. >> host: john lansing, the question that you get asked quite a bit, and it's been asked for several years now, with all the new technologies that areç available, has theç mission become obsolete for the broadcasting board of governors? >> guest: i see quite the opposite. it's never been more critical. i think with the growth of propaganda around the world whether it be out of russia, why that or, certain -- china, or certainly isis, the world is awash in information. and much of that information the is propaganda. and for many people there's a concern that the bbgç is perhas not stepping up and fighting directly with that propaganda. but our view is and my personal view is that the best representation of the united -- the value ares of the united states is to bring professional journalismç and truth telling into regions of the world that don't have that. >> host: well, joining our conversation today is ron nixon who is the washington correspondent for "the new york times." >> thank you. thanks for having me. let me just jump in and ask, there's been a lot of criticism about the

[applause] >> host: this week on "the communicators" want to introduce you to john lansing who is the new ceo of the broadcasting board of governors. mr. lansing what is the bbg? what do you do? >> guest: the bbg has five entities that are federally funded with the international media. the voice of america broadcasting radio free europe radio free asia and the office of cuba broadcasting. >> host: and what is the budget? >> guest: is roughly $750 million. >> host: where does that money go? >> guest: the vast majority goes to voice of america. it's the largest, about 70% goes there. >> host: what kind of technology does the bbg or voice of america or any of these entities use? >> guest: all broadcast media platforms anything from radio to tv but increasingly nervous as will be on digital platforms social media as we expand around the world but anyway we can reach an audience and inform that audience is importantly use it. >> host: who can listen to voa? >> guest: radio marquee is on the island, available to audiences on the island. voice of america is the route central africa, eastern

announcer: monday night, john lansing, ceo of the board of governors discusses how media organizations are operating in today's media environment and how he would like these agencies to retool in order to address propaganda. he is joined by ron nixon, new york times washington correspondent. reality is we started 70 years ago as a radio enterprise. we still do some radio, but our shift and put more resources behind it is really no different than every other media company that you and i know about that of had to do the same things. the new york times has done a fantastic job. that is our mission, to shift resources, energy, focus, and strategy to be more dp or-two-year conversation and 71- to-many conversations so we can shift away from the stodgy, old media to the new media. >> watch the communicators every monday night on c-span2. >> railamerica brings you archival films that help bring you today's issues. -- "reel america". first impression of damascus is the square and center of the city. our opinion soon changes as we step away. inhabitants, many are muslims. there are many places

[applause] announcer: monday night, john lansing, ceo of the board of governors discusses how media organizations are operating in today's media environment and how he would like these agencies to retool in order to address propaganda. he is joined by ron nixon, new york times washington correspondent. reality is we started 70 years ago as a radio enterprise. we still do some radio, but our shift and put more resources behind it is really no different than every other media company that you and i know about that of had to do the same things. the new york times has done a fantastic job. that is our mission, to shift

. >> here on c-span the communicators is next with john lansing. ceo of the broadcasting board of governors. then, epa administrator gina mccarthy talks about the climate agreement that was reached last month in paris by nearly 200 countries. and 8:00, public and present a candidates discuss poverty and the economy at the cannes foundation performance afterlife. c-span, credit by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by or local cable or satellite provider. peter: this week on "the communicators" we want to introduce you to john lansing who is the new ceo of the broadcasting board of governors. the bbg,ng, what is what do you do? john: it is the five entities that are federally funded for international media. the voice of america, middle east broadcasting, radio for europe, radio free asia. what is the budget for the bbg? john: roughly $750 million. peter: where does that money go? john: the vast majority goes to voice of america. his largest of the entities, about 70% of that goes there. peter: what kind of

the point of this john lansing is not administration federal appointee. he was chosen by a bipartisan board. he is protected by a political firewall that the bbg represents and i think accountability is a full-time professional with oversight of the whole effort would be good for everybody and good for our country. let me turn for a few minutes to what i think is a key question in our fast-changing media world. what should voa and its sister entities be? in the digital world with a capacity of voices were broadcasters like rg paddle this information is journalism them at the old-fashioned goes up object davidian balance? is a still dancer or is it time to advocate for government policies as many of the newer state ride casters or already doing. this is not a new debate. then we visited many times since voa's founding as a the history of voa tells us. once again in recent years a number of influential voices have called for voa to be a full-throated advocate of american policy rather than a journalistic enterprise. for this research paper that i've been wo

john lansing discusses how u.s. media organizations like voice of america are operating in today's media environment. like these agencies to retool to address propaganda by russia, china and the islamic state. he is joined by ron nixon from the new york times. we started 70 years ago as a -- we are really no different than it every other media company that you and i know about. that is our mission, to shift resources, energy, focus, strategy to be more in the here-to-your conversation instead of the one i than can shift from the stodgy media to the new media. announcer: watch the communicators on monday at 8:00 p.m. the eastern. american history channel takes you to williamsburg. williamsburg was the capital city of virginia. up next, we take a tour of the

john lansing was chosen by a bipartisan board and he is protected by a firewall. i think accountability of a full-time professional would be good for everybody and good for our country. let me turn now to what i think is a key question in our fast-changing media world. be away and its sister entities be? with a cacophony of voices, with broadcasters that spin and give disinformation, is journalism done with the old-fashioned goals of objectivity and balance? is it time to advocate for government policy with many of the new broadcasters. this is not a new debate. it has been revisited many times since the oa's founding. once again, it in recent years, influential voices oa to beed for the less independent. i took a look at two models in comparing thee, oa and the bbc world service whichewer channels advocate and spin for their government. i looked for some data on russia, china, and l easier arabic of events and places like egypt and how that played out for them. if the goal is to seek to influence public in strategic places, the evidence is pretty clear. influence

john lansing is not an administration federal appointee. he was chosen by a bipartisan board. he is protected by a political firewall at the bpg represents and i think accountability to a full-time professional with oversight as a whole effort would be good for everybody and good for our country. let me turn now for a few minutes to what i think is the key question in our fast-changing media world. what should doa and sister energies be? in a digital world is a cacophony voices for broadcasters peddle half-truths, spin and disinformation is journalism done with the old-fashioned goals of object to the name talents, still the answer or is it time to advocate for government policies as many new escape route casters are already doing. this is not a new debate. it has been revisited many times since the doa founding is alan haas excellent history tells us. once again in recent years a number of influential voices have called to be a full throated advocate for american policy rather than a journalistic enterprise. for this research paper or been working on the last few months at ha

john lansing is not an administration federal appointee. he was chosen by a bipartisan board. he's protected by a political firewall that the bbg represents. and i think accountability to a full-time professional with oversight of the whole effort would be good for everybody. and good for our country. let me turn for a few minutes the to a key question in the fast changing media world. what should voa and sister entities be? in a cacophony of voices where half truths and spin and information are, is journalism done with objectivity and balance still the answer or is it time to advocate for government policies as some of the newer state broadcasters are already doing? this is not a new debate. it's been revisited many times since voa's founding as alan hal's excellent history tells us. but once again, in recent years, a number of influential voices have called for voa to be a full throated advocate for american policy rather than a journalistic enterprise. for this research paper that i have been working on for the last few months at harvard, i took a look at the two models in

. >> host: john lansing can you be critical of u.s. the u.s. government in your workforce? >> guest: i think critical reporting his professional journalism and it requires any reporter to ask questions whether it be the federal government or many other foreign governments or any other policy. that's on both sides of the aisle. when the iran deal is being carried we carried it live and carried it on both sides. that's really our mission is to tell america's story, every side of it. >> host: john lansing is the new ceo of the broadcasting board of governors which includes voice of america, radio free europe radio liberty and radio saw a, radio free asia and the office of cuban broadcasting radio and tv marquee. you can read ron nixon's reporting in the near times. gentlemen thank you for being on "the communicators." >> guest: thank you. >> guest: thank you. members of the congress i had the great pleasure, the high privilege and a great honor of presenting to you the president of the united states. [applause] >> i am sub tour and i'm a historian. the state of the union amend

. >>> tonight on "the communicators," john lansing, ceo of the broadcasting board of governors, discusses how u.s. media organizations like voice of america and radio marti are operating in today's media environment and how he'd like these agencies to retool in order to address propaganda by russia, china and the islamic state. mr. lansing is joined by ron nixon, "new york times" washington correspondent. >> the reality is we started 70 years ago as a radio enterprise. we still do some radio. but our ability to shift mobile and social and put more resources behind that is certainly there, and we're really no different than every other media company that you and i know about that have had to do the same thing. "new york times" just as well and has done a fantastic job. and that's our mission is to shift resources, energy, focus and strategy to be more, as i said earlier, more in the peer-to-peer conversations instead of the one-to-many types of conversations so that we can shift away from the stodgy, old media to new media. >> watch "the communicators" tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >

. >>> tonight on the communicators, john lansing discusses how u.s. media organizations like voice of america and radio marty are operating and how he'd like these agencies to retool in order to address propaganda. he's joined by ron nixon. >> the reality is, we started 70 years ago as a radio enterprise. we still do some radio. but our ability to shift to mobile and social is certainly there, and we're no different than any other media company that you and i know about that has had to do the same thing. "new york times," done a fantastic job. and that's our mission, shift to be more in the peer to peer conversations, shifting away from the stodgy, old media. >> tonight, 8:00 p.m. eastern, on c-span 2. >>> as president obama prepares for his state of the union address on tuesday, he released this video. >> it's my last state of the union address. and i keep thinking about the road we've traveled in the last seven years. that's what makes america great, our ability to come together as one american family, and pull ourselves closer to the america we wan

visit ncicap.org] >> tonight on the communicators, john lansing, c.e.o. of the broadcasting board of governors discusses how u.s. media organizations like voice of america and radio marti are operating in had today's media environment and how he'd like these agencies to retool in order to address propaganda by russia, china and the islamic state. he's joined by ron nixon "new york times" washington corpte. >> -- washington correspondent. >> we started as a radio enterprise. we still do some radio, but our ability to shift mobile and social and put more resources behind that is certainly there and we're really no different than every other media company that you and i know about that have had to do the same thing. "new york times" just as well and has done a fantastic job and that's our mission is to shift resources, energy, focus and strategy to be more, as i said earlier, more in the peer-to-peer conversations instead of the many types of conversations so we can shift away from old media to new media. >> washington "the communicators" tonight at 8:00 eas

john campbell ... on thursday, the iowa men's team won in east lansing. today, it's the iowa women's basketball team's turn. both teams come in with 3-2 big ten conference records. ... this is a homecoming for freshman point guard tania davis who's a michigan native... she buries the three to beat the shot clock in the first quarter... mom is pretty excited ... 2n2nquarter, it's davis in the corner... nothing but twine... iowa goes up by 7... davis had 16 points including 4 three- pointers ... the lead keeps growing... davis stops, looks and gives it to a wide open kali peschel who buries a three of her own... hawkeyes lead 29-19... they led 36-23 at halftime ... michigan state did come back in the 2nd half... 3rd quarter, iowa city west grad ally disterhoft hits a big three to make it a 4-point lead... ally had 13 points ... but the spartans kept coming back... they'll get the steal and take it coast-to- coast... michigan state wins this one, 80-73... iowa drops to 3-3 in the big ten conference this is valparaiso at milwaukee ... cedar rapids washington

john campbell ... on thursday, the iowa men's basketball team won in east lansing. today, it's the iowa women's basketball team's turn. both teams come in with 3-2 big ten conference records. ... this is a homecoming for freshman point guard tania davis who's a michigan native... she buries the three to beat the shot clock in the first quarter... mom is pretty excited ... 2nd quarter, it's davis in the corner... nothing but twine... iowa goes up by 7... including 4 three- pointers ... the lead keeps growing... davis stops, looks and gives it to a wide open kali peschel who buries a three of her own... hawkeyes lead 29-19... they led 36-23 at halftime ... michigan state did come back in the 2nd half... 3rd quarter, iowa city west grad ally disterhoft hits a big three to make it a 4-point lead... ally had 13 points ... but the spartans kept coming back... they'll get the steal and take it coast-to- coast... michigan state wins this one, 80-73... iowa drops to 3-3 in the big ten conference ... more women's college basketball... this is valparaiso at milwaukee ... cedar

lansing. and nbc's john yang is in flint with more. stephanie, let me start with you.t that news conference. what more did they have to say? >> reporter: well, jose, the real purpose of the news conference was to present a kind of united front in this problem. you had the mayor of flint, the new mayor of flint, karen weaver, and the governor of michigan, rick snyder who would like nothing more than for this to be about looking forward and solving this problem. unfortunately, there are still too many questions being asked about how this was handled in the past. you have a u.s. attorney who is investigating. you have a federal civil lawsuit that names the governor as one of the defendants. and there are issues about how people within state departments addressed the problem and the issue as it was being raised. specifically two independent reports, bun by a local pediatrician, another by a scientist from virginia tech who came out and did a lot of sampling. both of those results showing elevated levels of lead, and state officials going after both of those experts and dis

john's their 12th straight loss, 68-53. rutgers still looking for their first big 10 win of the year. this is no place to expect it, east lansing, michigan. the spartans hit nine trifectas in the first half, six of them coming from forbes, who couldn't miss. 12th ranked michigan state led rutgers at the half. now to tennis and the men's final at the australian open. novak djokovic trying to continue his dominance of the support against andy murray. djokovic, here in the far court, seizes command from the get-go, winning the first 5 games of the match. the 28-year-old serbian took the first set and the second set. here in the third set he continues to assert himself against murray, showing why he's simply the best player in the world. look at this overhead. djokovic took the third set to a tiebreak. on match point he steals his 6th australian open title with an ace up the t. joker has now won three executive majors and owns 11 grand slam titles as he ties bjorn bjorn borg. the u.s. men's national team in trailing, the u.s. draws level off the corner kick. chips it back into the area. steve birnbaum to orosco who heads home the e

> [duration:0:03] lansing's christo rey church packs a truck filled with baby wipes and a semi filled with water. in an effort to help undocumented families in flint. take super john castillo cristo rey church <"i understand they are asking for documentation. well those that are not, of, oh what immigration is going to come tomorrow and pick me up and deport me. and, and that should not happen!"> [duration:0:11] our lady of guadalupe church in flint is the destination for cristo rey's supplies. volunteers there have been handing out water, filters, and test kits to residents in flint-- and some are afraid to take any hand-outs. take super mary mosqueda flint church member [duration:0:14] <"they hear the knock on the door or see the police or somebody of authority and they're afraid to open the door. they're how would i react, i think id be the same way"> victoria arteago is an immigration attorney in flint, she says even though state officials have anounced that i-d's are not required-- and that everyone is entitled to resources--- that's hasn't really been the case. take super victoria arteaga flint immigration attorney <'while the policy is been to an office whe

john kasich and marco rubio. >> thank you. >>> michigan governor rick schneider will deliver his sixth state of the state address in lansing tonight. cspan will have live coverage at 7:00 eastern. regional media reporting the governor is expected to focus in large part on addressing the flint water crisis. residents were told there in october to stop drinking the water because of elevated lead levels. the governor declared a stournlg this month and asked for federal assistance and tomorrow, lor ta lynch will be on capitol hill. a senate appropriations subcommittee will hear from her as well as other officials and advocates. they're going to be talking a tbt justice department's role in implementing the new rules. you'll find live coverage on cspan at 10:30 a.m. eastern. >> as i've been watching the campaign this year, it's more interesting to look at the democrat side and that may have something to do with why there's more interest in these candidates and their books. >> sunday night on q and a, carlos discusses books written by the 2016 presidential candidates. >> so many of them, everyone i think has stories in their lives and p