ending the reign of fake news and its name is a news guard yes the brainchild of media executive steven brill and louis gordon it's the browser extension provides users a color coded guide green good red bad as well as a nutrition label to news sites and organizations and if they're fake or bad or whatever because hey you know who better to decide what is or is not bakes news than a former time magazine reporter and a member of the council on foreign relations. i'm just in case you're wondering yes r t got a red check mark for being russian government funded propaganda but voice of america got a green checkmark for being us government funded propaganda by news guard. so today let's delve into the latest stat stats and schemes in the world of big news as we start watching the hawks. were pretty. good looking like real that this would be. as it gets to the bottom city. but they like you that i got. was that we. would. be. exactly. welcome her when watching the hawks i am told them to have had so tab fake news and what guards against it yeah i remember just a few.

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. >> a controversy erupted after ken starr gave an interview to journalist steven brill.rticle implied that secret grand jury testimony had been leaked. >> the problem with ken is that he thinks everybody else is as honorable as he is, and he's like a babe in the woods. >> i answered his questions, i think, truthfully. there were numerous accusations that, um, i had personally leaked grand jury information. >> ken starr has a different view of what was said, and i believe it was a put-up job. >> i was very careful in that interview. the federal rules of criminal procedure and our professional ethics are absolutely clear. what happens in the grand jury is sacrosanct. >> but the media had a new story. >> independent counsel ken starr is under attack today. a new magazine reports he admits leaking information to reporters covering the lewinsky sex scandal. is it time to investigate the investigator? >> there was a very full investigation, and that process ended in, if i may say so, complete vindication of the integrity of our office, including my own integrity. >> look what

when she read steven brill's peace and content, i was then subject to a pretty thorough going. i personally. investigation into whether i had violated 6e. i hadn't. in the fullness of time it was vindicated. but you have to be very cautious. so i think perhaps bob mueller, mindful of that, said stars made bone-headed mistakes talking to the media. the best thing to do is have a press spokesperson who never comments. >> just a closing remark on that. it seems like there is no perfect answer to that. do and dammed if you dammed if you don't. you are going to get hit no matter what your decision is. anyway, i very much want to thank the panel for being here today. i want to thank all of you. i learned a lot today. i don't know about you. [applause] [indiscernible] >> charming guy. had a couple of rough goes. [indiscernible] ♪ >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress the white house,, the supreme court, and public policy events in wash