i think steve brill, who i have known for a very long time, said west a few minutes earlier on the show. for bait him, the script. sinclair was not only talking about fox, msnbc, cnn, they were also talking about. themselves if you see we are doing this in and take issues with us, call us. they were to restore integrity in journalism. when you see fake news, everybody is impacted by the loss of credibility. don't think just because it is sinclair broadcast group that we get a pass. we want to say to people, we are not in the business of fake news. we believe and journalistic integrity. we believe in standards, honesty and fairness, and we feel we should not be biased. this is one thing cigar decided to do, he decided to do market research if there were to use this particular message on national tv, and how would you respond. over 70% of people who watch that said they would watch our news and trust our news. isis not about some car, it about the integrity of the entire industry. host: to california. steve, are you with us? you are on with armstrong williams. this short, i am listening a

jay, you're on with steve brill. caller: isn't it foundational that everything we experience enters our brain through our emotion? and ever more efficient communication platforms lock us away from our logic? and shouldn't it be foundational on your website to give us some type of a primer in how our brain works so people know that they are going to have to learn to regiment their logic so they aren't like the -- well, like, for instance, since genesis we've been warned that we've got a serpent in our tree of knowledge and we were ejected from the garden because of that serpent. so -- host: jay, the idea that news readers should beware? caller: well we've known -- it's a -- science has progressed to the point where maximum promotion of communication platforms has given us the ability to maximize emotion so we can't regiment our logic. host: mr. brill? guest: when i heard you begin to ask the question, i thought maybe we should have something on our website or some link to some of the very good material that some of th

steve brill discusses his efforts to distinguish between journalism and fake news. at 8:45 our guest is radio tv talk show host and columnist armstrong williams and he's here to discuss journalism and trust in the news media. ♪ host: good morning. it is thursday, april 5, 2018. a three-hour "washington journal" and head. trump administration officials announced the national guard will be sent to the u.s.-mexico border, and effort to crack down on illegal immigration. we are getting your reaction with special phone line for our callers. if you support sending national guard to the border, give us a call. ,f you oppose the deployment and if you live in a border state, we set aside a special phone line for you. you can also catch up with us on social media come on twitter @c spanwj, and on facebook at facebook.com/cspan. we begin by showing you u.s. homeland security secretary kiersten nielsen yesterday at the white house talking about the deployment timeline, when it is going to happen, and expectations for numbers of troops deployed. nielsen: i will continue to have

brill, whonk steve i've known for a very long time, said it best earlier on this show. i read verbatim the script. sinclair was not only talking about fox, msnbc, cnn. they said if you see we are doing the same, you take issue with us, our anchors, call us. they want to in store -- restore integrity to journalism. everyone is impacted by the loss of credibility. don't think just because they group weair broadcast get a pass. we want to say we're not in the business of fake news p we believe in journalistic integrity, standards, honesty and fairness, and we believe we should not be biased. we need to say it, people. one of the things sinclair decided to do -- they decided to do market research if they were to use this particular message on national tv, how would you respond. over 70% of the people who watched that before it went on the air said they would watch our news and more decidedly trust our news. so, it is not about sinclair, but the integrity of the entire industry. host: california. steve is an independent. good morning. steve, are you with us? caller: yes, i a