amy: that was danny schechter trying to interview henry kissinger. onnor, explain that moment. >> i was actually at that moment. i remember it as if it was yesterday. danny and i outraged a gone to this event where henry kissinger was receiving a peace award from the world affairs council. of course, given the tender of the times, was impossible for any of the press to get near dr. kissinger. the rest of the press was hobbled by the front door trying to hear what they could. danny and i gave up and we went to the back door and we started talking with the secret service agents would just come back from jamaica, which is a place that danny and i travel too many times and we loved. and all of a sudden, out of the back door, henry kissinger pops in to avoid the press. right in front of us come as close as you and i are now. danny -- one thing i must say, was the most quick on his feet person i ever knew. that was one of his great strengths. so when kissinger popped out danny spread his arms and said "dr. kissinger!" in this wonderfully warm and welcoming

and the author, filmmaker, and media reform activist danny schechter, the news dissector, has died atthe age of 72. schechter rose to prominence as the "the news dissector" on boston's wbcn radio in the 1970's. he went on to work as a television producer at abc's "20/20," where he won two emmy awards, and at the newly launched cnn. but he left the corporate media to become executive director of mediachannel.org and co-founder and executive director of globalvision production company and author of twelve books including, "the more you watch the less you know." he was also a leading activist against apartheid in south africa and made six non-fiction films about nelson mandela. danny schechter appeared on democracy now! multiple times, most recently in 2013, after mandela's death, when he reflected on his own activism as part of a project called, "sun city: artists against apartheid." >> this was not all about lobbying congress. this was about informing america about what was happening and in some cases, it was cultural figures. 58 of the world's top artists who indicted system of forced