ms. barkin's statement. it's a flat out lie. i have never mentioned ellen barkin on this broadcast, ever. and i would never call her names. now, we know ms. behar. we know what she does. and today hln announced she will no longer be doing on it on that network. her show is finished at the end of the year. headline news operation and cnn which is a parent company have an obligation not to allow blatant lies on their air. and to challenge statements that are provocative like that one. so we have asked hln to issue a written apology and to also ask ms. barkin and ms. behar to do the same. we will let you know what happens. but the bigger issue is the tremendous decline in the american media now totally acceptable in many precincts to print or broadcast flat out falsehoods. not even to bother confirming anything. earlier this week my book "killing lincoln" was attacked falsely. the "the washington post" printed stuff that was outrageous. never bothering to call me. we will deal with the people who put out those falsehoods in our pinh

ms. barkin and ms. behar to do the same. we will let you know what happens. but the bigger issue is the tremendous decline in the american media now totally acceptable in many precincts to print or broadcast flat out falsehoods. not even to bother confirming anything. earlier this week my book "killing lincoln" was attacked falsely. the "the washington post" printed stuff that was outrageous. never bothering to call me. we will deal with the people who put out those falsehoods in our pinheads and patriots segment. the smears don't effect controversial guys like me all poli and get a slim and sexy malibu as i said, she is entitled to hold any opinion about anything. but ms. barkin and headline news are not entitled to lie on worldwide television. they are not entitled to do that. it is long past time for we the people to stop ignoring the tremendous decline in the american media we have garbage 24/7 on television. we have outrageously harmful things on the internet. we have a system whereby famous people cannot sue because they are public figures. that is harm

ms. barkin nor would i. i asked them to issue apology and they refused. with us the burr vary of bernard goldberg.com. cable news in prime time is dominated by opinion. and it goes all over the world. not just in the united states. you have operations do they have no responsibility when something like that occurs? nothing? they just say too bad, we don't care, see you here is my rule of thumb, bill. if ellen barkin, or for that matter henry kissinger or steven hocking, if anybody went on a cable program and the other night candidate and he ought toe impeached, then everybody involved needs to apologize because that kind of slander cannot stand. the person who said it would have to apologize. the person who let it go by without challenge would have to apologize. and the network. some executive at the network would have to come forward and apologize. because. that kind of accusation is important. but when a celebrity makes a dopey comment as celebrities have a tendency to do on a silly little cable tv show, that's not important. >> bill: it doesn't rise to