npr wasn't pleased.they got rid of both individuals so they'll never have to here criticism like this again. >> why don't we have tax payer dollars funding fox news? >> why should we pay one tax payer dollar for npr? >> jon: why not fund sean hannity's show because his show and npr are really the same thing. just from different sides. there's just one problem with that comparison, they're nothing like the same thing. here's conservative talk radio. >> the socialist in the white house, he's destroyed our nation's finances and he has now smothered the private sector. we need an effective strategy to defeat obama and the american left before they rob all of us of everything that our ancestors, our brave men and women in the military have fought and bled and died to preserve. >> we need to defeat these bastards. we need to wipe them out. we need to chase them out of town. >> jon: the monster is loose in the village. grab your pitch fork and your torches and we shall attack! so if npr is talk radio's equal an

[applause] >> you say you are still an npr fan but you also advocate the funding of npr. let's talk about that. where npr goes from here. >> for me there are two things to say. one is local and the our stations are journalistic jams that we have to protect because they play such an important role. [applause] i used to raise money for that with all my heart. in an era where we have declining local coverage from newspapers and npr stations and talk-show hosts they reflect the community in a way that is rare right now in the media landscape. if you are talking about npr washington, people who i think our self righteous and even limited in their thinking, what is going on here? these people are 1-sided and believe they are the only people who are practicing honest journalism in america. there are going to look down at anybody who is doing anything differently. i find that crazy. the bigger point about defunding is this which i say to you as a fellow journalist. in january of this year or january or february there was a letter from the head of the democratic congressional camp

we're not able to have a healthy debate because of the kinds of things that essentially did you in at npr.

the essence of npr.n i saw acorn busting down the doors of foreclosed homes illegally, that needs to be exposed. there is a media willingness to cover up for that. how'd you get around the media? how'd you get the truth out there despite these? as time goes on you will see as investigate a plethora, why- ranging spectrum -- wide- ranging spectrum of non- conservative, not liberal organizations? host: on what topics, specifically? guest: i am concerned about the relationship between big business and big government in this country. i think the occupy wall street crowd is concerned about that, and the tea party, that is something they share in common. that is something that hurts citizens. that is something you could see us look into further. host: potomac, ore., adeline, you are on with james o'keefe. caller: i want to congratulate you on your good work. you fill a void in media, and it is not surprising they go after you. good luck in the future, and keep on keeping on, because you are doing something tha

bill was formally at npr and american public media. so welcome to you both. >> thanks. >> let's start with the question at hand. just how serious is the crisis afflicting investigative journalism? bob? >> we're in a convulsion because the newspaper business specifically, but all media, i mean, to be candid, they aren't making money, and so the business model is dying or dead, and if we can't make money, no one's gonna pay our salary, no one is gonna have the courage to actually broadcast or report what we find out. so we can write letters, or we can go on the internet, but as this kind of collective in-depth investigative work that the "new york times" or the "washington post" or npr or some of the networks are doing, there won't be money to support it. >> bill, he uses the world "convulsion." that's a big word. >> investigative reporting is risky, it's time-consuming, it takes a lot of resources to do it and to do it really well and then stand behind it in case you get sued, et cetera. i think it is in crisis, and i think the real rea

. >> you got a phone call from npr. >> i have no clue that anything was going on and two days later i was asked the first question out of the box was what did you mean? i said i said what i meant. that is exactly what i meant and that was followed up with we have people who dress in muslim garb. that is an offensive bigoted statement. i never discriminated against anybody and was calling for discrimination. didn't say people should not be allowed on airplanes or nothing like that and you violated the journalistic standard of npr. whatever you say cannot be trusted by our audience. i set i worked here ten years. can't we have a conversation? you need to look at the entirety of the transcript to understand what was said was that in order to establish a level of trust and honesty and to make a larger point about religious liberty to which i was told there is nothing you can say or do that will change our mind. you are fired. >> you were fired over the phone. you could describe them as unfortunate comments about you that followed from the npr officials. >> yes. unfortunate. the thing abou

presidential debate on foreign policy with ari shapiro of npr. >> suarez: and we have a newsmaker interview with one of the candidates-- minnesota representative michele bachmann. >> brown: from our colleagues at wttw chicago, we have the story of a tiny mussel that's invaded the great lakes, threatening the health of the waterways and the livelihoods of fishermen. >> suarez: and margaret warner looks at the crackdown in bahrain after a report found the government tortured and used lethal force against the activists. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> computing surrounds us. sometimes it's obvious and sometimes it's very surprising where you find it. soon, computing intelligence in unexpected places will change our lives in truly profound ways. technology can provide customized experiences, tailored to individual consumer preferences, igniting a world of possibilities from the inside out. sponsoring tomorrow, starts today. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic

. >> how do you run on let's cut npr, let's cut planned parenthood and you have footage of them saying let it all go, foreclose on the house, we'll take it later. how do you appeal to voters with this kind of damaging economic theories and economic policies really that he's expressing? >> i think it's going to be difficult. and the clips you just showed, whether it's same saying corporations are people or talking about letting the profit of foe foreclosures take its kourks we'll hear it in ads over and over again. i think mitt romney was play to go a really small crowd and a crowd that didn't really like him if you saw his reception versus the reception that herman cain got. very different. i think one of the thing that's so problematic about his speech today is that he is tinkering around the edges talking about cutting the funding for big bird and npr and programs like that. but not even talking about defense. the defense budget is something like $600 billion a year and no mention of that at all. and one of the realities is even among some republicans, there is talk about wanting to

i mean, you're on npr. know people eat turkey and rich foods, but i think what happens after that-- >> evacuation day commemorates the last british troops fleeing manhattan at the end of the revolutionary war in 1783. >> jon: see, i thought that was in-- in '97. >> no, we signed the treaty of paris in september of '83. >> jon: was that 18 or 17? >> you're familiar with july 4, 1776? >> jon: yes, i am ( laughter ) the declaration of independence! >> that's right, timmy. ( laughter ) but you know the war didn't all take place on that one day. it started before that, and we fought the redcoats for seven more years. >> jon: yes, yes, yes. so why was evacuation day such a big deal? >> well, as the declaration of independence was being signed, 400 ships full of big, bad limey bastards started showing up in new york harbor to crush the piddly little army led by george washington. washington's troops were whooped, embarrassed, and humiliated until they retreated to new jersey in shame. ( laughter ) >> jon: i believ

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. >> i am like that woman on npr. i am reading all of these books, detective stories about the venice. not much detection but a lot of eating. we have with us our special guest, linda gasparello of the -- our special guest, larry graham of the national confectioners association. he looks out for the makers of candy. there are a great number of them, aren't there? >> yes, there are. thank you for having us. >> the pleasure of hours. you brought us the goods. >> keep in joining us. there is a lot of interesting thing about candy. -- keep enjoying this. there is no other food where so many manufacturers are making the same food. we represent about 400 companies. when you think of snacks, soft drink, spaghetti, there are very few manufacturers but so many people and some companies are still entering into this business. we have a trade show every year in chicago. every year we have 30, 40, 50 new companies. a lot of artists in chocolate makers, people that come up with new lollipops. people think that it is oil and energy

that is a comparable number to the weekly number for npr is a point of comparison. radio sawa reaches approximately 12 million people. we have a combined total of about 35 million people watching either one of the two television or radio station's weekly. >> let's talk about -- one of the two television or radio stations weekly. >> let's talk about the arab spring. first let's look at some video. [speaking in arabic] >> that was from january 2011 in cairo. what are we watching here? >> this is a show meeting "today." it is a magazine show similar to the today show in this country. there were clashes in the studio between government and the demonstrators. it became quite violent. there were 26 or 27 guests and a few policemen. in the midst of this demonstration, the police- security apparatus stormed into our building, came into our studio while we were on the air and our anchor was broadcasting an interview. they came in and they were searching for protesters and demonstrators. they pulled the plug as they left and took us off of the air. >> there were definitely ri

we had a lively debate on npr because i had been critical a of theaarp and a new advertisement. morenk it would've been useful or that the for them to save many of our members need these benefits. we, however, would like to have a dialogue. we know about entitlement programs and we want to be a part of this discussion. if everyone just retreat to their corners and issues threats, i don't know how we get down stream. medicare needs to be reformed structurally and otherwise. social security cannot be sustained at its current levels unless we make some significant changes in it. we made changes during the reagan years and this time for other changes. i think organizations in t includinghe aarp should be saying this. >> are many americans guilty of the same issue of failing to be willing to make a significant sacrifice like the greatest generation? >> i think more and more they are. the national debt is a critical issue. it will be left behind for our children and grandchildren to pay off the debt and it will make life that much more expensive at every level in this country. for mos

constitutional questions and political implications with marcia coyle of the "national law journal" and npr's julie rovner. >> woodruff: then, we talk to maryland democratic representative chris van hollen about the stalemate in the congressional committee charged with reducing the nation's deficit, ten days before the deadline. >> brown: from ethiopia, special correspondent fred de sam lazaro reports on the exodus of somali citizens escaping the civil war and humanitarian crisis. >> it's here at the border that some 400 refugees arrive every single day, most of them women and children. most of them fleeing not just famine but fighting. >> woodruff: margaret warner examines the mounting pressure on syria's leaders from the arab world to put a stop to the violence. >> brown: and we close with gwen ifill's conversation with singer, actor and civil rights activist harry belafonte. >> i brought with me this mission of activism what attracted me to the arts was that i thought theater as a social force, as a political force. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the

the host of npr's morning edition has made numerous trips to pakistan. his new book is "instant city: life and death in karachi." steve upskeep thank you for coming in to talk about your book. >> thank you. >> warner: of all the places and stories you could tell trying to understand pakistan, why did you choose karachi? >> i could have chosen a lot of cities actually around the world because i was interested in growing cities in the developing world. they're growing everywhere, but karachi is huge. it's grown at incredible speed from a few hundred thousands to 13 million people at least, maybe more. and the story is fascinating and the people are fascinating. it grew on me over a number of visits over the number of years. i just kept going back. >> warner: karachi, just give us a quick little history lesson here. it's a volatile mix of all these ethnicities, religions, even languages really coming out of the way pakistan was formed out of british india, right, from 1947. >> absolutely. if you go back to 1947 when india and pakistan were divided into two

brain wars, how the military is failing its wounded, npr. deepwater horizon oil spill interactive account coverage, pbs newshour. a year at war, the new york times. the final moments of deep water horizon, the new york times. >> and that amigos to it the new york times, you're at war. >> accepting. tammy, james. >> i promised everybody i would come back. >> a lot of women in my shoes have left the military because they could not leave their kids. >> when you throw the public's out the window and you are fighting, it is rough. >> my main concern is whether or not i will still be wounded. >> the best things in life are not suppose to be easy, i guess. [applause] >> wow, thank you. this is a great honor. we are thrilled. this goes to the amazing team that worked with me on this, some of whom are behind me here, some of whom could not make it. they do it with great passion and great feeling. it also goes to the soldiers of the first battalion, 87th infantry. we lived with them for almost a year. they just opened up to us with amazing can door. -

the essence of npr. the essence of acorn.when i saw them breaking down the doors of homes that were four close, i thought these people -- forclosed on, but these people operate illegally. as time goes on, you will see us investigate a wide ranging spectrum of non-conservative, non-liberal organizations. host: on what topics? guest: i am concerned about the relationship between big business and big government in this country. the occupy wall street crowd is concerned about that. the tea party -- that is something they share in common. that is something you are going to see us look into further. host: in florida on the democrats' line. go ahead. caller: i want to congratulate you on your good work. you are filling a void the the news community. good luck in the future. keep on keeping on because you are doing something that needs to be done. the mainstream media is covering up as much as they can. host: akron, ohio. mike. caller: i was pleasantly surprised to hear you admit that the tea party and occupy wall street have somethi

which is a very comparable number to npr for a comparison, and we have an unduplicated combined total of 35 million people watching either one of the two radio or watch the tv or listen to the radio weekly. >> host: well, let's talk a little bit about the arab spring, and we want to show video, and we'll show a little bit of video, and then we'll have you talk to this. this is from january 2010. [speaking arabic] [speaking arabic] >> host: that was from january 2011 in cairo. what are we watching here? >> guest: well, this is a broadcast from alhurra's studio in cairo from al youm, a similar far mat to the today show in this country, and it was demonstrations taking place in cairo that night, and there were clashes within the vicinity of the studio between government forces, security police, and the demonstrators. they became violent, and there were, i think, 26 or 27 deaths and a few policemen. in the midst of the demonstration, the police, security apparatus, stormed into our building, came into our studio while we were on the air while our anchor was broadcasting and interview, and

she's hosted npr's "news and notes" program and is the driving force behind the web blog pop and politics. dan rather has spent his life in news and is a highly acclaimed reporter and news anchor. he's covered major stories of our time for cbs news and now anchors "dan rather reports" on hdnet. welcome to you both. >> thank you, frank. >> glad to have you here. very different career arcs, perspectives. let me start by asking you the big question: are the media today serving the public interest? dan, what do you think? >> overall in the main, i think yes--less so than has been the case in some of our history, particularly in the period beginning just before world war ii and continuing into the mid nineties, but overall in the main, yes. journalism, particularly journalism at its best in the best traditions of the american press, serving the public good. >> farai? >> i think it depends on who you are. the biggest divide i see in who gets served with what news is actually a class divide. i feel like if you are middle or upper middle class wealthy, the way that news, particularly--take someth

she was a producer at npr. she was a producer on "talk of the nation." this is a live radio program. i had seen her name and for some reason -- i thought she was a i did not want to be rude to her. i thought she would be something like that. but then one day i was supposed to be on her show, and i thought, there is no way -- i said that i was afraid i could not be on the show today. and she rang up, and we had never spoken before. she said she could not lose a guest. she was so persuasive and so nice, i thought that i had to meet her. a few months later, i was on her show in san francisco, where they were doing a live feed on the anniversary of the san francisco earthquake. this was on the 18th of april, 2006. i was in san francisco, and there was this adorable lady, with such command of the audience. she is giving instructions on how to applaud, and then she did this thing -- when i went back she said, be quiet. and so, we met about a week later in washington, one thing led to her mother. >> we were engaged on my birthday, in 2006. after we first met in

. >> brian: how inappropriate is it for the harvard profession the only say what he said on npr. >> kimberly is he listening to words coming out of his mouth? what kind of professor is that? that's divisive and class war faiwarfare and racist. it diminishes half the electorate that doesn't agree with what he has to say. >> eric: the use of the -- >> bob: the use of the word menstrol from the guts of the civil rights movement. holding the lat terns, menstrils were a code word for racism which is what that is. i will say this. in that interview, thaw had an interview in ann coulter who was as klos to racist i heard. our blacks work harder than her blacks? who is she talking about? ann coulter never run across a black that she knows to make a determination. >> brian: that is not fair. i don't know who she works with. but the point is the republicans as opposed to republicans. you don't see republicans attack each other because they're black. >> eric: it all fits together. you don't hear the liberal left making remarks about president obama. >> bob: you say that and you dismiss it. sorry. >> eri