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>> meaning -- >> we could all go to prison. >> joining me now is nbc news clair atkinson. clair, what i find so interesting looking at that and thinking about today is that's the early 1970s. there is no internet, no social media, no cable television. newspapers were pretty much the only game in town other than three broadcast networks. so it makes sense that newspapers are sort of leading the charge back then. 40-plus years later, though, in this era of media everywhere, it seems surprise to go me when you think about it that media plays such a role. >> yes. and the "new york times" and the "...

Social media. i think that's helped them. it also helped "the new yorker." whenever donald trump attacks an outlet, the subscription numbers increase significantly. one interesting thing that's changed, the newspapers used to be a business of circulation figures and advertising revenue. that business is dying, and both these outlets are in the business now of collecting digital subscriptions. they want people to pay. >> it's interesting. so much about the big advertisers in the past now more consumer driven. >> absolutely. >> clair atkinson, thank you very much. >> thank you. danger, paul ry...

Enough in these stories to make me feel embarrassed and ashamed. i regret that my shame is now shared by the people i cherish daily. >> and joining me now in all of this, reporter stephanie gosk and mediator clair atkinson. stephanie, you've been tracking all these allegations that have proliferated in the last 24 hours. >> that's right, andrea, and we can say there are as many as eight women who have come forward. i use that phrase "as many as" because they've come forward anonymously. we don't have their names and we don't know if some of the women discussed in "variety" magazine are the sam...

#nobody cares about that. >> joining us now is clair atkinson, who followed these things for years. >> hi. >> let's talk about this meredith corporation thing. is there any relation to the -- is it between the fact that donald trump and his justice department haven't come up with remarkably good reasons to block the at&t purchase of time warner? on the other side, the meredith corporation, backed by the kochs, are buying "time" and the president is attacking "time" and cnn? >> strange thing going on in government. we have a two track situation. with the fcc deregulating media, telling newspape...

Their own pocket if there are settlements. it comes out of the u.s. treasury fund. >> wow. that is huge. >> and with corporate, it comes out of the insurance company, so maybe they should have more skin in the game. >> right, there's no accountability and no incentive to change. >> clair atkinson, karen desoto and maya ragu, thank you for joining me. >> thank you. president trump back in the global spotlight ahead of his trip to asia. could tomorrow's indictment hurt his agenda? that's next. whoooo.