opinion is spineless we need political humor now more than ever 4 years ago the new york times it was all just see surely now they're no longer publishing cartoons new york times are not throughout to be with the bathwater yes there is a terrible lapse in judgment to print that cartoon so par gys and have a keener i freak readers 3 offensive critique john and art from completely. well who better to give us some informed comment on this than a political cartoonist also an author joins me ted i only just caught up with this story on 1st inspection it twice shocking surprising i mean political cartoons are a great form of science are you know they inform and entertain at the same time what do you think about this decision. well i'm a little self interested as a political cartoonist myself but i'm also a student of the form and it goes back thousands of years into society's had political cartoons and i suspect that the combination of pointed words and images is not going to go away because of this decision but that said this is a pretty despicable series of events i mean 1st of all i don'

in the new york times, -- around - >> sorry. >> that's okay. >> the new york times, we have the revolutionf this card to that was published in the international edition of the new york times. >> what cartoon? >> you have really been working on that as well. >> that was something i could not miss. >> all of you have probably seen it. this image of donald trump being led around by netanyahu, -- the who sort of perniciously moving along, the unwitting non-jew by the collar. there were a lot of people who saw this and thought, this is not just dog whistle level anti- semitism. this is like out and out, like -- anti-semitism. what has it been like to you to be at the new york times, to be wrestling with this moment? what is the internal conversation but my? >> i was -- when the cartoon was published. i really would recommend for those who have not read it, although looking at this room, but you have. it was an excellent column that really summed up my views of the thing. just the take away, right? is, if anti-zionism becomes a normative political view, this is what follows. right? so, it is one

"the new york times," brand-new reporting, fox does not have this confirmed come up with "the new yorkump had become incredibly close, had authorized strikes against iran but pulled back at the very last minute. according to a senior administration official, that person told "the new york times" that planes were in the air, ships were in position, ready to go, but no missiles had been fired when the word came to stand down. officials said that the president had initially approved attacks on just a handful of romanian targets, things like radar and missile batteries, the strike was under take place just before dawn friday in iran to minimize risk to the iranian military or to the civilians. the big question is whether mr. trump simply changed his mind on the strikes or whether the administration had to alter course because of some logistical or strategical issues. another question is, well the attacks go forward? there have been a lot of discussion on capitol hill about whether or not president trump needs congressional approval to strike iran for what they did to this unmanned drone. d

opinion is spineless we need political humor now more than ever 4 years ago the new york times was all just see surely now they're no longer publishing cartoons new york times are not throughout to be with the bathwater yes there was a terrible lapse in judgment to print that cartoon so polit gys and have a keener eye free readers flea offensive cartoons john and art from completely well political cartoonist and author ted rall believes that not being able to laugh are political leaders to create a serious problem for society. this is a pretty despicable series of events i mean 1st of all i don't think we need to throw on tonio the portuguese cartoonist under the bus there really is but it's highly debatable whether his cartoon was anti-semitic or not and i think portraying him as an anti-semite despite the fact that he repeatedly has denied it is really egregious and something that many of my colleagues probably should have spoken out against to months ago and now you have the new york times firing its own syndicate i mean the editors who ran the cartoons are still working at the new

especially when it was the new york times. he brought this up the other day i think it is a sensitive subject. we continue backwards here. in september, the letter to the new york times, key was on a panel with bob woodward. the conversation sort of runs out of control. the way it gets reported is he said he would risk going to jail in contravention of his lawyer's advice. i started receiving e-mails like you really think you could bring the tax returns if you brought them? i sent dean an e-mail, maybe two, this is embarrassing. i would never tell you not to publish those. of course i would stand behind you. he clarified that he had not set it. >> he is basically saying i would go to jail to publish these tax returns. as a lawyer, you have no legal issue. >> that is right. you are not going to go to jail. when was the last time you saw an editor going to jail. it just doesn't happen. >> under the law, we have not engaged in any legality against them. we can publish them. the supreme court rules on that six times. the question i

jim goodale is an attorney, former general counsel for "the new york times." encouraged "the times" to publish the pentagon papers, the information that whistleblower daniel ellsberg had. jim goodale is the author of "fighting for the press: the inside story of the pentagon papers and other battles." stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: as we continue to talk about the possible extradition of wikileaks cofounder julian assange, i want to turn to daniel ellsberg, who spoke on democracy now! last month about the justice department's case to indict assange on espionage charges. >> there hasn't actually been such a significant attack on the freedom of the press and first amendment, which is the bedrock of our republic, our form of government, since my case in 1971 48 years ago. but i was indicted as a source. and i warned news men in that would not be the last indictment of a source if i were convicted. well, i wasn't convicted. the charges were dropped on g

the new york times does not have good access to the west wing. ike mid-level officials leaking to their favorite paper the new york times. i think the president should strike iran but the timing is suspicious. we should take more time to consult with allies and if there is to be military operation it wouldn't just be the united states but involve partners like saudi arabia and others throughout the gulf. >> plenty of skepticism about what they are reporting tonight. >> there is always a tendency to try to exacerbate divisions in the administration what if you look at the messaging and believes across this administration donald trump is not a wimp on iran. the biggest part of his campaign, mike pompeo not just laying out iranian misconduct in the last two months since they threatened to close or tampa worshiping in the strait of hormuz in mid april, this regime exists to spread war around the middle east and kill americans, they started by taking americans hostage protect their embassies, killed 200 marines and the root, took americans hostage, tor

the israeli prime minister in the form of a guide dog one of the papers a long time contributors broke the news. the new york times all and all political cartoons are just learned we saw 3 published a syndicated no 2 new yorker to cause the scandal for me this is the end of an adventure begin to him 2 years ago. they're also complained about moralistic mobs influencing newsrooms and in his post he stressed that without humor we are all dead in new york times issued an apology soon after the offending cartoon was published the disputed image of donald trump and benjamin netanyahu was the work of one ternium rayo and tuna's back in may he hit back over the controversy claiming the backlash was fabricated by quote jewish propaganda meanwhile the decision of the new york times to abandon political cartoons caused uproar on twitter. the n.y.t. really did fail this time decision not to run political cartoons by a white c opinion is spineless we need political humor now more than ever 4 years ago the new york times it was all just c surely now they're no longer publishing cartoons new york times are not through out

>> i hate to bash the "new york times" because i come from a family of new york liberals in the best sense of that, in the jfq sense of liberal means, not what the democratic progressive party has become. my dad subscribed to the "new york times" even before i was born. so i don't love bashing the "new york times." jesse: my parents the same way. sometimes you have to put that aside. somewhat happened was my dad sees this article in the sunday times. it's not fun for your dad to see your son's picture with the words alt-right next to his name. i fight the forces of collectivism and racism. what the "new york times" is doing is blatantly ingenuous. the import of the article is the kid was a lefty, then he became a conservative. then he went down the alt-right rabbit hole. then they implied watching videos like mine which is a so-called intellectual dark web to get people to discuss issues. we pulled him out of that. and at the end of the art kale's a full-on lefty. the premise of the article is youtube is radicalizes them to the right and he becomes a lefty. jesse: i don't like this. i

no government officials, however, asked "the new york times" when the "new york times" asked them about this to withhold the article. we do know today that the president called leaders from congress and both parties to the situation room, we didn't know what was going on there. are we in a position to obviously the administration didn't ask "the new york times" to withhold the story, they're okay with the signaling to iran that america was ready to strike iran tonight in the early dawn hours iran time. is that -- will that signal help, general? >> well, you know, it may well be appropriate from a tactical viewpoint, but again, the question is what are we trying to achieve, if we want to renegotiate the nuclear accord, one of the lesson number one of diplomacy is talk nice to people in public, and threaten them if you must in private. we've got it reversed. it's unlikely to change iranian behavior by public belidge renzi -- belligerencs, and to some extent, the president ought to understand he's bluffing. military power is not an appropriate tool to keep the gulf open. we can punish the

the first really strange thing about the reaction to this "new york times" reporting is president trump's response to it online. because this story apparently sort of made him flip out. this is what he posted online in response. "do you believe that the failing "new york times" just did a story stating that the u.s. is substantially increasing cyber attacks on russia? this is a virtual act of treason by a once great paper so desperate for a story, any story, even if bad for our country. bad for our country? next tweet. "also not true." wait, is it bad if it's not true that -- "also not true. anything goes with our corrupt news media today. they will do or say whatever it takes with not even the slightest thought of confidence. these are true cowards and without doubt the enemy of the people." and i realize, you know, president types thing, right? president says thing. but why is the president so freaked out by this news article? i mean, first of all, if "the times" is reporting something that isn't true, if the u.s. hasn't developed this capacity then why would it be treason for the u.s.

brought it up, aimed specifically at "the new york times," "do you believe that the failing new york times just did a report stating that there are increased cyber attacks on russia, an act of treason by a paper so desperate for any story

nicholas kristof has a fantastic piece in "the new york times." "the new york times" tonight, trump approves strikes on iran but then abruptly pulls back as we're getting more information on this, we'll bring it to you. we'll be right back. thank you, nicholas. ♪ ♪ this simple banana peel represents a bold idea: a way to create energy from household trash. it not only saves about 80% in carbon emissions... it helps reduce landfill waste. that's why bp is partnering with a california company: fulcrum bioenergy. to turn garbage into jet fuel. because we can't let any good ideas go to waste. at bp, we see possibilities everywhere. to help the world keep advancing. it's how we bring hope to our patients- like viola. her team treated her cancer and strengthened her spirit. so viola could focus on their future. cancer treatment centers of america. appointments available now. cancer treatment centers of america. ♪ applebee's new loaded chicken fajitas. now only $10.99. whoa. travis in it made it. it's amazing. oh is that travis's app? . . # he thinks he's

" pages were anti-trump, as where the post, some headlines in "the new york times" obtaining raw opinion as to some of the stories that were labeled as news analysis. but the more anti-trump, "the new york times" has perceived to be, the more it was mistrusted for being biased. who said that? >> sean: who? >> the executive editor of "the new york times." jill abramson. she wrote it in her book. when you have the leaders, the people who run the newspaper, the woman who around "the new york times" admitting this about "the new york times" itself and her observations about "the washington post," it is not conservatives who believe this about the media, it is a media itself. that's a problem. and why it will be so hard to ever recover the grounds of neutrality or fact-finding, or the things that the american people look to them to do. even when donald trump is gone, whenever his time is done, the media has so badly hurt itself. >> sean: karl, as i said, the branding of trump is tattooed into their foreheads, i don't know how you escape what ari is pointing out here? >> we have three

the president, president trump calls them the failing new york times. rst thing for president trump would be if the new york times failed tomorrow, because he loves the foil. he needs the foil, and to your point about his hometown paper, he is just so frustrated that for 50 years and for the last particularly few years that they won't just give him what he thinks is his due in terms of finally getting to this office. they're not treating him the way they should. the flipside to point i was making, kristina, he chose "the wall street journal" rather than his own paper, rather than "the washington post" or the l.a. times because it's owned by the that pay your salaries, that pay for this chair and these cameras. and it's interesting that "the wall street journal" accepted it -- >> it's an attack against all media. >> rupert murdoch is making a point that i'm with you on some things, i'm not with you on this. howard: does hulz berg go too far when he says trump is fostering a climate of growing, worldwide violence against journalists? >> i don't think it's

president trump today accusing "the new york times" of providing false stories about his administration to the fbi tweeting out just revealed that the failing and desperate new york times was feeding false

that feels way out of line and the "the new york times" should be called out on this. s true. we have tried to reach out to if "the new yorthe "the new york t" haven't heard back. go ahead. >> it's coming from our backgrounds. you're focusing on the journalism part. i'm jaded and writing it off as typical behavior by them. but to take a premier law enforcement agency and have people at the top that are determined to write kiz and tell books and go on "the view" and provide deep thoughts on their twitter accounts. that was a culture that was problematic at the exact wrong time when it comes to sensitive investigations in the united states. >> you heard this? i've heard this from fbi officials around the country that the d.c. bureau was a law unto itself, it set its own policy and followed its own rules inside the d.c. bureau. your take on that, jim. >> i lost you. >> should i repeat the question? >> sure, please. >> is the d.c. fbi bureau a law unto itself? i've heard that personally. >> i don't think it's the entire d.c. setting. there's a lot of employees in d.c. that

rick: well the president tweeted at the new york times and the new york times tweeted back at the presidentto read that tweet. it says accusing the press of treason is dangerous. we describe the article to the government before publication, as our story notes, president trump's own national security officials said there were no concerns, so presumably that puts that to rest. i want to get to this other topic of the president's comment that he'd want to listen to information about political opponents saying there's nothing wrong with listening. your reaction? well i think that this president is not somebody who was in politics before, and as a lt. of people have said that maybe he's not familiar with standards and processes. i think the opinions about whether that is good or bad should be left up to commentators but certainly, i think republicans have expressed some concerns with his reaction and his expression of that sentiment, especially in the wake of the mueller investigation. rick: i do want to quickly play that sound bite from mayor pete buttigieg who talked about this issue. let's li

isn't reporting this is a personal vendetta just like trump's tweet after tweet accusing the new york times of lying deception of treason most recent incident a story about the u.s. hacking russia's power grid made up says the president. do you believe that the failing new york times just did a story stating that the u.s. is substantially increasing cyber attacks on russia this is a virtual act of treason by a once great paper these are true cowards and without doubt the enemy of the people enemy of the people they don't like that out of all the things from school them that's perhaps what hurts the most enemy of the people is not just a toss of a line it sounds good in the tweet it is a particularly pernicious phrase deep history no president has ever uttered those words in public what is side the president of the united states and once proud journalists virtually slinging. childishly that again perhaps this is healthy good for everyone else i mean the both of them in others the elites as they call themselves really needed to be taken down a notch has been running against elites his entire

nicholas kristof has a fantastic piece in "the new york times." trump and iran may be on a collision course, and it could get scarier," as we are seeing it play out now. and the headline in "the new york times" tonight, trump approves strikes on iran but then abruptly pulls back. as we're getting more information on this, we'll bring it to you. we'll be right back. thank you, nicholas. to keep you both comfortable. and now the queen sleep number 360® c4 smart bed is now $1,299. save $400. only for a limited time . imagine. megared omega-3 power for your whole body. now with an antioxidant blend for great sleep, refreshed skin and less stress. one softgel. 7 benefits. new total body refresh. power your day with megared. we all use our phones differently. i listen to music throughout the entire day, pretty much. my ear buds are always in. you're mostly watching things on your phone. yeah. i don't always have time to track what my kids are doing in their phone. verizon lets me manage and control things, so they feel like they have their freedom and i

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at this is a also service some of the smaller sings in a sweep of the new york times i'd be inspired by the je suis charlie- movements at the time. and this is by -- cartoonists drip drip trams who is often picked up by -- the koreans nothing out here -- what he see he he sees this is kind of -- a form of censorship mark as you can see here that the cartoon being cracked is dick the dictatorial approach and then the the rubber. or did the eraser at being at the liberal approach of the more subtle approach i'll finish with this is the french cartoonist alalone blocked. and after controversy the new york times. gives up on political cartoons and you have thehe empty space therere. in place of what would be a cartoon i guess. the rest journalist even a golden off -- has been freed -- in moscow this after a massive public outcry allegations that he'd only been put in jail because he was becoming a barrister because investigations were exposing so much corruptio- in moscow politics that's right and he he's based it was a in riga latvia at a party because he felt that the kind of turns me w

become a martyr for the left and she's the perfect hero to the antitrump message, in fact, "the new york timesader of her team and generation in her time. >> since you brought it up i have a new york times story for you, boldness in spotlight is nothing new. her athletic exploits aside, she's very good soccer player and captain, why has she become hero to the left because she trashes trump among other things? >> she's about to turn 34 on july 5th, so this could be her last world cup and i think my criticism is exactly what trump said, i don't think the media focused on this enough, there's a majority that isn't a fan of him, not everybody, but she needs -- they need to win first, they did beat third-ranked country france, athletic superior, mainstream america, born in the usa, so she does have patriotism, i think the country would disagree on how she's displaying it abroad. >> very political because she has accepted invite from alexandria ocasio-cortez, she doesn't like the president. so, look, i get it, she's a gay athlete and unhappy with things in the country, despises trump, no way would s

someone anti semitic on the other side and that's not the case meanwhile the decision of the new york times to abandon political cartoons caused uproar and twitter. really did fail this time decision not to run political cartoons by a white c opinion is spineless we need political humor now more than ever 4 years ago the new york times was all just see surely now they're no longer publishing cartoons new york times or not throughout to be with the bathwater yes there was a terrible lapse in judgment to print that cartoon so pollak eyes and have a keener i freak regis lee offensive cartoons john and the art firm completely political cartoonist and author ted rall believes not being able to laugh at political leaders creates a serious problem for society. this is a pretty despicable series of events i mean 1st of all i don't think we need to throw an tonio portuguese cartoonist under the bus there really is but it's highly debatable whether his cartoon was anti-semitic or not and i think to portray him as an anti-semite despite the fact that he repeatedly has denied it is really egregious and

. >>> breaking overnight, "the new york times" says president trump ordered then called off strikes against iran. >> a witness makes a stunning courtroom confession at the trial of a navy s.e.a.l. charged with murder. >>> new released video shows a man's attack on tsa agents at an arizona airport. >>> the new york pill y cans select zion williamson. >> he shares an emotional moment with mom -- passion. good morning. >> i'm dave briggs, june 21st, 5:00 a.m. in the east. 1:30 p.m. in tehran. we begin with breaking news. the president stepping back from the brink. "the new york times" reporting that president trump authorized military strikes against iran, then abruptly called them off. the strikes were in retaliation for iran shooting down a u.s. military drone. the "times" reporting there were ships in position and planes in the air when the president walked the whole thing back. it was not clear whether he simply changed his mind or whether logistics or strategy caused the pull back. it's also unknown whether the attacks may still occur, but what is clear, the president's public response ha

pentagon and intelligence officials are willing to tell the "new york times" now that they are literally not even telling him about new offensive capacities that cyber command had just developed to enable the u.s. military to shut off russia's lights if we want to. they didn't tell trump. they let him read about it in the times and he freaked. it can't be true! this idea of saving the country from the commander in chief, protecting national security interests from a president who is believed to pose a threat to them, that gets talked about as if it's still an abstract or a future risk question. turns out we are living in that era right now. that is not supposed to be the way it goes. but how do we responsibly as americans under this constitution grapple with the fact that that's happening? secretary of state tom mel now ski was secretary of the state department with the freak out after trump was sworn into office. he is no longer at the state department and secretary of state, but a democratic member of congress who among other things, sits on the relations committee. he joins us next. e

back in fact to the new york times credit of that article that actually did have a correction it says correction an earlier version of this article misidentified kim year old younger brother it is kim kim young not kim young will thank you for that new york times. where is the secondary correction top nuclear negotiators not executed like those 2 corrections one mistakenly confusing kim jong il with kim to a good and the other one about how the attire article is false and which is more important i mean what goes on in to do your job what do you like in those offices are you going to take a tour you guys you know you were like what is this the average conversation like hey guys there's a grammatical error here it says north korea diplomat north korean diplomats was executed by a 1000 angry wasps and it should have said diplomats were executed by a 1000 angry was let's make sure way we get that fixed our boss what about the poor will all article is rubbish should we correct the only that leave that 5. people keep sharing these are like that's being shared right now they keep passing it

the last few hours, william barr wants to talk to sources at the cia, this reporting from the new york times in the last few hours. you wants to talk to intel forces about russian election interference leading up to the 2016 vote. william barr the new york times says is particularly interested in how the cia came to the inclusion that vladimir putin ordered operatives to discredit hillary clinton. the cia director telling senior officials her agency will cooperate, the theme of an interview with donald trump. >> this is somebody that said we have information on your opponent. let me call the fbi, give me a break. >> reporter: donald trump standing his ground after being asked in an interview with his son, donald trump junior should have told the fbi it received an email during the 2016 campaign from russians promising dirt on hillary clinton. >> the fbi director is wrong. >> reporter: donald trump junior testified in front of the senate intelligence committee behind closed doors to discuss the russian email and any other interactions from 2016. >> russia and china and someone else offers inf

however, on saturday, "the new york times" reported that the plan to send troops to the border had already been agreed to last march. trump lashed out at "the new york times" report sunday, tweeting -- "we have been trying to get some of these border actions for a long time, as have other administrations, but were not able to get them, or get them in full, until our signed agreement with mexico." he added in another tweet, "they are truly the enemy of the people!" referring to both "the new york times" and cnn. trump also said mexico agreed to start buying large quantities of agricultural goods from the u.s., though it's unclear if this in related to the immigration deal. at a rally in tijuana saturday, mexican president obrador celebrated the passing of the deal and said mexico would carry out the immigration plan while respecting the rights of migrants, but many immigrant rights advocates and migrants said the plan would further harm asylum seekers. this is migrant activist luis garcia. beenis migrant policy has pushed through because of statements in the dispute between republicans and