can you imagine if you try to circumscribe richard stengel speech?e not allowed to say that richard stengel, we will throw you in prison. what he be for abridging the first amendment then? no. but the rest of the country can only update on on the terms set by him and his friends. right now that's not happening. it america's husk of the country so or to ordinary people are listening to them. if most people don't care what richard stengel thinks. as "time" magazine even exist any more? probably not. it doesn't deserve to pit it was garbage. he's allowing falsehoods to spread on that line pretty said free speech is undermining tolerance and enabling discrimination. that's a smoke screen it he's literally advocating against free speech but he needs intolerance and discrimination because that's the only way he and his friends can keep controlling you. ♪ recent public polling on the question of free speech shows an awful lot of young americans don't believe in the first amendment. that's not surprising. it cools that has an infection with an extreme mix wo

can you imagine if you tried to circumscribe richard stengel's speech?lowed to saych tha, richard stengel, we are going to throw you in prison. would he be for abridging the first amendment then? know. but in his view the rest of the country can only debate on the terms set by him and his friends. but right now that's not happening. america's leaks have screwed up the country's ordinary people aren't listening to them anymore. most people don't care what richard stengel thinks. does "time" magazine even exist anymore? probably not. it doesn't deserve to, it was garbage. stengelit complains that free speech is allowing "falsehoods" to spread lies. he says free speech is undermining tolerance and enablingli determination. that's a smoke screen. it's stengel who is pushing intolerance and discrimination. it is literally advocating against free speech, but he needs intolerance and discrimination because that's the only way he and his friends and keep controlling you. ♪ >> tucker: so recent public polling on the question of free speech shows an awful lot of y

david: many thanks to richard stengel. "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. ♪ >> at facebook, our role is to make sure there is a level playing field, but not to be a political puppet ourselves. vice: that was facebook president of global affairs speaking last month. mark zuckerberg reinforce that you last week when he said facebook was not in the business of deciding what is true and not when it comes to political speech on his platform. but a new report today shows zuckerberg and facebook are not entirely hands-off made this political season. the ceo has been highly recommending campaign hires to pete buttigieg. we welcome one of the reporters who broke the story. he comes to us from washington. is this a surprise to us? tyler: in some ways, yes. mark zuckerberg has been clear he is not getting involved in the presidential race. he has been attacked by both democrats and republicans for various things that facebook has done, whether issues of privacy or misinformation or bias that some conservatives clai

the subject is being taken seriously several international figures attend the meeting including richard stengel representing the us government who would launch the offensive or you might be just go and essentially has to. be department. also why. are you going to. good evening i'm delighted to be here what we've seen over the last year is i saw as weaponization of information and the cultural destruction that they're practicing is the weapon ization culture so this is a destruction of history the destruction of culture and the destruction of human beings thousands of human beings at the risk of being too graphic i would say that buying or selling an artifact is where finances the beheadings of muslims in the middle east. don't sell don't act one quick solution you. know by now selling is a very good slogan it's obviously impossible to completely police it and to be certain about it. one of the things that we've seen is that isolates using existing criminal markets that have existed over 102030 years in the region or using those people as middlemen to finance their operations. but how do we know

and it is detailed in richard stengel's new book "information wars."l was undersecretary of state in the obama administration, and he was the state department's point man in the information wars. after this break, rick stengel will join us with what to expect in the 2020 presidential election when the president of the united states is actively encouraging foreign countries to interfere in our election. that's next. next. saturdays happen. pain happens. aleve it. aleve is proven better on pain than tylenol. when pain happens, aleve it. all day strong. doprevagen is the number oneild mempharmacist-recommendeding? memory support brand. you can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. steven could only imaginem 24hr to trenjoying a spicy taco.burn, now, his world explodes with flavor. nexium 24hr stops acid before it starts for all-day all-night protection. can you imagine 24-hours without heartburn? hour 36 in the stakeout. as soon as the homeowners arrive, we'll inform them that liberty mutual customizes

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please join in welcoming richard stengel. [applause] rick, it is great to have you in austin. thank you so much for being here. great to be here. >> congratulations on the book. it's an interesting and c it cod not be more of the moment and that's where you want to start, with a part of the book that feels like he rode it knowing where we would be sitting here today. like everything else these days, all roads run through ukraine, right? [laughing] back in early 2014, this is a very important part of this book, , the beginning of the sty of this information is told anns crimea, vladimir putin lies about it and the next thing we see in your words is tsunami of disinformation. and then hillary clinton calls. [laughter] >> take it from there. >> yes, by the way one of the great heros of contemporary journalism is evan right here. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. >> counter to disinformation. >> that borders on disinformation, what you just said. >> so tell us a story of hillary clinton calling you around the time that russia annexes crimea and everything goes to hell. >> yes, w

subject is being taken seriously several international figures attended the meeting including richard stengel representing the us government who would launch the offensive or you might . go and essentially has these the department. also why. are you going to. good evening i'm delighted to be here. what we have seen over the last year is i saw as weaponization of information and the cultural destruction that they're practicing is the 7 ization culture so this is a destruction of history and destruction of culture and a destruction of human beings thousands of human beings at the risk of being too graphic i would say that burying or selling an artifact is where finances the beheadings of muslims in the middle east. don't sell don't tax one quick solution you. know by now selling is a very good slogan it's obviously impossible to completely police it and to be certain about it. one of the things that we've seen is that i still is using existing criminal markets that have existed over 102030 years in the region are using those people as middlemen to finance their operations. but how do we know wh

subject is being taken seriously several international figures attended the meeting including richard stengel representing the us government who would launch the offensive or you might be just go and essentially has to. be department. also why. are you going to. good evening i'm delighted to be here. what we've seen over the last year is i saw as weaponization of information and the cultural destruction that they're practicing is the weaponization culture so this is a destruction of history and destruction of culture and the destruction of human beings thousands of human beings at the risk of being too graphic i would say that burying or selling an artifact is where finance is the beheadings of muslims in the middle east. don't sell don't act one quick solution. you know by now selling is a very good slogan it's obviously impossible to completely police it and to be certain about it. one of the things that we've seen is that isolates using existing criminal markets that have existed over 102030 years in the region or using those people as middlemen to finance their operations. but how do we k

the subject is being taken seriously several international figures attend the meeting including richard stengel representing the us government who would launch the offensive or you might we just don't go and essentially has to. be department. also why. are you going to. good evening i'm delighted to be here. what we've seen over the last year is i saw as weaponization of information and the cultural destruction that they're practicing is the weaponization culture so this is a destruction of history and destruction of culture and the destruction of human beings thousands of human beings at the risk of being too graphic i would say that burying or selling an artifact is where finances the beheadings of muslims in the middle east. don't sal that's one quick solution. you know by now selling is a very good slogan it's obviously impossible to completely police it and to be certain about it. one of the things that we've seen is that isolates using existing criminal markets that have existed over 102030 years in the region or using those people as middlemen to finance their operations. but how do we k

subject is being taken seriously several international figures attended the meeting including richard stengel representing the us government who would launch the offensive. we just don't go and essentially has to. be department. also why. are you going to. good evening i'm delighted to be here. what we've seen over the last year is i saw as weaponization of information and the cultural destruction that they're practicing is the weaponization culture so this is a destruction of history and destruction of culture and the destruction of human beings thousands of human beings at the risk of being too graphic i would say that burying or selling an artifact is where finances the beheadings of muslims in the middle east. don't sell don't act one quick solution. you know by now selling is a very good slogan it's obviously impossible to completely police it and to be certain about it. one of the things that we've seen is that isolates using existing criminal markets that have existed over 102030 years in the region or using those people as middlemen to finance their operations. but how do we know what

and impact of disinformation with former undersecretary of state, richard stengel. our live coverage from the texas book festival continues sunday at noon eastern with surgeon and johns hopkins university professor dr. marty mccarey, offering his thoughts on health care. and lewis cox recounts her time as a c.i.a. operative. be sure to watch our live weekend coverage of the texas book festival starting at 11:00 a.m. eastern saturday and at noon on sunday. and be sure to catch the miami book fair next month on book v, on c-span2. >> "washington journal" continues. host: about 25 minutes left in our program this morning. asking you simply for your top public policy issue. what would you like to see congress and the trump administration address. phone lines are open. republicans it's 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. -8002. dents, 202-748 we'll take this conversation until we end as usual at 10:00 a.m. eastern. bob out of new york. republican. go ahead. caller: my question is, veterans prescription drugses. when i have to go to the veterans hospital to get prescri

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has come to an end and the session has to get out and the next session coming up, please give richard stengel a hand, thank you for being here. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> and our final program of the day, live from austin will begin in a few moments, it's an author discussion on silicon valley and the role of big tech, you're following us on social media or on facebook, instagram and twitter at book tv. you will behind the scenes video and pictures from the texas book festival. >> while we wait we want to show you a portion of a program that's airing tonight on book tv, it's syndicated columnist jackie gringrich. >> now it's no longer about who won and it's about what team wants and i call this politics, it's no longer just about politics, it's now like a sport and actually interestingly enough the data backs this up, now you're all engaged, i'm not talking about you're engaged active republicans, you're in the issue if you know what's happening, but for a lot of people they're not engaged in issues, what they are engaged is identity, who they belong to, who are they a part of an

richard stengel, thank you. >> thank you. >> joe, thank you so much. >> what an important read. >>> presidentleave the kurds to fend for themselves. not only against the remnants of isis but also against turkey. he writes in part, turkey, europe, syria, iraq, iran, russia and the kurds will now have to figure the situation out. and what they want to do with the captured isis fighters if their neighborhood. they all hate isis. have been enemies for years. we are 7,000 miles away, and we will crush isis again if they come anywhere near us. >> this is like having bin laden cornered. in the early stages of our war in afghanistan. and letting him go. donald trump is actually saying we have isis cornered, but the pentagon is warning us that they're coming back. and we are now going to let the most battle-hardened isis fighters go. not our problem. hey, marco rubio, what do you think about that? liz cheney, what do you think about that? i wonder, what do these republicans think about the fact that donald trump is surrendering yet again, against isis in syria, his own pentagon is saying it's trouble.