you couldn't comment on an edward r. murrow posts in the past.ive interaction with reporters which i think is unprecedented and exciting. but you're right, i mean, we need better, stronger, more interesting coverage of these institutions, of these big changes and of these scandals. it's just that it's, you know, you can't just pick and choose an outrageous thing that's characteristic of the whole thing. now look, twitter is not delivering the information. twitter is sources like me and others who were providing a way to organize that information differently. don't think of twitter as 140 characters of information to think of it is 140 characters to invite people to get deeper into the subject because every tweet has a link. it's a very special medium that is allowing people to connect and share information, extremely well, and things under a lot faster than it would have in the past. >> i'm curious what you think a year out from occupy wall street have their tactics changed this conversation in immediate about wealth inequality, income just to be

strikes that tell the actual truth and i think yeah i think that's the key i think i think of edward r. murrow when he was going up against mccarthy and if you were to decide to just devoted a show to having someone who supports mccarthy and someone is against him let them both debate it out and be like ok now you guys decide you know that's that's fair that's balanced but ultimately people just get these two talking heads they have nothing but instead he decided to go after and report the facts be a journalist about it and he took them down yes there doesn't there doesn't seem to be any journalists around willing to do that well you know it's funny it's what a colleague of mine and i were just talking about is the whisper cation of the media and he really is a great example you know some of that i certainly hold no ill will toward chuck todd of assembly c. very well respected very well whites most importantly just two weeks ago when you know when romney was running this demonstrably improve we fall says ad in ohio about jeep exporting the production of jeep products to china we're feeling to

i look out and i ask you all, there are any new edward r. murrows in this audience? we need you now more than ever to help sustain our democracy, good, honest, bold, unafraid, even, on occasion, rambunctious, outrageous journalism, is essential to democracy. murrow once said, "this is no time for fear" and he was right. so young murrows, rise up, rise up. ted and i have done the best we can. now it's your turn. use these modern tools but use them well because otherwise, as murrow once said, it's all just lights and wires in a box. so that's it for now. i'm marvin kalb, quoting murrow once again, good night and good luck. [applause] [captions performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> as you've been warned, this is your time to ask questions. there are two microphones. i see one over there and one over here. if you get up to ask a question, that's going to be fine. please identify yourself and the idea is to ask a question. don't make a speech because i'll you off. i'll be very nasty. why don't we start here

williams, george stephanopoulos, jim cantore anderson cooper and his golden saxophone, hologram edward r. murrow, bob schieffer. >> all right. >> tom brokaw. >> if it ain't brokaw, you don't fix t. >> jose diaz-balart. [ speaking in spanish ] >> you'll be the first to know. >> hoda and kathie lee. >> we've been drinking since since the midterm. >> and me -- >> patrick stewart. >> "the daily show" election night coverage, this ends now. >> okay. did you see us? >> yeah. >> we were excellent. that was the most work. >> do we get paid for that? okay. there is a professional cuddler out there, you guys, a weird story. you want to know who is right and who is wrong first? that gnocchi, the squirrel. >> the squirrel. >> gotten so many of these political -- campaign -- he has called them, called the race the right way. >> there were two bowls of nuts, one for president obama, one for governor romney and he was supposed to pick the nuts and the nuts he ate were the winner. >> he ate more of the governor's nuts. [ laughter ] >> anyway, and also jimmy fallon's dog was incorrect. >> gary the girl was wrong

i asked our their indian and new edward r. murrow -- are there any new edward r. murrows? we need that. journalism is essential to democracy. he once said, this is no time for fear, and he was right. rise up. ted and i have done the best weekend. now it is your turn. use these modern tools, but use them well. now once again, good night, and good luck. you have been warned. this is your time to ask questions. there are two microphones. i see one over there. if you get up to ask questions, that is fine, and the idea is to ask a question. do not make a speech, because i will cut you off. i will be very nasty. why don't we start off on the right? >> how are you doing? can you assess the coverage of the israeli-palestinian conflict? is it clear who is doing the best job? >> there has been a war going on in gaza for well over 10 years now. it has cost more than $5 million. 5 billion people alive died of starvation, disease, have been driven into the jungle, more than 5 million people. we have barely even noticed it. i mention that because journalism is frequently affected by nat

i asked our their indian and new edward r. murrow -- are there any new edward r. murrows?e need that. journalism is essential to democracy. he once said, this is no time for fear, and he was right. rise up. ted and i have done the best weekend. now it is your turn. use these modern tools, but use them well. now once again, good night, and good luck. [applause] you have been warned. this is your time to ask questions. there are two microphones. i see one over there. if you get up to ask questions, that is fine, and the idea is to ask a question. do not make a speech, because i will cut you off. i will be very nasty. why don't we start off on the right? >> how are you doing? can you assess the coverage of the israeli-palestinian conflict? is it clear who is doing the best job? >> there has been a war going on in gaza for well over 10 years now. it has cost more than $5 million. 5 billion people alive died of starvation, disease, have been driven into the jungle, more than 5 million people. we have barely even noticed it. i mention that because journalism is frequently affect

. >> well, when we talked about this this edward r. murrow thing, his resistance to television, or to the visual was that as soon as you put a visual on top of a sound, you skew the meaning. and that is not his words but that is sort of my -- >> it pure ageation, radio the actor in the studio is wearing his own clothes, managing he is in a housement you in your home are managing a scenario with probably a different set of clothes or maybe no clothes at all sometimes. whereas as soon as you put it in a setting theatrical or film set then you are imposing an image. >> rose: but does it make intimacy harder? >> yes rdz what, theatre. >> honestly when you said you feel safer in theatre i was like whoa, because i feel the opposite. i feel much safer in film. because theatre there is no many unknowns. every night it's 900 unknowns. that are thrown into the mix. and in film, it's me and the actor and we're in the place, i can talk to you like-- i can just see, like that. and i can -- >> but then after you have done that somebody goes away, cuts that

discussing so many things, it has become part of our vernacular, similarly to not commenting on edward r. murrow, but would not be the case. i think it shows what an exciting time it is. that is community activism. training people to used journalistic techniques. we are at a moment asking ourselves if to journalism as of an unbiased versus having a point of view are trying to get across. i make to both. with the weather underground is not something that does not have any opinion on a certain level. i do feel there is a distinction personally. more people have the opportunity to have a voice in a very strong and powerful way. >> i am excited to find what groups of filmmakers i going to tell the occupier story. it remains to be seen what impact they have had. they certainly have impacted the conversation. in 2012, we are still not talking about the income inequality and poverty and structural in the quality and deeper and more profound ways. filler, ist occupy's something we still struggle with. >> they were shooting film, but they also had something i wish i had, they had volunteered lawyers ther

a disaster covered by cbs news man edward r. murrowis team. >> when you watch a great flood it seems futile to see puny men pitch their strength against the water. >> reporter: a north sea storm surge swept through the streets and villages of east of london killing more than 300 people. >> all week long they've been pulling bodies out of these waters and they found bodies entangled in trees and lying on roofs naked, their clothes torn off by the wind. >> reporter: with millions living in low-lying london city planners knew it could have been worse. they also knew it was likely to happen again unless drastic action was taken. they went big. looking across this massive structure you get the impression it's been designed against a once in a lifetime surge. since the teams barrier went up in 1982 these gates have been raised 119 times to protect the city. >> that's 119 times that there was a risk of the river going over into central london. >> that's quite a lot. >> it is. by virtue because of london. >> reporter: london's defense system i

when it first aired in 1950s well-known people opened their homes to edward r. murrowhat he stormed in on and my grandfather is still alive and i was able to get on a satellite phone and talk to him while standing on that beach and i asked him, you know, grandpa what were you thinking because, you know, i was overcome with emotion just crying thinking about what that must have been like. he said i was 19 years old, i was trying to live to be 20. still gets me kind of emotional. but that was the greatest generation. those were strong men and women and we owe our lives to them every day. >> clearly an emotional idea for you, i suspect for many of those warriors you're a hero but clearly for you they are the hero. >> there's no question. it is amazing when they tell you man i'm such a big fan, you're my idol or what have you. i flip that around on them and say no you're the hero. >> let me talk to you about another hero of yours. ted williams. why ted williams? >> i was originally a baseball player. i wanted to be a professional baseball player. i always admired the fact

i asked our their indian and new edward r. murrow -- are there any new edward r. murrows?is essential to democracy. he once said, this is no time for fear, and he was right. rise up. ted and i have done the best weekend. now it is your turn. use these modern tools, but use them well. now once again, good night, and good luck. [applause] you have been warned. this is your time to ask questions. there are two microphones. i see one over there. if you get up to ask questions, that is fine, and the idea is to ask a question. do not make a speech, because i will cut you off. i will be very nasty. why don't we start off on the right? >> how are you doing? can you assess the coverage of the israeli-palestinian conflict? is it clear who is doing the best job? >> there has been a war going on in gaza for well over 10 years now. -- congo for well over 10 years. it has cost more than $5 million. -- 5 million lives. 5 billion people alive died of starvation, disease, have been driven into the jungle, more than 5 million people. we have barely even noticed it. i mention that because jo

i look out and ask you all, are there any new edward r. murrow's in this audience? we need you now more than ever to help sustain our democracy, good, honest, and unafraid, even on occasion rambunctious, outrageous journalists. is essential to democracy. murrow once said this is now time for fear, and he was right. so young murrow rise up. rise up. ted and i have done the best we can, now it's your turn. use these modern tools, but use them well. because otherwise as murrow once said, it's all just lights and wires in a box. so that's it for now. i marvin kalb and quoting murrow once again, goodnight, and good luck. [applause] >> you have been warned. this is your time to ask questions. there are two microphones. i see one over there and one over here. if you get up to ask a question, that's going to be fine. please identify yourself. and the idea is to ask a question. [laughter] don't make a speech because i will cut you off. i will be very nasty. why do we start here on the right, please, go ahead. >> how are you doing, old friends? days from the state department.