Its credibility . Lawrence its a question of starting to clean it up. I think whats happened is that the dynamic of the web is very the sort of quick accountability and Quick Response and dissemination through twitter and other means of, you know questions about something that popped up tends to kind of clean things up on its own a little bit. If somebody comes out with something thats not right or thats clearly proveably wrong or from a source thats questionable, the accountability of that happens much quicker. And i think that over time thats, my sense is, its built up that, you know, if something comes from say, you know, the abc news or the journal d or the New York Times, you know its got a strong bedrock of credibility than if it comes from some place that no ones ever heard of because people through experience have learned that a lot of these reports are, you know, built on very flimsy evidence. Jack id like to open it up to all of you. We have a credible opportunity to figure o
Because of the change in a Business Model were not going to be able to devote the amount of resources and time to investigative reporting in the sense of longterm in depth work that takes reporters months to produce. And at the time a lot of different kinds of elements of a noose ecosystem started to spring up. Propublica raised money from foundations, from individuals, and has built over the last six, seven years a newsroom of about 50 people, focused only on the journalism in the public interest. And that, of course, includes a big swath of reporting on consumers, on how abuses unfairness, abuses of trust, fraud, and what propublica brings to the table is a longterm commitment to working on stories, however long they take to do. A big commitment to Data Collection and analysis, and a feeling that every time we produce the story, that is based on the huge amount of data, we try to extend that reporting to local communities by partnering with people across the country who can do their
I had the first interviews with the cuban five spies since theyve gotten released by obama. And we were able to put together a sevenminute video that ran on the web that had really great stuff. Both from interviews and walking the streets of havana with these guys who were celebrated as National Heroes down there. If i had to do that for one of the network news, it would have been, if i could have gotten two minutes, it would have been a real gift. But i was able to do something much more in depth, and much more satisfying actually. Jack brian, is that proliferation of what youre able to expose the public to one of the reasons why abc chooses to make a very large investment in your team . Brian i think so. Jack if you just had the nightly news maybe you wouldnt , be able, they would want to make that investment. Brian im not sure about that but i know that we are encouraged, almost demanded of us, for instance, the story about the iraqi army and allegations theyre committing war crimes
Understanding about why soldiers serve. And look at the white house there this morning. I hope the sun is shining wherever you are as we enter this holiday weekend. We are always so glad to have you with us in the mornings. Weekend mornings can be hard to wake up. Its good to know you there. Im christi paul. And im Martin Savidge in for victor black well. It was another night of demonstrations across the united states. In rochester, new york, last night protesters demanded justice over the death of daniel prude. He died in march after being restrained by police. The white house is fiercely denying allegations the president called Service Members suckers or losers. A florida man is turning grief into action after losing seven family members to covid19. His role in a trial is coming up. Lets begin this morning with the fight against coronavirus. The u. S. Recorded more than 50,000 new coronavirus cases on friday, the same day a model often cited by Top Health Officials predicted the viru
How much of a threat might that country be to the u. S. We begin with politics and actually, a live picture of Vice President ial nominee, mike pence, whos speak at the values voters summit in washington. Lets listen. I will tell you right now, i campaign on a regular base with donald trump. I campaign all across this coup tri for donald trump. Hillary clintons low opinion of the people that support this campaign should be denounced in the strongest possible terms. The truth of the matter is that the men and women who support Donald Trumps campaign are hard working americans. Farm farmers. Coal miners. Teachers. Veterans. Members of our Law Enforcement community. Members of every class of this country who know that we can make America Great again. So let me just say from the bottom of my heart, hillary, they are not a basket of anything. They are americans and they deserve your respect. Ive not heard that level of disdain americans that i cant even repeat since barack obama described p