doesn't seem to be troubling the press so much. they sit on the contrary, the press are increasingly fearful that some of the tabloids are dragging him towards something far worse statutory regulatory of some sort. and then on the final paragraph of this section. on press reactions, there should be no confusion, proposal would give rise to a major stall and in my view would fairly parliament. so you don't with both of those to the opposition would oppose it, arguing that any action on this front must be matched with our freedom of information act. business managers are nervous about -- criminal offenses in this parliament, the argument applies trying to legislate. and any and -- and in the end, the do-nothing option seems to be the least now choice. we see that, of course, at the bottom of 03976. or rather it wasn't quite the do-nothing option to be there. it's little r3, the whole bunch on 03976. and i think those, your tix or mark -- >> they are, yes. yes, they are. >> clearly, the core of it was the business managers were clear w

very good parts of the press and the parts of the press are frankly not very good at all. and i'm referring here to terms of the parts that have fall short of high standards. they don't report the news accurately. they tend to dealing caricatures they tend to take a particular point and stretch it beyond what is reasonable. you may remember in the first film of mr. chips. mr. chips reverser but always exaggerating what to attend in his examination results. the worst part of journalism does exactly that. they take something that is a tiny kernel of truth than it perhaps and it stretches it beyond where it would naturally honestly go. and i think that is very bad journalism. and i suppose one message that i have had a lot of time to reflect upon over the years is that you cannot see the british press as a single entity. nobody should do that. it is not the case with every part of the british press misbehaves. it is the case, sadly, to some of the misbehaves. i'm what i hope will emerge from this inquiry and thereafter is the action that will take, that will list the worst of

one is the freedom of the press. the other actually is the liberty of the individual inland by the press. there are many others that have given evidence to this inquiry or have not that could cite far worse illustrations than that and it isn't practical say they can always go to the law against the public of the proprietors. it isn't practical and in fact many of the elements or problems that the face of our simply not credible to take to court. and so when we talk of the freedom of the press, which with i agree we do have to balance it with the rights of the individual coming and when we come to what i propose, that is where i have made an attempt to do so but i think at an earlier stage that balance needs to be recognized. freedom of the press by all means, but do not forget the individual liberty. freedom of depressed must not mean a license for the press ought to do whatever it should without hindrance. >> the thinking of 1993 was a statutory tribunal ruled on the grounds of principle might impinge on the freedom

>> i think in the first case it is a matter of the press. i think it's a matter of upholding standards of journalism. i was, funny enough, when i was very young editor of my student university, and we had director at that time one of the greatest journalists, i think, of that period. and i used to debate with him this issue about the responsibility of the press. and i'd rely on him because he influenced my judgment very much on this issue. and he said very clearly that the press had to exercise its judgment about what it published, how it framed its coverage, but also how it conflated fact and opinion or avoided doing so with responsibility. i don't think we do enough to encourage the good. and if i can say what i think the problem is, and it may be that we're dealing in some cases with the problems of yesterday and not the problems of tomorrow. we're now in an internet age. there's a massive flow of information available to everyone. i think it's true that in the 1930s, the bbc used to have its news coverage, and some days they would say the

in the press. >> thank you. you said you would return to the issue of -- the underpinning. do you see any constitutional difficulties with that in terms of intention on the freedom of the press? >> i would say some of the way this issue has been cast is deeply unhelpful. some of the way the debate has become polarized such as you are either for some statutory encouragement on freedom of press, or you're in favor of the law of the jungle. neither are remotely desirable or realistic. actually the press already operate in a manner which is governed by statute. there is taxation, you name it. the idea that operation in a vacuum is not the case now. i personally see this issue whether you need that statutory power that merely as a means on in. and has got to be independent regulation, independence of government, politicians and the media which question then is do you need that, can you secure the independence without statute? and i think those people who say no statutory, no role for statutory powers at all have got t

that was his way of avoiding the press. the presidents have always tried to avoid the press.always want them to. that's why the press secretary came out. they want somebody out there as a buffer. >> you know that you did that. >> i did that for a candidate. >> cenk: michael? >> one of the things that is unfolding with both campaigns both the obama campaign and the romney campaign do not think they have much to gain from the press. they think the press is basically hostile to their interests. they think we just play gotcha journalism and just focus on silly stuff. i don't know where they got that crazy idea. there is tension on both sides. certainly from the republican side you know, romney, he feels his father was mistreated by the press with the brainwash comment and this they think it's a liberal media and out to get them and they don't gain much by giving access. >> cenk: in flip side you had to go to cbs abconbc that was the only press in town. and now fox news and then putting pressure on them 37 you better not ask me tough questions, and they have these conservative out

the press needs to be protected at all times at all costs. but it needs to be balanced against the risk of abuse of power. and this is not just in the press and media to make but concentrations of power power is wielded unaccountably occurs, you know, you try and find some remedies and safeguards against that. >> you know, you deal with for specific areas first of all covering the interaction between politics and media. paragraph four of your statement. i will invite you to elaborate on each of those authorities, as you see fit. the first specific rubric is media influence over government policy which is paragraph five. >> yes. i mean, the point, the point here is i was seeking to make is that the media are entirely entitled to individual newspapers or newspapers are entitled to hold strong views and to seek to promote those use and to seek to persuade pressure governments to adopt those. i think that is entirely legitimate. actually -- also of course, provides a very important corrective in the system. so whether it was "the daily mail," "the

they made the press the issue successfully. the conduct of the press became the issue rather than the conduct of the president of the united states. why was that such an effective strategy? because it works and because it appeal-- again, that-- unless the--you know, until things become really hairy in this country, people identify with criticism of the press and usually for some pretty good reasons. you know, we don't do our-- you know, we're like doctors, you know? you go to the doctor's office, and 10% of the doctors in this country are great, and they, you know, save your life. another 20% of them, you might be a little better off by the time you leave the office. another 20%, you're about the same, 30% a little worse, 20% of them, you'll be in pretty rough shape. 10% of them will kill you. i'm not at all sure that we're different. people want their children to marry doctors. well, that's because they make more money. [laughter] it has nothing to do with saving lives. [laughter] but my point is that when the chips are down a

be troubling the press so much. they say "on the contrary the press are increasingly fearful that some of the tabloids are dragging them toward something far worse, statutory regulation of some sort." then on the final paragraph of the section -- "on press reactions to a statutory toward the mother should be no illusion. the proposal would give rise to a major storm and in my view would fail in parliament." so business managers are nervous about trying to legislate for criminal offenses in this parliament. the argument applies in spades to trying to legislate the towards. and the end, the do nothing option seemed to believe that it -- seem to be the least bad choice. we see that towards the bottom of 03976. or rather, it wasn't quite the do nothing option, to be fair. i think those are your tax or marx? >> they are. -- i think those are your ticks or marks? >> they are. >> i think that clearly -- >> the core of it was we could not carry any think through parliament's. and at the time, i think we have a majority -- i

doesn't seem to be troubling the press so much. they sit on the contrary, the press are increasingly fearful that some of the tabloids are dragging him towards something far worse statutory regulatory of some sort. and then on the final paragraph of this section. on press reactions, there should be no confusion, proposal would give rise to a major stall and in my view would fairly parliament. so you don't with both of those to the opposition would oppose it, arguing that any action on this front must be matched with our freedom of information act. business managers are nervous about -- criminal offenses in this parliament, the argument applies trying to legislate. and any and -- and in the end, the do-nothing option seems to be the least now choice. we see that, of course, at the bottom of 03976. or rather it wasn't quite the do-nothing option to be there. it's little r3, the whole bunch on 03976. and i think those, your tix or mark -- >> they are, yes. yes, they are. >> clearly, the core of it was the business managers were clear w

, the right of the press. -- freedom of the press, the right of the press. without shining a light on potential corruption or maladministration, abuse of power, which is true that the local level and national level, people get away with doing things in an unaccountable manner. that is why you need a local press. there was a study done in america about what happens to a town when they are faced with a flooding or something. because there was no local journalism in place, because the information could not flow properly, citizens were being deprived of the means by which they could do with this particular difficulty. this will continue to happen. >> one of the witnesses has given evidence that has brought my attention to the development of the concept of local authorities, newspapers, which then deprive the independent journalists an opportunity to develop their product. >> more of a debate about whether the bbc should be in local radio or whether it should simply be commercial radio, and how the integration of local radio and broadcasting and all that should ha

with that, in terms of impingement on the freedom of the press? firstly, i say that some of the latest issue has been cast as deeply unhelpful. some of the way that it is inevitable, always come the debate has become polarized, suggesting you either force and statute upon the freedom of press or you play the lord of the jungle. neither are remotely desirable or realistic, actually, the press already operate in a manner which is governed by statutes. data protection, taxation, you name it. that is not the case now, but i personally see this issue of whether you need statutory power of under section, it is merely a means for them. the end has got to be independent regulation and dependence of politicians and media with the press. that means, can you secure that independence without statutes? that is where i think of those people that say no statutory -- no role for statutory power at all have got to explain how on earth you can have genuine independence, which is in one way or another, underpinned by statutes. statutes may need to play a role, but f

this from the "associated press" calling president obama as quote long on words and short on action when it comes to fixing the economy. again, from the "associated press," mitt romney saying if you want to see the results of his economic policy, look around ohio, look around the country. romney's campaign billed the appearance as a dueling event to the president's economic speech in cleveland. but what romney delivered was his standard 20-minute campaign speech, that according to the "associated press." president obama on now to new york city for campaign fundraisers and a visit to the world trade center site where he and the governors of new york and new jersey will sign one of the final deebeams installed ine world trade center building. >> the story behind the star-spangled banner. this weekend on american history tv. mark the bicentennial of the start of the war of 1812, from ft. mchenry from the site francis thought he would see through the rockets red glare. live saturday at 11:00 a.m. eastern. also this weekend, more from our series on key political figures who ran for president

you are listening and watching the bill press show. >> on your radio, on t.v. the bill press show. the english happen here all we have to do is cut, cut, cut, the austerity measures in england have led to another recession. that's not something we can afford to do here. >> netroots nation. it's a great gathering. karl. i am glad you were there. look forward to seeing you here in the studio. i don't know anybody who tweets more frequently than karl fritsche does, so you can follow [[vo]]joy behar is coming to current tv for one week only until the fall. what happens if you ask her to tone down her opinions? >>sorry, i can't hear you. what? junk like it did at any an arby's in colorado. yikes. >> stephanie: i guess we do know where the beef is. [ buzzer ] >> that's wrong. [ train whistle blows ] [ ball hitting paddle ] [ orbit girl ] don't let food hang around. yeah! [ orbit trumpet ] clean it up with orbit! [ orbit glint ] fabulous! for a good clean feeling. try new orbit micro packs. >>it would be terrible if america lost faith in wall street insiders wouldn't it. [ ♪ theme music ♪

and this is why i defend the freedom of the press and the right of the press to have the powers that they have. because without shining the height on potential corruption or maladministration or the abuse of power -- and that's true at a local level as well as an international level -- people get away with doing things that are completely unacceptable. and that's why you need a local press. there was a study done in america about what happened to a town where they were faced with, i think it was a flooding or something. and because there was no local journalism in place and because the information could not flow properly, then citizens were being deprived of the means by which they could deal with this particular difficulty. this will continue to happen. >> at least one of the witnesses who has given evidence has brought my attention to the development of the con especially of local free, local authority newspapers. which then deprive the -- [inaudible] of an opportunity to deliver their product. >> well, as you know, therest a debate about whether the bbc should be local radio, whet

into the press. because i am struck by the fact that what the bbc does is covered by five different rules to what -- excuse me. not the news of the world. and/or associated newspapers do. enyou can look at their websites. on the face of it, they're doing similar things. i'm not suggesting the press should become impartial. i entirely agree with everything you said about that. and that is the importance of that free press brings to our society. and although i know people continue to repeat i'm out to undermine freedom of the press, i will carry on saying this is repetitious evidence from over the years. but it does seem to me to find a way possible of solving all of that without imperilling what is important to our society. i recognize immediately that you're entitled to say this, it was given to me by the prime minister last july. why should you take it on? of course, there's no compulsion. but because these are our issues that you've thought about, if you can provide me with some view, i would be gra

and this is why i defend the freedom of the press and the right of the press to have the powers that they have. because without shining the height on potential corruption or maladministration or the abuse of power -- and that's true at a local level as well as an international level -- people get away with doing things that are completely unacceptable. and that's why you need a local press. there was a study done in america about what happened to a town where they were faced with, i think it was a flooding or something. and because there was no local journalism in place and because the information could not flow properly, then citizens were being deprived of the means by which they could deal with this particular difficulty. this will continue to happen. >> at least one of the witnesses who has given evidence has brought my attention to the development of the con especially of local free, local authority newspapers. which then deprive the -- [inaudible] of an opportunity to deliver their product. >> well, as you know, therest a debate about whether the bbc should be local radio, whet

>> announcer: this is the "full court press," the "bill press >> this is the full court press the bill are in. with the way things are going with politics in cashing upon, this is the way things stand with guns. it is fine for republicans to block the gun show loophole and allow guns to flow to criminals here in the united states. that's fine, but when guns flow to mexican criminals oh, my goodness, it is time to hold the obama administration accountable, the justice department must be turned inside out, eric holder must be. republicans, if you care about stopping the flow of guns to criminals, care about the guns going to criminals here in the united states. why don't you support the gun show loophole. then you might have some standing to complain about guns flowing to people who shouldn't have them. anyway, it's just my rant, and i'm on a rant today. >> yeah, good for you. >> a little bit lively. we're joined by josh israel, a reporter for think progress. he has looked into the claims of executive privilege and to try to put them in cob text. you can follow his work at thinkprogress.

one focuses too much on the press, it might be one missing the wrong target. how about this as a possibility? this is a contribution really of both sides to this equation. and perhaps accidentally they created something which has grown beyond either of their individual contributions. is that the possible analysis? >> certainly a possible analysis. and i'm not saying we don't bear any responsibility in the situation. don't misunderstand me. if i'm frank about it, the primary responsibility is not having confront it, and dealt with it. and what i don't accept frankly is this notion that along in 1997 it was all operating fine. then it got bad. in 1992 we weren't around. i mean i think -- the other thing i think -- i think this is very important. and i tried to say this in my speech in 2007. think a large part is due to the world in which we operate and the technology that has changed. this is a huge different r shl. you have 24-hour news channels. these guys have to say something. they have to say the exact same thing they were saying a few moments ago. so you h

the "bill press show." t extreme or be that extreme because that's not what the american people want. we do not have that kind of a candidate in mitt romney. he's given -- he's supported paul ryan and john boehner and mitch mcconnell on everything we have a big, big hour and the i.q. will go way up. how are you ever going to solve the problem if you don't look at all of the pieces? >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >>you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. >>sharp tongue, quick whit and above all, politically direct. >>you just think there is no low they won't go to. oh, no. if al gore's watching today... ♪♪ >> heard around the country and seen on current tv, this is the bill press show. >> yeah, by the way, let's not forget it was okay for dick cheney and scooter libby to leak the identity of a cii agent, valerie plain. they didn't have a problem with leaks when george bush was in the white house. the other deal republicans are mad at ho

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welcome to the full-court press, your new show on the full-court press. to see you as we go into the weekend. we have a lot to talk about first. we will do it right here and take your calls at 866-55-press. on our morning menu this morning, how about this? first they made us wear seat belts. then they made us put our kids in car seats. now guess what. now they are talking about making us put seat belts on our pets. yes. doggy seat belts. really? maybe we just put name cage on top of the car. maybe mitt romney was right after all. we will talk about that. let's say good morning to jacki schechner with today's current news update. >> good morning, bill. good morning everyone. tensions in syria escalate today. u.n. observers are blocked in hama. special envoy kofi anan will only escalate without key international players. he is pushing for a to working group for russia, china and possibly iran. secretary secretary of state will meet with him today. it is russia and china are insisting no military intervention. >> back here on the political front, mitt romney

the bill press show. p high enough, they would say oh my god, look at this national debt. we can't do this. they'll try to kill social security, medicare and everything they've always wanted to kill in the first place. basically a conspiracy leaving our national security at risk. >> bill: well, you know, that was a david stockman theory, right, who was reagan's budget director, omb director. and i'm just blanking a little bit. i think his phrase for it was feed the beast right? which was just as you say -- [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> this is the full court press. the bill press show live on your radio and on current tv. >> you bet it is. 33 minutes now after the hour. it is the full court press on this monday, june 18th, brought to you today by the international international association of machinists. good men and women of the machinists union under president tom buffenbarger. for more information, visit their website at go iam, goiam.org. ed smith, the president of eulico is going to be along a little later t

the "bill press show." >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." rrent tv. >> bill: hey it's 12 minutes before the top of the hour here on a big tuesday. tuesday, june 19th. by the way just a quick personal note. david shuster is going to be here for the rest of the week. guest hosting because i've got a little medical -- minor medical -- minor surgery i have to have taken care of tomorrow. i'm happy david shuster will be filling in. i'll get back to your calls about mitt romney here. being so out of touch. but also speaking about out of touch. how about this. this just crossed the wires. up in massachusetts, in the senate race, vickie kennedy invited elizabeth warren and scott brown incumbent senator to a debate. elizabeth warren challenging scott brown at the edward institute in boston. scott brown has accepted her invitation to debate elizabeth warren on two conditions. >> oh, boy. >> bill: yeah. the first condition is that msnbc has to drop out as a sponsor of the debate because he does not want -- refuses to debate on -- he says a left leaning

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not all of these were very popular with the conservative press. identified the change around 2007, rightly or wrongly, and saying you didn't have widespread support in the media. paragraph 196 in your statement that you say didn't have widespread support. >> yes. >> that may have continued until about 2007. >> yes, i think it is. some of that as i say was because i was making these changes to the conservative party but also i did i think progressively realize over 2006-7, that it's very difficult if you're running a political party and you're trying to win over public or trying to create momentum, it's quite difficult if you don't have what i would call sort of the bits of the conservative family behind you. you need your in piece you need your chancellors, your members, and you also need those parts of the conservative press, that should be sort of getting behind you. and i had a situation where quite conservative parts of the press i just wasn't really getting much backing from them. and i was fine frankly i was struggling a bit to get the messa

caroline hawley, bbc news. >> politics and the press is a complicated relationship in many countries. today's british prime -- today, the british prime minister was called to defend his own actions. speaking before an inquiry into media ethics, he said he had never tried it government policy for favorable press conference -- press coverage. but he said the relationship between the press and politicians has become too close. our political editor has been following this. >> the press and the prime minister -- forced to live together. today, effectively on trial together. >> the right honorable david cameron, please. >> today's the nation's leader was invited to try to comfort of downing street for five hours of cross-examination in the royal courts of justice. >> i swear by almighty god that the evidence i shall give a shout be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth -- i shall give shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. there was no overt deal for support. there was no covert deal. there were no dogs or weeks. there was a conservative politician --

, the right of the press. without shining a light on potential corruption or maladministration, abuse of power, which is true that the local level and national level, people get away with doing things in an unaccountable manner. that is why you need a local press. there was a study done in america about what happens to a town when they are faced with a flooding or something. because there was no local journalism in place, because the information could not flow properly, citizens were being deprived of the means by which they could do with this particular difficulty. this will continue to happen. >> one of the witnesses has given evidence that has brought my attention to the development of the concept of local authorities, newspapers, which then deprive the independent journalists an opportunity to develop their product. >> more of a debate about whether the bbc should be in local radio or whether it should simply be commercial radio, and how the integration of local radio and broadcasting and all that should ha

we call this program the full court press. beth warren, herself, to the program this morning. so elizabeth good morning. >> good morning. it's good to be here this morning, bill. >> thank you so much. the ink is no longer dry on the supreme court decision yesterday than when senator scott brown put out a statement saying well obamacare may be constitutional but he said it is wrong for jobs and the economy. what's your take? >> well they push that same button. don't they? every time. >> every time. >> the way i see this is for every family who worries that one serious health problem could turn them upside down financially, this decision is good news. it ensures that millions of children, seniors, people all across the spectrum are going to continue to benefit from healthcare reform, and i was very glad to see it. >> the senator has said that he would be a vote for repealing the affordable care act. and he also of course as i understand it, has a daughter who is on his own healthcare plan because she is under the age of 26. so, b

this is the "full court press." welcome, welcome to the program this morning. i'm bill press. to have you with us as we tackle the big issues of the day here in our nation's capital around this great country of ours and around the globe. lots to talk about this morning. this is getting a lot of attention up in massachusetts. a teenager has been thrown in jail for a year for texting while driving. he crosses the line, runs into another car, kills that driver and the judge said it is important to send a lesson by throwing him in jail. i think the judge did absolutely the right thing. no texting while driving! gotta be an idiot to do that. we'll talk about that and a whole lot more. we start out by getting, as always, our current news update from our good friend out in los angeles, jacki schechner. good morning. >> good morning, bill. let's start this morning in syria where there are still unconfirmed reports of another massacre. activists report that progovernment forces have killed 78 people including children in the province of hama, this would be the second massacre in less t

ministerdavid cameron suspends his -- british prime minister david cameron suspends his relations with the press at the inquiry into media action. >> there was no covert deal, there were no nods and winks. >> tracing mitt romney's past. we look at a british connection that helped to shape who he is today. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. tonight, democracy in egypt might be heading back to square one. the highest court has ordered that the parliament be dissolved in new elections held. -- and new elections held. the judge has said that the rules were unconstitutional under which a third of the seats were decided last year. in a separate ruling, they cleared the way for the last prime minister under hosni mubarak to stand in the runoff. from cairo, the bbc -- >> down with the military, they shout. revolution, revolution. they are enraged by the supreme court decision to dissolve egypt's first democratic parliament. >> the end of the egyptian revolution. our dreams are now dying. >> you can see the anger and the passion on the faces of the young people here in tahrir

in your view, putting broadcasters to one side, has the press discharged those obligations accurately and fairly over the last 11 years, being the time of your political career? >> well, i think it's changed a lot. asking politicians whether they're happy with the way the media report -- the news as we see it, it's a bit like asking farmers about the weather. we're always going to complain. i think a lot of the evidence has been put forward in the sessions you've had where people have talked about the growth of the 24-hour news culture, the fact that things move so fast means that newspapers have been put in a difficult position, because the news has been made and reported long before they reach their deadlines and publish their papers the next day. so i think newspapers have moved more towards trying to find impact, trying to find an angle on a story rather than, as would have been the case before 24-hour news and all the rest of it, of just reporting what happened the day before. so i think there has been a change, but i think that's quite a lot to do with technology and the develop

freedom of the press i mean there is no nothing in the law which must police agencies to determine which press and are legitimate press and which are not requiring a press pass has also been sending journalists through a vicious circle not of just people work with guessing games of which state might be next to cover story near impossibility in a fast paced world obviously you have to prove that you've covered breaking news but it's hard to cover breaking news in the police won't let you so creates this catch twenty two take several months finally if they like the news you're making they'll let you get a pass. arbitrary or unattainable press passes demanded journalists arrested for covering the news the constitutional concept of media freedom under siege i think we're slowly coming into a state of affairs where. sitting a video camera is a lot more dangerous to the stablish myth and shooting a gun choosing to view his arrest as an invaluable cultural experience he treats it with humor i got two articles out of my experience so it's

we have a fantastic tradition of the press. phone hacking only happened because of the rigor and dedication of parts of the press. is important for the recommendations that come out of the inquiry to uphold freedom of the press and those great traditions. secondly the compelling evidence being put to this inquiry particularly the evidence of jerry mccann, way the press deals with individuals who don't seek celebrity and i hope that can be put right by recommendations to this inquiry. it is right to acknowledge that the failure to get to grips with these issues earlier is a collective failure of the establishment. the press, the police who didn't investigate properly and the politicians who were at least aware of what was going on and didn't speak out. fortunately i think is right to say right at the outset that an organization like news international has great power and politicians are reticent about speaking out, myself included. there came a moment that i felt it was impossible not to speak out. i knew at that moment -- i did

but the press wanted to know whether he would play professional football again. and his parents were hounded by the wire services for an answer. he answered the question himself by enrolling at yale law school and announcing that he was through with football. after graduating first in his class, he clerked for chief justice vincent, yet his past was never far away. when white finished his term, the chief justice gave him a formal framed photograph of himself to commemorate the term and inscribed, "to byron "whizzer" white, whose future promises to be as brilliant as his past." when the clerkship ended, white faced a choice of where to practice law. many of his fellow clerks stayed in washington. but the pull of home and family was too strong, and he returned to colorado to practice in denver. besides, denver suggested but did not promise that he would be able, as he told a fellow clerk, to keep my name out of the goddamn newspapers. his marriage to miriam lloyd stearns, the daughter of the president of the university of colorado in june of 1946, meant that all his

because the press want access. it politicians want coverage for what they are doing in their policies and approach. parties focus on that. when things are going wrong, which they clearly were. is the politicians and the press did not disengage and say, hold on. we have a real problem. it. it might mean changes to the law. not happen. i thought tony blair's evidence was quite powerful. i am not quoting, i know that was a problem. it was an enormous challenge. had all the other challenges, so i did not deal with it. >> in relation -- you say at the end of the paragraph you regretted not devoting enough time to scrutinize the government and hold into account. did you devote any time to the issue? >> i was aware of the issues. as i say here, the government not give enough attention. that is a matter for regret. examining other media issues and 2003, is that intended to be the committee on that occasion? it is a general to things that were not right. when i was looking at evidence, i was trying to reflect on how i genera

> scott walker wins the recall election and keeps his job as wisconsin governor, but many in the liberal pressre in denial. >> it's disappointing, i know, that this is going to be the result. it's not the end. >> kelly: and recall supporters, somewhat dilutional. >> democracy died tonight, it's emotional. >> i'm emotional because we had a lot of invested in this. >> bill clinton making news as mr. obama's numbero uno surrogate. >> i don't have any problem extending all of it now. is it the news the obama campaign was hoping for? >> he's a double agent. >> the new york times publishes stories based on high level leaks, details which could put our nation at risk and congress wants it to stop. >> and there's been just a cascade of leaks coming out of the intelligence community over the last several weeks and it's our clear intention to put a stop to this. >> who is behind the leaks and should the press play along? barbara walters, the grand dame at abc, gets, syria assad, paying back the favor for one of his former aides. what's wrong with that. >> pomp and celebration for queen elizabeth and loy

and i think the death of diana there was a feeling of guilt in the british press. s definitely a feeling that they knew they had driven her to her death is the truth and the queen and prince william have been extremely tough on the press about invasion ever since. and actually william was given a hands-off treatment while he was at cambridge. they did sort of leave him alone... sorry, not cambridge, he wasn't there, he was at st. andrew's. they did a hands-off on him and although they have tried to get dish on william and kate it's not remotely what it was like in the era of diana. so i think there's been a definite cooling down of press excess with regard to the royals. >> i want to know how kate middleton now the duchess of cambridge felt this morning when finally she had fallen off her pillar as far as her dress was concerned. the british tabloids went hell for her saying that she was trying to upstage the queen. that the bright red was unsuitable and she may have looked great but when they printed up the picture of kim kardashian wearing the same outfit-- grante

this unprecedented action has serious freedom of the press implications. let there be no doubt we appreciate the need for simultaneous release of this sensitive information. but that has been accomplished for more than a generation through a procedure that was much more effective, as effective, and more acceptable to the media itself. the abrupt nature of this change coupled with the absence of a clear explanation and a lack of public input raises key questions about who made this decision to implement this change and why? did that individual have the authority of law? as the committee has examined this, this isn't the first time the issue has come up concerning the labor department's reach into the bureau of labor statistics. you'll recall the bureau received $500 million in stimulus funds to train workers for so-called green skills. but an audit by the inspector general found the program to be an utter failure and represented a tremendous loss to the taxpayer. this included training for occupations that are hardly green, such as welder, sheet metal worker

his appearance before the inquiry into press ethics which he himself set up. he came to the royal courts of justice with a mission, to dispel the idea that his government had done a deal with news corp., trading commercial favors in return for the company's political support. >> there was no overt deal for support, there was no covert deal, there was a conservative politician trying to win over newspapers, trying to win over television, but not trading policies for that support. when you look at the detailed list, it is complete nonsense. >> at times, he was clearly irritated by the line of questioning. he accused his predecessor gordon brown of cooking up conspiracy theories. he suggested that his critics were trying to use the inquiry for political ends. >> when you get into a sort of witchcraft trials, how can you possibly prove you are innocent. >> perhaps the most interesting moment was a text message from 2009 that was read out in court. in it, the then news international boss told mr. cameron, we are definitely in this together. >> because professionally

and it's just a part of our written press. by the way, it's part of our broad press, of course the forecasters are under particular rules about impartiality, which i think is reasonable given at least until the internet has been a limited amount of spectrum that is allocated in some way. there's a limit on the amount of free -- not free. provided you get someone to pay for it. >> do you feel as though, some of said again, that the news agenda tends to be driven by the printed media and the bbc and other broadcasters follow suit? or do you feel it is the other way around? or a mixture of the two? >> i saw tony blair's evidence on this, and i think that might've been the case, perhaps when he was prime minister. icon and thinking personally, summon in politics today, i think a broadcasters are incredibly import but it's not clear that they are always falling a newspaper judgment. i would say the significance of the story is massively elevated, if it is right at the top of one of the daily news, news shows. and that's often the judge of

but there was a time in which the press, the print press, news on television and radio, were speaking truth to power, people paid attention, and it made a difference. the -- i don't think the watergate trials would have happened, the senate hearings, had there not been the kind of commitment from the news to cover the news rather than cutting away to aruba and a kidnapping. >> what is the basic consequence of taking the news out of the

welcome to the full-court press. tire country. we have a lot to talk about this morning, very excited at the top of this hour. we will be welcome be joe williams into our studio. you know joe williams. he is the white house correspondent for politico congressional correspondent for politico, suspended by politico last week for his comments about mitt romney that he made on msnbc. joe has not spoken out so far, but he will do so in just a few minutes right here at the top of this hour on the full-court press for the first time. stay tuned for that and we will begin as we always do by getting all of the latest today's current news update from jacki schechner out in los angeles, standing by. hello, jacki. >> good morning, bill. good morning, everyone. new york attorney general eric schneiderman is taking a look at campaign spend and in particular honing in on the u.s. chamber of commerce which does considerable political advertising and lobbying for a small group of influential corporations. according to the "new york ti