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Yet the cult the fox news cult to the fox news cult this kind of thing doesnt matter. it a lie from the liberal media. who cares what it is. the point is it doesnt matter. >> a little bit of red news blue news between oreilly and maddow. this was pretty wild. first msnbcs rachel maddow this started to cover the oreilly controversy and said this. >> we asked him to comment on the substance of the allegations. what they sent us was a lot of information about how great bill oreillys ratings are. [ ...

There is breaking news this hour about the turmoil inside nbc news. this edition of new york magazine coming out tomorrow has shocking stories about what led up to brian williams suspension at nbc news. an exclusive first look right here at reporters story. sherman reports many nbc journalists had been frustrated with williams for years before any of the embellishment accusations. in fact they had been frustrated williams gained so much power internally. paints a picture of the news division in ...

Hes a great choice. very seasoned been there before. a terrific track record. give him credit, somebody that did it before. >> one of those moments you can go home. >> rare in american business. a steady hand a number of challenges. i think its easy to exaggerate challenges. talk about the williams decision if you want but main broadcasts are still the ones kicked off an excellent story, still all in contention. i dont think youll see dramatic news there. >> certainly a nip and tuck demographic,...

Couric and matt lauer, tim russert made "meet the press" a sunday morning staple. now he is back back to clean up the news division. now he has to figure out what to do with brian williams. well he joins me on set for his first interview about the story. lets dig in here. youre saying brian williams is not the news divisions only problem but "today" show and msnbc as well. >> the williams story pulled the lid off of messes. >> which is why were seeing andy lack. >> the brian williams crisis in t...

Financial profit for the network but fixing cable network, doing some things to make msnbc more competitive is really going to be critical. thats a very big laboratory play ground. >> what worked in the 1990s, what did he do that drove you nuts? >> i thought he was very bold. you gave example of "dateline" scandal. conventional wisdom lets get rid of "dateline." >> off the air. >> he doubled and tripled down on it. created multiple segments. not only p deadline but a franchise till on the air to...