you. >>> i'm pliesed to welcome ted koppel to this program. he is the former long time host of abc's "nightline." he's now a senior contributor to cbs news "sunday morning." >> i can see you, and you look well. >> now i know how all those guests on nightline felt over the years. >> you did a great job on that program. i am glad to see it's ongoing all these years later. speaking of your legacy, let me start by asking, what you make of the way the media is covering donald trump. i ask that because it seems to me that given that he is such an anomaly in so many different ways, i have watched my colleagues in the media struggle with how to cover him, what do you think of how they're covering donald trump? >> i think the first thing you got to do is consider how media have changed in in the 25 or 30 years that have elapsed since the development of the internet and social media. it used to be 3 or 4 networks out there, and that was it. and they were in in competition with one another for the 100,000 television homes in the cun. now you have those t

i had ted koppel on here, how would you grade the mainstream media, the corporate media in america and its coverage of donald frumd. >> the corporate media rolled out the red carpet for donald trump. you have the heads of -- among others, cbs saying it may not be good for america, but it's certainly good for our bottom line. what think tank just did a study and said donald trump got $5 billion worth of free air time. the studies have been shown over and over again, when you compare the air time that donald trump got to the air time, for example, that bernie sanders got. i mean, you couldn't compare. but what you can do is you can understand how this uninterrupted air time really paved the way for what we're seeing today. so donald trump become president. and he starts attacking the media nonstop. calls us the enemy of the people, the enemy of the american people, he was doing that before as well. i hesitate to say this on national television. but i've always wondered, if he just stopped for a few days, i really do think the media would wrap their arms around him, as they do the establi

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. >>> hi, i'm tavis smiley, join me next time for a conversation with ted koppel. that's next time. we'll see you then. >>> and >>> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> good evening from los angeles. today thousand took to the streets to march in what has become a key day of action for immigrants rights activists to. night speak with an acclaimed civil rights attorney and president, and discuss trump's 100 day rally and the effect that the administration has had thus far on immigrants families. then we'll remember our dear friend, collaborator, oscar winning filmmaker jonathan demme. all that in just a moment. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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and ted koppel is here, great journalist. talk about the role of the media.lationship between trump and the media existed, the first 100 days. and then, economy and all star panel. guests this week. look back at the first 100 days of the administration to the night we discuss immigration with our friend tom. good to have you here. >> like wise. >> next, remember academy award winning director, our friend, jonathan demme. stay with us. last week the world lost one of its most prolific filmmakers with the death of jonathan demme, probably best known for rachel getting married. philadelphia, and silence of the lambs for which of course he within, a best director oscar. over the past few days many have penned obituaries and tributes attesting to his artistic genius, most importantly to his humanity. a humanist. i believe at his purest when making projects, driven by love, passion, and connection, to the heart our others. here a clip from his first appearance on the program. back in 2007. discussing his documentary right to return, about the residents of new orlea