i would ask kiley that you please hold your applause during the speech so we have time for as many questions as possible. if you hear applause, it is from guests and members of the general public that attend our luncheons not mrs. shirley from always working neutral journalists. communications director with the institute for public accuracy. he assured me that he got his name right. injures matter, associate editor and chair of the book and author committee. executive director with the fund for investigative journalism. the newsweek washington bureau chief. senior business editor with national public radio. on the other side of the podium, bloomberg news. organizer of today's luncheon, and the new managing director of stanton communications. valerie jackson, associate editor. public affairs specialist. independent writer and author of "letters from washington." washington bureau chief, one of our former presidents with hearst newspapers. finally, editor and publisher with american journalism review. now you can give your applause. thank you. [applause] it may come as a surprise to some of yo