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>> meaning -- >> we could all go to prison. >> joining me now is nbc news clair atkinson. clair, what i find so interesting looking at that and thinking about today is thats the early 1970s. there is no internet, no social media, no cable television. newspapers were pretty much the only game in town other than three broadcast networks. so it makes sense that newspapers are sort of leading the charge back then. 40-plus years later, though, in this era of media everywhere, it seems surprise to go ...

Social media. i think thats helped them. it also helped "the new yorker." whenever donald trump attacks an outlet, the subscription numbers increase significantly. one interesting thing thats changed, the newspapers used to be a business of circulation figures and advertising revenue. that business is dying, and both these outlets are in the business now of collecting digital subscriptions. they want people to pay. >> its interesting. so much about the big advertisers in the past now more consum...

Enough in these stories to make me feel embarrassed and ashamed. i regret that my shame is now shared by the people i cherish daily. >> and joining me now in all of this, reporter stephanie gosk and mediator clair atkinson. stephanie, youve been tracking all these allegations that have proliferated in the last 24 hours. >> thats right, andrea, and we can say there are as many as eight women who have come forward. i use that phrase "as many as" because theyve come forward anonymously. we dont hav...

#nobody cares about that. >> joining us now is clair atkinson, who followed these things for years. >> hi. >> lets talk about this meredith corporation thing. is there any relation to the -- is it between the fact that donald trump and his justice department havent come up with remarkably good reasons to block the at&t purchase of time warner? on the other side, the meredith corporation, backed by the kochs, are buying "time" and the president is attacking "time" and cnn? >> strange thing going ...

Their own pocket if there are settlements. it comes out of the u.s. treasury fund. >> wow. that is huge. >> and with corporate, it comes out of the insurance company, so maybe they should have more skin in the game. >> right, theres no accountability and no incentive to change. >> clair atkinson, karen desoto and maya ragu, thank you for joining me. >> thank you. president trump back in the global spotlight ahead of his trip to asia. could tomorrows indictment hurt his agenda? thats next. whoo...

And so accepted that i think its going to take a lot to dig us out of that hole now. >> welcome back, everybody. i promised you i would not stop reporting on sexual harassment and the harvey weinstein scandal, and now its gone way beyond harvey weinstein. this week, congresswoman jackie speier launched a campaign to illustrate what she says is a hostile culture of sexual harassment on capitol hill. nbc news political analyst mark halperin, off the air now after cnn and the "washington post" repo...

We are pure! we are strong! we are brave and we will fight! >> powerful words from actress rose mcgowan making her first public appearance in detroit since making those sexual harassment charges against movie mogul howard weinstein. it comes as howard weinstein is now suing the weinstein company, demanding his e-mails, personnel file and other documents to help in his defense. joining me now is clair atkinson, nbcs senior ed torit nbcs stephanie goss. she didnt mention weinstein by name, but its...

Are still a number that are blocked out, and not just in hollywood but in other industries, peter, and weve seen it in recent weeks. women coming out and not naming themselves. they may be doing that because personally they dont want to be in the public eye, but there is also this fear of retribution. and until you have a situation where our industry, hollywood, usa gymnastics makes it clear to women who feel that this has happened to them, that they can tell their stories and that it is okay an...