cronkite never would have gone to.to give that news of a false story. he would have a hundred and.not just one source but two sources.he would said, "give me five sources. we don't need to be first if it means getting it wrong." >> yeah. >> and i'm.i'm afraid we've lost that in the media world. >> well let's hope we get it back. >> we will. >> all right. doug, great to see you. congratulations. hope the book sells a whole bunch and. >> thank you. >> .five more volumes to come which is. >> [laughs] >> .five more chances to come back. >> that's right. >> good to see you. douglas brinkley. >> nice seeing you. thank you. >> thank you very much. great. [applause] cler >> funding for overheard with evan smith is provided in part by hillco partners, texas government affairs consultancy and its global health care consulting business unit, hillco health. and by the mattson mchail foundation in support of public television. and also by mfi foundation, improving the quality of life within our community. and also by the alice clayburg reynolds foundation and viewer

you even write in your book right that congress right could -- that walter cronkite could never make it today. it is a dangerous trend that we have. why is it dangerous for people who hear what they want to hear? >> the danger is that they are not aware of other points of view. >> hasn't that always been the case? forave had newsletters' hundreds of years. >> it is more accelerated. there are now so many advocacy groups, as so many special interest groups that will simply tell you that you are out of line if the narrative you suggests does not comport with the line of argument that they want. in order to raise money or when a piece of legislation on the hill. you stop and think about it. we have had a terrible dust up on capitol hill. allen west and debbie wasserman schultz. to my mind, she was saying that you wanted to vote against medicare and medicaid. he fired back that she is a vital person -- vile person. you hear these kinds of things. i do not want either side to be unaware of what one side is saying. old and, it freezes the conversation. they're not hearing what the other si

then anderson cooper loses his composure, it's the worse journalistic gaffe since walter cronkite covered the moon landing topless. and my guest is kevin mitnick. i'll ask him how to set up my goddamn wireless printer. it's my last blog cast for two weeks-- broadcast for two weeks but i promise to give you one last great show before i go. this-- just roll it captioning sponsored by comedy central (cheers and applause) welcome to the report, everybody. thank you so much. >> stephen, stephen, stephen, stephen, stephen, stephen, stephen, stephen, stephen! (cheers and applause) >> stephen: thank you so much, everybody. thank you so much. welcome to the report. thank you so much. i'm going to say i had to all of nerddom that may be watching tonight. nation, i got to tell you, that applause really brings me such, such comfort. because i got to tell you, i'm blue. (laughter) maybe it's end of summer. i don't know. but i'm not the only one with the case of the blahs. america's going through a pretty rough time. we have a dysfunctional government, a frail economy, and our only remaining manufactur

then anderson cooper loses his composure, it's the worse journalistic gaffe since walter cronkite covered the moon landing topless. and my guest is kevin mitnick. i'll ask him how to set up my goddamn wireless printer. it's my last blog cast for two weeks-- broadcast for two weeks but i promise to give you one last great show before i go. this-- just roll it captioning sponsored by comedy central (cheers and applause) welcome to the report, everybody. thank you so much. >> stephen, stephen, stephen, stephen, stephen, stephen, stephen, stephen, stephen! (cheers and applause) >> stephen: thank you so much, everybody. thank you so much. welcome to the report. thank you so much. i'm going to say i had to all of nerddom that may be watching tonight. nation, i got to tell you, that applause really brings me such, such comfort. because i got to tell you, i'm blue. (laughter) maybe it's end of summer. i don't know. but i'm not the only one with the case of the blahs. america's going through a pretty rough time. we have a dysfunctional government, a frail economy,

then anderson cooper loses his composure, it's the worse journalistic gaffe since walter cronkite covered the moon landing topless. and my guest is kevin mitnick. i'll ask him how to set up my goddamn wireless printer. it's my last blog cast for two weeks-- broadcast for two weeks but i promise to give you one last great show before i go. this-- just roll it captioning sponsored by comedy central (cheers and applause) welcome to the report, everybody. thank you so much. >> stephen, stephen, stephen, stephen, stephen, stephen, stephen, stephen, stephen! (cheers and applause) >> stephen: thank you so much, everybody. thank you so much. welcome to the report. thank you so much. i'm going to say i had to all of nerddom that may

you don't have the entire population watching walter cronkite and hearing one source of news now.e corners. >> obama mentioned other things, matt lewis, is this blaming the media, does it make sense to you? >> it might not make sense politically because complaining doesn't really work. as an observer, i think he's probably right. there's a double-edged sword to this. i don't want to go back to the days when my information came from "the new york times," "the washington post" and broadcasters. >> very polarized. >> he didn't answer the question. wolf blitzer was asking about the change since 2008. walter cronkite wasn't in the air in 2008. >> you actually listened to the question. >> presidents like all politicians hear the question the way they choose to hear it so they can give the answer they want to give. >>> coming up, "new york times" columnist tom friedman on why he's suddenly pushing for a third party and what's wrong with the media's breathless coverage of politics. >>> buzz business sin jer, allegations that university athletes got improper gifts of money, meals and sex.

walter cronkite said that in february 1968 and lyndon johnson said to himself at that point, well, i lost walter cronkite, i've lost the heartland of america and, therefore, i can't continue the war anymore. and i thought the other day with obama -- that there was a little bit of that in his speech. there was a little bit of that. what are we doing here? and he spoke about it. other people think that, not he but it was there. >> there's a couple of questions up front and over there, wherever the microphone is closest. >> here we go. there's one right here. rick, there's one right behind you. >> rick, right behind you. >> this question may be actually a little far afield and hopefully you won't yell at me. but one of the things out of vietnam is how america gets its war coverage and i wonder if you could speak. i haven't had a chance to read the book and i've only had it for an hour. >> the roast beef was good and it kind of kept me occupied. vietnam, i was only at the very, very, very, very tail of it. the officers that i met and that we came in contact with at the very end of the wa

if he said no, it was going to be me and walter cronkite. tavis: why peter falk? >> i don't know. >> tell him the story. >> i'm telling the story. >> then i can tell you my story. >> do you to yell at me on national television? is that necessary? my dad is a little cranky. i grew up. i loved peter falk. i just always zeroed in on him. something about him sounded like my family. a couple years ago i was back visiting my parents and my dad had a peter falk movie on television and he was laughing. i said i have never seen him laughing at anybody the way he laughs at peter falk. >> that is the nicest way i ever got a job. i never got a job with wr the writer had a fond memory of watching his father watching me on television and his father laughing and that's why i got hired. that's a nice way to get a job. tavis: that's a great story. peter falk reminds you of your dad in a way? >> there is something about him . tavis: your dad doesn't walk around in a trench coat and "and another thing." >> no. that's why we're not having dinner with joey bishop. peter is the guy. st

. >> the demographic is a perfect example, jacqueline bennett thought that she was becoming a cronkites " the young and handsome. and an old guy like me? the demographic younger people like like a " britney spears. and a 20 year-old would say something different from. it is all demographics. when we get back to our old demographic and one moment. sis, help me create my oasis. ok, romantic garden? oh, is there a castle nearby? no, but there's a charming farmhouse. right next to my posh castle! i'm sensing a theme here. well, i am the queen, dear sister. get your annual ikea catalog today. >>pam: jacqueline? >> it is going to be cool but a nice warm-up. foggy, cool but the fog will not be as extensive. . >>pam: enjoy and we will see you at 11:00 p.m. [ female announcer ] they've been off limits to dieters since time began. not anymore. fiber one is bringing brownies back. at 90 calories, the only thing between you and chocolaty brownies is a nicely designed package. now you can have brownies again. new fiber one 90 calorie brownies. in the granola bar aisle. [ male announcer ] find them

as we discussed, i wrote that i do not think that walter cronkite would be a success in american media today. people would think that he is boring institute invested in the details of the story as opposed to offering a point of view and helping people understand what he thinks about it. the people who dominate in prime time in america today tend to be strong, authoritative personalities. sometimes even arrogant personalities. if yours enjoy that. -- viewers enjoy that spirit i am willing to challenge them. i do not think i say things in order to be provocative or stirred the pot. i am engaged in real debate. i want to hear what they have to say. >> ellen weiss is going to say that is what you did when you made a comment about muslims. >> i do not think so. i am saying i understand what you are saying. the truth is, people who attacked as on 911 were muslims. let's move on. let's talk about the fact that we do not stereotype questions on the basis of bad behavior by one christian. we do not do that. we should not be saying things that might lead someone to burn the koran. i said all of

in our politics that no one's in charge, not the president, not ben bernanke, there's no walter cronkite. there's no one here to give us that sense of reassurance. >> the dow flies around like a bad trap in an airplane. standard & poor's downgrades the u.s. 14 million americans are out of work. sounds like a great time for a vacation. congress is still in recess and the president heads to martha's vinyard next week for a ten-day vacation. four lawmakers say they should come back to d.c. and fix the economy and the president is catching flack for taking time off but if congress is gone, the president can't do much anyway. cnn's jessica yellin talked about that on 360 ac. >> he is not going out and making a call for new sweeping boulder action, but washington right now is not in the mood for some sort of being compromised. you don't feel it is in the air. there's not a vibe of deal making town. with congress gone there isn't going to be a deal. the bottom line is no, no message from the white house that they're calling them back and so no bold moves right now on the horizon. >> so when con

walter cronkite said that in february of 1968 and lyndon johnson said at that point have lost the heartland of america and therefore i can't continue the war anymore. i thought the other day was obama, there was a little bit of that in his speech. it was a little bit of that. what are we doing here. he spoke about it. other people think that. it was there. >> a couple questions up front here and one over there. wherever the microphone is closest. >> there's one right there. >> this question may be a little far afield and hopefully you won't yell at me. one of the things about vietnam is how america gets its war coverage. i wonder if you might speak about that. i haven't had a chance to read the book. i only had it in my hand an hour and -- >> other things in that our? >> the roast beef was really good at the table and it kept me occupied. the at non, i was only at the very tail of it. the officers that i met and we came in contact with at the end of the war and as we came through the war were very junior officers and as they have grown up to become the senior officers today, where experienc

there's no walter cronkite. there's no one here to give us that sense of reassurance. >> jessica, what about that? how does the white house see it? >> so, anderson, the white house will never comment on the daily gyrations in the stock market. what i am hearing from democrats close to the white house and officials here is this reaction to what david is talking about. this sort of clamor around town here calling on the president to take some bold action. this call by a lot of op-ed writers for the president to do something to prove that he's gnat weak and powerless at this point. the general pushback you get is this is what op-ed writers do in august. this is media hysteria? a sense of august doldrums really and that there's too much of a reactive vibe right now in washington and that the stock market isn't the only measure of the economy and the white house has a plan that they have been working on and are focused on and we'll see the president out in the heartland next week talking about jobs. he's meeting with

there's no walter cronkite. there's no one here to give us that sense of reassurance. >> jessica, what about that? how does the white house see it? >> reporter: so, anderson, the white house will never comment on the daily gyrations in the stock market. what i am hearing from democrats close to the white house and officials here is this reaction to what david is talking about. this sort of clamor around town here calling on the president to take some bold action. this call by a lot of op-ed writers for the president to do something to prove that he's not weak and powerless at this point. the general pushback you get is this is what op-ed writers do in august. that this is sort of media hysteria in a sense of august doldrums really and that there's too much of a reactive vibe right now in washington and that the stock market isn't the only measure of the economy and the white house has a plan that they have been working on and are focused on and we are going to see the president out in the heartland next week tal

you don't have the entire population just watching walter cronkite and hearing one source of news nowing off into their respective corners. and look, when the economy is tough and people are anxious, i think that contributes maybe to a little more polarization. but what i know is that when i leave washington and i talk to folks out here, i've had a number of conversations with people who come up and say, you know what, i'm a republican. i don't agree with everything you're doing. but i know that you're trying to do your best for the country and i'm rooting for you. i'm praying for you. that kind of attitude that says, we're more concerned about the country winning than we are about winning the next election, if that kind of spirit is infused in washington i think we're going to be just fine. >>> all right. let's talk about what we just heard from the president. joining us our cnn senior political analyst david gergen and cnn chief white house correspondent jessica yellin. david, you just heard the president's explanation of why u.s. politics can be so ugly, spoke about the media redis

you don't have the entire population just watching walter cronkite and hearing one source of news.ind of into their respective corners. and look, when the economy's tough and people are anxious, i think that contributes maybe to a little more polarization. but what i know is that when i leave washington and i talk to folks out here, you know, i've had a number of conversations with people who come up and say you know what, i'm a republican, i don't agree with everything you're doing, but i know you're trying to do your best for the country and i'm rooting for you, i'm praying for you. that kind of attitude, that says, you know, we're more concerned about the country winning than we are about winning the next election, if that kind of spirit is infused in washington i think we're going to be just fine. >> all right. let's talk about what we just heard from the president. joining us, our cnn senior political analyst david geringen and our cnn chief white house correspondent jessica yellin. david, you just heard the president's explanation of why u.s. politics can be so ugly. he spoke

it's also around the time of the ted offense, but i think we can credit cronkite more than not. there's no more media culture like that so in a sense, the times is -- i wouldn't say one among many equals because i think it's still obviously the leading newspaper in the united states, but it has to share a lot more -- it has to share the atmosphere, the oxygen with a lot more outlets than it ever used to, and that oxygen is much more contested now, and the whole media landscape is much more embedded now. there was no such thing as a media critic in abe's age, or most of his age editing the paper. critics popped up in the late 1970s and 80s. the times is attacked from the left and the right, nailed by everybody, all of its mistakes are exposed immediately. i think this is another important change. i don't assume that the times did not make mistakes in the 1950s and 60s. i assume rather that they were not exposed by endless numbers of bloggers and media critics, another point about the so-called golden age. speaking of criticisms of the times frts left; i can promise you that one c

it's also around the time of the ted offense, but i think we can credit cronkite more than not. there's no more media culture like that so in a sense, the times is -- i wouldn't say one among many equals because i think it's still obviously the leading newspaper in the united states, but it has to share a lot more -- it has to share the atmosphere, the oxygen with a lot more outlets than it ever used to, and that oxygen is much more contested now, and the whole media landscape is much more embedded now. there was no such thing as a media critic in abe's age, or most of his age editing the paper. critics popped up in the late 1970s and 80s. the times is attacked from the left and the right, nailed by everybody, all of its mistakes are exposed immediately. i think this is another important change. i don't assume that the times did not make mistakes in the 1950s and 60s. i assume rather that they were not exposed by endless numbers of bloggers and media critics, another point about the so-called golden age. speaking of criticisms of the times frts left; i can promise you that one c

. >> i am trying to remember if i ever saw walter cronkite or tom brokaw of doing this. >> everyone is doing it. >> can i make another prediction? this will not last more than two weeks. i think tweeting will be gone in a couple of weeks too. >> is that our staff? >> those are real people. i >> and going to facebook, i'm going to your page and talking more about it. i am maintaining your page. >> that is good is there anything wrong with going to work, going home and looking at your children as opposed to going to work, going home and talking about yourself more? >> 7:53 a.m., we will be right back. >> we are approaching a a an. we are tracking a hot spot in fremont. craig skalar is on the scene with a live update in a moment. in the meantime your northbound drive time is running 25 minutes. >> we are watching wall street, another big draw for the dow jones, down 93 points to 11,773. we are off over 1000 points in the last two weeks. >> what is stranded on the internet? on youtube, this video is getting a lot of buzz. microsoft released this attack video making fun of gmail. if you wou

you don't have the entire population watching walter cronkite and hearing one source of news.es to their respective corners. when the economy is tough and people are anxious, i think contributes maybe to a little more polarization. what i know is when i leave washington and i talk to folks out here, i had a number of conversations with people who come up and say you know what, i'm a republican. i don't agree with everything you are doing, but i know you are doing your best for the country and i'm rooting for you. i'm operation for you. that attitude that said we are more concerned about the country than winning the next election. if that spirit is infused in washington, i think we are going to be just fine >> let's talk about what we just heard from the president joining us from our political analyst and white house correspondent jessica yellin. you heard the president's explanation of why u.s. politics can be so ugly and spoke about the media redistricting. is he doing enough right now to rise above it all to do something to bring back what he spoke about hope and change inst

it's also around the time of the ted offense, but i think we can credit cronkite more than not.e's no more media culture like that so in a sense, the times is -- i wouldn't say one among many equals because i think it's still obviously the leading newspaper in the united states, but it has to share a lot more -- it has to share the atmosphere, the oxygen with a lot more outlets than it ever used to, and that oxygen is much more contested now, and the whole media landscape is much more embedded now. there was no such thing as a media critic in abe's age, or most of his age editing the paper. critics popped up in the late 1970s and 80s. the times is attacked from the left and the right, nailed by everybody, all of its mistakes are exposed immediately. i think this is another important change. i don't assume that the times did not make mistakes in the 1950s and 60s. i assume rather that they were not exposed by endless numbers of bloggers and media critics, another point about the so-called golden age. speaking of criticisms of the times frts left; i can promise you that one could

other forces we no that mainstream news organizations jeopardize compared to their position in the cronkite era. nothing, i think, has reinforced the centrality of institutions like "the new york times" or the guardian than their dealings with wikileaks and that they have been the place to draw the reasonable balance saying this is in the public interest to disclose, this is not. and so, um, oddly so far i think that we have seen a reassertion of traditional journalistic responsibility by the way that they have had to make these judgments. just one other point. jeff mentioned a positive technological alternative for allowing people to express dissent without having all the disadvantages of having a purely nile i point of view. i don't know what the barrier will be if in the future some bradley manning counterpart is just able to get all of his information up there immediately, and there is no mediation of the times, the guardian, whatever. i think that's going to be a different set of filtering challenge that i don't know the solution to, but perhaps my colleagues to. >> so i think we shoul

forces we know that mainstream news organizations jeopardized compared to their position in the cronkite era, nothing i think has reinforced the centrality of institutions like "the new york times" or the guardian, then their dealings with wikileaks. they have been the place to draw the reasonable balance saying this is in the public interest to disclose. this is not and so, oddly, the so far, i think that we've seen a reassertion of traditional journalistic responsibility by the way they have had to make these judgements. just one other point, jeff mentioned a positive technological alternative for allowing people to express dissents without having all the disadvantages of a purely nihlist point of view. i don't know what the technological barrier will be if in the future some bradley manning counterpart has direct access, just able to get all of his information up there immediately and there's not intermediation of "the times" garthian, whatever. that will be a different filth othering challenge i don't know the solution to but perhaps my colleagues do. >> so, i think we should disting