this is his 14th celebrity biographer christopher anderson. he had written about his previous book was on dina and christopher reeves. his current book is from kate and william. he writes from the from the gates. his audience is conservative and liberal. hess credential "vanity fair," "time" magazine, et cetera. impeccable reputation for telling the truth and he has no reason to lie about what he discovered. and there's a six-page section in this book on how a hopelessly blocked barack obama deeply in debt having to pay back his advance at michelle's urging turns to his friend and neighbor in hyde park bill ayers to help with his book. bill, help out and he brought out his notes in his audiotapes and unfinished manuscript and we need your help and this is what christopher anderson writes. he spends six pages on this obviously that's not done to support me. he has no interest in appealing to my audience. and i read 80 reviews of christopher anderson's book. he's even on chris matthews. of those reviews those who wrote the single most newsworthy

christopher anderson was even on chris matthews.on the reviews you know how many of them mentioned the single most newsworthy revelation of the book? it was at that moment that i knew -- my friends were singing get your pulitzer prize speech ready. i said you don't know as well as i do it isn't going to happen. zero mention it. here's how the internet works, and the people don't understand or appreciate it. thomas friedman calls the internet by the we just last year on meet the press and my wife wonders why don't watch sunday morning tv. an open sewer of unfiltered information. in 1933 on like the information of "the new york times" in 1933 the guy like walter wouldn't have been able to bury the press the story of six to eight killed by joseph stalin. in 1957 to '59 "the new york times" reporter herbert matthews calls the internet existed wouldn't have been able to pass the new george washington did it. thank you, internet. you've changed everything for the better. what happens -- [applause] what happens is the place where i was wri

this is what christopher anderson writes. he spent six pages on this and a book that is obviously not done to support me. he has no interest in appealing to my audience. i read 80 reviews of christopher andersen's book. it was even on chris matthews. of those, do you know how many of them mentioned the single most newsworthy revelation and that. >> reporter: zero. it was at that moment that i knew, i know. my friends are saying, get your pulitzer prize speech ready. i said, you don't know this world as well as i do. and going to happen. zero out of 80. i went public. here is how the internet works. the people in the dead tree media don't understand or appreciate it. because the internet the press. my wife wonders why don't watch tv, an open sewer of untreated and unfiltered information. the internet existed in 1933 and 1933 and died like walter duranty would not have been able to bury, suppress the story of the 6-8000000 collapse killed by joseph stalin. in 1957-59 the new york times reported herbert matthews. they would not h

when christopher anderson's book came out in november 2009 on 2 occasions unprompted he told people that he did write "dreams from my father," however he did it with a wink in his eye, and the mainstream media interpret that to mean that he was just teasing the right. i think he was, yes i think he was telling the truth, and subverting it by making believe he is not telling the truth. think the of ultimate message went to the white house saying be good. i have got your number. says it has got a lot of power this point. thanks a lot. good question and thank you all for coming. appreciate it. [applause] we will be signing some more books outside. >> jack heschel is the executive editor of the business magazine ingram's. to find out more about mr. cashill visit his web site cashill.com. author poet and playwright ishmael reed is on in depth live sunday april 3 starting at noon eastern. coming up next, pulitzer prize-winning author annette gordon-reed presents a biography of the 17 president of the united states andrew johnson. she recounts president johnson's reticence to provide civil righ