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a math, nbc host matthew house on during an interview with foreman new you look times journalist ben smith said that the news media should get rid of quote, both sides of major issues being discussed. there are 2 words we need to move from our media recovery right now, and that is both sides. this fundamental crunch, this reliance on both sides is it kind of lazy way of covering up living. mom is deeply dangerous. there are a bunch of major issues in which there are not both sides or not both sides on climate change. there are not both sides of white supremacy. there are not both sides on democracy, then they're not besides on the holocaust. however, not everyone agrees with the cool, full one side in coverage. here's a sample of some reactions on social media. while there's no risk of hearing both sides on m. s m, b, c. so he should feel right at home i but there are 2 sites to every single story other but authoritarians to census speech, especially when they're visa, trash, and sensor. and the other side is the only way to get people to accept and being honest and fair is only deeply dan

in an interview with former new york times with hold of ben smith says, the media shouldn't present opposing sides of major issues. there are 2 words we need to remove from our media for cavity right now, and that is both sides. this fundamental crunch this reliance on both sides is it kind of lazy way of covering up living room is deeply dangerous. there are bunch of major issues in which there are not both sides are not both sides on climate change . they're not both sides of white supremacy. there are not both sides on democracy . then they're not besides on the holocaust. of course, not everyone agrees with that full one sided coverage. his assault or some reactions on social media. while there's no risk of hearing both sides on m. s m, b, c. so he should feel right at home. i bet there are 2 sides to every single story ever . but authoritarians love to censor speech, especially when their views are trash, and censoring the other side is the only way to get people to accept them. being honest and fair is only deeply dangerous to those who are dishonest and corrupt. the moment journalists

ben smith has more there's not much time to say good bye here in soccer. russia's far east. most of these men had only 24 hours. notice that they were being drafted into russia's army, the sum of the 300000 reservists being called up to fight in ukraine. oh, not every one is going willingly. i and daggers stand. russia said the most tim reservists confronts a woman at the military commission. what's it for? this was this man shouts, i lepeu to protect his own palaces, not hide behind our men and children. i. 6 there is still a few who summoned the courage to protest against president vladimir putin announcement of a partial mobilization of civilians. this was in st. petersburg. when about them took my boyfriend received the notification from military commissariat. so he can come out here. but i came because i don't want our young men to be taken away. when we came to protect our friends, our fathers and our relatives who they want to take to the war, the brutal war against ukraine. one monitoring group says at least 1300 people have been detained in 38 cities. but alignment

partial military mobilization. human rights group say hundreds, have been detained by russian for says ben smith begins our coverage ah, by 0 torrance proposition voice is in today's russia. but there is still a few, some on the courage to try to protest. this was in st. petersburg, after president vladimir putin announced a partial mobilization of civilians to fight in ukraine. swing about on my boyfriend received to thee a notification from military commissariat. so he can come out here. but i came because i don't want our young men to be taken away. when we came to protect our friends, our fathers and our relatives who they want to take to the war, the brutal war against ukraine. one monitoring group says more than 1300 people have been detained in 38 cities. but alignment, this metal, more than 70 percent of russians definitely are mostly support. puting cause a special military operation in ukraine, according to an independent polling organization. most of them relying government control tv for that knew that more people leaving russia than protesting that this was the border with georgia o

we have a presidential panel headed by ben smith which will report directly to the president so thathe president's influence, whenever necessary, can be used to reach this great goal. and in addition to that, all of the agencies of government, the national institute of health and more, are totally committed. host: that was former president richard nixon back in 1971, december 23, 1971, the signing of the national cancer act. yesterday, president biden was talking about his cancer moonshot. asking you this morning on this topic of cancer, what will it take to end cancer in this country? phone lines split a bit differently. we will keep them up on the year for you to read them. arlene in florida on that line for all others. good morning. caller: good morning. we have had so much success from 50 years ago on cancer research and cancer cures, as i hear the folks talking on the phone that have been cured. but my concern at present is the epidemic of fentanyl killing how many people a day, that we are subjecting ourselves to a horror right now in all our communities, white, black, hispanic

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ben. it's interesting, where i am right now, whether suspects just kind of back to james smith cree nationf outside of it is a village ofjust shy of it is a village ofjust shy of 200 people, so not very many people there, so a situation like this really does rock the entire community and the province, ben. to give you a sense of how the community is doing, even where i am, it is labour day weekend so when we get an alert on our phones, and we all did today, it started, actually we got three, one initially saying hey, you know, beyond the alert there has been, you know, we did not even know at that time how many people were hurt, let alone killed at that point. but it said it's in northern saskatchewan, right? four hours away, be on edge but we will still party here in regina. well, the party was really put on hold for a lot of people. police state hey, stay home, it is labour day weekend but hunker down because there are people on the loose and we don't know where they are and, like i said, labour day weekend, a big deal here in regina. we have a massive football game. canadian football ga

smith and more. the library of congress national book festival live saturday beginning at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span2. ♪♪ >> in 2019, reporter benns discovered the remains. slave ship in a swamp outside of mobile, alabama. sunday night, as we showcase some of the best of q & a, he talks about his book "the last slave ship", that details the history and how and why it transported 110 slaves in alabama in 1860. more than 50 years after the trans atlantic slave trade was outlawed. >> we have the whole story and serves as a proxy for everyone in the united states and the world whose family's rived in the hold of a ship. most of those people, millions upon millions, we know nothing about because their stories were recorded. it's a lost history for millions of people who were stolen from africa and spread all over the world and that's really what is so unique about it 6789 it is the whole story of slavery all encapsulated in one piece, and we know everything about these people and what happened to them in their lives. >> ben raines, with his book, on c-span's q & a. you can listen to q & a and all of our podcasts on our new c-span app

smith: thank you, madam chair. i rise today in support of the bulk infant formula to retail shelves act. i appreciate my colleague, suzan delbeney, for working toge together -- dell ben -- delbene for working together. it's a very disappointing that the administration knew of this looming shortage for months before they developed a strategy. here we are nine months into the crisis and as of august, 30% of our nation's baby formula was out of stock nationally for six weeks in a row. this is simply unacceptable. i'm glad we can work together to correct this. we must use every tool available to increase domestic manufacturing, including responsibly importing f.d.a.-approved base powder used to manufacture formula when needed. the bulk infant formula to retail shelves act build bildz on the bipartisan work done on the formula act and supports domestic manufacturing by allowing formula-based powder to be imported duty free through the end of the year. will i continue to work with my colleagues on the ways and means committee to use trade tools to strengthen critical supply chains like infant formula. thank you. i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from nebras