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but elizabeth williams thought it was given too much time. bbc breakfast editor richard frediani told us, it wasnt just breakfast that covered the post office scandal extensively this week. that was true of most bbc outlets, and indeed the media in general. but why did it take a tv drama to bring the issue to such prominence? even one as powerful as this. tthey say money somehow gone missing from this branch, which it hasnt, and i have to pay it back, which i wont. so i say, "prove it....

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"well, no, not really. and its notjust subpostmasters, its post office managers". "and whats the story here"? "well, theyre saying they were put in prison and they werent guilty of any crimes, but some of them did plead guilty". and its just quite a difficult, knotty story to tell. and whilst there was growing public awareness of how serious this story was, i think through journalism, it took something huge. it took the resources of itv to commission a drama, which isnt cheap, across prime time ...

Docu dramas, if you will. what we havent discussed there is a real ethical issue here in terms of the integrity of those agencies as news sources. >> nbc has issued a statement saying this is part of the entertainment division. >> sure, sure. that absolutely is the truth. but cnn has done the same thing. but, at the same time, i dont think, you know, that we can ignore the fact there is going to be a public perception of a merging of the two. the general public may not see the difference. i thin...

People. >> and it is far from an exception. >> glen, every time we do a prison segment, and youve been a guest, you know, several times, every time my executive producer rolls his eyes and says, really? because we lose audience. people actually turn the tv off. and yet, the relatively sensati sensation docu-dramas that we do on "lockup" on this network are extremely highly rated. how can i get nerdland to care that this is happening? that this matters for who we are as a people? >> i think -- yo...

♪ >> you were taking a number one "new york times" best-selling book and youre thinking, theyre going to make a "game change" movie and what if they mess it up? >> it had a great reputation for doing historic docu-dramas. >> what was it like wearing the waders and -- >> great to see her in her element. there are so many sides of sarah palin. as we see the movie and all the other sides of sarah palin, youve got to acknowledge that there is a really authentic alaska side of her. >> so sarah pali...

Us to have, the birth control discussion, obamacare, where does it end? at some point, not everyone can sit on their couch and eat corn nuts and watch "hogans heroes" and a small group of the population has to pay for everybody else. >> bob and i do that. >> but you are here working every day i. not always. >> let me say, i am amazed that pelosi, that may be one of the more racist docu-dramas i have ever seen. >> how. >> the majority of people on welfare in america are white. there was not one w...

And fun thing to see it up on screen. >> you were taking a number one "new york times" best h-selling book which you put your glad, sweat and tears to, and youre thinking they are going to make a "game change" movie? what if they mess it up? >> they had a reputation for doing historic docu-dramas. we knew they had done "recount." it had been successful on a lot of levels. we started working with them and found out their reputation was well deserve they were constantly wanting to be as true to th...