journalism is a way of being.and by any measure, project veritas has had just as many results in less 15 years than any journalist in the 21st century. [applause] voter id laws passed election officials resigning, ceos, mpr resigning, medicaid workers resigning, work is being retrained, fired. both houses of congress. democratically controlled houses of congress defunded a federal organization. i don't even think the republicans can do that. [laughter] but, why? because video transfixed is. video builds a moral consensus. if we patrol the boundaries of the moral order, testing and affirming what and what is not an outreach to that order. so they say you are not a journalist. but i say it is a way of being. except one undercover journalist. we dug deep in this book and tell a lot of stories. he says the task is to deceive in order not to be deceived. you break the rules of the game. we do break rules are part of veritas. the roles of the journalism gods. and set another 20 century much quicker quote - the journalis

i do not have a degree in journalism.just sort of went out and did it and taught myself so i can tell stories. schoolsthat journalism have lost their way, and i think it goes back to water become a my history of reading, it goes back journalists started to pursue power instead of the truth. they view this as a means to gain power and gain interest. if you look at the old mucky muck muckrakers, that is not what journalism was about. it was about telling stories to administer reforms of institutions, like mental a silence, like schools, and suddenly it became every day, you were trying to get a new watergate. the perversion happened. i think it is happening in journalism school, so i would actually encourage people instead of going to journalism school, go out and do the work. host: how is project veritas funded? cest: we are a charity, a 503 organization. we expose waste, fraud, and abuse in different organizations. we are not for sale. we are crowd source funded, so nobody has any editorial influence over what we do or wh

journalism is an activity, not an identity. journalism is a way of being. by any measure just as many results the last 15 years than any journalists in the 21st century. [applause] voter id laws passed, election officials resigning, ceos and npr resigning, medicaid workers resigning as been retrained and fired both houses of congress defunded a federal organization, uneven think the republicans can do that. [applause] . . quote a journalist job is to bribe us to get through the palace guards to break through the palace guards read upton sinclair was hated in his day, hated by the new york media so much so that he owed to open the press office for six months and do nothing but battle the journalist who hated his guts. history remembers him fondly. they say upton sinclair had the far bigger agenda than i did. he cared about workers rights. it's not about the techniques not in the abstract it isn't. it's about whose side you perceive to be on and what i say is it's really about the facts. journalists of janitors schoolteachers longshoremen secret shoppers hook

journalism is a way of being.by any measures had just as many results in the last 15 years than any journalists in the 21st century. [applause] . . [applause] because video transmit a consensus if we patrol the boundary testing and affirming what is not an outreach so it is a way of being. we dug deep and tell a lot of stories. to break the rules of the game in order to disclose the poles of power, the journalist job is to get through the palace guard. upton sinclair was hated in his day by the new york media so much that he had to open up the trust office and do nothing but battle the journalist who hated his guts. upton sinclair had a bigger agenda than i did. he cared about workers rights. it's about whose side you are perceived to be on. it's about the facts. rape victims, child victims, terrorists, russian drug mafia smugglers coming into those are the only ones you know about. [applause] they were denied a pulitzer prize because of how elaborate the deception was. it's not only the moral quandary it would ha

truth to the masses is the most paramount thing in journalism. journalism is a way of being and by any measure just as many results in the last 15 years. [applause] voter id laws passed election officials resigning ceos and medicaid workers and refining the workers being retrained and fire. it's not an outraged that order. of th the task is to deceive, to break the rules of the game and we do break the rules in order to disclose the roles of power. the job is to get through upton sinclair was hated in his day by the new york media so much so he had to open up a press office for six months and do nothing but battle journalist who hated his death. they say you have an agenda. upton sinclair had a bigger agenda than i did, he cared about workers rights. it's about the facts. journalists and pose schoolteachers, secret shoppers, drug dealers, victims, child abusers, china becomes common russian drug mafia, smugglers, those are the only ones we know about. [applause] those are the only ones we know about. "the chicago sun-times" ran it for an entire y

." >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us now is james o'keefe, the founder and president of project veritas, and the author of "american ."avda: my fight for truth thanks for joining us today. guest: thinks for having me back. host: what is pravda? guest: "pravda" was the russian word for truth. believect veritas, we the american people do not necessarily know that everything like to. in the soviet union, they know they are being lied to. what we are trying to do is expose waste, fraud, and abuse all of the country with one of the greatest sources of this that is the and media itself, and that takes us to the mainstream media, big tech companies like facebook, pressr,, and the american has more power than all three branches of government, so they need to behold to account just like any other organization should be held to account. host: what is your definition of a journalist? guest: i think that journalism to be so muchrued an identity and less so on activity. even in oklahoma city, the percentage of that a

those newscasts and the anchors were major figures in journalism. what do you make of how all this has changed? because the changes we talked about at the beginning of this conversation have inevitably taken a little bit of the shine off of the nightly newscasts. - well, that's right. when i came to work at cbs in the days of walter cronkite the evening news drove the boat. because that's where the commercials were, that's where the largest audience was. the evening news which is a pretty good crowd., - in fact, on any given day, more than those cable hosts at night, who get all the attention, right? - and as long as that continues to be the case, we're gonna have an evening news. let me just say a word about jeff glor. he's a fine, young reporter. i am a great believer in promoting from within. somehow going out and getting people from outside the organization and bringing them in, somehow that doesn't always work out. - always hire from. - always hire from. - that's the way i like it. - that's the way i like it. - this is really something less abo

, quality journalism. that is resonated, it has been proved. we also proved a good business model, as well. there are a lot of good things happening right now. news consumption is higher than it has ever been. people think of the old times -- newspapers as a 24 hour news service. these things are viewed as digital propositions. they are platform agnostic in terms of how they are consumed. the key thing is they are being consumed. that is a great cause for optimism. >> i would agree with that, and say that because there is such a bleed between news and other forms of information, because the cat videos are thrown in ath headlines, and because lot of facts-based information in newspapers, weather, sports scores, they are no longer there. there is an enormous obligation on us to actually explain what we do and help able understand the difference between how different types of information are gathered, how information works. we have been working hard to be more transparent and give people a sense of how we bui

journalism that is based on hard core evidence and we've been doing that. it's been a pleasure having you and kwesi and erica and festus thank you for being part of our conversation. has been going down online going underground sometimes is the way forward. for your work trust me in the world loves you. this is your first experience of work i recommend you go on line to al-jazeera dot com look for a special series on a program called justice and so watching everyone take care. still navigating dangerous rapids from the time we depart to the time we finish we're scared to the fish and dicing with death. i'm afraid of falling i'm afraid of dying but if i don't go by coffee my family meet the man who go to the extreme just to make a living but you have to be a strong swimmer otherwise it's safe and risking it all vietnam at this time on al-jazeera. a new poll ranks mexico city is the pool with worst in the world for sexual violence many women are attacked while moving in the crowded spaces of the metro buses and even at the hands of taxi drivers the conversati

journalism is an activity not an identity.journalism is a way of being and by any measure project veritas has had just as many results in the last 15 years than any journalist in the 21st century. [applause] voter i.d. laws passed election officials resigning, ceos and pr resigning, medic i'd -- medicaid workers resigning workers being fired or retrained retrained. democratically-controlled houses of congress defunded the federal organization. i don't even think the republicans can do that. but why? video transfix is. video builds a moral consensus. if we patrol the boundaries of the moral order testing what is not outrage in that order? so they say you are not a journalist. said one undercover journalist we dug deep in his book and tell a lot of stories. he says that task is to deceive or not to be deceived. to break the rules of the game and we do break rules that project veritas in order to disclose power. said another 20 century muckraker quote the journalist job is to get through the palace guards to break through the pal

content is content and journalism is journalism. they are not interchangeable. the other is, as far as news consumers -- whenever i give speeches on this i was leave them with this thought. from the time he woke up until the time you went to sleep everything you read and consumed leaves you pleased and happy and verified, you are doing it wrong. [laughter] >> i would echo that. i think the greatest single concern i would have with all the big pluses identified with the increase in the availability of news and the sources of news and the friday of news is that it has enabled people to create their own media bubble. their only reading material consistent with their belief. newsencourages fake because within that sphere, anything consistent where we that terribles or thing. it all gets thrown in there. my concern is that you don't get -- readthe docket of provocative things because you disagree with them. to otherto be exposed things other than what you and all your friends think. i seews and politics and this in the u.k., even from the u.s. it is almost become lik

alright so, this kinda gets to this question of journalism and how journalism has changed, because again, i'm thinking about this new job you have as the white house correspondent for the newshour and i think, this president's different, being a white house correspondent itself is not the job it once was. there's a conversation now about whether access journalism or being that close to power necessarily produces good reporting, or if you would be better off in houston and galveston talking to day laborers about climate change. is journalism better done on the ground where it affects people's lives or is being in that room necessarily productive? do you have a point of view about that? - i was thinking about that because i left the new york times, which is an amazing job and it was like a dream job for other people, to come to a place that is another dream place for people, which is pbs newshour. - but different. - but different. but i thought to myself, the presence of that room, i'm one of the only people, maybe, that has an afro sitting in the presence of sarah sanders who she has to l

contrast in one go your life that this kind of journalism we. trust because. even at the end of the we end up. not unhappily just and nobody takes it from there just. that. we don't see such an injury. nobody caused. i think this kind of. spread disease should be also entrenching. african countries. with us tonight. journeys in this. just buffy unique. country. i do thing that happens is least i recall the fan a story i did when i was investigating i did. a story called. and two hundred sixty people where i stand i was in a brothel and i had gotten evidence for three months the police did a big bass two hundred and sixty people where i stand and i went home that night very happy only to get up the next morning and all of them were released i'm trying to say that this is don't come easy. it takes time for your security systems to recognize the work you do so let's not feel that it doesn't work let's knock that dos when you do it one two three three four to us to see those things with you and you do do the best to help you see if no one can help you define the p

but that journal. let me mention because i had been planning to do this all along the press publishes important books that are very significant and in the scholarly area in which they are published they are really appreciated. every once in a while we publish a fun book. this book was reviewed in the new york times book review but they couldn't spell out the whole title for some reason. the title story a neighbor said to the farmer i don't want the boy hanging around. and the father said what's the problem. they get along fine. i just want to keep them away. he spelled his name. the neighbor says that is not that big a deal. and a lot of good stories in there. that is a good one. i recommend it. i would just like to say that i copy edited that. it took one whole day. i have another question some of our journals are sponsored by the lenox society. and society. and some of them had associations given that it is no longer populated largely and became permanent what do you see as the impact of the society

the publishers of academic journals who are making big promises to the journal editors, promises but ended up doubling and tripling the prices for the subscribers most of them libraries facing challenges of their own. the journals managers fought off the competition successfully, very successfully and the journal program was built into one of those in the country. they have to fend of had to fenr competitor, the world's largest bookstore amazon. amazon became the largest customer by a wide margin, and amazon through its weight around like the giant it is, and making demands about shipping, building and discounts that demanded close attention and the grinding of teeth. at the same time, libraries can't solve thlibrariescomes obd midsized libraries used to buy copies of the book and instead relied on the loans from the decreasing number of libraries. in those years they digitized and cut budgets for books and in a few years, very few years the nature -right-brace of this country like illinois altered the structure and economy of the publisher. then came the recession of 2008. more book

journalism as a print journalist in as i kept on moving up i realized that there was the need to define what exactly i do to be more impactful to society so strong to undercover journalism there that's what i've done ever since i did so because i felt that it had a more lasting impact on society and it helped the was the development of society so people watching right now they just switch on al-jazeera you're watching a really well known gunmen undercover journalist have a look at him right now because it is an extraordinary sight and i say we have to address this idea of you disguising yourself when did this starts well i guess is as the work continued and we dived into many of the big stories and security implications became real to me and my team or it's needed to come out with some form of these guys that will ensure that you are alive to do the next story no stories worth the life of their reporter so we came. decided to get this disguise and so it's beats that i wear. a hat and i do this purely because of security reasons to ensure that i can live to tell the nest or did you reali

journalism is journalism. they are not interchangeable concepts. the other is, as far as news consumers, whenever i give speeches on this and people ask me what to believe and what not to believe, i leave them with this thought. if from the time you woke up to the time you lay down to go to sleep that night, everything you read and consumed in the news context leaves you pleased and happy and verified you are doing it wrong. >> i would echo that. >> probably the greatest single concern i would have with all of the big plusses that have been identified with the increase in the availability of news and the sources of news and the variety of news is that it has enabled people to create their own media bubble in which they only get material which is consistent with their beliefs and that encourages fake news, frankly, because within that sphere, anything that is consistent with we don't like this guy or i heard this terrible thing or that terrible thing and it all gets thrown in there. my concern is that you don't get to read provocative things and you

with audiences and that can be a really good thing but i would argue that we also need good journalism to actually help put into context and to verify the information and to hold power to account i think many i think many would agree with you as well on that artery and also a crisis of trust and let me let me bring this to mohammed now mohamed from what tom's saying it sounds very much as said the burden of responsibility is falling heavily upon the consumer and on the journalist not on. those responsible for putting out the fake news. i think there's plenty of blame to go around quite frankly you know i mean you're in your introduction you talked about this the gulf the gulf crisis and kind of how a lot of that began but if we go back to two thousand and twelve the united arab emirates established helped establish a lobbying and consulting firm in california called the camp style group and their main purpose was to try and. plant negative news stories about qatar in american news media this has been reported by the new york times by the intercept to glenn greenwald and others and the

us to set time aside for journaling. now let's venture to the southernmost tip of the peloponnese peninsula in greece the area is literally the stuff of legends as it is the setting for several greek mythological stories as well as battle the me in lyon and paris of troy eloped with helen to cause the trojan war we're off to visit an italian couple who own a stunningly beautiful holiday home that they take little breaks there several times a year but i'm not sure why they have to leave. the traditional greek stone cottage on the southern tip of the peloponnese peninsula. federico taso and on to nail a company from italy converted it into a holiday getaway they spend as much time as they can here in money. so normal drought to think of the north but i hear the money please get me in. because it is interior mirrors the colors of the natural surroundings. about the callers and the choice of the course with us being very easy because we are so much in love with the money and so close to the c.e.o. as you can see inside that

or had we can introduce our guests now joining us in the shit is mohammed el masri chair of the journalism program at the institute for graduate studies in good danske in poland we have tom law is director of campaigns and communications at the ethical journalism network and via skype from naples in italy we have pier luigi paganini founder of security affairs blog and member of the european union agency for network and information security thank you all very much indeed for joining us mohammed let me start with you we've just had an indication of how serious fake news can be does anybody know how much there is out there. well one of the problems is that researchers are still trying to kind of catch up with a lot of the data obviously publication cycles being being what they are we you know we don't have a lot of studies out yet on this phenomenon but one of the interesting studies that was published relatively recently were just within the last few months by by a research team was looking at fake news in the united states in the lead up to the american election of two thousand and sixteen

what has happened to journalism is a profession inhabited by hacks in the political process. in america a college degree requires a great deal. sometimes quite literally. want other true colors of universities in the us. about gender times here we're going underground just forty eight hours since british courts prevented the extradition of british finnish freedom activist larry love to the united states that the u.k. arrest warrant decision in the past twenty four hours concerning wiki leaks founder julian assange coming out of the show why did washington post katharine graham praised in the new spielberg film the post cold war harry a watered down journalism we pay tribute to the reporter whose work was archived by the cia after he exposed defacto british back to us government smuggling of drugs and weapons around the. world and forget fake news here on earth what about fake news in outer space through physicist and founder the storm is best of all israeli and argues for international cooperation instead a mere liberal collusion from the headlines we are spreading stones are

committed to an independent journalism and that increasingly i think put him at odds with not only the conservative part of the us power structure but also the liberal part as well ok well that take us back a little what was a scale of u.s. backing for defacto drug smuggling that bob perry exposed. yeah there was one of the big stories i mean not only the weapons flying in from u.s. sources to the contras in nicaragua and then i'd seen eighty's but the planes would come back not empty with drugs to supply. in the united states some of the drug. conveyance ally and of course money coming from that as well so they were called off the shelf deals we are if the cia or the u.s. government couldn't through legal channels fund the contras with the weapons and the so-called non-lethal way the drug trade could help. free up a whole lot of money and so perry really exposed that the reagan administration from the top down wasn't just oliver north contrary to medium it but the reagan administration from the very top or was involved in that illicit and deadly warfare against u.s. law and then just

committed to be independent journalism and that increasingly i think put him at odds with not only the conservative part of the us power structure but also of the liberal part as well ok well that take us back a little what was the scale of u.s. backing for de facto drug smuggling that ball perry exposed. yeah there was one of the big stories i mean not only the weapons flying in from u.s. sources to the contras in nicaragua and then i'd seen eighty's but the planes would come back not empty but with drugs to supply. in the united states some of the drug. conveyance ally and of course money coming from that as well so they were called off the shelf deals we are if the cia the u.s. government couldn't through legal channels fund the contras with the weapons and the so-called non-lethal way the drug trade could help. free up a whole lot of money and so perry really exposed that the reagan administration from the top down wasn't just oliver north contrary to medium it but the reagan administration from the very top or was involved in that illicit and deadly warfare against u.s. law and th

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and britain had opened investigations based on this "wall street journal" article. it had been secret, but it was kind of leaking out into the press because some of the banks had disclosed that they had received subpoenas and were under investigation. and there's nothing journalists love more than government investigations because we love bad news in general, and, you know, it gets your papers, your stories more prominence. and the great thing about government investigations is it's easy to write about because we can just report government x or government y are investigating this, and it's much easier than to have to actually prove the misconduct yourself. so i and my other colleagues in the british media at the time really started aggressively reporting on libor once again. and of it was kind of a matter of institutional pride for "the wall street journal" because this was something that we felt that we had started. but again, there are few topics in the financial world, much less the real world, that cause people's eyes to glaze over faster than the mention of the

the journal stands approved. mr. poe: mr. speaker, i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not present and i make a point of order that a quorum is not present. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from new york, mr. zeldin. mr. zeldin: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will now entertain up to 15 requests for one-minute speeches on each side. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. poe: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. poe: mr. speaker, this year started with thousands of iranians, including many young people taking to the streets in opposition to the c

school new journalism because at that time just as a quick digression here this idea that the truth versus facts and facts can be kind of plain and necessary give the truth and writers like yourself that are gifted with the language can offer a truth that is transcendent and that we saw this in your bank a rolling stone in times like goldman sachs and you galvanized people's imagination with the fam pyar squid that's a great turn of phrase i mean it really put into context what this is all about and now subsequently what your books in your article as you've continued in that vein bringing really good journalism to the fore and so let's get into what you've been talking about recently as a new nucular posture review the n.p.r. you'd never know it watching cable news but you're right that this n.p.r. shows that the president and the people around him believe in the usability of nuclear weapons to talk about this right that would be one of the main features of the president's new nuclear posture review is this idea that they should completely revamp our nuclear arsenal and they should

school new journalism because at that time just as a quick digression here this idea that the truthversus facts and facts can be kind of plain and don't necessary give the truth and writers like yourself that are gifted with the language can offer a truth that is transcendent and that we saw this in your bank a rolling stone in times like goldman sachs and you galvanized people's imagination with the fam pyar squid that's a great turn of phrase i mean it really put into context what this is all about and now subsequently what your books in your article as you've continued in that vein bringing really good journalism to the fore and so let's get into what you've been talking about recently as a new nuclear posture review the n.p.r. you'd never know it watching cable news but you write that this is n.p.r. shows that the president and the people around him believe in the usability of nuclear weapons to talk about this right that would be one of the main features of the president's new nuclear posture review is this idea that they should completely revamp our nuclear arsenal and we shou

committed to an independent journalism and that increasingly i think put him at odds with not only the conservative part of the u.s. power structure but also the liberal part as well ok well that take us back a little what was a scale of u.s. backing for de facto drug smuggling that ball perry exposed. yeah there was one of the big stories i mean not only the weapons flying from u.s. sources to the contras in nicaragua and then i'd seen eighty's but the planes would come back not empty with drugs to supply. in the united states some of the drug. conveyance ally and of course money coming from that as well so they were called off the shelf deals we are if the cia the u.s. government couldn't through legal channels fund the contras with the weapons and the so-called non-lethal way the drug trade could help. free up a whole lot of money and so perry really exposed that the reagan administration from the top down wasn't just oliver north contrary to medium it but the reagan administration from the very top or was involved in that illicit and deadly warfare against u.s. law and then gives w

when i was writing the book i got my own journal and i talked to my brothers have also kept journals. i did debate on this raw, how is it possible and it turned out it happened when i was much older i think when i was 17 or 16. i thought that doesn't explain any of it because it had been going on for so much longer than that and that was hard. even the nice things happened i had e-mails i wrote to him that night saying he would never hurt me, not after the head injury that before, he would never hurt me. and i was writing this with my wrist in a sling saying he would never do this thing that he had obviously done. so i think it is hard to underestimate how that reality of distortion is. it's not just the person experiencing it as anyone in proximity of these kind of relationships is to some degree subject to the reality that goes on to justify it. >> host: i do want to talk about memory and the question that yo you've worked with in te tech's about memory. stuff out of memory. putting the book together it seems you involved interviewing a lot of people and putting together different f

host: in wall street journal, some teachers are already arms. allow teachers to carry guns on campus is. so far, six states have introduced legislation that would make it easier to have school personnel carry firearms on the property. several school districts in ohio and texas with armed staff say on thursday the have not had any incidents involving guns going up or being shot unnecessarily. we know that there are teachers that have a license to carry guns, and their states allow them to do that. what the president is proposing is putting that possibility on teachers throughout -- responsibility on teachers throughout this country. what we have learned since the horrific shooting last week, and we are still mourning the loss of so many innocent lives, is we want to listen to our students and educators. amazing. been we are so incredibly proud that through their grief they are speaking up. what are teachers are saying is don't army with guns. -- arm me with guns. me with resources, nurses and counselors, pencils and computers. that is what is goi

for a good portion, talk about the journals that you have. >> couple journal entries when i say but i got serious about it at ten. i have a whole stack. >> summer difference a lot given to me by my grandmother and they tend to have a picture of jesus on them. almost all of them up to the age of 16. other than their black. >> for me it's about i don't think i understand something until i write it down, why were you doing it? >> i think there is a bit of loneliness. sometimes i detect they didn't have any friends. there is another family who lived in my town but they didn't believe in doctors, all the kids my town i never went to their houses or was never invited. i have my siblings but i would write in this journal so i could tell someone my stuff. i think there is a processing element to it. other than that i don't know why did it but i launch onto it. >> do you still journal now? >> was interesting to me going back to childhood was for me a big part of something i did not recognize on my own this physical pain, and childhood risk get her knee and you are in a junkyard, there is a p

. ♪ >> long island university it announced the winners of the george vogel wards in journalism.olk awards. the role of the press was discussed. this is 35 minutes. [background chatter] >> good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. can you hear me? i am kimberly cline, president of long island university. it is fitting that we are here today in the first amendment lounge of the national press club that is truly representative of the mission of the polk awards. we have so much to be proud of at long island university, from our elite experiential learning programs to our world-class faculty and teachers throughout our university, from the vibrant heart of brooklyn to the 322-acre campus on long island's gulf coast area one of the longest lasting and proudest honors is to serve as the home of the george polk awards. this year we commemorate our 70th anniversary of the murder of george polk, who played -- paid the ultimate price for reporting truth during the greek civil war as a cbs news correspondent. long island university created a journalism award in 1949 to carry on geor

long island university created a journalism award in 1949 to carry out george polk's legacy in for 69 years under journalist to deliver impactful and thought-provoking work. it's an award that recognizes a broad range of media and stays current with the time that categories reflect in a range of locations, and mediums and topics. the polk awards have become one of the most prestigious and shares journalism honors because of the quality and thoughtfulness that men and women who painstakingly judge it. i want to thank and recognize thirsting panel advisers and ross engelman, chairperson of the journalism department at l.a. you and i also want to recognize john garten, a longtime reporter for "the new york times", a two-time polk winner and we are very proud that he serves as our curator for the polk award. now over the decades, the polk awards have represented an unbroken chain of the best journalists, including bob woodward carl bernstein, walter cronkite, edward murrow, peter jennings kaunda norman mailer, seymour hersh, glenn greenwald in today's honorees. most importantly, the polk

be sure to watch "washington journal" on wednesday morning. join the discussion. announcer 1: our live coverage continues shortly with a conversation on how the press covers the presidency including white house press secretary sarah sanders and former press secretary mike mccurry. that is live at 7:00 p.m. eastern. until then, a conversation on the role of the press and how they are covering the russia investigation story and other news events since president trump took office. and the host of long island university announces the winners of the george polk journalism awards. [background chatter] >> good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. can you hear me? i am kimberly cline, president of long island university. it is fitting that we are here today in the first amendment lounge of the national press club that is truly representative of the mission of the polk awards. we have so much to be proud of at long island university, from our elite experiential learning programs to our world-class faculty and teachers throughout our university, from the vibrant par

we publish the story on the front page of the wall street journal. i was feeling so good. i felt was the best i had ever written. 9:00 o'clock that morning my phone rang and it was tom and he says that was disappointing. he thought, eight he said there's nothing new in their and this guy, he has asperger's syndrome, he lacks the filter and doesn't come he just says what he thanks which is kind of refreshing but he did not like my story and was not shy about it and i setting i was sorry he and then he hung up. i didn't even have a chance toou ask him to follow through on the trade we made. that evening he went into meet with his lawyers who were not happy with him. he had just been quoted on h the front page of the story not only speaking but giving theak finger to the justice department which is not smart. his lawyers were understandably furious and told him you cannot ever do that again. if you talk to the media without our authorization again, we will fire you. he got out of his meeting and called me and said a major promise i'll keep it, let's meet. it was a coldd rainy

. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are taking your calls from republicans, democrats, and independents. some, a quick look at front pages from across the country courtesy of the museum -- newseum. more coverage of the horrific shooting at a high school. "the l.a. times" is led by the indictment of russian nationals for interference in the 2016 elections. tribune" is led by mitt romney who yesterday lost his bid for the u.s. senate from utah where he now resides, calling him candidate romney. "the monitor" from a gallon, texas, talks about vice president mike pence touring the .order ellen is calling on our republican line from indiana. good morning. caller: good morning. when i call, i would like to give information that c-span and the listeners can check out for themselves that might help bring democrats and republicans together by looking at information they might not know. i recently ordered a small where anyone can get it inexpensively from grass fire.com.-- grass it has 20 chapters with what the president

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of journalism is. it can gain our implicit trust. >> this is one of the things you were talking about at the state of the net conference? >> yes, but i don't like that description of what is happening. voters,ining humans, naturally using social media. what is really happening is manipulation. pages, itse fake sounds like they are telling you real facts. if you look at myanmar, it isn't just us or about russia. there is a genocide. most people get their news from facebook. there are news items going out from the military, from radical clerics, attacking the rohingya, saying they are doing things they are not, and manipulating people into terrible acts of violence. concern is the manipulation happening forcing us into a bottle. what are you doing today? >> i run a roundtable on digital politics. the former ambassador to the economic organization for cooperation and development has been our guest. >> thank you. >> what do you do for a living? >> i work at upturn. we work at the intersection of technology

has brought down trust in journalism over the years. and i wonder if people are starting to separate that out and starting to realize what real journalism is. and i think one of the things we have to figure out how to do is make that distinction. you know, what is real journalism that does fact checking, that has a masthead so you know who wrote things, that does corrections, you know? we have to make a distinction about what that kind of journalism is so something else can't pose as that and get our implicit trust. >> host: karen kornbluh, one of the critiques of today's world is that we've become more tribal, and that's in -- that's one of the things you're talking about today at the state of the net conference. >> guest: yes. but i don't like that description of what's happening because i'm afraid it's blaming humans, people, voters when -- for sort of naturally using social media and breaking into groups. what's really been happening is manipulation. all these fake pages that send out ads and get you to follow them, and it sounds li

watch "washington journal" live at seven eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. night, former speech writer for george w. bush david cracy."d his book "trumpo "trumpocracy" is a book about the study of power. this is a study of donald trump's power. umpocracy is a system of enabling between trump and the media that enable him and create an audience, the system that donors, the republican traditional elements, and above all between him and that core group of his voters within the republican party who enabled him to win the nomination and go on to the presidents. >> what sunday night at 9:00 2's "bookern on c-span tv." >> jeff sessions talked about human trafficking efforts and how the part -- department was collaborating with mexico and local law enforcement. this portion includes remarks from rachel brand. it is 20 minutes. >> it is a pleasure today to have the opportunity to gather with so many professionals, business and other partners who work every day to combat human trafficking and make our nation safer, especially for the most honorable among us. collabora

more news, journal editorial is next. ♪ >> no child, no teacher should ever be in danger in an americanchool. no parent should ever have to fear for their sons and daughters when they kiss them good-bye in the morning. we are committed to working with state and local leaders to help secure our schools and tackle the difficult issue of mental health. paul: welcome to the journal editorial report, i'm paul gigot, that was president donald trump reacting to the valentine's day shooting in high school in parkland, florida, the president and first lady travel to go that community friday night to meet with first responders and survivors of the massacre that left 17 people dead and more than a dozen injured in the wake of the attack new concerns over missed warning signs about the suspect, 19-year-old nikolas cruz and police responded to home a dozen times and a person close to cruz contacted them in january to report concerns about him including information about cruz's gun ownership, erratic behavior and disturbing social media posts, dr. sally, practicing psychiatrist and also resident scho