the new york review of books is a staple of american intellectual culture was actually hailed as the premier literary intellectual magazine of the english language by esquire and lauded by the new york times it has prided itself in posing questions in americans debates about life and culture since the one nine hundred sixty s. but in the era of me to that attempted debate has fallen flat in bruma never himself accused of sexual misconduct decides to give voice to someone who has been accused and he gets fired. my interest in running this piece as i said is the point of view of somebody who has been pilloried in public opinion and what somebody like that feels about it it was not run as a piece to exonerate him or to somehow miss ingate the nature of his behavior the article that got broom of fired was written by asian ghomeshi is a canadian radio host whose career was destroyed when he was accused of sexual assault back in two thousand and sixteen now all the charges against him in twenty sixteen were dismissed in court due to lack of evidence however since then twenty different women

kaleb up and looks at the ramifications of that case the new york review of books is a staple of american intellectual culture was actually hailed as the premier literary intellectual magazine of the english language by esquire and lauded by the new york times it has prided itself in posing questions americans debates about life and culture since the one nine hundred sixty s. but in the era of me to that attempted debate has fallen flat ian buruma never himself accused of sexual misconduct decides to give voice to someone who has been accused and he gets fired. my interest in running this piece as i said is the point of view of somebody who has been pilloried in public opinion and what somebody like that feels about it it was not wrong as a piece to exonerate him or to somehow miss ingate the nature of his behavior the article that got broom of fired was written by asian ghomeshi is a canadian radio host whose career was destroyed when he was accused of sexual assault back in two thousand and sixteen now all the charges against him in twenty sixteen were dismissed in court due to lack of

both in the media and on the internet pretty soon bruno was no longer the editor now the new york review of books even one as far as to publish an apology for what they thought was a poor editorial decision while mr gomes has an absolute free speech right to express his opinions with knowledge of famous in the presentation and editing of his story over one hundred. the writers and contributors to the new york review were shocked about why their colleague had lost his job. very troubling the public reaction to the. republican. who. now the writer of the article was indeed accused of sexual harassment but the editor wasn't he simply made the decision to publish the article now there's no question that need to is giving victims a voice that is much needed but getting people fired for giving a voice to people whose guilt has not yet been proven is that what me too was supposed to bring about. r t new york. there has been a huge surge in the official death toll of friday's seven point four magnitude earthquake and tsunami that hit into needs him more than eight hundred thirty people are now confirmed

responding to the news, the woman responded -- "what would possess and esteemed publication of the new york review of books to publish that he's. i wonder which publication will give a victim of sexual harassment or violence 7000 words to discuss her or his experience?" in other #metoo news, the dallas mavericks and the basketball team's billionaire owner mark cuban were sanctioned by the nba after an independent investigation substantiated a mber of allegations against men within the organization. the findings include improper conduct in the workplace and domestic violence. former team president and chief executive terdema ussery was determined to have sexually harassed and touched multiple female employees. mark cuban publicly apologized and said he will pay $10 million to women's organizations as part of an agreement with the nba. the robert f. kennedy human rights group has announced plans to bail out more than 500 women and teenagers from rikers island in new york in an attempt to show how the current bail system criminalizes poverty. the group's president kerry kennedy said -- "there are no wealthy p

one of the best—known critiques of your work from pankaj mishra in the new york review of books had younguage you used i can't repeat but you called him an arrogant, racist son of a... you know what. you said that you would happily slap him if he was in the same room as you. that's right. that's because he referred to a friendship i had with a native canadian guy of several decades and said i was romancing the noble savage, which i regarded as an indefensible statement and if he had been on the right, you would be sure he would have been torn to shreds by the twitter mob. what about some of the values you tell all of us we must try to pursue. humility is one of them, you say you must assume the person you're listening to may know something you don't. yes, you should try to do that on the off chance they can tell you something you don't know. you see that as just an off chance? it was an ironic comment. i'm more convinced i would rather know some things that i don't know, and i do listen to people very, very carefully, just like i'm listening to you very, very carefully and i do do that

i think he's written for us, the new york review of books, new york times book review and is an associate editor of web editor of the point. having gotten that out of the way, i'll talk with you mary. what is your view on the effect that birth of a nation had and what does that tell us about the relationship between art and society in politics? >> thank you ian. birth of a nation was a groundbreaking film and ackley. it introduced all kinds of new cinematic techniques and perspectives. it was the first blockbuster film, 5 million people back in 19 15 when it was released. the president of the country, woodrow wilson screened it at the white house. and as a result of its popularity, it's reawakened an interest in membership in the ku klux klan. and it has been a fraught film ever since if any of you have seen spike lee's new film black klansman, you will see he makes ample reference to the savagery of those images. but what the is also interesting about and i will say birth of a nation was part of a larger outpouring of art that was designed to shift the narrative after the civilwar . so i

. >>> the editor of "the new york review of books" ian barouma has left the company following the publicationke of sexual assaults rahm emanuel telling cnbc that he thinks president trump may order military action in venezuela. the current mayor of chicago believes the president may do so in order to distract from legal problems and secure a political victory. >>> and finally the pop band maroon 5 is going to perform during the 2019 super bowl halftime show. that's according to "variety." super bowl airs february 3rd, 2019, at the mercedes-benz stadium in atlanta that should be a great show. >> it should be, but are they as big an artist as some of the people we've seen in recent years? >> absolutely. they spent time on "the voice. >> they have been together for a long time so they are really a tight band as well and have a huge following so that will help the ratings. >> i like them, but i didn't think they were a taylor or a rihanna or beyonce. >> right. >> that caliber. sue, thank you very much. >> you got it. >> see you next hour. >>> amazon is now the third largest digital ad platform in

of entertainment becoming too dangerous for politics. genie: in the united states there is a me too related scandal. tell us about that. books new york reviewf is a biweekly magazine discussing literature and culture, and its editor in chief has left his job after just 16 months due to an editorial choice to punish -- published an essay by a disgraced canadian dj. he had been accused of multiple cases of sexual assault, and in the essay published, he talked about how his life had changed as a result of those allegations. critics say his essay is more self-pity than remorseful and they should not be giving a platform on which these me to offenders, alledge defenders can publish their bad policies. it raises questions about editorial choices and what role do men -- what role -- do men have a right to have their views aired? he said he was not fired but forced to resign. he said he satisfied his publishing decision but in exploring the number of me too being tried -- he became public pillar rate. genie: a chef in the state of maine has come up with a creative way to make sure her lobsters do not suffer. licensedppens to be a medical marijuana

host: you also get your book reviewed in the new york times book review. like the lastds will and testament of a man who knows he will never be president. [laughter] isst: i think the reality that it is not a scenario that i can envision that i would run again. host: michael is on the line from italy. caller: thank you for taking my call. >> thank you for calling from italy. caller: i was going to say thank you for serving our country. afraid --licymakers that reward public services. guest: thank you for serving our country and the help. i wish you well on whatever endeavors are military engages in. i think it is good that we have different parties. that way, we can debate and discuss issues and overtime, come to consensus. it is good to have differences of opinion. they should not be personal or driven by the funds of special interest organizations that control our agendas and are thinking. that is what bothers me today. this influence of wealthy organizations. whether they are labor unions or major corporations. and the effect they have on legislative processes. it is unfortunate and it is t

it won a 2060 book of the year award for -- and was included in that list of the years best books as well as new york times book reviews. it was also selected as a winter spring 2016 introduced title by the american booksellers association.as of 2018 by the illinois reading council. please welcome, martin seay. [applause] >> thank you. it is a treat to be here. this is a novel, one third of it happens in las vegas, 2003. prior to the u.s. invasion of iraq. one third of it happened in southern california 1968. as -- [inaudible] in 1592 and is this kind of industrial espionage that about 1700, they maintain a monopoly on areas prior to that time. [inaudible] when they figured out how to flatten out for the first time you have this technology introduced to the culture that allows you to see yourself in a social space. so that the way people would meet you. instead of just something -- and so, think about how that changes a culture. and if you were a mirror maker and you can make these things, you did very well. you made a ton of money. if you try to take your business elsewhere in some other city in europe or beyond, you

of where this process began. >> so -- the new york times book review last week features your bock and talked about -- derrick is another story of redeposition that makes feeled good and talked about one with with a piece of -- on msnbc right now and wrote a book derrick's storey is really different and derrick stands out. besides kind of the thread on storm front, why were you so enticed by derrick and why did his story need to be told? >> unfortunately we know in this country, you know there's -- a huge problem with -- subtle, you know with dangerous racist and anti-semitic voice in derrick's case those were the foundational things in his life, and also he was rising into a position of real power in this movement. where, people on this part of the -- in this part of the world and corner of the internet thought he was the the one to take this into political mainstream so just the fact that he had had a transformation was a blow to this movement and significant of itself so also when i was beginning to look into this all of these talking points that derrick had helped mainstream had successfully brought into the

of the relationship. in 1967, he was asked by "the new york times" book reviews to talk about the fiction he enjoyed the most in use that as an opportunity to really expose some of the intimacies of their relationship. overseas, we have the reconstruction of really unimportant and very, very significant to you of writers and intellectuals per and intellectuals spirit to and intellectuals spirit to gray, james baldwin, oliver harrington, william gardner smith and james baldwin as they are. from philadelphia and smith is a far left african-american novelist, political figure in philadelphia and also more recently the man of the hour, richard gibson, a literary protÉge person who wins in 1920 and then goes overseas. when the trump administration released the jfk files, the last batch made a dozen documents were released in january are at the end of december. it was surveilled richard -- this has been something he had been accused of mainly by chester himes as early as 1967 in the documents from the agency files i don't know that it's necessarily the total release of gibson material. i requested the materials in

for "the wall street journal," the "los angeles times," the know, "new york post," national review and britain books called the burden of bad ideas. she holds degrees from yale, cambridge, and stanford. so with all that and there's so much more, let me turn things over to heather mcdonald. [applause] >> thank you for this intro desk, it's been are honor to write for city journal and i could not have done what i've done without your insight and support and thank you larry as well and thank you for coming today. this is a different experience. i've been speaking on college campuses recently. so you know what that means. i've received the walkout, the storm the stage strategy, and at clermont mckenna in southern california, the blockade that prevent anyone from actually attending my talk. so-called students of color at nearby pomona college announces ways a, quote, fascist white supremacist war hawk transphone, queerphone -- interest do than produced a leaguele conditions under which opposed people are forced to live, end quote. so to actually have an audience still in its seats and apparently willing to listen is an unusu

frequently for the wall street journal the la times in the new york post national review and many other outlets and writing several other books like the burden of bad ideas holds 2 degrees from yale and cambridge and stanford with that let me turn things over to heather mcdonald. [applause] >> thank you for that introduction but i could not have done what i have done without your insights and support. i have been speaking on college campuses recently. the storm the stage strategy students of color nearby pomona college and the queer folk the classic and ignorant of interlocking systems of domination that oppresses people that are forced to live". so those that are still in their seats is an unusual experience and it may take me a while to get accustomed to. but not about the root cause the narcissistic victim olla in a word the american university is in the grips of a mass hysteria. students actually believe they are victims of old prescient risking their lives and the degree is impossible to overstate brown students of color occupy the president's office to complain about making academic expectations when they were so focused on staying alive

of how he came up with this project. how was the book received? >> it was reviewed very widely in places like the new york times and tribune. a lot of viewers understand [indiscernible] there was nothing outright that is out there and it stayed an important niche. there were a few not so positive reviews, particularly a couple of lincoln people who didn't think it said enough. but, yeah, it was covered in the black press. he got a medal of honor from the haitian government, so the haitian government really liked that and gave him a certificate of honor. and it sold out quickly. and then was never reprinted. and so -- >> why was it never reprinted? >> well, i don't know. a lot of different factors that could have gone into it. one is washington's literary agent died right before the book came out. and he -- so he didn't feel -- he felt -- he didn't feel like he had an agent or somebody who could mediate or go back to the new york publisher and say hey, help this guy get another book out. he later said in one letter that ep dutton, the publisher was having financial problems. somebody pointed out to me, i h

of the usa would go stark raving mad." it's fiction. it does have a snappy ending, i promise you. here's what the "new york times" said in their book review when it came out in 1965. the portrayal of a mentally competent president was quote a little too plausible for comfort. our hero senators quote dilemma as he discovers when he tries to enlist the help of some elder statesmen in washington is that the president turns out to be a borderline case in terms of his mental infirmity. at what point is the president's pathology obvious enough to justify action and who gets to make the decision? who does get to make the decision? previously unimaginable things keep happening now in our politics, in the white house specifically. unprecedented behavior by a u.s. president means literally specifically we don't know of examples of any other president ever behaving this way. that's not only to say these things are remarkable, there's a practical consequence of these things being unprecedented. the practical consequence of this unprecedented nature of this controversy and this president's behavior is history is no help to us. court precedent is of no

reviews of this powerful book. as an organizer and educator and curator founder and director of a grassroots organization teaching high school and college students here in new york as well as chicago running the influential blog prison culture. we are happy to have the activist here with us tonight hosting their conversation at c-span filming tonight's event for her booktv please join me to welcome charlene to the strand. [applause] >> hello everybody. good evening. familiar faces i just want to remember to let you know we are being filmed against my will i would prefer not to be in your photos but please take them off you charlene thank you so much for that our plan is basically she will read from the book that i will ask a bunch of questions what is completely irrelevant so right now we're talking about other things but i will ask ask a few questions and we'll open it up to the audience. >> so i will continue with my gratitude to say yes to that camera. and thank you for your brilliant commitment to our people. [applause] and to every person in this room for being here it is surreal. this is like my second official stop and it is wild to me every time i look o

"the new york times" who has also written literary criticism for "the new york times" book review and other publications, thank you for being here. [applause] >> hello, the topic today is the art of the accused. when we say accused these days we are often referring to artists who have been accused of sexual misconduct and it's a category that seems to be growing larger by the minute unfortunately. just this morning, i was reading the guardian and i saw that the latest writer to be accused of sexual malfeasance and manuscript found by his second wife in which it accuses him and writes in the book, for instance, that he was very unhappy when she had their two sons because she said children interfere with the writer's schedule, how dare you have children, how will i get my writing done and and also pointed out that he had a pet rat named bergis which he kept in his room and when people came over he liked to let the rat out and watch as they screamed and lifted their legs and that she took this as evidence of his sadism generally. the question that i want to ask our panelists is once we know that an artist is not a perfect human being and in fact, maybe guilty of truly reprehensible

granted, water from their faucets, i admit to be pretty bias in my review of the book which is wonderful, i'm happy to report that the new york times and usa today agree with me, everyone should read it. without further delay or potentially embarrassing childhood stories, here is anna clark. [laughter] [cheers and applause] >> i am so happy to be here and utterly overwhelmed that i have my voice at all because this is really moving, so thank you so much for being here, i feel grateful to the library which really was a second home to us for many years and for letting us have this event here, i'm grateful for forever books to many many family and friend who are all coming here and for those i haven't even met yet i feel like we are kin because of our shared connection to this place. so thank you for giving me an opportunity to share the story with me that i have been obsessed with for the last few years. perhaps i will obsess you too. let's find out. so all water has a perfect memory, it's always trying to go back to where it was, that is a loin that the writer, morrison, another from the great lakes and stayed with me when i c

new york. developments in the confirmation battle over supreme court nominee. it's always good to review the week it was. podcast host and the author of the booke black." i wanted to taub abolk about wh saw. now we know the name of the woman who made the allegation. >> it makes me want to cry slow down even louder. i think there was farce of race to confirm this judge. unprecedented discontent with the american people about him and the people under the most pressure. susan collins will face a challenger because of her vote in she does support brett kavanau kavanaugh. there's a movement in maine to pre-fund her opponent. she is the type of person that should not only be appalled about his record but about these allegations by ms. ford. >> a professor in california. it's been a busy week. there was a primary here in new york. cynthia nixon went up against andrew cuomo and lost by a fairly wide margin. what does that say to you? more progressive candidates running against traditional against democrats. one of them did not win. what does that say to you about that debate within the democratic party? >> well, i think there's a broad spectrum of pos

wall street journal said the book provides a dark and honest reckoning of us military involvement in afghanistan and iraq is the 9/11 attacks. in the new york times review called the fighters a classic of war reporting saying quote, it could be the most powerful indictment yet of america's recent middle east wars. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome me in welcoming c.j. chivers. [applause] >> i'm looking for -- can you hear me? can you hear me now? i have a hearing aid so i always sound loud to myself. microphone is working? good. i'm looking for a friend. i see there are people inthis room who are in this book . i'm not going to embarrass them now with introductions after this talk , we will all go over to: ping-pong pizza which is around the corner. i'll be here after for anyone who wants to stay. but we don't want to stay here all night so i'll stay as late as you'd like they are. i'm going to say a few remarks, only a few. i'm going to read a few paragraphs, only a few. i have trouble reading the book, i havetrouble writing it, i have trouble reading it out loud .when i was going through the editing process and the line editing process, one thing m

i am a big fan of reading reviews rather than the actual book, and there is a review in the new yorks you why john kerry might have made a good president, but it also reminds you why he lost. caroline: and why is that? scarlet: kind of boring. caroline: my husband can read things in 15 minutes. scarlet: ask him to read this book and see if he agrees with that assessment. caroline: and when we are talking about the effect of trump and geopolitics, we are hearing from janet yellen at the brookings institute. u.s. is making global financial and security problems worse. we will have more on that. this is bloomberg. ♪ caroline: time now for our stock of the hour, and we are talking about a chinese entertainment company backed by tencent holdings. it made its u.s. public debuted today. the ipo price, seven dollars per share, surged by as much as 128% in the first half hour of trading. joining us more is romaine bostick with a better pronunciation, i am sure, but we saw another surge in the second day of trading. they are spiraling. romaine: it has been quite a week for the chinese companie

book reviewed in the new york times and a very nicely. i want to ask you for a comment, worth the fighting for, he writes, sounds like the last will and testament of man who knows he will never be president/ . [laughter] the reality is, it is just not a scenario i can envision that i would run again. >> one more call before we have to go. that is michael from italy. callank you for taking my and thank you for serving our country. i have a quick question. why are policymakers so afraid to talk straight? there something inherent within our campaigning or legislative process that rewards public servants for partisanship? senator mccain: i thank you, michael and i thank you for serving our country. i wish you well in whatever upcoming endeavors are military engages in. briefly, i think it is good that we have different parties because that's the way we can , debate issues in hopefully over time come to consensus so it's good to have differences of opinion. those differences should not be personal and they should not be driven by the of special interest organizations that control our agendas and thinking. that is what bothers me today, the influence of

book now at choicehotels.com >>> the trump administration is proposing a rollback of yet another obama era effort to fight climate change. the third one this year. "the new york times" reviewedhowing the proposal would weaken the rules governing the release of methane, a big victory for energy companies. environmentalists warn devastating for climate change and here's why. methane makes up on the 9% of greenhouse gases but it's 25% more effective than carbon dioxide in trapping heat in the atmosphere. just as the u.n. secretary-general is warning that the risk of runaway global warning is very real and that the world must change course by 2020 or face devastating consequences. joining me now, "new york times" energy and environmental policy reporter coral davenport. explain to us what specifically the rules that are in place now do and what we can expect if they're successfully rolled back. >> the main rule that's in place is a 2016 rule put in place by the epa which requires companies to have a pretty rigorous schedule for monitoring and inspecting leaks of methane from oil and gas drilling wells. that sounds kind of wonky, but oil and gas drilling wells are one of the main