policies such as they would on nbc or abc, cbs national news? >> guest: yeah, they would. voice of america tries to present a balanced portrait of

policies such as they would on abc, nbc, cbs or the national news? >> guest: yeah, they would. voice of america tries to present a balanced portrait of this country and its politics to the rest of its world. during the watergate scandal, voice of america -- i've been told by those who were involved -- that voice of america's coverage was pretty hard hitting and that that helped a lot with foreign audiences. it helped them find us credible. we were looking at our own country, warts and all, with all the problems that were becoming evident because of the watergate scandal, and that gave us a certain credibility overseas. so, yes, we do report the good, the bad and the ugly, but we are americans, we're very proud of our country, and we're not ashamed of saying so as well. >> host: david end sor, the new director of the voice of america. thanks for being on "the communicators." keach hagey is with ""the politico." ". >> coming up, a panel at -- of state and federal appellate court judges. after that, a senate hearing on how current economic conditions are affecting native american

nbc is not independent. he should choose people who are independent and not people who are affiliated with a station like nbc, abc, orree, regarding always the rich -- in reality, if you go on the dot-com, you will find that 40% of the congress members of democrats are millionaires, of which at least 50% of them became millionaires while they were in the congress. i really do not care which party it is. the problem is that both of the parties are working too much with lobbies and it is about time -- and another point. regarding the policy about our -- host: we will leave it there, caller. guest: a lot of points. i agree there's too much money in politics. first of all, the nbc poll is done with nbc and the "wall street journal," which is not exactly a liberal organization. as is done by one republican pollster and a democratic pollster. they do a bipartisan poll, and very good one, and that is what most of these organizations do. they do a bipartisan or non- partisan poll, and i think they are pretty credible. host: good morning. alan, republican line. caller: i commend you for coming out -- i probably did not agree