but i saw in every one of those environments the growth of the shadow of self censorship. i mean, i happen to know that when i was here, newt gingrich and henry kissinger did their best to mute my influence on the nightly news because of the freedom and independence andy lack, who was then the president of nbc news, had given me. it s up there all the time, like gathering storm clouds. you do a terrific job of maintaining your independence, and i must say out of the murdoch scandal has come a reminder of the importance of a free and independent press. the journalists who have been dogging this story for the last six years worked for the guardian, which is one of the great newspapers in the western world. the guardian is run by a public trust, set up by the founding family to make sure that the guardian would always be commercially and editorialally independent. wouldn t you have liked to have been in the editorial room at
two attendees told politico it was clearly related to the campaign. one said, it was policy focused but everyone knew why they were there. there was an actual rundraiser last night in white hous and the was not laughing about error in the transcript. obama said the administration created 2 million private sector jobs. the original transcript noted laughter after that remark. late this afternoon, reporters received revived transcript by e-mail that noted applause instead of lafte laugher the afr the line. a challenge for the campaign of huntsman is name recognition. it was painfully evident in the kickoff event. some media passes distributed by huntsman s own people had huntsman first name spelled incorrectly on the pass. it s j-o-n. no h. last night, the nightly news included backlash of sunday
law that limits fundraising by federal employees. two attendees told politico it was clearly related to the campaign. one said, it was policy focused but everyone knew why they were there. there was an actual rundraiser last night in white hous and the was not laughing about error in the transcript. obama said the administration created 2 million private sector jobs. the original transcript noted laughter after that remark. late this afternoon, reporters received revived transcript by e-mail that noted applause instead of lafte laugher the afr the line. a challenge for the campaign of huntsman is name recognition. it was painfully evident in the kickoff event. some media passes distributed by huntsman s own people had huntsman first name spelled incorrectly on the pass. it s j-o-n. no h. last night, the nightly news
have to do because of weiner s confession? well, they are going to cover the story as they would cover any hard news story at this point. there is no more covering for anthony weiner after this confessional that we saw today. so, that s what they are going to do. but what i find really interesting, bill, is that liberals on the web, nbc, their main broadcast, the nightly news brian williams said that he wasn t covering the story because he had more compelling things to cover. doesn t it occur to any of these journalists and there are others who can i name by the way, doesn t it occur to any of these journalists that anthony weiner who was a important congressman. a leading voice of the progressive wing of the democratic party who spoke repeatedly on national television about very important
have to do because of weiner s confession? well, they are going to cover the story as they would cover any hard news story at this point. there is no more covering for anthony weiner after this confessional that we saw today. so, that s what they are going to do. but what i find really interesting, bill, is that liberals on the web, nbc, their main broadcast, the nightly news brian williams said that he wasn t covering the story because he had more compelling things to cover. doesn t it occur to any of these journalists and there are others who can i name by the way, doesn t it occur to any of these journalists that anthony weiner who was a important congressman. a leading voice of the progressive wing of the democratic party who spoke repeatedly on national television about very important