the team he assembled who were mostly new to this is a fascinating team that includes roger ailes who had never done it before. 's campaign manager had never done it before, i mean, here is in a certain sense when the most professional campaigners we've ever had who assembled a team of kind of outsiders and renegades to do this because he had decided that he had been kind of sent off in the wrong direction by the institutional wisdom of republican campaign machinery that he had used in the past and is so nixon's rise, which seem to me when i was a kid, of course next will get the nomination. well, nixon getting the nomination is quite a miracle and quite a drama in itself that i didn't know was there until i sat down to write this book. >> host: was a surprising that the democrats did quite well in the popular vote in 68 with all the different factions they had going on? >> guest: yeah, there's that theory that if hubert humphrey had one more day he would have kept the momentum going, the polling momentum was squeaking in humphreys direction the last few days of the campaign and he en

then there is rachel the issue was very complimentary of roger ailes solve these bad things all generates media yes he did have issues that and know what happened he was very religious the vast majority everything and go for a fact about roger is very positive and very nice and very good. >> they say o'reilly is gone there goes fox. people are very pessimistic now they say there is a new direction people made a big deal about that. where is fox going? are you concerned? the ratings indicate it is fine and it is it the same product?. >> is an interesting question because i don't know. that is something beyond my pay grade. that is where mr. murdoch presides i don't know if they will live to this center i don't feel they will i have never ever been toned -- told to tone it down now i am more vocal than i ever was. but contrary to what you'll hear or read nobody says this is where we have to be or highlight this this is the talking points it hasn't happened and it certainly won't happen. >> so you don't work at cnn? [laughter] >> i cannot confirm that. >> come on. what a mess they are in. >>

and you know, roger ailes -- >> i think he was right about that. >> i do too.ng about roger is that he was -- let's be clear. he was not a journalist. he was a tv wizard. but that advice did stick with me. and you see in the book amanda, the character, is uncomfortable often. and what that teaches her is she sort of has to be open-minded. why is she uncomfortable with some subject matter? and so that was good advice, actually, from roger ailes, and i've tried to channel that. you know, there are stories that we have to get outside of our own echo chambers and hear the other side. amanda struggles with that and i certainly have tried to do that. >> you've spoken with me in the past about ailes's sexual harassment, about him harassing you and other colleagues. i don't see that come across in the book, in this fictional world of morning tv. but you did have a line i wanted to quote. your character at one point says "the crazy part about our show wake up is sometimes it's really fun and sometimes it's really toxic. that's quite a hybrid. it's almost like we should

is trying to do something similar for roger ailes. but to me roger ailes was the main driver of this phenomenon. let's target the demographic and give the news that they like and forget about the other people. he talked about it and said my audience is age 55 - ted. they don't even want to hear about working women are liberals, they don't want it to exist. and they crafted a program that started us down the road of this divided media landscape where a population is split into camps and we each have our new sources of and don't agree on anything. i think he was a pioneer that factor. >> go back to the 70s when we all listen to the same news, was a good that nbc, abc and cbs controlled what we heard and saw? >> no. it was an information monopoly. i read manufacturing consent when i was young person and i agree with the premise of the book which is that it's very easy to control the opinions of the population if you only have a few media sources. there almost always in line with the policy objectives of the government of the united state

it is not that that you would think it would be aligned with everything they said about roger ailes. is not politically a right winger by any means. but yet he saw something in him. he is not your typical conservative right wing talking have human being person and he have have a great relationship there. i was there at a barbecue a few years back. he talks about it. he talks about his partner. glad you're here thanks for being here. think about rachel maddow. she also is very pulmonary. all of these bad things that people said about roger it was generated in the media. i don't know what happened but in light he gave a lot of money. he was very religious the vast majority. of everything i know. for a fact about roger was very positive and nice. i know you heard it and read it. it's over. it's just a matter of time now. people are very pessimistic about the future. they dropped fair and balanced. people made a big deal about that. we are is fox going. are you concerned about it. the ratings dictate that it's fine right now. is it the same product that we are all come accustomed to watc

you may recall kelly came forward with allegations of harassment against her former boss, roger ailes. she says sexual harassment is happening in the tech city, and she wants to shine a light on it. >> how many of you here have experienced what you consider to be sexual harassment? >> reporter: the reports of sexual harassment filtering out of silicon valley made headlines across the country but few women have come forward to share their stories on television until now. after her interview with these tech women, megyn kelly sat down with us. >> can you give us a little insight into how damaging perhaps this mentality is for these women? >> the system out here is set up to foster intimate relationships in the following way. we have to meet at a bar. i am an entrepreneur starting a business. i don't have an office. i want to pitch you for money. we'll probably meet at a hotel, at a restaurant, at a bar, at a place where there's alcohol. and a lot of these men in the positions of power take advantage of that. >> reporter: kelly learned through her reporting that the power structure in si

in the last year, fox news chairman roger ailes and bill o'reilly fired amongst similar allegations. >>> admitting that he treated women badly. scott budman is live and following the story. >> dave mcclure something of a poster child successfully helping companies launch from the company he launched. he stepped away admitting he -- >> reporter: 5 hundred start ups, calling himself a creep admitting that he made inappropriate advancement towards women in the work place. >> i think we are on the verge of a big shakeup. >> reporter: he joins other executives. >> those investors who have been misbehaving, and there are a lot of them. they are going to be called out. >> reporter: not afraid to tell stories of sexism. >> one time i was told i had to hire somebody because she had good legs. >> reporter: fran maier is the cofounder of match.com. >> such a culture of bro culture. your chances when you walk in are down. >> reporter: one of several voices we heard today who said an apologetic memo is good, but it is just step 1. back to you. >> thanks so much. let's bring in jeff ranieri. we ha

the departure of bill o'reilly following the departure of roger ailes, the departure of gretchen carlson, the departure of greta, the departure of megyn kelly. really except for sean hannity, the network has had kind of an interesting relationship with the trump administration over the years. breitbart, on the ascent at least as a brand, you have a lot of conservatives, erick erickson, charlie sykes, hugh hewitt, who have become regular figures within the msm, see 'em on television, hear about them all the time. can you assess all this for me? i mean, you're part of this universe. conservatives have moved into view probably because of trump and his administration. - well it's really weird, i think there are a couple things happening that are almost contradictory. on one hand, i think that we have seen some really positive development, i mean, i heard that bob costa, robert costa, is taking over. - washington week in review. - right, which, gwen ifill's show. - pbs program, he has been one of the very best political reporters in the country at the washington post but came from national re

lee atwater ran the campaign, roger ailes did jim's media and bob teeter did the polling. all three would later be reunited on george h.w. bush's presidential campaign two years later. even with this topnotch group and a tremendous personal effort, both jim and mary agreed election night was tense. tense. it got to the point where mary could no longer sit around waiting for the returns. as she recalled, when i get nervous, i go shopping. to which jim replied and then i get nervous. ultimately there was no need for them to be anxious. jim won handily 55-44 which in our line of work is a nice margin. not long into his house tender he secured a seat on the house ways and means committee with jurisdiction over taxes and many entitlement programs. committee assignments are much more important than in the senate. it's a reflection of how floor proceedings operate in both chambers. in the house the rules traditions ensure that. the setting with which individual lawmakers typically exercise influence is in the committee. while house members can introduce any bills they want, house

to the move quickly in such cases starting with a lawsuit last year that lead to the ouster of roger ailesmie horowitz was fired over allegations 6 sexual harassment. staffers were told everyone at fox sports no matter what role we play or what 140 -- tore what show we contribute to are non-necessity negotiable. the attorney for fox the countered the termination was fully warranted and the lawyer's accusations are ill-informed and misguide. i'm not going to go ballistic over this "new york times" correction. but after the paper said if north korea's government tweeted the government's reaction to the miss. >>it -- keep us in the media and we'll continue the conversation. you can check out our podcast as well. we'll see you next sunday, 11:00 eastern, every sunday morning. . ♪ people are looking for a new brand of change. replace the public your populism here. the next revolution starts right

you may recall kelly came forward of allegations against roger ailes, she said sexual harassment is happeningdustry and she wants to shine a light on it. >> how many of you here experienced what is considered sexual harassmenharassment. >> the report made headlines across the country of sexual harassment. few women have been sharing their stories inside now. >> you are making me uncomfortable. megyn kelly sat down with us. >> can you give us an insight of how damaging of the mentality it is. >> the system is set up to foster intimate relationships. i am an entrepreneur starting a business, i don't have an office, i want to pitch you for money and we'll meet at a hotel or at a restaurant or a bar or a place where there is alcohol. a lot of these men in power take advantage of that. >> kelly learned through her reporting of the power structure at silicon valley is that men at the top and women dhiem cliclim get there. you have ma the women are asking something for the men and the men some of them want something extra from the women in return. it is amazing that in 2017 america that you still do

when the iraq war is going badly of roger ailes and ceo's fox news, don't show the news or segments of iraq because it is not helpful to their side. this is the difference between fox news and journalism. the news for them does not help pie sides my side or the other. >> i thought it does not help the ratings but you are saying it does not help our side. republicans did note want to watch. the ratings were going down because the iraq war is going down. >> right. primarily, it was this narrative does not help republicans or george bush. the ratings are stable. there is been a lot of few research study showing that republicans only get their news from fox. i want to go to john rolston. this is being used on members of congress who are vulnerable of issues of healthcare. they fear the base has rised u to them. a letter that was published by mike pence, donald trump's triumphs are many after only six months and he's just getting started. he's fought everyday and delivered his promises to the american people and taken bold actions and etcetera and etcetera and keeping america safe. here is

weren't given but the 21st century fox is having issues over sexual harassment and things with roger ailesill o'reilly. ochs are nothe murd tolerating this behavior amongst their executives. do i miss some of that? sure. i covered a lot of that stuff over the years. you get a little pang once in a while. but because part of my job was also being a tv sports critic, i now can watch baseball without a notebook, without a pen in hand, without wondering if an announcer is going to miss speak -- misspeak. i can text keith hernandez when he and gary cohn are talking about batman. jeff: it must be nice. richard: it is fun. during the super bowl i was talking to my bank about getting rid of bogus charges. during the winning drive, i am on my phone to the bank. it's a pleasure to have a more normal life. i loved what i did. i love what i do now. jeff: the book is called "the pride of the yankees: lou gehrig, gary cooper, and the making of a classic." thank you for being here. ♪ alisa: i'm alisa parenti from washington. you are watching "bloomberg technology." president trump said he supports his ol

administration as a response to the watergate, roger ailes was the media consultant f or the nixon administration, with pat buchanan. , negativity.aid planned ass hub inative information 1972. they have gone to great lengths to discredit all of the media. now we are seeing the repercussions of that. important -- in order to manipulate people, in order to do things, every dictatorship does this. you first have to shoot the messenger. you have to discredit all media. -- the mediat was was made illegal in germany and we are inching that way. do not believe them when they say they do not believe the media, they trust drudge, fox, infowars. studies confirm that fox audiences are the least informed, less informed that people who watch no cable news at all. host: you mentioned the watergate era. let's look at what bob woodward from the washington post during forum aboutid in a the media coverage of president trump. >> at the white house correspondents dinner, you made an appearance with carl bernstein, your co-author and you got huge applause for one line. you said -- mr. president, the media is not fak

. >> on roger ailes where you wrote this paving expose and nowhere in there did he mention the rampant allegations of sexual harassment. it wasn't rampant allegations new score or at fox news, it was, we later learned multiple settlements sexual harassment which had been, the terms of which had been both people can talk about it so this is dave sherman's report and i, my issue is that you couldn't, you couldn't cover fox news without knowing his reputation. did you know about this stuff and not write about it or just give nothing or is it an issue of covering telecom valley, people turn a blind eye to some serious things? >> which you referenced, about venture capitalist go care about getting the payoff essentially. >> i interviewed women on the record in the book, i interviewed off the record for this book and is subject didn't, so if you're asking me did i not know, i didn't know and so if you want to say why didn't you, why were you looking harder, why didn't you push harder on it, fine. i spoke to women who complain to me about how they were treated by their managers, who were jerk

i started writing it around an episode with herman kaine because my boss at the time, roger ailes of a successful man, he liked he was an outsider, this pizza magnate with a very simple economic plan of 999 and all these crimes. >> i was just writing 999. >> and he was very funny and equipy. so i got the idea for this outsider larger than life, presidential candidate, who the boss in the book wants to keep having on. so you might have to treat him with kid gloves so he keeps coming back on. >> it's interesting, as you were mentioning all those people, 999 came up and then what's his name, i forget his name. i forget a third. now he's head of that department perry. >> oh, perry. >> then michele bachmann was tip of the spear. you have all of these character who have these things. 47%. >> mitt romney. >> that got mitt romney in trouble. >> in fact, it was a cell phone catching that mitt romney saying that. and that also, there's a chapter in there motivated by some of that. >> it really is fascinating and so good to see you. best of luck with this. >> thanks so much. >> good luck with t

. >> i can't help but think this is part of the old roger ailes play book.t going well on s substance, let's throw a distraction out there. the democrats will come running, the coast is out of touch. >> the old deal cultural war divide which the president did well in exploit in 2016. the difference right now is that he has a whole bunch of other issues while you might be able to distract for kaupa couple of minutes, they're not going to go away. we can talk about this today. tomorrow we're going to talk about health care. we're still going to be talking about russia. >> he'll still going to be talking about jeff sessions. >> rex tillerson said he's not going flianywhere. he was rattling a cage. >> he was sending a signal i'm with sessions. >> what is it going to lead to. does that means he will get people he want in place in the state department. >> we're going the find out pretty soon. thank thanks fs for helping me way back in. after the braeeak, marking an important date in the history of law enforcement. your brain is an amazing thing. but as you get old

there is a scene in the book of bannon screaming at roger ailes, and eventually bannon broke the backfox news now they've become the most pro-trump station you can find anywhere on cable. amy: u.n. to college with sean spicer. >> i did. i went to connecticut college. a very pc, liberal arts school. he was one of about 10 openly republican kids on campus, very loud about it. his thick name was sean sphincter. that gives you an idea of his popularity. it was surprising to see where he wound up but i recognize the guy with a college wit amy: we will leave it there. joshua green, senior national correspondent for bloomberg businessweek. his new book is titled, "devil's bargain: steve bannon, donald trump, and the storming of the presidency." that does it for today's show. democracy now! is looking for feedbackck from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693 new york, new york 10013. [captioning made possible by democracy now!] reyes: a mass migration away from war and violence. more than a mi

the challenge is it reminds me of this line that roger ailes has. you are the message. the message, he is the policy. it is all about his ego. it's important to keep in mind that vladimir putin has bested two previous american presidents, one that i worked for and president obama. he is a high -- he is excellent in the spy craft of sizing up his opponents and then figuring out how to exploit their weaknesses and their strengths against them. >> what about the america first message? how much of the steve bannon message will he bring with him, do you think? >> i think with vladimir putin he's not going to lead with that, right? that's what he does in warsaw. this is what he has in common with the polish government but not what he has in common with vladimir putin. with vladimir putin what he's convinced the american base of is that russia should be our friend. i highly doubt he mentions anything about the election. i think he wants to try to build a friendship, a relationship, but he has to risk looking like he's being duped like previous presidents who he said he would b

not long after, fox news ceo roger ailes had to step down due to similar accusations. three of our writers, amber, ally and jenny. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: hey, guys. so guys, what do you think of all this? >> seth, people are acting like this scandal is shocking. >> but if you're shocked by it, where have you been? sexual harassment is everywhere. raise your hand if someone's stared at your boobs on the way to work today. [ light laughter ] raise your hand if you've ever had a co-worker touch you inappropriately. >> amber's hand is on my ass right now. [ light laughter ] >> i was just trying to find it. [ light laughter ] >> so go ahead. get mad about bill o'reilly. but then stay mad. because sexual harassment is everywhere. not just at places like fox news. >> seth: do you think it's a problem here? >> oh, no way. we feel really lucky to be working for such a feminist boss. >> seth: oh, thank you. [ light laughter ] >> seth gives us a platform to come out here and speak our minds. >> when my son is sick, seth lets me work from home. >> and seth is so upset ab

with roger ailes and bill o reilly. and right now the murdochs are not tolerating any misbehavior among its executives. so do i miss some of that, sure. you know, i covered a lot of that stuff over the years. so you get a little panning once in a while. but because part of my job was also being a tv sports critic, i now can watch baseball without a notebook, without a pen in hand, without wondering whether announcer is going to misspeak. i can, you know, i can text keith hernandez when he and gary cohen are talk going batman and. >> must be nice. >> it is fun, it gives me back some of my life. during the super bowl i was talking to my bank about getting rid of some bogus charges. during the winning drive, i'm on the phone with my bank. so it's a pleasure to have a more normal life. i loved what i did. i love what i do now. >> richard sandomir the book is called the pride of the yankees, lou gehrig, gary cooper and the making of a classic. thank you for being here. >> thank you, jeff, pleasure. >> for more about this pro

fox's roger ailes and uber's travis kalanick. >> but he wasn't accused. >> there was another name.t importantly, the women feel like they will be believed in they come forward. >> there's a decency pledge. signing a decency pledge. what would that mean and what would happen if you violated it. >> the reason the decency pledge is so articulate is it's just reminding you of the rule. no one should feel pressure by a boss or manager or someone who has a lot of money to off. that sounds like a very common e the decency pledge, doing the right thing. >> hopefully the reporting of "the new york times" is putting people on notice. thank you, jodi. it's always good to have you here. >>> research shows neanderthals shared me behaviors long considered unique today. the discoveries are taking place inside a huge cage recently declared a world heritage site. jonathan vigliotti takes us inside a cave in gibraltar where neanderthals once lived. >> reporter: this can transport you thousands of years back in time. we're heading to gorham's cave, once the home of our early amazing research. this is

that's a trick that he learned there roger ailes.e haven't gotten a real answer from one of these press conferences in a very long time. one of the things that we have started to take -- you know what i'm talking about normal liesing that we have sort of started to take for granted is the extent to which sarah huckabee sanders never actually answers a question. >> right. right. >> with a factual assertion. she's always telling us to go back -- that she's going to go back and check on stuff. we never get anything. >> or that he sh hasn't talked to the president about that particular issue or that you guys have russia fever or that you don't treat other presidents the same way, but there aren't actually answers. >> exactly. and the one thing i would say about sean spicer, the much beleague erred, much battered sean spicer is you would walk into the oval office and you would president one-on-one i. -- i'm not sure that sarah huckabee sanders has that kind of relationship. i'm not sure she wants that kind of relationship. scaramucci i th

. >> and gabe, the interesting thing about it, too, it reminds me roger ailes story, the sort of relationshipor a long time a lot of women didn't say anything about his abusive behavior. donald trump has a history of using the tabloids to attack his enemy, whether it was calling allegedly his pregnant wife melania at the time a blimp and a monster for gaining weight during his pregnancy, after the "access hollywood" tape planting a story about ted cruz in "the national enquirer" essentially alleging that he was cheating on his wife with multiple women, some of whom worked for donald trump. >> yes. >> just goes on and on, even planting allegedly a story about salma hayet because she wouldn't date him. >> donald trump used "the national enquirer" as an outlet to done research on his rivals like ben carson and ted cruz. we don't know if he was using "the enquirer" personally to go after joe and mika. the owner david pecker is a close personal friend so if he was going after trump creditic trump has that relationship there. this say case donald trump's alliance with the tabloids using an outside