i think we made progress in saying other people have a voice at the table. bill: last question. do you think romney is going to get a fair shake from the three network news organizations as opposed to obama this time around? you know, i think first of all, i m not running it, i don t know. bill: i know you re not. what do you think? this is what i really think. i think that news organizations respond to the audience much more than we give them credit for. ultimately we get the news media that we demand. bill: all right. i think you guys are ok fair so far. i think nbc obviously tilted way left. you and cbs seem to be at least trying. you re not there anymore. i m just saying you because you re attached to abc. the book is exit interview and it s a good read if you want to know about jennings, a lot of good stuff about him in the book. and mr. westin, thanks. appreciate you very much. directly ahead, brit hume will react to the interview you just heard and later, a north c
pinpointed how the three nightly newscasts are covering mitt romney s money as opposed to john kerry s money. in the period of january to april of this year, the three newscasts discussed romney s wealth 27 times. in the same period in 2004, they discussed kerry s finances twice. in fact, abc news did 15 stories on romney money. one on kerry money. that was better than nbc which did none on kerry money. here now is the man who was running abc news back in 2004, david west and the author of the brand new book exit interview about his time at abc news. what say you about this study? first, thanks for having me, bill. i m not responsible for the news now. i m not responsible for the news coverage. i was back during the kerry time. and my recollection in 2004 is the big issue of the country was facing was the war. that s what everybody was talking about and interestingly, you remember this well, what happened during that election
i think we made progress in saying other people have a voice at the table. bill: last question. do you think romney is going to get a fair shake from the three network news organizations as opposed to obama this time around? you know, i think first of all, i m not running it, i don t know. bill: i know you re not. what do you think? this is what i really think. i think that news organizations respond to the audience much more than we give them credit for. ultimately we get the news media that we demand. bill: all right. i think you guys are ok fair so far. i think nbc obviously tilted way left. you and cbs seem to be at least trying. you re not there anymore. i m just saying you because you re attached to abc. the book is exit interview and it s a good read if you want to know about jennings, a lot of good stuff about him in the book. and mr. westin, thanks. appreciate you very much. directly ahead, brit hume will react to the interview you just heard and later, a north c
pinpointed how the three nightly newscasts are covering mitt romney s money as opposed to john kerry s money. in the period of january to april of this year, the three newscasts discussed romney s wealth 27 times. in the same period in 2004, they discussed kerry s finances twice. in fact, abc news did 15 stories on romney money. one on kerry money. that was better than nbc which did none on kerry money. here now is the man who was running abc news back in 2004, david west and the author of the brand new book exit interview about his time at abc news. what say you about this study? first, thanks for having me, bill. i m not responsible for the news now. i m not responsible for the news coverage. i was back during the kerry time. and my recollection in 2004 is the big issue of the country was facing was the war. that s what everybody was talking about and interestingly, you remember this well, what
then robert zoelik will step down as head of the world bank. his exit interview here on gps. next, we go to israel which has anointed a king. what in the world does it mean? and, finally, the curious case of the guy who has come to be known as american french fry brother. a cultural lost in translation all the way from china. you won t want to miss it. first, here s my take. everyone is looking at europe these days as economic and political protests mount across the continent. the downward spiral in europe has produced a great debate over the virtues of austerity. the idea that government with large budget deficits must reduce these deficits mainly by cutting spending. if they don t get their budgets in order, they won t be able to borrow money and will face a fiscal nightmare of ever rising interest rates. the problem is that as governments have cut spending in very depressed economies, it has caused growth to slow even further. do you see government workers who have