the country. this will be a pain for broadcasters across the country. hopefully, going forward, the commission will take the it broadcasting dress and consideration. >> just a couple of housekeeping questions. >> there is a spreadsheet on the website, and excel spreadsheet, it has the information of the stations and when they are transitioning. i know that we could follow up and give you the exact link, but you can get it on the first page of the tv doggo. -- on the first page of dtv.gov. i think we are planning on posting a separate sheet that lists the 35 stations. >> what is the broadcast came? >> equity media owns 17 of the broadcast patients. several of the stations are the stations. whether or not they are all born to be permanently bar, that is something that we do not know. it is something that everybody is looking at because of the

i think it is almost a perfect storm for the broadcasting. it is an unprecedented downturn in revenue due to a number of different trends in the economy. all, together at the same time as the cost of the digital conversion, and this is one of the tragic consequences for the viewers of those stations, that they are going to lose those signals. i think it is very unfortunate and i'm not sure it is the last we are going to here on broadcasters shutting down, given the difficulty of the industry unless the economy turns around pretty quickly. >> i am very concerned. i think it's actually just the beginning of what we might be hearing, more bad news coming over the horizon. if you think many broadcasters rely on auto dealers for about 30% of their ad revenue, and now we have thousands of auto dealers being shattered all across the country, i think it is going to cause a new wave of pain for broadcasters all across the country, so vocally, going forward to the commission will take the extreme economic arrests being experienced by broadcasters into c

>> the law requires analog broadcasting and on june 12th. period. but it also allowed stations if they wanted to continue a and amol will signal that would simply be public safety information and information about the dtv transition. the problem is if someone wakes up and sees the screen has gone blank they won't see a message on the screen what number to call at the fcc for example so a station can do this might light surface which is to continue to broadcast and walk just to provide the basic information. it's a voluntary program. we've encouraged stations to do it and we would love to see at least one station in every major market do it but it is voluntary. >> we also talked with joe barton, former chairman of the energy commerce committee and now ranking republican member on the committee and has been a critic of the extension from january, i'm sorry, february until now, june, and we talked with him a little bit about the dtv transition. >> are we more prepared now for the digital transition demint feb? >> not really. to the extent we are going t

the government has been great for public service broadcasters like weta. a lot of grants, 50 percent grants which means we had to raise the other 50 percent what we call capital for equipment and that sort of thing. so we had to redo the studios, we had to redo everything. that has been so helpful. and, you know, individuals have helped in supporting that other 50 percent. so it costs a lot of money. the good news is just like with c-span when cable went digital, we're not just weta-tv 26, we now have four services, and our mission, period, education programming to as many people as possible. >> host: bill lake, he talked about how much money their corporation had spent on this. how much private money and public money has been spent so far on the digital transition? >> guest: it's been very expensive for the stations. they do have to invest in equipment, and it's come at a rough time. many of the commercial stations are also financially strapped. it has been an expensive transition. one thing i would echo, though, is that it's worthwhile. we've been concent

>> months after the 12th, broadcasters will be changing their location on the tower. we know that some broadcasters are setting up translators or transmitters to boost their signal strength. in the end, that is a very good thing. their cigna will reach farther. but we do not yet know what the full strength of each of the broadcasts in all of the markets will be. we also do not know what the real world impact of interference is going to be. there are some real talent is that people face as they install the converter box and their antennas with interference. sometimes it is about the building that they lived and -- that they live in. we know that there will be seasonal variations. the first time that a snowstorm hits the twin cities, what will happen to their digital signals on that day. what will happen when there is a hurricane or real thunderstorms that hit areas of our gold coast. what will happen to those signals? we do not know what will happen

the national association of broadcasters has chosen to have an absolute burn the bridge attitude toward terrestrial broadcasters paying even a cent. i join with chairman conyers, mr. berman, myself and many others in urging that this pattern of lowering to what we believe is a more fair rate or helping lower to what we believe is a more fair rate in fact flies in the face of terrestrial broadcasters continuing to say that the only fair amount to pay in the way of royalties to music producers, actual performers, is zero. the public today, mr. speaker, when they hear this, they hear this, will be shocked to find out that when they listen to terrestrial radio, nothing is paid to the artist. if they listen to internet radio, more than half of the gross revenues of these internet broadcasters is paid to the performers. as mr. inslee said, i do believe that perhaps it is too much, that there is in fact a point at which when you tax something too much, even if it's taxed to pay the performance, you may get too little of it. to that extent we need to find an amount that balances fairly, compens

renzer, the broadcasters, the television broadcasters have taken a tentative step or a step towards free tv on computers, and that's through hulu. do you see something like that in music's future? >> guest: that's an interesting question. well, i did mention, you know, universal's going to be launching a premium online video site called vivo. i don't know at this point if the plan is to launch with a fee or it's more ad supported. i believe it's going to have minute ad supported, and i believe they're talking to potential advertising partners. but i think hulu is one of the inspirations for that because the truth is video content is usually -- music video content is hugely popular online whether it's on youtube or various streaming sites, yahoo! music, etc., video content is very popular. universal was, i think, one of the first companies that actually stood up and said, you know what? we'd like to get paid for that content, we'd like to get our artists and songwriters paid, and that's starting to happen. it's one of the new revenue streams for our songwriters and artists. but, you know,

and fred manfra, and i go up and we get out of the car, and tom, who did the broadcasting for the mets when trachsel was pitching for the mets said don't dell me that trachsel is pitch for the orioles. throw the ball! i go, yeah. that's what he used to yell from the broadcast booth. >> bob: so that is the first thing he said to you when you step out of the car? >> jim: exactly. better you than me. >> bob: guys, throw the ball in the eighth inning. i'm outta here. jim hunter on the way back and in downtown baltimore, it is all orioles on this friday night! >> bob: oriole fans, when it comes to tickets you you deserve main league service, so go to stub hub, the official fan-to-fan market place. a look at the upcoming schedule tomorrow night and sunday afternoon against the nationals. don't forget on sunday, the game also on wjz and then it is back to american league play for the orioles as the red sox come to town to complete the home stand night games on monday and tuesday and a day game on getaway day on wednesday afternoon. that completes the orioles home stand. there is the line scor

the fate of car dealerships. there are more and more stations, broadcast stations in distress these days. and then there's the whole aspect of all the new media competition i sort of outlined in my opening statement. the eyeballs and ears and ad dollars are going to new media. i think we need to be mindful of that before we impose any new regulations. >> thank you. i'd like to ask you the same question that i also posed to mr. genachowski regarding the media ownership rule. the newspaper, broadcast, television station, fcc parameters and ask if you think that it is time to look at those restrictions in a new light. i said earlier that i have never liked having too much ownership in too few media outlets. i don't think it's healthy. but so much has changed in the last five years, as you stated in your opening statement. and i think perhaps now with newspapers in such dire straits that lifting some of those restrictions and letting broadcast and newspaper owners have the capability to bring their revenue up so that they can both stay in business. and i'd like to know how you feel about that.

s 2004 determination that the broadcast of isolated utterances of the f or s word could be condemned as indecent under federal law. the second circuit had set aside the agency's disposition as arbitrary and capricious under the administrative procedure act and as a post-script, the court of appeals expressed doubt the f.c.c.'s current fleeting expletive regime could survive first amendment inspection. the supreme court reversed, holding that f.c.c. had adequately explained its new policy. because the court of appeals had not ruled on the constitutionality of the f.c.c.'s orders, the court declined to address that issue. justice breyer wrote the principal dissent which agreed with the second circuit's analysis and in a separate dissent, i noted the long shadows the first amendment cast over what the commission has done. justice brennan, i recalled, had warned over 30 years ago that the government should take care before enjoining the broadcast of words or expressions spoken by many in our land of cultural pluralism. the word, i'm told, was spoken in the argument before the court of ap

the committee on. >> okay. another area is opening up broadcast wide dspaces. the commission took a conservative response in opening up the wide space, but it was a start. will the office of engineering technology make sure that this is a priority issue so that we can have sufcient resources in work with the industry to test and make sure that we are answering any of the technical issues that might come up? >> senator, i think the answer is yes. i'm glad you are mentioning another example of creative use of spectrum to advance the overall goals of the communications act. i am energized by what's been happening in the country around mobile. we're seeing incredible innovation. the number of americans who have mobile phones has increased dramatically. i think the current number is about 270 million americans. but more important, the number of americans who have smart phones, who have mobile phones with advanced applications on them is increasing. i believe that we have an opportunity for the u.s. to lead the world in mobile. some of that will require the ongoing cr

data, understanding the marketplace, understanding thef the principles, understanding the importance of having broadcast outlets and the importance of having newspapers, understanding concerns about excessive con sl dags and run an open, fair process to make smart policy judgment about the right thing to do. >> do you know when that review is up? >> i believe the next review is scheduled for 2010, and i apologize if that's the wrong date. >> i didn't know either, but i would hope you would set it at a higher priority than just waiting for a review period to come up. we have to do something to help newspapers in my opinion. >> i agree with that, the sec has had rules in place. that situation that comes to the commission should be taken seriously. it would be wrong for the agency to ignore the real problems that exist in the marketplace. >> thank you. senator pryor? >> thank you. i would like to pick up where senator hutchins finished off. she was talking about newspaper ownership of broadcast media. i would like to ask you about the minority ownership of broadcast media. we've made progress in that area.

she rose to be executive producer of the broadcast face of the nation. here is why this award means something. getting it shows that the winner has the kind of enterprise and style and smarts that made john a terrific journalist. she was smart. there was never fact she could not recall off the top of her head. she was demanding. she had the kind of standards that the critics say do not exist anymore in the kind of work we do. the winners of this honor are proof that those standards to exist. joan wasn't just smart either. she was funny. she loved life as much as she loved politics. in short, she was the kind of person any of you would be delighted to have at your tible to irt and even more important would be delighted to have as a colleague next monday inn that spirit. it is my honor to represent the spirit. like the era of nbc news. [applause] [applause] september and october of 2008, mike trace the turmoil leading to one of the most significant votes in the house of representatives and more than 40 years. the financial bailout. in live shot after a liv

yesterday the government censors blocked access to twitter for the first time after it already blocked out bbc broadcast, blocked all videos on youtube, detained more dissidents. all of this to shield the population from any hint of today's anniversary. when a man there died four years ago, the regime took drastic precautions to prevent any rallying of dissidents and people with grievances. remembering how the death of one man in 1989 in april was a spark that ignited the tiananmen uprising. they declared a time of extreme sensitivity, put the armed police on special alert and ordered the railways to screen all travelers heading for beijing. these are not the actions of their regime that feels secure. on the contrary, they are the actions of the regima regime ths it is sitting on top of a volcano that is about to erupt, or at the center of an earthquake hazard zone. the reason for this insecurity was spelled out last month in an election in beijing by the well- known chinese scholar and sociologists. the chinese system, he explained, with deep and obvious concern, is characterized by what he calls "rigi

. >> the television broadcasters have taken a tentative step towards free tv on computers through hulu. the uc something like that in the music feature? -- do you see something like that in music's future? >> i mentioned we were launching an on-line video site call vivo. i did not know if the plan is to launch with a fee or if it is at supported. i think they're actually talking to advertising partners. it is usually -- music video content is largely popular online. video content is very popular. universal was one of the first companies that stood up and said, we would like to be paid for that video content. we would like to get our artists and some writers paid. you know, hulu has been very successful. music videos online very popular. it will be interesting to see as we gear up to launch -- i believe youtube is our partner. we hired someone from universal who will be heading that business. it is a division of -- i think it will be potentially exciting development. >> besides apple and itunes, is digital music economically successful. --? how you prevent the leakage? >> i think they h

understanding the principles that underlie concerns on all sides in this to understand the importance of having broadcast outlets and, of course, the importance of having newspapers, understanding concerns about excessive consolidation. and run an open, fair process to make smart policy judgments about the right thing to do. >> do you know when that quadrennial review is up? >> i believe the next review is scheduled for 2010, and i apologize if that's the wrong date. >> well, i didn't know either, but i would hope you would set it at a higher priority than just waiting for a review period to come up. i think we've got to do something to help newspapers, in my opinion. >> yes, and, senator, i agree with that. and the other thing i would point out is the fcc has had rules in place for some time with respect to failing stations, distressed stations, and certainly any stations in that situation that comes to the commission should be taken seriously and looked at seriously because it would be wrong for the agency to ignore the real problems that exist in the marketplace. >> thank you, senator hutchison. senat

we are the largest broadcaster in europe. we are very active in the magazine field and we are the largest magazine producer in europe. we have a very large service company. it provides all kinds of media services for reproductions of dvd's to the printing of books and electronic payment services like google and microsoft and others. in the united states, we have random house which is the world's largest consumer book publisher and we have a number of other printing concerns here in the u.s.. we are also a producer of "american idol." >> and you are for vice- president of random house. -- you are former vice president of random house. what do you look for in the president? >> it looks for mostly early stage investments. to give you an example, from the publishing side, some years ago, we pioneered the digital downloading of audio books so that people could enjoy them in devices that played things like in the three imp3s. we are the largest audio book producer in north america. it gave us an idea of how to do this in the digital

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i recalled, had warned over 30 years ago that the government should take care before enjoining the broadcast of words or expressions spoken by many in our land of cultural you willalism. -- lurallism. the -- pluralism. the word, i'm told, was spoken in the argument before the court of appeals, but the lawyers were alerted that some of the justices might find that unseemly. so only the letters f and s were used in our court. [laughter] >> in mid-may, the court reversed the second circuit for a fourth time. the case was ascroftv. ikthal. it was initiated by a pakistani muslim arrested on criminal charges in the wake of 9/11 and held under highly-restrictive conditions in brooklyn's metropolitan detention center. as plaintiff in the bivens action, it -- a number of federal offices alleging his harsh treatment carried out a discriminal that story policy under which he was designated a person of high interest solely because of his race, religion or national origin. former attorney general ashcroft and the director of the fbi were both named defense. they sought threshold dismissal on grounds of q

the pauline 2/3. what kinds of pressures does that exert on broadcasting? >> well, i think those of us in the mainstream media see our world as being the place where people can come where perhaps they have one point of view or another point of view but we are the place we hope where people can agree on the facts. and accurate summation of what the news actually is and from that, all of the analysis, all the commentary grows. i thought one of the students had on a very good point. there are so many of points of you out there on radio, on television, on the internet that the question then every time i have addressed an audience somebody brings up the question, is the media bias? it has almost become an irrelevant question because there are so many points of view out there. we are almost that as it was during the time of lincoln when there was no such thing as subjectivity, when you have liberal papers, republican papers, everybody had a point of view. nobody expected an objective view. the whole idea of objectivity is a fairly new one. i thought the other stud

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and the populace on one hand and the los angeles based broadcast as well? could this in any way be a game breaker, game changer if the iranians said we want both of those stopped as well because we don't do that to you and we are trying to to discuss and of diplomatic debates on equal footing. >> you know i am not acquainted dodged the question by pleading ignorance, but i have to plead and gardens. i really don't know the outfits do. i don't know what our official broadcasts say whether they are news or politically oriented analyses or recommendations and i have no idea what the people in l.a. are doing. there is one simple point however, we cannot do anything that restricts our freedom of expression. and i am not quite sure whether that freedom of expression can be limited when american citizens decide to address the issues in the country of origin or country of special-interest. i think there would be a serious problem. so i don't think our freedom of speech can be subject of negotiation with a foreign government unless there is absolutely clear evidence

the stellar broadcasting, are only a universal medium and source for news and information, and so excessive consolidation is something i think that still needs to be paid attention to but at the same time, it wouldn't be right for the fcc to ignore the changes in the marketplace that are apparent and the struggles in the various parts of the traditional media business. >> host: fawn johnson. >> guest: that was a classic example of the maneuvering ferry deathly around controversial and difficult questions. senator hutchison was asking genachowski whether not in these difficult times we might be able to allow some more consolidation , frankly some of our jobs, and if you can tell, he very charmingly talked about his experience in the media, and did one of these on the one hand to the other. we need to pay attention to consolidation but we have to be careful about the marketplace. i think we are going to see a lot of that coming from him, trying to balance the needs of the advocates, some of whom have supported him greatly and businesses to say we can't handle more regulation. >> guest: i thin

. >> , was with a broadcaster the other day. it least he has flute -- if your tattoos. i asked him if he knew that for sure. how do you know that? >> that is all i have. >> what is your season ticket base? >> it is a number that we just have not publicized this year as all of our industry struggles. we understand the reasons. another reason is the second year in the ballpark. the biggest reason is a factor. all three of these things happened at the same time. it gave us quite a hit. i am pleased to say that we're far above what teams and our position and get. we need to get it back up and as we grow, i know we will. the one thing that i say for sure is how great it was and how much support there would be. as soon as we do our job, which we have not done well enough yet, as soon as we do that, we are going to be one of those teams. i feel firmly about that. >> the nats are losing and tickets are plentiful. why should i renew my season tickets? >> that is a good question. i mean that sincerely because i have these conversations -- i have these conversations 20 years ago.

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others may purchase a copy from the broadcast information center. 262-7510. turn off any blackberries or cell phones, and tomorrow, the speaker is the secretary-general of the organization of the islamic conference. his topic is "u.s.-muslim world relations and the contributions to that." there is material on the table outside related to this newspaper. the newspaper, as you know, is the former crown prince of iran, the son of the late shah of iran. reza welcome back to the press club. we are very you could be here. i sent welcome back, because mr. pawlenty has spoken at the nbc -- because reza pahlavi has spoken to the npc at least once before. i want to thank for her role in arranging this speaker, his office and all those who i've met and hussein i cannot pronounce correctly. he would give us his view on the post-election relations in iran. he thinks it reflects a fundamental change in attitude of the iranian people to the islamic regime, and has ideas on what the west should do about it. after he speaks, he will take your questions. line up at dtw alternat

we are the largest broadcaster in europe with brands like rto, channel 5 in great britain. we are very active in magazine field. we are the largest magazine publisher in europe as well. brand, the umbrella brand. we have a theory and large services company, which provides all kinds of media services from the reproductions of ddp's all the way to printing of books, to electronic payment services for google and microsoft and others. and then, last but not least in the weslia business such as random house, which is the world's largest consumer book publisher based here in new york actually and you'll vaudeville has a number of printing and servicing concerns here in the u.s. and of course we have fremantle media which is one of the producers of "american idol" and other television shows here, so we have quite a spread of different media and it is one of the larger media conglomerates in the world with north of $20 billion. >> host: you are former executive vice president of random house. what is your role and what kind of investments to look for as the president of bertelsmann

obama during the broadcast, since i am not an enthusiast for the president's approach to health care reform, there will be one quavering, tiny little voice at least a mild dissent. host: on health care, len writes -- guest: clearly, the health-care system that we have now, getting substantial health- care off the books with caution, taxpayers are already paying. the question is it is conceptually simple to solve the problem with the uninsured. you do that by giving the money. the question is, is that money well spent? we can argue about that. there is also a question of whether or not mandating health insurance is something that a nation with a libertarian streak that we want to reserve is comfortable with. comfortable with. host: louisiana, on the republican line with mr. will. caller: mr. will, i am insured and it's from a large insurance company. my husband is working and i am disabled. and he makes less than $20 an hour. and our deductible is $5,000 each. now in order for us to get any medical help, we have to pay that $5,000 ahead of time in order to get any medical treatment. s

the government and the populous, on one hand, and, the los angeles-based broadcast as well. could this in any way be a game-breaker, game-changer, if the iranians said we want both of those stopped as well bass we don't do that to you and we are trying to -- because we don't do that to you and trying to discuss and have diplomatic debates on an equal footing. >> i will not dodge your question, by pleading ignorance, but, i have to plead ignorance, i really don't know what these outfits do. i don't know what our official broadcasts say to the iranians, whether or news or whether more politically oriented ac nal sees and -- analyses, i have no idea what the people in l.a. are doing, there is one simple pointed, however we cannot do anything that restricts or freedom of expression and i'm not quite sure whether that freedom of expression can be limited when american citizens decide to address issues in the country of origin or country of special interest. i think there will be really serious problems, so i don't think our freedom of speech can be subject -- a subject of negotiat

obama during the broadcast and some of his people. since i'm not enthusiastic about the president's approach to health care reform, there will be one tiny voice of mild dissent. host: len writes, mr. will wants to solve the health care problem by throwing taxpayer money at it. how much will it cost? is it a conservative solution? with the uninsured being free riders off of us, and getting substantial health care, and taxpayers are already paying. the question is it's conceptually simple to solve the problem of the uninsured. you do that by giving them money. now the question is that money well spent. we can argue about that. and there is a question of whether or not mandating health insurance is something as a nation with a libertarian streak we want to preserve is comfortable with. host: louisiana, on the republican line with mr. will. caller: mr. will, i am insured and it's from a large insurance company. my husband is working and i am disabled. and he makes less than $20 an hour. and our deductible is $5,000 each. now in order for u

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television and television production where we're the largest broadcaster in europe with brands like rtl and mc in france, channel 5 in great britain. we're very active in the magazine field, we're the largest magazine publisher in europe as well. tunnel -- we have a very large services company which provides all kind of media services from the reproductions of dvds, you know, all the way to printing of books to electronic payment services for google and microsoft and others. and then last but not least in the u.s. we have businesses such as random house which is the world's largest consumer book publisher based here in new york actually, and we have a number of printing and servicing concerns here in the u.s. and, of course, we have free mantle media which is one of the producers of "american idol" and other television shows here. so we have quite a spread of different media, and it's one of the larger media conglomerates in the world with north of $20 billion. >> host: and you're former executive vice president of random house. what kind of investments do

the coverage has not been limited to the broadcast networks. recent study by the center for media and public affairs examined all the value to of commons and "the new york times" stories during obama's first 50 days in office and found that 73% were favorable. this writer did press work for two politicians and now works for this particular group. caller: a just read this article. i wanted to say that i believe there's a love affair with him. how could you look past with chris matthews said in the campaign about having a tingle go down his middle leg. host: is there anything more recent you have seen? caller: yes, with kevin thomas saying that he is like god. the zip codes of most journalists, where they live, most white journalists live very insulated lives and don't have much contact with the realities of race in this country. obama is a symbol more than a man, a symbol of the unrealized integration. most to support him live in pockets of homogeneity -- the for the they live from blacks the higher opinion they have of them. you'll find very few

proud of the work we did on promotion of democracy, expansion of some of the ideas i proposed in the broadcast. it is a multilayer book, has a layer of political fury, and american history and foreign policy and national security. "demagogue: the fight to save r, america from its worst enemies". >> supreme court reporters provide an inside look at the manor, behavior and justice during some of the most newsworthy cases in recent memory. georgetown university law center in washington d.c. hosted the event. it is a little over an hour. >> welcome. thank you for coming today for our discussion of the book recently released by the university of michigan press on argument in the supreme court. i am going to moderate our discussion. this book, edited by tim johnson, is a unique volume. the editors have assembled a series of essays written by journalists who covered the supreme court. each focuses on oral argument and the case before the supreme court and offers lessons on the court and the role of oral arguments. the supreme court's to sit in making process is a uniquely closed process to the public

i spent time in the broadcasting industry later, where learned that it is a special business that plays a special role in our country. it is a hard business, especially in these times. it is a unique business. it is our only universal medium. consolidation is something that needs to be paid attention to, but at the same time, it would not be right for the sec to ignore the changes in the marketplace that are apparent, and the struggles in the various parts of the traditional media business. >> that was a classic example of maneuvering very deftly around it really controversial and difficult question. senator hutchinson was asking him whether or not, in these difficult times, we might be able to allow some more consolidation and save some of our jobs. if you can tell, the very charmingly talked about his experience in the media, and it one of these on the one hand, on the other. we have to be careful about the marketplace. we're going to see a lot of that coming from him, trying to balance the needs of the advocates who have supported him greatly, and the businesses to say that we can't

when dick cheney came on the broadcast, when i asked him that question that got so much play, when i said colin powell said rush limbaugh is hurting the republican party, but rush limbaugh says the powell ought to get out of the party, how do you come down, mr. vice president? in all honesty my guess was that he was not going to answer that question. i thought he might give it an amusing dodge, might be artfully side-stepping. without blinking an eye he said, when it comes to republicans i have to go with rush limbaugh. i said really? i was taken aback. people wrote about that and be interviewed for a couple of weeks. they are still writing about. that is journalism. do not assume you will note the answer when you ask someone a question. just ask the question. host: this question comes from oklahoma. caller: good morning, my question is, with the medicare question -- health care for everyone, is there any way they could extend down the medicare to people from 65 to 60 and then every year ago down to cover everyone. those who want to stay on private plans and those who want to be on me

let's go back to the masn broadcast booth and welcome back in jim palmer. jim, jeremy guthrie pretty good in this game. he couldn't survive the one inning and it seemed like once that error was made, he was over the plate four hits in the inning and couldn't stop the bleed eeg couldn't. i think there's a tendency a lot of times either your catcher comes out and talks to you. we know matt wieters sinexperienced. he's not going to do that. probably something deal as he gets more maturity and more experience in the big leagues. a lot of times what you got to do is step off the mound. what i noticed is if you can look at jeremy guthrie's face, he's starting to grit his teeth. again, he was very good tonight. he probably had his best slider early on in the game. in the fourth inning, leadoff walk. makes good pitch. there's going to be a 4-6-3 double play. all of a sudden, the a series of bad pitches. hanging slider to wright. high fastball to church. hang slider to sheffield. you can see every ball up in the middle of the plate. right here after trying to get mur

he's now in the hall of fame as a broadcaster. >> johnny: started in 1967 in the booth with sullivan and jim mc tire. he finished his last year of broadcasting a couple of years ago in 2007. >> rob: i loved him. he used to come over late in the game, he was such a country boy. he'd eat ronyons right out of the fridge. he was awesome. he was one of my favorite people. he still got out there well into his 60s, batting practice. >> he loved the game. >> rob: he was a great teacher of the game. he was the type of guy -- we'd do the on deck show with him. he'd always give a honey baked ham. >> johnny: when i did my on deck show, i would get gift certificates to the restaurant downtown. i found an interview with mickey mantle. i think we gave him a $25 gift certificate to a clothing store. it was a nice store in those days which is closed. >> rob: do they still do like player of the game and stuff? i was going to tell a story from montreal days. >>> i was player of the game. usually it's the guy that wants to do the interview after the game. they gave me a weed whacker. i had to get through

the first of the broadcast networks, abc, didn't declare a winner until 12:02 a.m. are you going to decide which network you're going to watch? on the basis of the fact that that network went on the air two minutes earlier than another one? yet it is a priority in this business that is as high as any. final question. yours, sir. >> an observation and you can treat it as a question or respond to it. and that has to do actually with this gentleman touched on it, that i taught journalism for about 20 years, and -- >> at -- >> i was going to say, helped to put out the high school newspaper, award-winning newspaper. from the columbia press high school association. for pane years. -- for pane years and there was the theory and there is the practice. the theory of journalism, and i think its practice in academia is to tell the difference between the different kinds of reporting features, news stories. difference between a news story and where the opinions should be. so why do we find, and we know where the so-called facts are supposed to be and we find a lot of facts can re

we will join the broadcast telecast in project at 7:02. manny acta was asked about the pop-up which resultd in kapler getting one more swing. here is the national skipper talking about that incident. >> i'm absolutely 100% sure that nick wanted to catch the ball. i mean, he just dropped it and it ended up costing us the ballgame. he made a lot of good plays for us, too, in the past but those are the times of things that we have to make sure that we don't give any extra outs because that really, you know, ends up batting you. >> what did you think of craig stammen's performance? he did a good job, started shaky, pitching away from contact and started throwing the sinker over the plate. these guys didn't see him before and he did a nice job, gave us an opportunity to win the ballgame into into the nationals have not played that many games in domed stadiums. >> ray: the astro deem used to be tough but theypainted that dark. metro dome, as i mentioned, has never been tough. i never played a game down there but a lot of people talked about the d

obama during the broadcast and some of his people so since i am not an enthusiast for the president's approach to health care reform, there will be one quiver in tiny little voice and least a mile descent. >> host: on health care, one heard your solution and said they want to solve it by throwing taxpayers' money at it, how much will it cost? is the sick and service solution? >> guest: is clearly the healthcare system we have now with the uninsured been free riders of the rest of us getting substantial health care but sort of off the books with cost shifting from the taxpayers already paying. the question is conceptually simple to solve the problem of the uninsured -- you do that by giving them money. now the question is is that money well spent? we can argue about that and there's also a question about mandating health insurance something again and nation with a libertarian streak that we want to preserve is comfortable with. >> host: louisiana, this is shelley on the republican line for mr. will. >> caller: mr. well, i am sure the and it is pretty large insurance company. my husband

newspapers play in our society and our democracy, and a little bit later in my career i spent time in the broadcastingindustry where i learned both that it's a special business, plays a special role in our country, and also that it's a hard business especially in these times. it's a unique business, it's still our broadcasting, our only universal medium and source for news and information, and so excessive consolidation is something, i think, that still needs to be paid attention to. but at the same time it wouldn't be right for the fcc to ignore the changes in the marketplace that are apparent and the struggles in the various parts of the traditional media business. >> host: fawn johnson. >> guest: that was a classic example of maneuvering very deftly around a really controversial and difficult question. senator hutchison was asking genachowski whether or not in these difficult times we might be able to allow some of more consolidation in media to save, frankly, some of our jobs. and if you can tell, he very charmingly talked about his experience in the media and did one of these on the one hand to t