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Too much about us. i mean we have -- >> were not supposed to be the story. >> no, exactly. and a little bit enough already. and things like the white house gaggle, like staged press conferences, you know, i wish more reporters in washington were out doing their own enterprise stories athan focusig on what is essentially often spoon fed spin room type information sessions. >> and also things that are leaked that they put out on purpose so they can discount them in public. its kind of the boy who ...

Has never had more digital subscriptions than today and cnn. its just, you know, calling the press the opposition party and the enemy of the people, its just part and parcel of this, you know, drum beat of attack on the legitimacy of the press. >> there is a certain demeaning to our credibility, so when something real happens that we are not going to look as truthful and honest as we can be. we know there have been through other administrations on occasion certain journalists or outfits that hav...

Dictators around the world bullying reporters and ive covered their demise. in the long run i look forward to covering the demise of putin and of trump because this does not succeed in the long run. >> indira, on that point we have something brand-new from the president tweeting tonight fake news media knowingly doesnt tell the truth. a great danger to our country. the failing "new york times" has become a joke. likewise cnn. sad. you can say hes baiting the press on the one hand. on the other h...

Sean spicer getting a little annoyed with the impersonations done of them. lets take a look at one of them >> this is the plaintiff, the president of the united states. [ cheers and applause ] he claims that some phony judges are being very mean to him. >> mr. trump, you understand this is a tv court, right? >> thats okay, im a tv president. thank you judge or what do you call a lady judge a flight attendant, something like that? >> so much of the show was about politics this weekend and has bee...

>> i think came away feeling more bullish. i went into it with a lot of skepticism with newspapers just as a business. the new york times has lost a tremendous amount of revenue from their advertising business over the last decade. and they have been slow to find ways to get that back. but they are showing one of the bright spots in the industry with the growth of their digital subscription business. that quest for more digital subscription revenue transforms the organization. recently published...

Himself. when he talks about the magic they in the press, the press today is more diverse than its ever been. there is no specific day. every time he talks about fake news, i think subscriptions to the times goes way up. >> jon: at byron, the media does have an obligation to fact-check the president and there are some things that he has said that dont seem to pass the smell test. >> it is part of the job to fact-check the president and his opposition and it trump is just going to have to live wi...

With inaccuracies and lies, they owe the president an apology for the way that thing has -- there were blatant factual errors. its unacceptable to see that kind of so-called reporting. that is literally the epitome of -- >> bill: that was air force one flying back from florida yesterday. sean spicer taking on "the new york times" hitting back at the paper after its report of disarray inside the white house. that story talked about the roll-out of executive orders to the reaction on behalf of pro...

Everyone is going to see this through their own prism. >> people are going to remember whether it is 30 years ago, he was up for federal judgeship and he did not make it through because of racist things he had said. today he made a pretty force full and perhaps convincing case that the person who was portrayed back then was not jeff sessions. he said a lot of things that people will find encouraging. there was one issue that stuck out for me which was voters suppression. it was unclear to me fro...

>> hes a 70-year-old man born in alabama. everyone is going to see this through their own prism. >> people are going to remember whether it is 30 years ago, he was up for federal judgeship and he did not make it through because of racist thing s he ha said. today he made a pretty force full and perhaps convincing case that the person who was portrayed back then was not jeff sessions. he said a lot of things that people will find encouraging. there was one issue that stuck out for me which was vo...

Periodicals. >> its been great for "vanity fair," is all i can say to you, is this attitude towards us has been great for subscriptions and great for traffic. so we welcome it. >> but the thing is that -- i think you realize, when there are certain institutions in society, that are touchstones in our iconic, cnn being one of them, "vanity fair" being one of them, and "vogue," as well. and donald trump, you know, knows that. you know, no matter what he says about us, he knows. >> why was it off t...