the use of unverified video and other sources during the coverage of the street demonstrations in tirana, tiranatehantehran, how does that you as reporters? guest: the huffington post has been covering this and doing an excellent job. a lot of that is using a twitter feet, something we did not have a few years ago. there is a lot of reliance on people from the inside. host: the white house came into a lot of criticism at the news conference last week. guest: he is to be my deputy. journalism is shifting and we have new players on the system. we have a huge audience. we have a seat at the table in terms of demanding information from the administration. many in the society of journalism who feel like the tables should be small enough for company only, are feeling as if the rules of the game are changing. host: some of that bank was on display at the news conference after the president's news conference. >> i have a procedural question about yesterday. what led to your decision to ask the president a question, what kind of a message do you think that sends to the american people about the k

we have all been sitting at home with blood flowing out of her eye on the streets of tirana in real time. -- a tehran in real time. to have that kind of access at the moment is unprecedented. usually, you have to wait for correspondence to file stories. we have to be careful and understanding that even with the technology, it is still very hard for the people. i agree, by the way, with the caller. i hope that people stormed the bastille. i have been in different marketplaces around the world and it takes a lot of courage because there are people that are going to get shot. that is why burdines -- that is why regimes hang on. the people have to pay the price in that streak. guest: it takes enormous courage. in my lifetime, and i remember budapest, the velvet revolution. we have come such a long way. really, the american people in the american youth are seeing something special. they are seeing that these kinds of changes are so needed by young people of a completely new generation. this generation is sons and daughters of the revolutionary republic revelation -- generation. 3/5 of a count

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they're talking about unverified video in the coverage of the street demonstrations in tirana. with these rules changing, how does that change what you do as a reporter or journalist for politics? guest: the huffington post as the following this very carefully. a lot of that is using twitter beats, something which we did not have a few years ago. it is reliance on people from the inside who perhaps are not sources you would normally go to. host:neko pitney came into quite a bit of criticism. guest: he used to be my deputy but i think what you say is a little anxious over the fact that journalism is shifting and we have new players at the table who represent a huge audience. by virtue of that, they have a seat of the table because of demanding information from the administration to convey to its readers. many in the elite society of journalism woodfield at the table should be small enough to accommodate only them and they are feeling that the rules of the game are changing to hinder their efforts. they do not feel very good about it. host: some of that act was on display at the