we heard about "the new york times" the famous "new york times" article, that "new york times" article this week, four years ago we were at the marriott, and today not only are we here but we have an authentic red carpet. it's over there. if you don't believe me. we have an after party with the dj and not only that, but we have a waiting list for an after party. [cheering and applause] so who would have thought that we would have for the after party for the national book awards a waiting list? things have changed. not everything is changed. it's about increasing the -- that is our mission. that is why we are here tonight. [applause] now keeping with that, i'd like to acknowledge the extraordinary writers in the room. we have amazing writers. i can't mention them all. i can mention at least a few of them. i ask you to hold your applause until i'm done. let me run through a few of the people. national book award winners maryann, james carol, edward ball, victor, lily tuck, gene valentine, as well as robert carol boast whom also are winners of the pulitzer prize. also winners of the pulit

"new york times" pull poll out says the president will likely win in three wing state. e comes the black helicopter joins us now dick morris from detroit: so you, i'm sure, repudiate the "new york times" poll? >> yeah. and let me go through the numbers because it's important for people to get in. florida. win by one. sample has seven points more democrats than republicans. pollster john mcglocklin went through the results of the last four elections and on average the republicans had 1% more than the democrats. so that poll is off by a factor of 8. so, instead of obama winning by one. romney would win florida by seven. in ohio, obama is shown winning by five in the "times" poll. they had 8 points more democrats than republicans. and historically there were only 2 points more d's than r's. so that's 6 points off. so instead of romney losing by 5. he wins ohio by one. and in west virginia. >> they have owe become that winning by 2. but they have 8 points more democrats than republicans and historically there is one point more republic than democrat. that's off by a factor o

the "new york times" wrote that.al government should provide guarantees for post bankruptcy financing, and assume car buyers and that their warranties are not at risk." in other words government could help out car companies in the structured bankruptcy. you're wrong. >> bob: who wrote the apology tour, by the way? who did the apology tour? never mind. still looking for apology thing you mention. >> dana: you missed the best line in speech. voting is the best revenge. who knew? maybe republicans will take that in mind, too. here is mine. i remember talking about mia love, at the g.o.p. convention. a republican who is running, she has been a mayor, out there in utah. running against incumbent democrat. she was behind, then tied and now she is way ahead in the polls. i want to point out that i'm excited about some of the younger g.o.p. congressional and dates that look like -- candidates that look like they may unseat the democratic incumbents. doherty of rhode island. jason plumber, illinois. bar, kentucky. gill of cal

you spent decades at "new york times" which is most powerful news single entity. how do you see the political coverage of the "new york times"? >> i think there is no doubt most of reporters at the "new york times" lean democratic. there were reporters when george bush that were republican but the same reporters. i don't think you win because the "new york times" endorses you or doesn't endorse you. i think it's irrelevant. people aren't reading it as they used to. >> even journalistic study that president obama sailed in the primaries based on media affection. >> that is not going to help you overcome what he was up against. barack obama defied history by getting rye elected. he won by hundred electoral votes. >> he certainly had the media on his side. >> it didn't defy history. 11 of 15 incumbents got re-elected. >> but not with an approval rate under 50. >> jon: he seemed to have the media on his side including chris matthews of msnbc. >> i'm so glad we had that storm last week because i think the storm was one of those things, politically i should say. the stor

in this case, "new york times" polling jedi nate silver who in 2008 correctly predicted 49 out of 50 states. but you know what they say, even a stopped clock is right 98% of the time. the silver's got a computer model that uses petroleum bo jumbo like weighted polling average, trend line adjustment and linear regression analysisment but ignores proven methodologies like flag pin size, handshake strength and intensity of debate glare. and as of tonight, folks, silver is predicting that obama has an 86.3% chance of winning re-election. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: yeah. i don't buy it either. where does he get off predicting something other than the agreed narrative? i mean what part of razor tight does he not understand? (laughter) that just makes me so crab claw angry. (laughter) now folks, i am not the only one tarnishing silver's sterling reputation. (laughter) (applause) no, so is jo sqlo starbucks with mika and the morning willie. >> nate silver says this is a 73.6% chance that the president is going to win. anybody that thinks that this race is anything but a toss up right n

." >> "the new york times" company, yes. >> the new york times company.zy stories. you remember in 1993 dateline nbc -- >> every news organization makes mistakes. it's how you handle it that determines how you're perceived by the public. just briefly jackie kucinich, hasn't been a great year for british journalism going back to the rupert murdoch "news of the world" scandal. >> in all aspects there's just a lot of work to do to rebuild public trust. >> yeah. it's not just the public trust in britain but it's the public trust here too. it's a connected world. that bbc story was on every internet page. >> every time a news organization does something dumb, covers up, isn't straight with readers and viewers, it hurts the reputation of all journalists. fred francis, jackie kucinich, thanks for coming by this morning. that is it for this edition of "reliable sources." i'm howard kurtz. glad you could join our abbreviated program this

i am a journalist with a new york times.hat they saw was an african-american woman and they worry would i be fair to their people? 1-woman said to me michele obama has said that she is the descendant of slaves and slave owners and she embraces the history, that is her story and they said to me she is on the right side of history and we are on the wrong side of history. but even when these descendants and i were having these conversations and they were looking at me as someone on the other side, being able to talk about it was a good thing. so the website you are talking about sounds fascinating. is a great thing. >> i would like to talk to you -- thank you. >> i was wondering. does the dna testing since you were able to take it back to irish-americans, you able to use that in africa to see what region she is descended, from one area in africa? >> it is not as precise as one would like. in fact the family, the white descendants actually know the history, they know they are irish-americans and deshields were all shields at one

." >> this morning's "new york times" editorial. ng's "new york times," the foreign policy agenda as if there is a foreign policy -- foreign policy agenda was certainly not front and center for the presidential campaign. >> yes. >> bill: but it's there. it is very important and it remains, particularly in the middle east. "the new york times" says that the number one issue is president obama has a vision of a world without nuclear weapons. that's the ploughshares fund. >> it is. >> bill: that's where it starts. "the new york times" is saying that has to be his number one agenda. >> we have terrible problems in the world. this is the only problem that can destroy the world. the about the can do something about it. he can move out smartly to issue new guidance that would reduce the number of weapons that are required for our military missions. he can start implementing the guidance. he doesn't need a treaty to do it. he can do this in mutual reductions with the russians. he can bring up to the senate the long-awaited comprehensive test

a new "new york times"/cbs poll has the president up one, 48-47. and a new npr poll has romney up one, 48/47 but the npr poll also finds that president obama has a four-point lead in the battleground states, 50-46. we'll be right back. joe," and i will shave off my mustache of 40 years if we lose any of those three states. >> welcome back to "hardball." that was, of course, david axelrod, famous for his mustache. he's with the obama campaign, sounding very bullish i should say on their chances, obama's chance of carrying michigan, minnesota, and of course, pennsylvania. these three states haven't been given much time or attention by the media or the money spenders until lately. and that's because the romney camp and their cohorts in the super pac world announce they're now going to start advertising there. they're pouring in over 4 million bucks in pennsylvania, 2 million in michigan, and about $1 million in minnesota. well, the obama campaign has said they're going to match all that, go to the air waves to match one that. what we're watching is bot

check out this blaring headline from "the new york times" yesterday. at threat of higher taxes. just like abc did three years ago, "the new york times" found their own examples of taxpayers lugging their car doors through the desert in case they get hot. they avoid to crossing the income threshold for higher taxes on earnings above $250,000 for couples. she felt torn by being near the cut offline. if we're really close and it's near the end year, maybe we'll close down for awhile and go on vacation, she said. seriously? this is mathematical insanity. and you know, maybe "the new york times" thinks it is hilarious. maybe they decided to put this guy in the piece for up for ridicule while assuming that everybody gets what she's talking about doing is nuts or maybe "the new york times" is doing exactly what abc did after the last time we went through this debate three years ago. in which case, come on, you're supposed to be the paper of record. it's fine to report when people are doing something coo coo with their money, but you're supposed to report that

a new "new york times"/cbs poll has the president up one, 48-47. and a new npr poll has romney up one, 48/47 but the npr poll also finds that president obama has a four-point lead in the battleground states, 50-46. we'll be right back. this is hayden. he's five years old. that's elizabeth. and that's skyler... and his mom, nancy. they're just a few of the californians who took it on themselves to send you a message about what they need to restore years of cuts to their schools. prop thirty-eight. thirty-eight raises billions in new revenue - bypasses sacramento and sends every k through 12 dollar straight to our local schools... every school. for them. for all of us. vote yes on thirty-eight. joe," and i will shave off my mustache of 40 years if we lose any of those three states. >> welcome back to "hardball." that was, of course, david axelrod, famous for his mustache. he's with the obama campaign, sounding very bullish i should say on their chances, obama's chance of carrying michigan, minnesota, and of course, pennsylvania. these three states hav

those are the stories in the new york times and in the washington times. here's an e-mail -- george and virginia, democratic caller. what do you think? caller: i think that what's going on in washington, it's really nonsense, because if you are a democrat or republican that is elected to office, you are sent there to do what is best for the people, democrats or republicans. not just for one party or the other. the two-party system is very good. these days they want to protect the party and do there will overdoing the will of the people. it seems once they get in office, they don't care about the public anymore until it comes election time. when it comes to election time, they are blaming one or the other. host: if you are ready to start thinking about the next campaign election cycle, there are some stories in the newspaper this morning. front page of the new york times, jeb bush. bill clinton has visited there as well as marco rubio. speculation about who might run for president in 2016. and the wall street journal this morning has this headline about the

meanwhile the associated press publishes a story that's eerily similar to "the new york times" piece from 2008 about sarah palin's post-election defeat plan. this time, of course, it's paul ryan whose post-election future is being leaked about by his supporters who are fairly, clearly, assuming that romney and ryan are about to lose, and they need to think of something else for paul ryan to do because he's not going to be busy as vice president. quote, publicly ryan and his closest allies maintain that momentum is behind the romney/ryan ticket but ryan's biggest boosters realize he probably can write his own ticket, win or lose, on november 6th, this ryan allies spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private proposals they were preparing for him. if romney loses, ryan will be seen as a leading white house contender in 2016. just like sarah palin was in 2012. for the next few years, democrats would lay traps forcing them to take sides on measures to come back to haunt him during a presidential bid. that's why ryan's biggest boosters are considering whether it wouldn't be better

quite deliberately i think the new york times pollster, not the new york times.he poll-- >> you're not going to tell the pollster who to poll. >> fox news tell who who poll. >> they commission the poll. >> stuart, does fox news do that, of course not. stuart: the new york times wants to rally the base and-- >> that's a conspiracy theory not worthy of you. stuart: we'll see on tuesday. >> we will. stuart: julie, what a pleasure. >> thank you, as always. [laughter] back to nicole, as always, i'm glad you said that. >> avisa is higher why. >> the stock is up 2% and also mastercard is up as well. they've seen a rise in profit, 88% rise and some of the debit related losses because of regulations and stuff. that has paired a tax scheme, also, and couple of things, tax related benefit. so with these coming in the quarter, visa is a winner. stuart: indeed at $140 a share. thank you, nicole. prices for hotels, gasoline, essential supplies are spiking along the east coast after hurricane sandy. some call it price gouging. the judge defends it next. >> it's a modest, no, it

joining me "new york times" columnist nick kristof. you and i have been talking about burma for years, actually. we've been there multiple times as have i. before we get to the bad stuff, to see the president speaking at rangoon university, meeting with aung san suu kyi, thein sein, cars allowed to pull up to her house on university avenue is one for the history books. >> it's amazing, be alex. also just the changes happening in burma itself. this is a company that was frozen in embers, seen absolutely unchangeable and now it's changing more in a week than it used to in a year. i think -- i mean human rights groups have been critical for the president for going. i think it was right that he go and confirm and kind of place a stamp of approval on that new trajectory. >> and to bring that up, let's get to the bad stuff which is to say that the criticism he has received has been from human rights folks who have said look, change is happening but it's not -- it's too soon for him to visit and among the things they cite the roy hin ga minori

chris: "the new york times" is doing a good job with that. >> thank you.is: a lot of pages focused on what's going on in the burroughs. you usually don't focus on them but a lot of us are. >> i would follow up on the mccain-graham business, you saw what the president said at his news conference really steamed. we're told he has the votes in the senate. chris:. the secretary of state. >> they were leaning that way anyway but will say in effect i won the election and will put my secretary of state in. unless you can find something that really is objectionable, you'll approve her and i think they will. chris: we'll come back. the big question of the week, are john mccain and mitt romney giving the president a hard time for political reasons or the big one this week, personal reasons? the big one this week, personal reasons? is this personal retire. that's 1 million blank chalkboards.1 million empty parking spaces, and 1 million opportunities to share your passions with students. you'll want to be a teacher the more you know. chris: welcome back. this week the

excitingly i had my first article in the new york times. that happened on thursday and "the new york times" really wanted me to focus on the elite colleges and so i -- that's easy. i wrote a chapter on yale and harvard in the book. i mentioned one case since i'm so used to these cases at this point i was kind of surprised how powerful the response was. this was a case where harvard and yale have the gain and that's when they play in football. they make such a big deal but they like to make fun of each other and they usually have pretty crude slogans plastered on t-shirts to make fun of each other. one of them was you can't spell harvard without vd. [laughter] but in 2009, however, they decided to go highbrow with a quote from a 1920 book by f. scott fitzgerald, and the quote is i believe the men are sissies like i used to become a very pretentious like a lot of us extending about why am going to princeton as scott fitzgerald we agree. so they finally went highbrow in this fight and they were banned from having this t-shirt because someone cl

here is my take on today's lead story in the new york times, quote, california find economic gloom startingly? here is the case at the times lays out. unemployment is down. home prices are rising and home sales are up. all through. but the main point is the state may be in budgetary surplus by 2014. there's a headline. budget surplus in california. hold on. read more closely. the projected surplus rests on the tax hikes that the state just voted for. the times buys into the opinion that tax hikes will bring in enough money to plug the deficit. this is the central theme of the liberal elite. you can have all the goodies if you just tax the rich. i beg to differ. raising taxes when california is in virtual recession is not going to bring the economic growth of the state desperately need to. california has 10% unemployment. highest poverty rate in the nation and it is hemorrhaging. middle-class people and jobs. the new york times thinks tax hikes are the answer just like they think tax hikes will fix the next fiscal deficit problem. wrong for california, wrong for america. the state and the na

that got you in hot water with the editor of the "new york times." you are such a numbers guy, was it appropriate to play political game? >> i'm not going to make accountability of what appropriate journalistic standards were. i played poker for a couple of years. it is natural for me if you have a view a belief and you think the odds are in your favor it is an honorable thing in my world to put money down on it. i'm not sure if the "new york times" would agrow with that point of view necessarily. >> the question is how can we trust your model? there's so much discussion over th polls this election cycle and so much subjectivity. you, yourself, have said polls are subjective and you were an obama supporter in 2008. >>. >> i try to provide scientific objectivity and looking at it as a mathematician, and someone who has a good track record in baseball, poker and other fields. i think journalistic objectivity is where you recycle talking points from both campaigns. maybe people people in that field have problem understanding we are looking at history, m

with steven greenberg of "the new york times." >>> the righties are going nuts with a brand new conspiracy theory. a sitting member of congress says the president is propping up al qaeda? >>> and speaking of conspiracy theories, is there a hidden meaning in the photo of the president and mitt romney in the oval office today? an "ed show" investigation, my friends, is ahead. share your thoughts with us on facebook and on twitter using #edshow. when you give a child a toy, it has to work. ♪ make just one someone happy and when it's a toys for tots child, well, what could be more important? so this year, every hasbro toy donated to toys for tots will be powered by duracell. happy holidays. duracell with duralock. trusted everywhere. duracell with duralock. [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen to them. and that their homeowners insurance protects them. [ thunder crashes ] it doesn't. stop pretending. only flood insurance covers floods. ♪ visit floodsmart.gov/pretend to learn your risk. >>> democrats like to pretend as though they're the great protecters o

with steven greenberg of "the new york times." >>> the righties are going nuts with a brand new conspiracy theory. a sitting member of congress says the president is propping up al qaeda? >>> and speaking of conspiracy theories, is there a hidden meaning in the knphoto of the president and mitt romney in the oval office today? an "ed show" investigation, my friends, is ahead. share your thoughts with us on facebook and on twitter using #edshow. or that printing in color had to cost a fortune. nobody said an all-in-one had to be bulky. or that you had to print from your desk. at least, nobody said it to us. introducing the business smart inkjet all-in-one series from brother. easy to use. it's the ultimate combination of speed, small size, and low-cost printing. [ male announcer ] jill and her mouth have lived a great life. but she has some dental issues she's not happy about. so i introduced jill to crest pro-health for life. selected for people over 50. pro-health for life is a toothpaste that defends against tender, inflamed gums, sensitivity and weak enamel. conditions people over 50 ex

. >> this morning's "new york times," high-up fbi officials uncovered a possible affair involving the new cia director. according to "the times," no one outside the fbi was notified until last week. >> so wait a second. i'm confused. so they knew back in the summer and the president of the united states didn't find out till 5:00 the night of the election? >> no, that doesn't make sense. >> that's kind of strange. all right, go ahead. >> they said the investigation -- >> do you believe that, by the way? >> who are you talking to? >> that the white house didn't know until 5:00 election night? >> i'm just going to kind of let the story breathe a little bit. >> let's let it breathe like a fine wine. like a wine that maybe is purchased in the summer. you don't open it till 5:00 the night of the election. >> and there were concerns over security breaches. some lawmakers are now calling for an inquiry into the fbi's handling of the case. chair of the senate intelligence committee, senator dianne feinstein, says she found out about the unfolding scandal through the media. >> we received no ad

former bbc director general, mark thompson, is the incoming new york times company chief executive. he was at the helm of the bbc last year when the investigation into jimmy savile's alleged child sex abuse was dropped. thompson claims he was unaware of the program's investigation and had no involvement in the decision to cancel the report. for more we go to london where we're joined by lark turner via videostream. shias been researching and writing about the bbc scandal involving jimmy savile for the new york times, where she recently worked on the peace, "complaint ignored for decades is heard at last in bbc abuse case." the article profiles deborah cogger, a teenager in reform school where she says jimmy savile molested her and others. we contacted the bbc for comment, but they did not respond by airtime 3 rasa joined by tim gopsill, longtime reporter who is editor of the free press magazine in london. he has written that much of the criticism directed at the bbc's handling of the scandal comes from conservative media outlets in britain who want to see the network dismantled and

. >> we're going to read a piece of this "new york times" review of guy's new restaurant in time square. the "new york times" writes in part, guy fieri, have you eaten at one of your new restaurants? have you pulled up one of the seats and ordered a meal? did you eat the food? did it live up to your expectation? did you try the blue drink? the watermelon margarita and goes on and on from there. i'll spare you the rest of it. donny, let me start with you, some people saying this is self-indulgent by the writer, a guy with an agenda. others say he was assigned the job and gave his honest opinion. >> well, i think this is the best thing that happened. hey, these food critics, they eat up here places, this is real food for real people. enough with the critics, make it the populous movement. this will turn into gold for you, my friend. say we're not for critics, we're for you and me. this is a bonanza for me. i thought it was very good. >> it was very sarcastic. >> it was mean-spirited. almost if the critic didn't want to go to the restaurant. like his boss made him go to the restaurant and

and my heart goes out to everyone in the new york and new jersey area. and in these trying timesing very important that a lot of people are forgetting. >> which is? >> i'm mitt romney, and i'm still running for president. >> what are the issues that sandy has brought to the forefront is disaster relief. it's been pointed out that during one of the republican debates, you said that you would cut funding to fema. >> seth, in my defense, okay, that was a comment i made during a republican primary debate, okay? that's like judging a person's behavior while they're pledging a fraternity. okay? okay, look. now, you can't hold a man, or a woman, to what he -- to what he -- or she -- said at a republican primary debate, okay? and i want to make it clear that when i said we should get rid of fema, it was sunny. >> so you wouldn't defund fema as president? >> oh, oh, it hurts my feelings that you would think that, seth. it really does, okay? because if there's anything people should know about mitt romney at this point is that nothing i've said in the past should be any indication of my po

and, you know, i wrote a story for the new york times magazine when governor romney, specifically on his time as governor that appeared about three weeks ago. and, you know, the way the piece includes is by -- i interviewed a number of people, particularly the more conservative house republicans. there licking their chops. they believe that this will be a great moment for them if mitt romney wins. a moment for them the legislate very aggressively the conservative agenda. my question to several of them was, but what if that is not so? what if governor romney, president of electronic decides that that is not how he wishes to govern and will govern more in his motion when he was governor of massachusetts and the uniformly said there would be disappointed. and one of the stars of the two-party freshman class is featured in my bug said there will be an insurrection. really boisterous. you have seen nothing yet. president romney does not behave like the conservative, it is going to be the death of the republican party, but we're going to burn down. >> i'm going to let that sit there for a s