. >>> "new york times" moving the public editor liz spade. this was her last column today. the public editor job is unique, a person who is there to represent the readers. we're seeing fewer and fewer of those jobs across the media. there are fewer critics who print newspapers the way you are at the baltimore sun. what does it matter that the "new york times" is removing this job? >> two things are going on here. this is, again, a tough call. "the times" gives itself good cover when they're laying off editors and people in their newsroom saying, hey, we can't afford this job. on the other hand, they're hiring all kinds of new people. >> they're moving on directors, bringing in new young people. >> which is the only way the newspaper will survive, i get that. i think symbolically getting rid of their public editor matters, but brian, you know that it's a very hard thing for someone to be paid by the "new york times" and legitimately criticize them is complicated. and liz spade, now, she took on values i believe in, is that in covering trump we should adhere to legacy values

liz spade was been let go from position after just a year on the job called out sometimes reporters wereng too opinionated on twitter" there is a slide toward coverage that can be misperceived as rooting for trump's demise. this is precisely the wrong time at the new york times to silence the kind of voice. we came in here this morning as we have on many mornings and had to rip up the show to deal with the london attack, the attack on the bridge there and the van and knife wielding assailants. we have to ask all these questions. what's the latest? what can we get rid of? you know, we try to be on the breaking news but not ignore other news and that is almost a balancing act as we look at these pictures, i have to say, we've gotten weary of the constant scourge of terror. perhaps especially journalist to chronicle each attack. there is a level on which we give the terrorists what they want by spreading their message of fear. what happened at london bridge was horrifying enters every minute of cover but the challenge for media, all of us in the news business, all of us dedicated to reporti