howard feinman and the director for the media group. this sunday on abc, george will questioned what mitt romney has to gain with associating himself with donald trump. let's watch him in action. >> i do not understand the cost benefit here.

reflected on the difficulties he had with papers like the daily mail. >> with any of these big media groups, you fall out with them and you watch out. it is literally a relentless once that happens. my view is that is what creates the situation in which these media people get power in the system that is unhealthy and that i have felt uncomfortable with. >> there have been few surprises, but this. >> this man should be arrested for war crimes. j.p. morgan paid him off. >> a protester into the courtroom through a corridor. mr. blair's bodyguards and a court official bundled him out. after the disturbance was over, mr. blair said the allegations made about him and u.s. banks were completely untrue. it it had been a limited edition of culpability of getting too close to rupert murdoch but mitigated by his belief or announced now that contact with this was necessary for labor to be accepted and achieve victory. as he left the royal courts of justice, a protester hit an egg that hit the vehicle carrying his security team. >> from politics in the u.k. to politics in the u.s.. it is the million-dol

he also reflected on problems he had with papers like "the daily mail." >> with these big media groups, you fall out with them, and you watch out, because it is literally where relentless and unrelenting once that happens, and my view is that is what creates the situation that the media people get a power in the system. i felt that the rest my time. i am comfortable with it. >> there were few surprises, but then this. >> jpmorgan paid them off. >> a protester had entered the courtroom through a corridor behind the morgue leveson. a bodyguard bundled him out. after the disturbance was over, mr. blair said the allegations the protest remained about him and the u.s. banks were completely untrue. as they left the royal court of justice, a protester threw an egg, and it hit him as a vehicle. -- it hit his vehicle. >> in the run-up to the presidential election, what makes america what it is, but when it seems divided and its politics polarized, defining the american identity is difficult. one author tries to get to its words. it is a washington post columnist in me in this. -- with me in hys

what it means is if you're a power leader and got very powerful media groups and you fall out with one of those groups, the consequence is such that it really means that you are effectively blocked from getting across your message. you then have all the things i outlined that happens as a consequence of that. now, the nature of the relationship in the politicians and media and that closeness you describe is really driveed from that. what happens is not necessarily you become particularly close, but the relationship is one in which you feel this pretty intense power and the need to try to deal with that. i'm just being open about that and open about the fact, frankly, that i decided as a political leader, and this is a strategic decision, that i was going to manage that and not confront it. we can get on whether that was right or wrong, but that was the decision i took. >> right or wrong is an interesting question, but much more important, obviously later on we will get on to how it should be fixed. it needs fixing. >> and i've got ideas on that, and i think i'd like also, if i might pu

economy going exactly that was ben cohen editor of the daily banter and president of the banter media group we have some breaking news now concerning the may day occupy wall street protests in new york we're getting reports of police using tear gas on protesters at fourteenth and broadway in manhattan we'll continue to monitor and report and have updates coming up next at our five pm newscast. while many in the u.k. are having a hard time rubbing two pounds together british officials tasked with the making the tough decisions are quite another story over the past three decades there have been a transition of sorts brits have come from privileged backgrounds and private schools are now more likely to hold office than the general population so how can people who are so out of touch with economic hardships navigate the u.k. through an economic crisis r t correspondent laura smith reports. prime minister david cameron eton and oxford. chancellor george osborne exclusive london schools then oxford. deputy prime minister nick clegg westminster school and cambridge none of these men come from ordi

more on this ben cohen joins me now he is the editor for the daily bands are in president bands or media group welcome to the show bad so here we are post citizens united and we're seeing the effects of this millionaires and billionaires like the one we just the ones we just saw funding campaigns so our average voter is becoming more irrelevant in the grand scheme of things now i think they are that's it's and you know it's it was a huge blow to to how democracy works and in america because it basically opens the floodgates for billion is corporations to come in and buy elections so yes. civility skews the game even more in favor of the bridge. so we have these super pacs and now president obama he just had last week one of the most expensive campaign. fund raising events ever with the help of george clooney he raised fifteen million dollars so is it getting out of control it is definitely getting out of control these types of sums or very dangerous when it comes to democracy when you have a concert the concentration of wealth in america where you have such extreme divides it means that power

at a time and that was ben cohen editor for the daily banter and president of dancer media group. well this is supposed to be a joyful time for college grads but a lot of graduating students are drowning in a mountain of debt and facing bleak job prospects are the correspondent marina parr and i a takes a look at how student debt is taking a toll on america's youth and how they plan to bring attention to the problem at graduation. it's the heaviest investment a young american can make now becoming a trillion dollar ticking time bomb for the nation i have twenty thousand dollars forty thousand dollars and one hundred fifty thousand and that the u.s. student loan bubble has inflated larger than car or credit card debt in this ballooning crisis graduates now have financial deficits that rival home mortgages. night in new york many have taken to the streets protesting against the on the fordable cost of higher education we're already seeing a a large increase in the number of student loan defaults across the country and that's coming at a rate that is similar to the rate when the when

and that was ben cohen editor for the daily banter and president of dancer media group. well a group considered to be terrorists is now moving on up and off america's terrorist list the iranian opposition group known as an ek was named a terrorist group fifteen years ago for its role in assassinating u.s. citizens but any kay has apparently found some friends in washington former government officials have been advocating to get the group delisted from the terrorist list and there's been a push a p.r. push to delist and make a here's a look at one of the ads. m.-e. k. is iran's democratic opposition working for a nuclear free iran founded on human rights unjustly listed a terrorist group and the case the victim of violence the radical regime in iran and their iraqi allies europe has delisted any king and in two thousand and ten a us court order to review iranians u.s. lawmakers and former senior officials demanded listing secretary clinton for democracy and freedom in iran d. list m e k. now this move could further strain u.s. iran relations so what's behind all bests i a

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to similar fate earlier i spoke to ben cohen editor of the daily banter and president of banter media group and i asked him if tax breaks really work when given to the wealthy here's his take by the evidence shows that he doesn't particularly the time of recession you need to have a lot of consumer confidence in the economy and when you have tax breaks for the wealthy if nobody's buying anything then it doesn't really make any difference which people are just going to hold on to their wealth so i think that's what you're seeing in the u.k. and hope for the what we're not going to see in the u.s. and you know the wealthiest are sitting on the wealthiest businesses are sitting on two trillion dollars right now across the globe and of course the poor are going to buy anything when they feel like their debt is going to skyrocket so why is it that the you hate this as implemented these stringent austerity measures. i think you have to look at who's in power what kind of social background the politicians are in power to david cameron is a very wealthy country extremely wealthy family. i know i we

. >> with any big media groups, you fall out with them. it is literally relentless and unrelenting once that happens. my view is that that is what creates the situation in which the media people get a power in the system that is unhealthy, and which i have felt uncomfortable with. >> so far there have been very few surprises. >> this man should be arrested for war crimes. >> a protester had entered the core router record or nine large justiceleverson -- between lord justice leveson. >> there had been a limited admission of culpability from the former prime minister. while getting too close to report merkin his key lieutenants, buddy partially renounced that context like this were necessary for labor to be accepted and to achieve victory. as mr. blair left the royal courts of justice, there is the vehicle carrying his security team. >> the sudanese army says it will pull its troops out of the disputed border region that was unilaterally seized a year ago, forcing 100,000 civilians to leave the area. it was described as a goodwill gesture but

with any of these big media groups, you fall out with them and you watch out, because it is unrelenting once that happens. my view is that is what creates the situation in which the media people get a power in the system that is not guilty and which i felt throughout my time uncomfortable with. i took the decision and this could be subject to criticism, and i took a strategic decision to manage this, not to confront it. but the power is inconceivable. >> a key question is whether because of that media power was policy influenced by it? >> exactly. tony blair is adamant that he never gave in to what rupert murdoch wanted, but he does explain that it did become a bit difficult because rupert murdoch was talking to him regularly, particularly about the issue of of whether britain joined the the euro. tony blair said i came into government as a pro-european and i left in that way. the other thing he has denied is that there was some kind of unspoken pact between the two men. rupert murdoch would support tony blair oppose the government. but that was never implied. >> sri lanka's controversi

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i think that you have seen all the media groups in this country. international has been the one to welcomely open the prime minister's public inquiry which i think all these street practices are. we haven't gotten the permits yet. the fact is i'm not in a position to comment on other newspaper groups. like i said at the beginning, things went badly wrong at "news of the world" and we are doing our best now to sort it out. and except for not the speed this committee would have wished, mistakes have been made and we're trying to make it right. there was a select committee inquiry into it and it is right that the code of ethics of journal lisists and the ethics journalism are constantly in review. if not, the freedom of the press enjoys, if there is not constant review of conduct in ethics, then they are at risk. >> one final question. your correspondence with the committee did place great emphasis when you were refusing to attend in previous letters on you being willing to attend or if you had identified an operation, otherwise you put emphasis on wh

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you look at the total picture, and there's -- i think a really interesting stat comes from smart media group, a media buying firm and they have seen already, 21-plus million in anti-obama spending on the airwaves between third party groups and super pacs, and that is a huge number and why president obama is spending so much, so early. >> jamie: we know the president is relying on celebrity status and celebrity money, the event out in california, with george clooney, now one announced by sarah jessica parker and her husband, they'll have one in new york. and, it is expensive to go to these things. this is not your average joe that will be contributing. that is why i asked about the small donation numbers in terms of dollar amounts, not volume for the romney campaign. but i know you believe favorability is really key, can you tell us why? >> yeah, absolutely. i think that the jump that mitt romney has seen in his favorability, that's a big deal and is not nearly what the romney campaign would like but it is important because it shows a couple of things, one, it shows republicans have started t

with any of these big media groups. you fall out with them and watch out because its literally relentless when that happens and mauney view as that is what creates the situation of which the media people get a power in the system that is on healthy but i felt throughout my time uncomfortable with. as i say i took the position and could be subject to criticism i put the strategic decision to manage this with the power of its is indisputable. estimate you mentioned the controlling element within the associated and when you start to the bill was the third. he died in 1998 and of course was editor of the daily mail from 1992 but david hinglish was editor-in-chief until his death in 1998. where until 1998 did the power law as it were on these titles in your view? i think they would control people there and then when they pass away in a short period of time and obviously the chief person. >> said he would be described as the controlling element from 1998, is the right? >> yes. >> relationships between proprietors and editors,

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political analyst in the huffington post media group and the host of the now highly successful programhat comes on earlier than this. here's mitt romney. you're laughing but it's all true. here's mitt romney stirring the pot in des moines this tuesday, two days ago. let's watch. >> president clinton was signalling to his own party that democrats should no longer try to govern by proposing a new program for every problem. president obama tucked away the clinton doctrine in his large drawer of discarded ideas along with transparency and bipartisanship. [ applause ] >> it's enough to make you wonder if maybe it was a personal beef with the clintons but probably that -- it runs much deeper than that. >> you know, who writes this? he's reading off a teleprompter, howard, and he's reading crap. here's a guy who said this president of the united states boldly came out for health care reform in the face of the worst economic danger in the great depression, did all this stuff, and he's saying he did all that out of a personal beef or tiff with bill clinton. how can you say something -- is it ju

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michael steele is the chairman of the republican party, howard fineman is editorial director of the media group and a msnbc political analyst. at the cpac conference, the anti-tax activist laid out in clear and unambiguous terms what the republican party expects from the president, whoever that happens to be. >> we're not auditions for fearless leader. we know what direction to go, we just need a president to sign this stuff. we don't need someone to think it up or design it. we have a house and senate, the leadership now for the modern conservative movement for the next 20 years will be coming out of the house and senate. pick a republican with enough working digits to handle a been and become president of the united states. >> that was the most shameless statement by the tax cutting right by what they need in the white house. someone to cut the taxes and stay out of the way of anyone else. i was in the room for that speech, and i thought, they really don't think they need a president. you may think that's human being rouse on his part, and to some extent it is. >> who came up with that word?

either peter hart is the activism director at fair a us media watchdog group he says an increasing number of americans are abandoning mainstream media for alternative independent or foreign news outlets. once people shift and say c.n.n. is not for me fox is not for me on this and b c isn't doing what i really want them to do or need them to do then it's hard to get them back how do you convince somebody that your media system works when their experience tells them that it doesn't when last on his biggest global story was born in new york city it was largely ignored by most mainstream news outlets but. they are this organized they look funny what are they protesting nobody seems to know until it became impossible to suppress. this spring the fight against corporate greed is still being waged but at this event in times square demonstrators are surrounded by new stickers but no mainstream t.v. cameras the occupy movement is it waiting for the all mighty powerful networks to show up and report about their demonstrations instead the grassroots group has need media distribution all part of its

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it's a conservative media group.ision council, this is tim winter has sent this letter to advertisers that reads, quote, nbc's decision to add mr. stern to "america's got talent" will likely lead to a sharp increase of explicit content. does he have a point? because when i think about maybe the audience for your america's got call lent, it has to be kids, parents, hanging out around dinner. you know, watching tv. >> well, howard just said he's got to be honest. when parents bring their kids on to a stage on national television and traps them out in front of the world, the kids have better be ready for honesty. nothing dirty is going to be said. hey, kid you stink, how about that. kid you stink is worse than somebody saying a bad word to the kid. you're no good. >> he'll be brutally honest. >> i hope the ooer judges are, too. and please, tim, if you're watching me, please write against me. make the parents council go against me. you will make me rich. you will make me famous. when you go against something, it causes p

>> as you look at the group, i like cbs and time warner, the best out of the media group for fundamental reasons. and autos are 10 to 15% of cbs's advertising. the ratings are still the best. all ratings are soft. i'll put it in a big picture perspective. it's flowing right through the advertising. >> larry, you saw the numbers. do you expect to see that from the rest of the media numbers when they come out? >> i think cbs is probably going to be the best of the class. time-warner has the problems of comparing against very difficult film earnings and here i think the outlook is very good for all of these companies because they are just generating mountains of free cash flow and they are all using it in a very, very responsible manner. cbs right at the head of the class on that as well. >> okay. >> and the absence of bad deals has really helped this industry and also -- >> larry, i'm sorry. we have breaking news. we have to cut you off. so sorry about that. martin and larry, thank you so much. >> a lot of news coming here after the bell. let's go to bertha coombs on drug news. what is goi

nbc news political analyst and editorial director of the huffington post media group. great to have you with us tonight. i know you have spent some time with the romney campaign. how do they expect this story to play out in the long haul? are we going to keep hearing mitt romney saying it was his plan that saved the automobile industry? >> well, ed, i was just here in boston and i said, hey, i'm going on "the ed show." tell me what to say, you know, tell me what your -- what your line is, and i think one of the interesting points you make is that, is that candidate romney, in lansing, michigan, didn't really pursue the line that he was responsible for saving the auto industry. after all, ed, in terms of the general election, what we're really talking about are three states -- michigan, ohio and pennsylvania. the very guts of industrial america that is up for grabs in the election. if mitt romney was really going to seriously argue that he deserved credit for the current great state of the auto industry then he would have done it in lansing. instead, all he talked about