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Questions, giving caveats. a lot for a journalist to do in this still. but the eyes are of those eyewitness eyewitnesss. >> a not of new tools available that didnt exist a decade ago. thank you for joining us from austin. coming up on the second part of "reliable sources" national public radio gets stung. well talk to james okeefe, who orchestrated the undercover video that led to the outster of nprs chief executive. and remembering david broder. we heated the bathwater and gave kelly a cleane...

Very little. the blogger who got through to republican governor scott walker, msnbc went haywire and fox did very little. >> there is perspective that comes from a political perspective. and so thats -- thats a fact. but it doesnt change the problem that you have with the original piece by james okeefe or the reaction by npr or public broadcast. >> alyssa shepherd when you called ron schiller and said is this basically true? is this wildly out of context? and he said, no, i did say these things....

Editorial decision-making process of npr. and, therefore to say that he reflects it or affects it, or alters it, is completely wrong. he doesnt, and that should be made clear. >> coming down to our last minute. you walked for npr, for pbs. in a time of soaring budget deficits, why should it get federal dollars? >> th it should get federal dollars because u.s. a public service in the main, and it needs to do as well as it does, and it could use more. i would love to see it separated from annual c...

Seriously, we dont take you seriously. >> youre a controversial guy, taken on big targets. you certainly had an impact with the npr story. do you think the media has been fair to you in the npr story? >> i think its been more fair. the main-stream media is starting to have more respect for us. weve shown the disdain for the americans in the tape. the tape is very powerful. the tape is very honest. stipulate cu the tape cuts to the core. >> there is one aspect in which the tape was not honest. th...

Tactics to get to the end. >> no, thats not what i said. investigative reporting is sometimes justified to go undercover. its a form of guerilla theater, youre -- hes willing to meet with strangers tied -- they claim they get money from the muslim brotherhood, and hes willing to have a conversation in public. remember, no expectation of privacy. hes meeting with two strangers in a public place in a business meeting. his organization is funded with taxpayer dollars. >> i understand. obviously he ...

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