phil not something you want to n.b.c. and n.b.c. went seriously seriously overboard when they decided to block all live streams of the opening ceremonies on the internet so we get it n.b.c. you've got a monopoly on the olympics here's the thing though n.b.c. thinks viewers are so locked in that they can actually get away with this but in the process they're killing that goose that laid the one billion dollar golden egg people will remember this n.b.c. and if they don't the internet will remind them.

phil not something you want to hear n.b.c. and n.b.c. went seriously seriously overboard when they decided to block all live streams of the opening ceremonies on the internet so we get it n.b.c. you've got a monopoly on the olympics here's the thing though n.b.c. thinks viewers are so locked in that they can actually get away with this but in the process they're killing that goose that laid the one billion dollar golden egg people will remember this n.b.c. and if they don't the internet will remind them. thirteen was a stellar year for u.s. equities with nearly thirty percent gains and economic growth in the second half of the year was well ahead of expectations but underneath this rosy picture is an economy lacking in wage growth and job creation now our next guests financial markets one and kyle harrington talks about the u.s. economy as well as wage deflation and the advent of robots in our global marketplace now i started my conversation with kyle by asking him whether downward pressure on the u.s. wages on u.s. wages has had a lot t

document obtained by n.b.c. it was also revealed that the hacking unit's activities are not just limited to computer network protection but that the unit has used cyber tools to engage in computer and phone jamming breach e-mail accounts and conduct false flag operations . and two new york men have been freed from prison after serving twenty one years behind bars for a crime they didn't commit thirty nine year old anthony yarbrough and thirty seven year old sharif wilson were arrested in one thousand nine hundred two for a triple murder but new d.n.a. evidence suggests they did not commit the crimes in two thousand and thirteen d.n.a. evidence from one of the victims was linked to a rape and murder that happened in new york in one nine hundred ninety nine garbo and wilson were already behind bars when that crime occurred yarb out was just eighteen and wilson only fifteen when they were accused of murder now both claim brooklyn detectives placed them in two separate interview rooms and coerced false confessions f

they avoid stories there's no doubt in my view that one of the reasons olbermann left and that's the n.b.c. is because comcast was coming. and what we're going with one of the few voices on national t.v. advocating for net neutrality and comcast of course along with their rise and it is the major flow of net neutrality they want the open access of the internet stocks so it can be to cheer so comcast arise and can make more profit and they could push some of these more independent websites nonprofit websites whatever you want to the slow way which which raises the question now that net neutrality is been killed by the d.c. circuit court and that killing has been ratified by comcast and netflix cutting a deal pay for play deal the next shoe to drop many of us are predicting is that our internet service providers comcast in particular are going to start saying oh here's your basic service you know eighty five bucks a month you want news with that you want to look at the new york times the wall street journal whatever that's an extra five dollars a month you want streaming video as an extra te

news is richard engel in a report of the n.b.c. nightly news last week angle made it sound like visitors the athletes at the sochi winter olympics are being act as soon as they turned on their phones or fired up their computers take a look at. this letter to russia can expect to be hacked and as richard engle found out upon his arrival there it's not a matter of if but when richard good evening. good evening brian it is not just hacking the state department warns the travelers should have no expectation of privacy even in their hotel rooms and as we found out you are especially exposed as soon as you try and communicate with anything back at the hotel well who was using special software to monitor my two computers and sure enough they've also been hacked you were able to tell the very very quickly somebody was exactly. but now people are saying that angle's report was misleading say the least and some are going as far as saying it was one hundred percent false it was misleading because while engle was talking about the risks of con

n.b.c. is facing criticism today for hosting a debate about climate change between bill nye the science guy who's an actual scientist and congresswoman marsha blackburn not a scientist about it in during yesterday's broadcast of meet the press but always did debate something ninety seven percent of scientists say is a fact and it is questionable enough n.b.c. isn't the only bad guy here sunday shows as a whole do a terrible job talking about climate change recent media matters study found that they talked about climate change for a total of twenty seven minutes in all of twenty thirty eight that's right the major sunday shows talked about the greatest threat our species has ever faced for less than half an hour during an entire year that it's very very . pretty sealers lizard. living among us the life of a politician isn't easy to beat in the public eye means you often have to be crazy rumors about yourself president barack obama for example had to release his birth certificate to prove he w

really challenge some capitol hill big especially republican and when was the last time you saw him as n.b.c. really dig into net neutrality an issue that the networks own or comcast as a pretty obvious opinion questions like that have led some of the country's most talented journalists to look for opportunities outside of traditional media with the help of peer omidyar glenn greenwald and jeremy scahill have started an online news site called the intercept which is part of a media ars first look media organization and now rolling stone journalist matt taibbi has followed in their footsteps announcing last week that he will soon start his own site with their and first look media going to its web site first with media provides original independent journalism. could it soon become just as biased as traditional mainstream media outlets joining me now for more on this is jeff cohen media critic critic and founder of fair and accuracy in reporting. as well as the author of several books and jeff called welcome back great to be with you thanks joe so what's your take on first look media and the in

one of the venues you know so yes i mean there are there are things that are happening i think that n.b.c. is sweeping a lot of it under the carpet we're not hearing about a low. out of the things but you can find a lot of the true information on the internet but isn't this something that also happens routinely in many of the western countries as far as i understand violence against gays and lesbians and transgender people has been on the increase in many of the western countries in particular in the united states in two thousand and twelve i believe it was at the highest level since one thousand nine hundred eight yes i mean we we've been making strides forward in some areas and then in some areas of our own country i mean we've been taking steps backwards but i think with the community you know i was able to get married in the state of california the state that i live in many of the states are are are following suit. you know justifying that. legislating marriage or legislating love and that's all it is is you know is unconstitutional well missile again is just to put things into perspe

boycott these olympics were justified well i've also been following on the internet i'm not watching n.b.c. . just staying true to supporting the sponsors of the olympics and so in seeing what's happening in russia. you know there were arrests there was transgender individual that was taken away escorted away from one of the venues you know so yes i mean there are things that are happening i think that n.b.c. is sweeping a lot of it under the carpet we're not hearing about a lot of the things but you can find a lot of the true information on the internet but isn't this something that also happens routinely in many of the western countries as far as i understand violence against gays and lesbians and transgender people has been on the increase in many of the western countries in particular in the united states in two thousand and twelve i believe it was at the highest level since one thousand nine hundred eight yes i mean we have been making strides forward in some areas and then in some areas of our own country i mean we've been taking steps backwards but i think with the beattie community

universal which in turn owns a myriad of other media properties such as and that's n.b.c. and universal studios now it's important note that this is not yet a done deal the merger must first be approved by the justice department in federal communications commission to make sure it doesn't violate antitrust laws which could take as long as a year but if the deal goes through it will be an absolute disaster for the. public jon burge mayor an attorney for the consumer rights group public knowledge even went as far as saying that this deal will further cement comcast as quote the bully in the schoolyard able to dictate terms to content creators internet companies and distributors who must access its content by raising the cost of its rivals and business partners and in large comcast would raise costs for consumers would be able to keep others from innovating while facing little pressure to improve its own service and of course this latest merger only tightens the stranglehold of the big six you know the old goblet of companies controlling everything you read here and watch so

just because they wanted you to use n.b.c. which they own and operate thanks to the d.c. circuit court ruling though and the potential takeover of time warner comcast is well on its way to being able to discriminate between web sites and make the owners of competitor websites pay more money to run their websites and higher speeds and to reach millions of american consumers in an easy direct fashion it also means that comcast can jack up internet costs back in two thousand and nine read it user quink created a graphic detail in what internet prices might look like without net neutrality since last month's court ruling the graphic has gone viral and does a great job detailing a world without net neutrality graphic talks about a fictional internet service provider named telco the telco in this new world we are in now with out neutrality they can set it up so you get basic internet service for twenty nine ninety five a month with a big catch. the catch is good luck finding any websites that you can access with that plan that's because in a world without net neutrality interne

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in 2009, n.b.c briefly moved leno to a 10 p.m. time slot and tapped conan o'brien to replace him on "the tonight show," but the ratings did poorly and leno returned to his late night gig. >> h.b.o, when you make the movie about this whole n.b.c late night fiasco i would like to be played by academy award- winning actress tilda swinton. >> sreenivasan: this time, leno is leaving for good, andsays he'll play comedy clubs and do occasional t.v. work. replacing him: jimmy fallon, who's hosted "late night with jimmy fallon" since 2009. he and his hip-hop studio band the roots promise to bring a younger, hipper air to the venerable "tonight show". fallon formally takes over on february 17th. >> sreenivasan: we're joined now by bill carter from the "new york times" who's written extensively about late night television. bill, why is this transition so important? >> well, the changeover at the "tonight show" has always been kind of a national event. i think this one is being watched really closely because the last one went so badly. and it

the premise n.b.c. and fox news have taken some not slightly but the fact is i admire their commitment to cover all sides of the story just in case one of them happens to be accurate. that was funny but it's close in for the truth and might think. it's because when full attention and the mainstream media work side by side the joke is actually on here. and our teen years we have a different right. ok because the news of the world just is not this funny i'm not laughing dammit i'm not god. i don't know if. you guys stick to the jokes i will hand over the stuff that i'm. i have an example for you of you know i just saw my doctor and found out most about your serb ask i've had three years. these any kind my back hurts every morning with creaky that can put more wear year. takes me an hour to loosen up if that showering isn't enough. and i watched the world cup on t.v. you mean i saw a commercial with frank lebeau we musician him on me said i might have spondylitis he goes on. and it can be treated i'll buy

i think that's demonstrated by the approval that they were able to secure of their merger with n.b.c. universal a few years back huge power players and they expect that this deal will go through and they are selling something that they're hoping washington will buy but from what we've been hearing from the american people folks were suspicious of this deal from the very start these are two companies that always rank on the bottom when it comes to consumer satisfaction in customer service so there are some real questions here and customers are right to be asking questions you notice when comcast talks about the benefits of this deal one of the things that they never mention is lower prices for consumers and in fact consumers can expect that their prices will continue to rise at this merger is approved that's coming. at the consumer level it seems like increasingly we're seeing basically something that looks like monopoly here i mean it's it's. what from the consumer point of view how is this going so what this means for consumers is that an uncompetitive in consumer unfriendly industry

contractor edward snowden and obtained by n.b.c. the british intelligence agency called the government communications headquarters launched the attack on members of the hacker group anonymous the type of attack method used in this case is a denial of service attack or d.d. o. s. as it's known it's the same method hackers use themselves here's our works the hacker uses a network of zombie computers to take down websites by overwhelming traffic to the targeted site anonymous has used this technique against government agencies and corporations the activists have targeted sites like pay pal and amazon to retaliate against their participation and blocking funds to wiki leaks now it looks like the spy agency of the british government wants to give anonymous details of their own medicine the documents show that the government group infiltrated chat rooms where anonymous members get together aiming to scare off about eighty percent of the hackers but some people think the government to get too far here and that british spies may have crosse

experts believe it's unlikely that the merger will be judged anti-competitive remember the comcast and n.b.c. universal marriage back in two thousand and eleven well major protests pretty much they pretty much went unnoticed.

about n.b.c. would vary. when all i can say is they behaved terribly to my son and what would your sons and rob my son's involvement was they called my son themselves they called him about a show that they were planning and they asked him to participate in the show he was the first person that they approached he said yes you know it was great everything was great and then he announced that he had m.s. and they backpedalled backpedaled backpedaled while he could work lucy aramis and they said that he would be a liability in the show is too dangerous and i mean there was a lot of physical activity in the show that what's but it was the way it was handled and then they turned around and called me a liar and jack a liar and it's like listen. i know i'm full of. but i don't make up why would i remain unknown with the c o r was that one all we get there was three burying green splats pole to leg lee and meredith there. and they just handled it badly they know they did and then the worst thing was denying that it ev

run a spokesman with the border patrol tells n.b.c. seven that it was a family friendly event were off duty agents held a variety of demonstrations yeah teaching kids to shoot a human targets that look like undocumented immigrants that sounds real family. is very. crazy alert suitable sex party this year's championship showdown between the denver broncos the seattle seahawks at met life stadium in new jersey turned out to be a good old fashioned blow up last year a seattle fan the game wasn't all that exciting but that doesn't mean football fans were. fighting some excitement on their own the web site pornhub dot com has released data on its web traffic over the course of super bowl sunday the results are pretty interesting and how does denver and seattle area traffic drop as expected during the hours leading up to game six thirty kickoff the site started picking up viewers when the denver area almost immediately after the game and the seattle slaughter began. very important in traffic increase rapidly during the game far outpacing sea

no thanks to jeff zucker who could have just destroyed n.b.c. previously said they put him in charge of c.n.n. and the legislature and c.n.n. you know the u.s. version but the whole operation they're airing documentaries they have a series i guess in the board they say of the wording is not good but he's certainly not news and b c is most recently under the gun for it such a twenty fourteen olympics coverage critics say exclusive rights to broadcasting the games are to blame it's really the lack of depth in coverage then b c but they don't have to do a good job because there's nothing else really competing with them and so they could do a terrible job and still score ratings hits meanwhile other mainstream networks have been competing in the game of who can ruin the image of saatchi the most some of them pretty distressed and turning attention to any negative aspect that arises to toilets i buy that i and away from the actual sports the american newscasters will all say we're just we're just interested in the in the game it's all about the game

experts believe it's unlikely that the merger will be judged anti-competitive remember the comcast and n.b.c. universal marriage back in two thousand and eleven well made. your protest pretty much they pretty much went unnoticed following that deal so might happen again now this deal will give comcast such a dominant position in the internet and television broadcast world that some are crying monopoly the deal is expected to close at the end of the year that is unless we see apple t.v. but that. our next guest is a very popular one and it's no secret investor and financial commentator peter schiff thinks that the u.s. dollar is going to fall off a cliff and he also thinks interest rates are going to skyrocket peter schiff joins us now via skype from west port connecticut peter first in front of us thanks for joining us and now the last time we spoke you saw bond yields going higher especially in view of the fed's tapering but since that time there's been data out of the u.s. that's been well weak do you still feel of bearish about the u.s. government right now how do you feel to talk to well

actually fox out a whole hacking story originally lauded by n.b.c. as robert angles turned out not to be true about a security expert robert graham says the story is completely fraudulent coin of the tech times graham accuses angles of faking the report and intentionally downloading applications that would ensure his smartphone was hacked almost immediately look i'm not saying that hacking isn't a problem or that there isn't massive surveillance going on in sochi that's to be expected but it's certainly no different than what's being done here in the u.s. so the level of hype around the story even if it were true is just a bit odd about that toothpaste bomb will interest in the enough to have any direct flights from the u.s. to sochi in fact most tourists and players travel through other countries to get into the city so even if that story helps merit which it doesn't it doesn't make any sense to terrify americans about it in fact former head of department of homeland security and the leader of the u.s. delegation at sochi jenna paul tano offered an

on n.b.c.'s meet the press after the findings were released and said that in the need to develop a capacity to know what potential enemies were doing the united states government has protected the technological capability the neighbors us to monitor the messages that go through the air now that is necessary and important as the united states to the united states as we look abroad it enemies or potential enemies we must know at the same time that capability at any time can be turned around on the american people and no american would have any privacy left such as the capacity to monitor everything telephone conversations telegrams it doesn't matter it would be no place to hide church added i don't want to see this country ever go across that bridge i know the capacity that is there to make tyranny total in america and we must see to it that this agency and all agencies that possess this technology operate within the law. in under proper supervision so that we never cross over that to bits that is