he s made a move and he s going to stand by it and justify it publicly even if he has to bend the facts a bit. it s fascinating to hear what you witness in meetings. do you have any specific example? i mean, it would be interesting to hear of things he thought about the u.s. or say which you just didn t feel were based in fact and were the result of misinformation by the people giving him information. well, the most amusing was a private meeting he had with president bush year and probably 2005, 2006. it was right after cbs fired dan rather and he said president bush talked to him about press freedom. he says, well, you don t have press freedom. dan rather made you mad and you fired him. president bush said, vladimir, please don t go in front of the press corps and use that example. people will think you didn t know how america works. he works for cbs news.
about the u.s. or say which you just didn t feel were based in fact and were the result of misinformation by the people giving him information. well, the most amusing was a private meeting he had with president bush year and probably 2005, 2006. it was right after cbs fired dan rather and he said president bush talked to him about press freedom. he says, well, you don t have press freedom. dan rather made you mad and you fired him. president bush said, vladimir, please don t go in front of the press corps and use that example. people will think you didn t know how america works. he works for cbs news. notwithstanding, president putin then went out to the press conference and said, you know, i my press is as free as yours. you fired dan rather. he s just he s got a set of facts and a set of grievances that he feels very deeply about that just don t reflect the reality of how things work here. it s interesting, jill.
misinformation by the people giving him information. well, the most amusing was a private meeting he had with president bush year and probably 2005, 2006. it was right after cbs fired dan rather and he said president bush talked to him about press freedom. he says, well, you don t have press freedom. dan rather made you mad and you fired him. president bush said, vladimir, please don t go in front of the press corps and use that example. people will think you didn t know how america works. i didn t fire dan rather. he works for cbs news. notwithstanding, president putin then went out to the press conference and said, you know, i my press is as free as yours. you fired dan rather. he s just he s got a set of facts and a set of grievances that he feels very deeply about that just don t reflect the reality of how things work here.