talk to me--is it peter--is it dereaux? >> guest: dereaux. c-span: 'he said that he felt i was hopelessly--a hopelessly inadequate leader and that he had little choice but to leave for the dynamic cbs. he touched a raw sensitivity when he assaulted me for not being a professional manager, and i must confess that i wept on and off for at least two days.' >> guest: mortifying but true. c-span: why--why did you admit all this? and--and what was the circumstances? >> guest: i really don't know. maybe i shouldn't have. but i tend to be up-front and honest, so i guess i just told it the way it happened. c-span: he was powe--he was--when was--when was peter dereaux there with you, and what job did he have? >> guest: he was--i don't know, i forget his actual title. he was the running--he was--first he was number two businessperson at newsweek and he--then, actually, after that incredible scene, he came back from cbs and ran the business side of newsweek. c-span: and he actually told you to your face that he thought you were doing a lousy job. >> gues