the public trust in a new media world that s our topic today on the future of news. a government without a tough and vibrant media of all sorts is not an option for the united states of america. the journalist s role is to get to the truth, and the best way to get to the truth is to accumulate facts. many people sort of assume that if they get crossposted on gawker, they have a journalism career. from the newseum in washington d.c., this is the future of news. welcome to the knight studio and our conversation about media and news in the digital age. i m frank sesno. our guests today both bring a deep understanding of the importance of news as a public good in this country. farai chideya is an award-winning journalist and author. she s hosted npr s news and notes program and is the driving force behind the web blog pop and politics. dan rather has spent his life in news and is a highly acclaimed reporter and news anchor. he s covered major stories of our time for
the facts you need? safeguarding the public trust in a new media world that s our topic today on the future of news. a government without a tough and vibrant media of all sorts is not an option for the united states of america. the journalist s role is to get to the truth, and the best way to get to the truth is to accumulate facts. many people sort of assume that if they get crossposted on gawker, they have a journalism career. from the newseum in washington d.c., this is the future of news. welcome to the knight studio and our conversation about media and news in the digital age. i m frank sesno. our guests today both bring a deep understanding of the importance of news as a public good in this country. farai chideya is an award-winning journalist and author. she s hosted npr s news and notes program and is the driving force behind the web blog pop and politics. dan rather has spent his life in news and is a highly acclaimed reporter and news anchor. he s cove
shorter supply. who can you trust to deliver the facts you need? safeguarding the public trust in a new media world that s our topic today on the future of news. a government without a tough and vibrant media of all sorts is not an option for the united states of america. the journalist s role is to get to the truth, and the best way to get to the truth is to accumulate facts. many people sort of assume that if they get crossposted on gawker, they have a journalism career. from the newseum in washington d.c., this is the future of news. welcome to the knight studio and our conversation about media and news in the digital age. i m frank sesno. our guests today both bring a deep understanding of the importance of news as a public good in this country. farai chideya is an award-winning journalist and author. she s hosted npr s news and notes program and is the driving force behind the web blog pop and politics. dan rather has spent his life in news and is a highl
lecturer at university of york and a national institute for health research scientist. . . what has been wu one of the most profoundly important elections i know i ve seen in my lifetime in massachusetts and the win of scott brown team back the people s seat as he put it. [applause] incredibly, incredibly important. so we are having a lot of n space to be in right now. just as this is a good space to be in. i had the incredible honor of visiting the reagan ranch and to be amongst the things of his life, he and nancy together and it s just a great energy i get from that and i got from that and it s to come and share some of that in the context of his legacy and certainly what it means going forward is an honor. i really appreciated the young america s foundation inviting me here to be a part of this. andrew is right we spent a lot of time over the years working with the various groups that come to washington right to sit around the country in such profoundly important work. i
for 2012 so i am planning in advance because i need to do my reporting and my research, so i want to do a weekly show so that i can peace myself with these different projects. i read the paper every day and watch tv. i watch c-span, i am plug in. farai chideya with her first novel, caisse the sky. .. host: thank you for joining us. we are here with gary wills father of bomb power along with 41 other books over the last 50 years. i just want to start with a chilling quote you start at the very beginning of your book from vice president cheney describing presidential power jd style and talks about the president s power to launch a nuclear war and says the president does not have to check with anybody, call the congress or check with the court s. explain why you chose that quote to frame this amazing book. guest: because he is quite right of course, in saying that power does rest with the president and given to truman after world war ii. we are in such a new era of ato