after getting tossed out of china, the investigation of the uyghurs�* treatment, and it was really likejust a feat of incredible reporting because she had done it after being tossed out. i was proud to be associated with that. ok, you take glory too. thank you, ben. more from you later on. we're going to talk about your extraordinary reporting on the company ozy media. alexandra suich bass is also with us. she is senior columnist for the economist covering politics, technology and society, and she joins us from dallas. alexandra, hello. is there any part of your brief that facebook hav

. >>> when we come back, ozy media shutting down amid scandal, less than a week since ben smith firstthe business ben is going to join us live right after this >>> later, ozy media co-founder carlos watson will join us live with his side of the story that's at 8:15 eastern time. quk x"uned you're watching "sawbo and this is cnbc. girls... the chess club has gained an edge on our bake sales. we need more ways of connecting with customers, fast. i know some consultants with great ideas. can they help us improve our digital experience? absolutely. they've invested over $2 billion in tech. that could really help us manage inventory. and save us a ton of dough. then let's take back our market share. checkmate, chess heads. girls, i said “bedtime”! i think you're going to like it here. umm, why is everyone... throwing things at me? look, as cfo it's my job to be ready for whatever's next. that's why i have my finance team, randomly hurl things at me. it's also why we use workday. it gives us insights, so we quickly pivot our strategy, people, planning, you name it. sorry, sir. i will aim st

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ben smith, media columnist for the "new york times," terrific reporting.anks for having me. >>> cnn's coverage continues right now. >>> good monday morning. nice to have you with us. i'm erica hill. >> and i'm jim sciutto. california is working to contain a major oil spill that could become an ecological disaster. so far coast guard officials removed more than 3,000 gallons of oil from the pacific ocean after a pipeline leaked more than 40 times that amount into

joining me now, ben smith, "the new york times" columnist that broke the story wide-open.any twists and turns, i couldn't keep up with the developments. ozy didn't deny your reporting. in fact, they blamed the conference call incident on samir rowe, the co-founder of ozy, going through a mental health crisis. and that's not to make jokes or light of that in any capacity. but how do you make of that explanation? >> i think it was an attempt to prevent critics from writing about it. and you know, the thing was, and i don't know. the details of his mental health. what we worry about, really, is that it was part of a pattern of deceiving investors, advertisers, the media, all sorts of people, about what was going on with that company. and although that was a particularly spectacular thing, he was on the phone call. >> i know you write in your piece, the line between hype and fraud is blurry and comes into focus in retrospect. at what point did ozy cross the line? was it the conference call that you reported on? or what do you recall as the turning point in all of this? >> you

has been the story of the week, maybe the month, possibly the year, everybody is talking about it, ben smithnew york times media columnist. ben, what a wild week you've had. let alone carlos watson. >> yeah. i don't think that i anticipated people would be this interested in this story. >> yeah, it has -- because it touches everything, right. it touches banking with goldman sachs, it touches the whole idea of people being imposters, the imposter syndrome and the idea of faiking it until you make it, where is the line? clearly the line has gone up how do you think that this -- what seems like from the outside, a scam went on this long and brought so many big names and big money into its world? >> first of all, i think, you know, i want to be careful it was not a pure scam there were lots of journalists and producers and employees making real content for ozy, only not a lot of people were consuming the content. they worked hard given the level of deception they were sigh mo -- simultaneously doing but as is true with these things, particularly fund-raising if you can hold a mirror up and show

ben smith report by finding its health workers across some of the remotest parts of the country. india has now given at least one dose of covey, 19 vaccine to 3 quarters of its 1380000000 population prime minister, nor, and remote. he visited a new daily hospital to celebrate the billionth dose, but only 31 percent of had 2 doses. they did a certain degree of apathy, as well as the feeling that the worst as fast as that is no for the rest. so many people are not really going in for the 2nd goes straight away in years, sitting on vaccines, stock of a 100000000 doses and has recently started exporting again. it's africa whether needed less than 5 percent of the continence population has been vaccinated. the world health organization says that could mean the pandemic goes on for a year longer than it needs to developing countries should not have to wait for the charity rich nations. because that charity, as we've seen in the last year in a hall, is not happening. we cannot rely on their law, jess, we have to have manufacturing him to do that. we have to share the recipe that were publicly

ben smith has the late it from those arrested were identified on c t. v recorded in the area of tell you night at the time the violence broke out on thursday night now has viola is repeated not kick accusation that that protest is what ambushed by people from the lebanese christian forces. party, as those has been support is protested in that area. it's on a dividing line between a christian communities. now, the lebanese christian forces lead a semi georgia has gone on radio, denying they were anything to do at anything to do with the fighting on thursday night. is that they were having a meeting in the area and the meeting was to decide what steps they would take. it judge tara baton was removed as the leading, investigating judge into the port explosion. and they said that decided they, coal for a general strike. and he said the a they knew that was going to be processed in the area and enough for i have a military presence there to make sure it passed off peacefully. as we know it didn't. and john said what happened was a mini civil war. now he says

ben smith is in beirut for the latest on the blas investigation on the fall out from 1st 8 fighting that most lebanese politicians don't seem to want this investigation to go on. they don't just want derek baton removing from his pros post as the leading, investigating judge that are interested in the investigation going on because it's on billy unveiling and will unveil some dirty secrets, linking corruption and lebanese politicians judge retired and only want to speak to politicians allied to his bala, he wanted to speak to a christian general, a kristian politician. he wanted to speak to lebanon's former prime minister hat and doubt. so there were a wide range of people he wanted to speak to. and this investigation as the broad support of the lebanese population, because they not only want justice for the people who were killed in last year's explosion. but they want this as a demonstration, if you like, that there is still some to some sort of rule of law in lebanon and an ability to hold people accountable. a government is called a day of mornings, or most businesses and government

ben smith reports from moscow to the russian state. the staff of this newsroom, a foreign agents, but dodged or tv rain has no connection to foreign governments. it is one of the few independent media outlets left in russia before every break and every program, a message must by law appear on screen telling the viewer that what they're watching is created by russian legal entity performing the functions of a foreign agent. its designation that the stations management says is created to scare off subscribers and advertises. you know that the history of russia, of terrible period of time with communism, where the foreign agent mark label was air in a, at a terrible thank a terrible thing. that meant that you cannot have anything in common with the, for an agent. that's why, for some part of the society he in vash at that might be a problem. tv rain says it's subscription model helps it stay on air for now. there are more than 70 news outlets. journalist, an activist on the foreign agents, registered alexander kosky, was part of a team of

columnist ben smith tweeted slides used to raise money at a $450 million valuation.ise not to say it about virtue signal? ( laughs ) >> i went to ozzie had these lovely festivals in central park. i did a couple of them, and they were a lot of fun. i mean, ozy put on a lot of-- a lot of really interesting events, which i was-- i was privileged to attend. >> were you concerned the organization was smoke and mirrors when you noticed that they kept saying they've sold 20 billion tickets? every day in business brings something new. so get the flexibility of the new mobile service designed for your small business. introducing comcast business mobile. you get the most reliable network with nationwide 5g included. and you can get $30 per line per mth get four lines or mix and match data options. available now for comcast business internet customers with no line-activation fees or term contract required. see if you can save by switching today. comcast business. powering possibilities. we're all ready for a real vacation. one where you can sip tropical drinks with fruity garni

ben smith, media columnist for the "new york times," terrific reporting. thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >>> cnn's coverage continues right now. >>> good monday morning. nice to have you with us. i'm erica hill. >> and i'm jim sciutto. california is working to contain a major oil spill that could become an ecological disaster. so far coast guard officials removed more than 3,000 gallons of oil from the pacific ocean after a pipeline leaked more than 40 times that amount into the water there. >> numerous beaches in orange county closed today. divers are still searching that 17-mile pipeline for the source of the leak and there are understandably major concerns about the area's wetlands and wildlife, dead fish and birds have already started to wash ashore. cnn national correspondent natasha chen and meteorologist chad myers joining us now. natasha, in terms of where this leak started, do we know the exact location so it could ideally be fixed or is it still unclear? >> reporter: we don't know that information. yesterday there were divers s

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tonight, i'm talking to ben smith, "the times" reporter that broke that story.y, that's where washington is tonight as divisions within the democratic ranks keep two bills that are critical to president joe biden's agenda from getting to his desk. to be fair, it's not exactly the entire democratic caucus that's in fighting. it's actually two senators. two out of 50 that are holding it up. now progressives remain steadfast in that the bipartisan infra s infrastructure bill be in the house until after the passage of the social spending, apparently, there are trust issues between the left and right flanks of the party. you'll remember that price tag , had been around 3.5 trillion dollars over ten years. that's important. ten years. not one. but in a visit to the capital on friday biden reportedly told house democrats to bring that price down, to somewhere between 1.9 and 2.3 trillion dollars, over ten years. senate budget chair burn each sanders who favors a far larger bill than this 3.5 trillion, was actually questioned about that, and meet the press this morning.

ben smith disclosed the network had a co-founder imperson ate aa youtube executive during a conferencea house of cards waiting to collapse. jon stewart launched his tv comeback on apple tv. he warned the new program won't be as funny as the daily show, he's getting lousy reviews. he started with a deadly serious topic, iraq war veterans who haven't been able to get healthcare after being exposed to toxic chemicals. >> burn pits. burn pits. we did that to ourselves. and as these smoldering ashtrays of freedom burned, they released a bouquet of carcinogens and it has had devastating consequences for the people who served. howie: he chatted with ailing veterans, interviewed the va secretary. knows 45 minutes of this sober stuff doesn't have mass appeal, and he's right. crew saiding rather than -- crusading rather than comedy is a tough sell. i'm howard kurtz. i hope you like our facebook page. you can continue the conversation on twitter. you might want to check out my podcast. i'm out of time. we're back here sunday. you know the time. we'll see you then with the latest buzz. >> tech: wh

i'm talking to ben smith, the reporter who broke that story.s where washington is tonight as divisions within the democratic ranks keep two bills that are critical to joe biden's agenda from getting to his desk. to be fair, it's not exactly the entire democratic caucus that's in fighting. it's actually two senators, two out of 50 that are holding it up. progressives remain steadfast in their demand that the bipartisan infrastructure bill, which has passed the senate, being denied a vote in the house until after the passage of the larger social spending reconciliation bill, the build back better act. apparently, there are some trust issues between the left and the right flanks of the party. you will remember that price tag of the reconciliation bill had been around $3.5 trillion over ten years. that's important. ten years, not one. in a visit to

. >> all right, ben smith, i don't know why don't get the hedman treatment, i saw you earlier on cbs are serious. >> no, this is definitely not a serious show, definitely not. good to talk to you, i appreciate you coming on, credible work as always. hashtag, journalism still matters, thank you for bringing that to light. thank you for making time for us this sunday, you can catch a man every friday at seven eastern and back on msnbc saturdays at eight and sundays at nine. be sure to follow us on twitter and tiktok at a man and be msnbc, we're gonna post highlights from the show. and a lot of fun stuff behind the scenes. until we meet again, i'm ayman mohyeldin, good night. n, good night. as someone who resembles someone else... i appreciate that liberty mutual knows everyone's unique. that's why they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. oh, yeah. that's the spot. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ we have to be able to repair the enamel on a daily basis. with pronamel repair toothpaste, we can help actively repair enamel in

ben simmons, i can make that happen. >> we're tipping off tonight it's great start ryan smith, best of luck tonight. it keeps coming up that ben simmons is angry maybe you can help me there. it's way over my pay thank you, gentlemen we're back after the break whadda you guys doing out here? there's a creepy man in a white mask. run, run! michael myers has haunted this town for forty years. if you track michael's victims, it's a straight line home. he's coming for me. we're coming for him. tv: mount everest, the tallest mountain on the face of the earth. keep dreaming. [coins clinking in jar] ♪ you can get it if you really want it, by jimmy cliff ♪ ♪ [suitcase closing] [gusts of wind] [gusts of wind] [ding] make fitness routine with pure protein. high protein. low sugar. tastes great! high protein. low sugar. so good. high protein. low sugar. mmm, birthday cake. pure protein bars and shakes. for every fitness routine. >>> why does the stock of netflix get slammed today even though it seemed to have an excellent quarter. why does anything sell off on good earnings? usually the stock has too much going

ben roethlisberger gets another win. and geno smithght have been with the seahawks team. seahawks 2-4. 23-20 pittsburgh. t.j. watt, the hero. the postgame show coming up after this. . >>> a terrific game here in pittsburgh on this sunday night. seattle was down 14. charged back into it. but the steelers in overtime 23-20. the big turnover forced by tj watt. outstanding defensive player. as good as there is in the nfl. and he is top of the list of the players of the game. ben roethlisberger, also, and harris with 127 scrimmage yards. tj watts with michelle. of the game. ben roethlisberger 29 of 40 and 229 and najee harris 127 scrimmage yards. t.j. watt is with michele tafoya. >> there are a lot of words that could be used to describe this defensive effort tonight. what words would you use? >> resilient. there were a lot of ups and downs and we felt like we performed witness. in the first half and second half run was gashing us but a win is a win. >> cam heyward walked by us and said you're the best defensive player in the world. the two

ben carson, the hud secretary, became a proponent and jerome smith, who worked in the white house whoad worked for tim scott, he also was it. trump did two things. he embraced this thing and made a lot of people against it because it was a trump thing. secondly, rather cynically, he made it seem this is my answer to anybody asks if i've done anything for the black community. host: we have a quote from cory booker talking about opportunity zones. sen. booker: i worked with republicans and democrats to write and pass a law that is bringing billions ofa lot bring. there are so many places like that across america. it is not just cities like this one. communities and towns like us in newark have been given upon and talked down to, counted out, and, underestimated. susan: early on, their interest on both sides of the aisle was really essential moving forward. talk about these two freshman senators and why this concept really appealed to them? david: that's a good question. cory booker is right that he am tim scott do this together. it was a bipartisan effort. but, it was not put into law w

ben foakes and dom sibley, who are capped at test level. lancashire batterjosh bohannon, surrey wicketkeeperjamie smith and the warwickshire pair of seamer liams are new to the lions set—up. and tour de france champion tadej pogacer will have to deal with two major time trials if he's to win his third consecutive yellow jersey after last year's race was confirmed. —— next year's route was confirmed. it begins with a time trial in copenhagen; the first of three stages in denmark. it'll pass through northern france and the cobbles of the arenberg forest, before the first summit finish in the jura mountains. next the tour climbs the alps, and then the pyrenees... and a 40km time trial on the penultimate stage will decide the yellowjersey, before the traditional finish in paris. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. i will be back in a little bit later on this afternoon. back to you, jane. thank you very much. well, as the problems with the global supply chain intensify, getting goods into britain is not as simple as it used to be — thanks in part to blocked ports an

smith for america reports. "fox news primetime" hosted by ben domenech starts right now. ben? >> ben: thank you, mike. good evening and welcome to "fox news primetime." ♪ >> ben: nothing has been more unifying in american history than our flag and the men who defend it. whether at the veterans day parade or top americans respect for our men in arms and the symbol they defend was an extraordinary object of universal approval. it was extraordinary this respect endured of even as every other institution in american life shuttered and chance in the public eye. a half century ago, as the debacle of vietnam came to its dishonorable end, who would have believed that just 10 years later our armed forces would enjoy a renaissance and respect. 20 years on it would be regarded war winning juggernaut innovation and courage or 30 years later it would ride so high in public estimation that a bipartisan super majority thought it perfectly reasonable to send our armed forces to the other side of the world to two alien societies filled with pheasants and fanatics in our own image. why did it happen? it happened for a

smith for america reports. "fox news primetime" hosted by ben domenech starts right now. ben? >> ben: thank you, mike.> ben: nothing has been more unifying in american history than our flag and the men who defend it. whether at the veterans day parade or top americans respect for our men in arms and the symbol they defend was an extraordinary object of universal approval. it was extraordinary this respect endured of even as every other institution in american life shuttered and chance in the public eye. a half century ago, as the debacle of vietnam came to its dishon e

ben carson, the african-american hud secretary became an active proponent. a guy named jerome smithho work in the white house who have worked for tim scott, he also was in. so trump didn't two things. he embraced the thing a man a lot of people be against it because it was a trump thing. secondly, rather cynically, he made it seem like this is my answer to anybody who asks if i have done anything for the black community. host: we have a clip of cory booker talking about opportunity zones. let's look at that. >> republicans and democrats to write and then passed a law that is bringing billions of dollars of investment to low income urban and rural communities that have for too long been left out and left behind. there are so many places like that across america. not just cities like this one. farm communities and factory towns that like us here in new york, have been given up on eight talked down to. counted out and underestimated. host: early on, the interest on both sides of that was really essential to moving onward. talk about these two freshman senators and why this concept real

coming up ben silverman on whether that's a warning sign including for netflix. lindsay bell with us and mark smithed on is the big mover again short end of the yield curve reacting people expect a hike this side of christmas. >> bank of england what they said and the markets imply in terms of short runway to first rate hike there and inflation numbers in new zealand you saw something in terms of bond yields flying. >> weaker china growth. >> that's right and yet the yields higher globally on that u.s. market, 2-year treasury, two rate hikes and whether that happens or mispositioned for this move, whatever it is that seems to have been the theme goes with the idea that inflation is going to be the worry point and the main debate as it is sticky. i don't think today's action changed the jove all takeaway from the recent couple of weeks with little bit of technical improvement in the markets seasonals work better. alm those things seem supportive for the heart of earnings season. >> 1.58 the current level of 10-year yield. as an investor are you comfortable putting new money in this environment when

ben foakes and dom sibley, who are capped at test level. lancashire batterjosh bohannon, surrey wicketkeeperjamie smith and the warwickshire pair of seamer liamt of 100 for the sydney sixers, with elyse villani scoring 5a and meg lanning 23. the match had been reduced to 11 overs a side because of rain, and the sixers were able to reach their target with four balls remaining. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. the queen has officially opened the sixth term of the senedd in wales, on her first visit to the country in five years. 0ur wales correspondent tomos morgan is in cardiff. the queen arrived in cardiff today, she came down on the royal train accompanied by the prince of wales, charles, camilla, the duchess of cornwall. when she arrived, she came from the train station to the the senedd, accompanied by a military procession, and then a 21 gun salute signifying the arrival of the prince of wales and camilla to begin. the queen then went up to meet the first minister on the steps of the the senedd behind me here. she also met local schoolchildren from the lo

smith was there. >> reporter: it was the ending giants' fans literally waited all season for. the giants taking back the national league west title after the dodgers held it for the last eight seasons. ben was able to come to the game at the last minute. >> fantastic. it's what we came here for. this is what we're here for. nothing better than this. it's october baseball now. it's what we live for. >> the last day of the regular season. the dodgers pushed us to the limit. brought out the best of us and, um, i'm happy to be a giants fan. >> i'm excited. whoo! >> reporter: fans were able to celebrate as the giants went up big, early. a much different atmosphere after saturday's nail biter. >> last night's game. today was well-deserved. >> reporter: giants' fans coming from all over making every effort to get to the game. some heading down from places like mendocino county. >> all the way. >> i'm just beyond excited. i am happy to be here. >> reporter: now, the focus shifts to friday as the team gets ready for game one and fans do what they can to find tickets to be there. >> it's been a little surprising. but at the same time, very satisfying. and pretty remarkable, as well. >> reporter: