in the middle was the new york times. its editor was a politician. harry raymond who founded it was the speaker of the new york state assembly. he decided to found a newspaper. this in new york gets gas because new yorkers imagine the current speaker of the assembly of owning the new york times so it is a big leap of imagination. the times was clearly pro republican and anti slavery but their whole m o was to delay education, not excited asian. they wanted changes to be made in thessaly and painlessly. they were anti secession but not immediately pro emancipation. the times originally favored william seward for president of the united states in 1860. they were converted to admiration for lincoln after the cooper union address as joe mentioned a moment ago and were reliably and ardently pro lincoln in the 1860's election. in fact, i don't think anyone in any city to they can imagine this occurring from the print newspaper aside from television. the editor of the new york times campaigned across new york state into the midwest for abraham lincoln. for o

the top editor of the new york times. hat day when you're walking across the street, was the truck defaulter you a phone? >> the truck was a fault. >> and they -- >> actually people stopped and said my story about new york, the people who were crossing toward me all stopped. many stopped to help me, and a number of them ran after the truck and made the driver stopped. >> and how -- and who did he run over? what to the truck ran over? >> first ran over my right foot, which for some reason tracked me down into the gutter. and then the rear wheel went over my left femur. >> what were you thinking at the time? can you remember? >> i can't remember what i was thinking. i did not lose consciousness. i remember right after really well. >> and you say that the doctor said that if it had been 2 inches -- >> 2 inches higher and he thought i would have been killed. >> why? >> because some of your major organs are just, you know, a little bit higher up from that. >> so what happened right away at the accident site? >> policeman was th

laura hillebrand, unbroken is number one. 13 weeks at number one, 50 weeks on the new york times bestseller list. eric larson in the garden of beasts 26 weeks on the list. one week at number one. tina fey with bossy pants, 25 weeks on the new york times bestseller list. david mccullough, the greater journey, americans in paris, 17 weeks on the bestseller list. and number five, seal team six, memoirs of an elite navy seals sniper. what was laura hillenbrand's book about, sarah weinman? >> she talked about a man named louis zamperini who had been an athlete and then ended up in world war ii where he was a prisoner of war. he, at least as of a few months ago, was still alive and was well into his 90s. and, of course, laura hillenbrand is a fascinating story because she has chronic fatigue syndrome and often cannot leave the house. so she was conducting a lot of her research from her house and through telephone calls and outsourcing of people helping her to bring in documents and things like that. and from that she produced this tremendous piece of not only scholarship and research but also thi

>>> this week on q&a charles blow, division will op-ed columnist for "the new york times". c-span: charles blow, your biography starts with this. charles blow is the visual bet columnist for "the new york times." since april 2008 his columns have appeared in the times every other weekend featured charts -- no, let me read that again and feature charts as a form of opinion journalism. what's this all about? >> guest: people ask me that question of time. it's pretty much as it says. i am a numbers guy, not so much computational, but i may trend spotter and i use charts to visualize those trends. and i use this charts in my opinion pieces. i kind of build the opinion of the chart. for me, the data comes first. i don't decided that i'm going to talk about a subject and then go out and look for data. i really do search for data first and see if it's something interesting and something that kind of agrees with an opinion that i have reserved conference. so it surprises me and i could surprise my readers. and i built out from there. c-span: started reading you won saturday's -- ope

t"the new york times" saying he used to have crazy newsletters with revolting, racist stuff, he claimse didn't see it. it was written in 2008. "the new york times" was blunt in saying we're bringing this to people's attention again. why not before? because nobody care good ron paul. >> well, you know, it's common sense that you're going to spend more time covering people who look like they'll have a chance to win. it was an something phenomenon to see the national review dedicate almost an entire issue to defeating newt gingrich once he was a viable -- >> gingrich unlike romney is great copy for the press. we love to write about his colorful language and his lobbying for freddie mac and his -- >> and tiffany's. >> right. >> it's starting to pile on for newt gingrich. frank broony, of "the new york times," wrote this piece last week that was the most scathing, ticking off this sort of missianic complex that newt gingrich had. more and more people will talk about how newt gingrich compares himself to franklin delano roosevelt and -- >> i think we've been befuddled this year, we in the es

thirteen weeks at number 150 weeks on the new york times best-seller list. in the garden of beast. third for the year. twenty-five weeks on the new york times best-seller list. the greater journey. americans in paris. seventeen weeks on the best-seller list. number five, howard weisman, c and temple, seal team six memoirs of an elite navy seals sniper. what was her book about? >> she talked about a man named louis center in the you had been an athlete and then ended up in world war ii, believe, he was a prisoner of war. at least as of the few months ago he was still alive and was well into his 90's. of course of fascinating story because she has chronic fatigue syndrome and often cannot leave the house. she was conducting a lot of research from her house and through prodigious telephone calls and outsourcing of people helping her to bring in documents and things like that. and from that she produced this tremendous piece of not only scholarship and research but also this very inspiring story that was released at the end of 2010, and as you noted, rose to the best-seller list. so i t

the mainstream press and the coverage of these two movements i want to put up something that the new york times said about media coverage in russia this was just a few days after the protests began michael schwartz wrote quote for more than a week moscow has witnessed some of the largest protest against the kremlin in years yet until saturday most government channels if they reported on the demonstrations at all tended to portray protesters as rebels and lawbreakers which at least one report warning of people arming themselves with improvised bombs i thought this was interesting for a couple of reasons first of all just looking at occupy wall street the mainstream media didn't cover this at all intel they were forced to until there were seven people on the brooklyn bridge getting arrested so i thought it was an interesting thing to say what are your thoughts about on this you know this is the new york times but this seems to be a sort of common notion and well i mean it's you know dude you're damned if you do damned if you don't i would like to point out that the same new york times cover for e

the new york times let me finish the new york times i think was the guardian and your spiegel they were all part of it too should they be put on trial as well for releasing this information i mean they're just as culpable not just bradley manning . your know it because we want america we have a first amendment and once they get the information. they can print it if i want they shouldn't but the new york times did i mean they did finish time certainly time and time again is put national security at risk to run a story but we have the first amendment that's the there is not a first amendment and to speak all in germany but we have a first amendment here the fact of the matter is you want to bypass bradley manning who some reason for all this i mean he released information he absolutely had no right to release and he should be if he's guilty i think certainly sort of life in prison and at the very least ok james if i go to you i mean there's ample amount of evidence that bradley manning should have never been in the position that he was put into while he was in the military becau

outlets even covered the subject was a seventy five hundred word story on the front page of the new york times that implicated every single network a.b.c. n.b.c. c.n.n. and therefore of course that we are talking well actually. just how deep it was was crazy media matters did a report at the time and they found that the people implicated in the story of these independent military analysts that were mentioned in the story appeared on these networks forty five hundred times between two thousand and two and when the story was published were thousands more than four thousand five hundred times and that was to talk about the war millions of dollars with the advertising if they bought free advertising for the pentagon. and the way the pentagon tried to clean up the mess was having a quick report released that was so riddled with accuracies and just statements of the one that just came out this is all backed down and eight two thousand and nine the pentagon put out a very quick you know try and sweep this under the rug kind of report and it was laughed at in the new york times from many of consistenc

fellow named easten jordan, a former cnn executive, people with memories wrote an article in the new york timesthe headline "the news we kept to our cess" the news we suppressed, about the stories that cnn had from the baghdad bureau and saddam hussein era that they suppressed, wouldn't say thing about the regime because they wanted the le that will word, access wouldn't tell the truth about the iraqi regime and two years later accusing the american government of targeting journalists in iraq, which is a pretty serious charge against your own government. he got fired for that and now he turns up as the producer of this donald trump news max ion tv debate and i don't believe so don't like it. >> jon: on the news of trump getting the gig, chris mathews from msnbc asked how the party of lincoln descended into a diabolic clown show and conservative columnist charles krauthammer, the idea a joke. they're taking fire from all sides. >> look, i don't know why anyone would show up at the debate. he's a carnival barker and gross self-promoter and he's talking about running against the republican candida

wednesday with "the new york times." he's hammering and hammering and for the most part, newt gingrich is turning the ore cheek. it seems to be making a difference. all those paid advertisements. he's on the receiving end, it looks like his earlier lead in iowa is beginning to diminish. >> that's right. people can say all they want they don't like negative attacks. they don't like attack ads, but as we know, they do sometimes work. consider a gallup daily tracking pole that came out today shows gingrich's support really cratering on a national level. showing gingrich at 29%. rom lny at 24%. ron paul at 10%, but consider where gingrich was in the same poll ten days ago. he was at 37%. 15 points ahead of romney. that is a sign right there that what the gingrich campaign likes to say on its twitter account, it appears to be fading. >> that's a national poll and we see a similar decline for gingrich in iowa and new hampshire and some of these other states as well, so he's losing maybe a point a day. i'm sure his strategists a

the press, but now that he's fighting for his political life, that suddenly changed. romney has somehow found time this week to talk to "politico," the "washington post," "the new york times," and earlier this morning, "fox news sunday." here, jeff zeller in of the "times" asked whether night is t -- whether newt is too zany to be president? >> zainy is not good for president. it's great for campaign, it's great on talk radio and in the print. it beats -- makes for fun reading. but in terms of a president, we need a leader. >> will this media blitz change the coverage as romney tries to catch gingrich? >>> plus, we'll meet the 22-year-old college student who unearthed a devastating old romney video. it was a risky move when abc hired christiane amanpour from cnn last year for the sunday morning program this week. but now she is out. continuinging as an abc correspondent while launching an evening newscast for cnn international. what went wrong, and is bringing back george stephanopoulos the answer? >>> tim tebow is winning all kinds of praise as the denver broncos quarterback. >> the entire team believes in him. the city is captivated by him -- >> how about the country. >

being filed, and it remains to be seen as to where things will go from here. >> according to "the new york times" bestseller list, hardcover, nonfiction, here are 2011's bestsellers. laura hillenbrand, "unbroken," is number one. 50 weeks on "the new york times" best season geller list. eric larson, "in the garden of beasts," one week at number week. tina fey with "bossy pants" came in third for the year, 25 weeks on the bestseller list. david mccull hour, "the greater journey," 17 weeks on the best season geller list, and number five, "sale team six: memoirs of an elite navy seal sniper." what was laura hillenbrand's book about, sarah weinman? >> she talked about a man named louis who had been an athlete and then ended up in world war ii and, i believe, he was a prisoner of war. and he at least as of a few months ago was still alive and was, you know, well into his 90s. and, of course, laura hillenbrand is a fascinating story because she has chronic fatigue syndrome and off cannot leave -- often cannot leave the house. so she was conducting a lot of her research from her house and through, you k

brainwashing millions of americans during the bush administration to rally support for illegal wars the new york times discover the between two thousand and two and two thousand and eight former secretary of defense donald rumsfeld created a team of high profile military analysts to go on television and radio and gin up support for the bush administration's illegal wars while pretending to be objective retired generals or military experts some of these animals were also paid by private military contractors and use their t.v. appearances to squeeze more lucrative contracts for the defense industry out of the pentagon as the new york times reports mr rumsfeld's staff frequently provided military analysts with talking points before their network appearances and programs intent was to move everyone's mouth on t.v. as a sock puppet well a two year investigation conducted by the pentagon itself just wrapped up and no one was implicated for anyone doing. that's because no smoking gun document was discovered that clearly laid out the objective of the program so the investigation was unable to prove criminal a

news has learned that all eight alleged victims who say jerry sandusky sexually abused them are ready to testify outraged by the penn state football coach's bombshell interview with "the new york times." >>> bottoms up, why the simple act of sitting can super sooiz your backside. >>> and "made in america." meet some of the people back to work because of you. your dollars helps them. >> all: thank you, america. >>> good evening. you all know the motto. neither range, nor sleet or snow will stop the mail but today even a threat that the most determined letter carrier cannot overcome, bankruptcy. that's right, it's forcing the post office to make massive layoffs. 35,000 and that's by march 2012. services will be restricted in ways sure to be felt by all of us, especially when you consider this, each day americans send 563 million letters and packages. that's almost two pieces of mail every day for every one of us. so tonight we tackle the questions, can the post office be saved? should it, and what does the shake-up mean for america's economy and you? abc's sharyn alfonsi starts us off from one of the biggest post offices that will shrink. it's near penn station in manhattan. good even

i believe the foreman made "the new york times" book review or perhaps the daily publications 10 best lists so certainly looking back at history perhaps the appeal of these books is just if we know what went on many decades or centuries before us, perhaps we can glean some wisdom as to what has been happening now. certainly when i read looks on history, one of my favorite looks here for example is robert k. matthews, the great biography and here is a woman who had to contend with you know, monarchy related imaginations and a coup that took her husband out of power so that she could ascend to the throne and also just trying to find a way to overcome the surf problem unsuccessfully as it turned out. so there are certain politically demonic and historical antecedents to what we can look at today and try to figure out if we learned anything from those centuries past. in some cases we have and we are thankful that we do. in many cases, not so much. >> host: you also put on your list that we asked you for it in advance of this taping, you also included t.j. english, the savage city. what is

annual holiday party that he throws for the local press this is a party where reporters from the new york times the new york post the new york daily news c.b.s. fox and other outlets were all in attendance and according to those that were there it was a very light heart of that so light hearted in fact the mayor bloomberg felt that he could make jokes about journalist arrests and the occupy movement in general there he joked about those in attendance having press credentials because don't forget when journalists were being arrested one of the city's defenses was that they weren't all properly credentialed he also gave out gag gifts to journalists and joked that those gifts are only for the one percent he even gave out a tarp is one of those gifts joking that it got it from that he got it from the sanitation department on the west side or all of the tents and tarps that were confiscated from zuccotti park must have ended up one point those in attendance even said the bloomberg draped himself in the tarp and then posed for a photo. it reportedly smiling from ear to ear now this story shows us not

so one can certainly look at "the new york times" list, and of course, the only started tracking the books earlier this year and they had their own system which may be a combination of hard data as the hardcover and paperback sometimes tend to be. so they thought that it would appear that todd burpo's evin is for real, which has sold in tremendous quantities, i believe well in excess of 100 million copies, that i do think it believes to be a strong e-book sell there as well. >> host: do religious books and religious themed books sell well? >> guest: oh absolutely. it's also why i think another one of the big publishing stories which will play out in 2012 is when harper collins sought thomas nelson, which also happened to publish "heaven is for real." recent statistics indicated harper collins was the fourth largest book trade publishing house, and thomas nelson was the seventh largest. so this is a big deal. carper i believe only paid a little more than about $200 million to buy thomas nelson and harper of course is a religious publisher in its own right. they own or have a strong st

well, according to "the new york times," the gap between members of congress and the rest of the population is growing, but what's behind it? that's the big question. and what does it mean in terms of how our leaders represent us? ari melber is an msnbc contributor and a correspondent for "the nation" magazine. chris frates is a correspondent for the "national journal." chris, thank you, and ari, thank. you know, i think it's important to talk about. these aren't guys and women making money on the job. it's not selling influence, apparently. what we're talking about is the development we've all seen. wealthy people, because they have capital and the ability to not have to show up to work for years at a time, and incredible leverage with other rich people, because rich people know rich people, that they can run for office with impunity and take chances on losing. they can come back year after year, until they finally win. >> yeah, i think that's exactly right, chris. politics is about what you have, what you need, and what you know, just like you said. so what we see with the explosion of th

a mroeted monster, an extravaganza without a single genuine showstopper and "the new york times" saidthe ungodly indecipherable mess it was in february, it's just a bore" but audiences often defy critics and spidey's beaten many adversaries armed with more than mere opinions. >> thanks to cynthia for that report on spider-man. >>> next up, would you strap your toddler to a sheep for sport? we're going to go inside the rough and tumble world of mutton busting. sarah, will you marry me? i think we should see other people. in fact, i'm already seeing your best friend, justin. ♪ i would have appreciated a proactive update on the status of our relationship. who do you think i am, tim? quicken loans? at quicken loans, we provide you with proactive updates on the status of your home loan. and our innovative online tools ensure that you're always in the loop. one more way quicken loans is engineered to amaze. from the bedroom you could see the fire and that work me right up. and it was absolutely terrifying. we got out of there as quickly as we could. i'm watching the house burn up and i'm si

the "new york times" wants to eliminate classic southern cooking because it just ain't dignified. we're going to share your e-mail at the bottom of the hour >> steve: got quick headlines. brand-new research shows the breakthrough cancer drug avastin really works when it comes to slowing the growth of ovarian cancer. but unfortunately, it does not increase survival rates as originally intended. >>> talk about skirting the law, watch as this woman stealing a 24-pack of beer by hiding it under her skirt. she walked off, no trouble at all. some speculate she may have used a basket tied to suspenders to support the weight. not much else is known about the tape. it went viral on the internet this week. all right. coming up, we will go live to newt gingrich in a moment. but we lost our satellite signal to sioux city and in the meantime, ali has this. >> alisyn: we have a great story. back in 2004, an explosion from an tank mine cost dale beaty both legs. it severely injured his friend, john, injuring his head and back. both were honored with purple hearts. when the two returned to the sta

his client then he has to hear sandusky deny he did those things. >> reporter: sandusky told "the new york timeser the weekend he is being turned into a monster by prosecutors who are mistaking fatherly affection for sexual abuse. >> i didn't do those things. >> reporter: but when given yet another chance to answer the simple question of whether he is sexually attracted to children, the former coach needed off-camera coaching. >> if i say, no, i'm not attracted to boys, that's not the truth because i'm attracted to young people, boys, girls -- >> but not sexually. >> right, i enjoy -- that's what i'm trying to clarify, i enjoy spending time with young people. >> reporter: after two major on-camera fumbles, many wonder why the former football coach is talking at all. >> i think people will get used to the fact that that's just the way jerry responds to questioning, and that's the way he gives answers. >> reporter: a legitimate, but risky strategy say critics, >> he kept looking away. he wouldn't make eye contact. he was fidgeting. his legs, his hands were moving all about, and those are potential

here is "the new york times." it says -- that is the take of "the new york times." new york post" has a story on it. are you still there? what do you think? caller: it is fine when people have money. when you have people that only care about lining their own pockets, they're out of touch with the common man. that is not how the system was set up. it was never intended to have career politicians. it was intended to have the citizen legislators who put themselves in a position to provide public service for noble reasons. there are very few people who do that. host: how do you plan to vote in 2012? caller: whoever is in office, i will not vote for them. i will vote against them. host: does that include the presidential level? you are voting against president obama? caller: if the republicans that can come up with anyone who is more sane and who they have, i will probably vote for obama. i will hold my nose and vote for him. host: john, a republican in cleveland, texas. is that right? good morning. caller: good morning. republican. host: go ahead. caller: i do not think

. >>> let's turn to the story jerry sandusky did with the "new york times." michael isakoff joins us from state college, pennsylvania, with more. >> reporter: good morning, lester. in the interview, sandusky describes himself as a misunderstood father figure who gave gifts and money to children but never sexually abused them. he also described a crucial moment in 2002 when penn state's

the whole story here. never once mentioned that fox news was the host of the debate different mention any of our moderators. it's amazing what they can do with selective editing at the "new york timeseg: see, the "new york times," fox news doesn't exist. just like the midwest. >> dana: unless they have a negative article, then they know everybody's name and know how to spell it. >> greg: why do you think they did that? >> bob: why do they do it? fox got terrific terrific reviews from main stream media people. they did a terrific job. questions were good. they probed severity deeply. debate itself, there are certain debates that should make a difference. and move the needle. this one kept everybody standing in place. when you walked out you said i am where i started. >> eric: i noticed unplanned resignation at the times, too. did i not notice that? >> greg: i believe you're right. >> eric: what was that all about? >> greg: got me on the spot. >> eric: editor, dana? >> dana: i don't know. >> eric: didn't they lose a high-profile editor? >> dana: someone who resigned to spend more time with his family? i saw something like that. >> bob: where are you going with this? >> eric: here is

that is what is happening at the wall street journal and new york times and all around us. it is not peculiar to fox news. they make money by affirming oftentimes opinions. especially smart people in the audience are trying to have a varied media diet and appreciate when they hear a contrarian point of view. my fear that i was writing about is too often people get locked into one box or another and what drives the national conversation and sets the parameters for honest debate comes from the far right and the far left and you're not allowed to stray from their belief. if you stray from their belief you get into this no man's land where people say you are weak and needed and spineless. what are you considering the other side? that is bad. we need to have the freedom to talk and argue and debate and be wrong. i don't see a problem with it. if it is not an indication i have a bad person. [applause] >> you say you are still an npr fan but you also advocate the funding of npr. let's talk about that. where npr goes from here. >> for me there are two things to say. one is local and

else cry of the federal bureau of investigation to the new york times that he. interviewed detainees at guantanamo who had allegedly survived a mass suffocation in container trucks in afghanistan the second data point is our analysis of the classified u.s. documents including intelligence reports or freedom of information act case we brought against the bush administration which show that the us not only knew about the incident but they also knew that witnesses in the case had been allegedly murdered and then the third data point is the documents that we reviewed and also the conversations i've had with former bush administration officials which indicate the clear. and strenuous efforts of senior administration officials in the bush white house to prevent department of defense and justice investigations into the case so as you say there wasn't a panic to hide this evidence. so at this point is there any is there sufficient evidence to prove that this did in fact happen. there is unfortunately. evidence in the absence of evidence and what i mean by that is in work

executive editor of the "new york times." this year the times hired its first woman to run the paper. on her watch the times now boasts more than 300 how paying digital customers. she may perfect the model that could save newspapers in the internet age. pat, do you have any comments on the foregoing? >> i'm just stunned by your decision, john. >> i must say this is the new feminist john. some of your categories have left me with my mouth agape. so go girl. >> you see how she now has these classic photos on page 1? >> i think it's great. it's a historic moment to be named the top editor. >> and john's honorable mention. >> right. >> i know her, and she is quite brill lent. i think it was a great move on the time's part. i salute their decision as a sister newspaper. they can't be the greatest world newspaper like the chicago tribune, but they're trying. >> as an old print head myself from the st. louis democrat days and a guy who subscribes 2- 2 newspapers a day and gets two for free, i hope these print newspapers survive becau

think that i think you you're locked on to what the problem was tom is in the second half of the new york times article he really focuses on the inability of the new north carolina law enforcement to enforce the laws that exist and he gives examples where sheriffs or other police departments when these problems are brought to their attention they took away the permit the problem is felons who should have lost their right to carry the prefer to carry didn't it's not a problem with the law it's a problem with some oppressive the taking away your right to vote as soon as you know as soon as you're convicted of a felony can't they just like have a second piece of paper this is oh by the way if you have a concealed weapons permit you lose that but i think that i mean north carolina is such a messed up state to look at it has so many failures in the way that it enforces laws anyway you have the governor bev perdue administration which is its own state state bureau of investigation has been under investigation itself for corruption i mean there there are do you think they're unique in this do i think

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and a big bungle by "the new york times." your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus, what's causing rumors about trouble in paradise for one of showbiz's biggest couples? >>> the heat get a scare. a pair of unbeatens fall in college basketball. and a picture worth a thousand laughs. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn barry. here are your top headlines this morning. north korea has officially declared kim jong-un the country's new supreme leader. the announcement came during the memorial for his late father, kim jong-il, which like his funeral the day before brought thousands into the streets. >>> hugo chavez is suggesting the u.s. may somehow be responsible for latin american leaders developing cancer. chavez's comments followed news that argentina's president has a treatable form of thyroid cancer. chavez had a tumor removed from his pelvis in june. >>> a turkish news agency says the country's air force has killed 20 in raids against suspected kurdish rebels on the country's border with iraq. another news age