But it is supporting the broadcasters in an effort against aereo. It was even more majestic than i imagined. It was Barry Dillers first time there, too. What youre about to see is his first and only interview about the hearing. We started out talking about the last time a major media case came before the Supreme Court. It was the betamax case 30 years ago which turned out to be a Landmark Supreme Court decision which changed our lives to make it legal to record tv programs at home. I want you to listen to what diller has to say about how this case could change our lives, too. I always thought that aereo very, very much was simply a technological update to the betamax case which is why i think the most interesting way to look at aereo is to look back and say, what if what happened instead, what if they had shut it down . What would our life be like what would our television and communications be like without the videotape recorder or the dvr or all the technology that followed that . What if that had been shut down . Its almost like saying, when we think about these things we think, well, what if there was no telephone . What if they never did that thing . In this case, what if you just cant conceive of it. What if the telephone one day in its early development, they said, i cant do this. You cant even conceive of what life would be when you look back that far and say, well, the Supreme Court could have relatively easily, certainly every vested interest at the time wanted to stop it. All of the content owners said, how dare you think thuk report our program and not pay us every ti time. Progress happened. I believe that aereo was the same thing. If they stop it, which they very well may, then i dont think its the end of any world because well probably not really know because you cant put yourself 20 years you cant make that leap on a maybekind of. But what i think will happen is if its stopped, it will have profound effects on the development of technology. Not the end of the world but very troubling. Look, aereo as a financial issue for my company is meaningless. It is possibly an alternative to a completely closed system, and i like that. Ive always liked that in my life. Thats why i started fox broadcasting, because i said id like an alternative to threet networks. If aereo wins, you dont think it will hurt the broadcasters . Aereo wont hurt the broadcasters for sure. What could happen is other people will find other methodologies separate from aereo based upon the consumers right to receive three broadcast networks. Congress can change the law, and its what makes me mad about this. Theyve just been dopey because the essence of it is that aereo is essentially simply an antenna device that replaces technologically what you used to have to do to go up to your rooftop and erect an antenna. Now what the media repertoire has been is that aereo is a gimmick. Judge rogers asked a question, which was, youre only doing this to get around the copyright laws . Was he wrong about that . The truth is not only is he wrong, what we are doing is complying with the law. So rather than saying its a gimmick is constructed is law as the way we understood it. Broadcasters get a free spectrum. Up until technology came along, there was no issue with that because that was the only way you could get it. Cable comes along, all these things come along, all these things happen, retrends im not going to try to dwin that for the audience, but the one fundamental broadcasting since the very beginning is if you can put your finger out there and you are interested in programming, you can get that out there for free. People did not think at the time they wrote these rules that, in fact, people would construct themselves out of used scrap and wires and antenna. They would actually go to a store, buy the antenna, have somebody put it up. That profit must be the profit in there or you wouldnt provide a service. That belongs to the broadcaster . That belongs to the programming . Thats absurd. Thats all aereo is, a technological update to and a clever one. To me without question its clever. And its technology is quite sophisticated. Thft people covering this. All the quarrel is about the questions the judges asked, not any of the answers given. I think to concentrate all the questions asked, what does that do . They were all answered sketchily. The questions to the broadcaster were skeptical. The questions to aereo were skeptical. I thought they were a little tougher on aereo, though. What did you think . No, i didnt listen. I tried very hard to say dont apply your acts, just listen. Youve always said theres no plan b. If aereo loses in Supreme Court, its over. Do you think it will lose . I think theres a 50 chance it will lose, of course. Yes. Always i thought that. But i think its i did not think that it would become this important a moment in the world of technology. When you say change the way we watch tv, aereo, if its successful together with other services, may change and give competition to the closed system of satellite or cable. Thats what it may do. Now all thats left is for the Supreme Court justices to rule, and theyre expected to do so in this case in the early summer. I need to get to a commercial here, but in just a moment were going to talk about this time of day, sunday mornings. It seems like theres always drama on tv. When youre supposed to watch it. When we come back, well talk to meet the press. If you wear a denture, touch it with your tongue. If your denture moves, it can irritate your gums. Try fixodent plus gum care. It helps stop denture movement and prevents gum irritation. Fixodent. And forget it. Hope youre having a good sunday morning and i want to talk about sunday morning television. With my next two guests, i want to discuss what the panic button sometimes looks like. But first a little history about a Historic Program meet the press. In the years since timothy presser died, meet the press has gone down in ratings. The successor, David Gregory, has gotten the blame for it. Heres how the Washington Post reported this week. Last year the network undertook an unusual assessment of the 43yearold journalist, commissioned a psychological consultant to interview his friends and even his wife. The idea, according to a network spokeswoman, was to get insight from the people he knew best. They brought in a grand consultant, not a psychological one. They said it was utter fiction. The consultant does branding work but has an advanced degree in psychology. So that explains that. But lets get to the bigger point here. At home you might be wondering what does a News Division do studying brant . What does it have to do with journalism . More than you think. The president of general strategy and the president of cbs news. Gentlemen, thank you both for joining me. Thank you. Thank you. Jack, tell me how common the use of television is in evening news. Television is a difficult business. Its a challenging business. I thought it was interesting you said when ratings go up, tension goes up. There are tensions every day. Its a large industry that serves an important purpose both in notifying the public of whats going on in their society, but its also a big business. The way you say it to the deli beast this week, if you can get more information about how David Gregory can be a better david, that makes sense. Well, its one of the many challenges to anyone on television. Television is a personal media done in a very impersonal way. When you got this job, they probably said, brian, just be yourself, right . Thats a hard thing to do with lights in your face and makeup on your face and having to think fast in essentially a live environment. Andrew, you are consulted as well. You help Media Companies understand digital media, how to go about all the changes in the digital age. How did you employ consultants . What did they do and what did they bring to the table . In our case, we didnt, really. Cbs news didnt use consultants. I didnt see a single one in about my 25 years there. Thats not to say i dont think they have a role. I think Television News is a group of authenticitauthenticit. I hope its working. Its working. Too much makeup would make us look ghoulish. I think the same goes with too much consulting. The very best things weve seen on tv are not consultant driven. Take a look at cbs sunday morning, for example. I dont think a consultant would improve of a program thats slowpaced with high pollutant story selection, yet its an enormous show highest rated show on sunday morning television. Thats correct. So theres good consultants and bad consultants. Good consultants can help with strategy, bad consultants just help with sameness. There w when you see reporters waving their hands all the time and try to look animated, that can be a consultants fault. Can you see how they might get sensitive about that . In the purest form, you won even look at ratings, right . You would do what you think is important and look at no feedback whatsoever. I think what jack is saying makes perfect sense which is to know the context is valuable, but ultimately you have to rely on your journalistic judgment and how you serve the public. Its a tool. It can be overused and abused. And ive heard theres false piety on this subject. People might want to pretend theres not a problem, pretend theres not a business, pretend theyre not disturbed by this. But they are across the board. I dont care i dont think we should overstate it. I think the best things we see in tv news is not because consultants are prescribing what to do, its because men and women of experience are doing good programming. So interview his wife, even, is that even who are doing shows about this. What that tells me is nbc is serious about helping one of their franchises. Its important to meet the press, and someone who is as dedicated as David Gregory, then i hope that it helped. Tom brokaw addresed that in pl politico. Let me read the quote. It remains a very important four hours of television, but i long for more imagination, new voices and more outside looking in, new voices and bold choices. What youre hoping for versus keeping the viewers there and seemingly satisfied with what theyre seeing is the overarching view on television in general, not just saturday mornings, right . Yeah, tom brokaw sounds like the consultant you were talking about earlier. The biggest challenge of any business is to innovate while protecting the business that they have. And we are at a unique time in the Media Industry in which. Brian, just to add to that, i agree. News is different than entertainment. Entertainment thrives on the next fresh, shiny thing. News franchises tend to be durable. In fact, they grow with strength and time. Taking sunday programs thats very durable and tinkering with it is different than starting a program like csi or changing the host on a late Night Entertainment show. They are really built on familiarity and comfort. As you pointed out, bob schaefer is the king of the hill right now. Im going to steal a word from earlier. I think this is a very illuminating conversation and i thank you both for joining me. Thanks very much. Thanks, brian. Two more notes about the Network Sunday shows. Amid all the Media Coverage about David Gregory this week, a media came out to publicly declare her support and their support for him. 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They tumbled hundreds of yards into a field, destroying the vehicle and injuring the passengers. One of them was mike bettes, veteran meteorologist and storm chaser. He was also newly married at the time. He did an interview soon after it happened. Watch. What is it that you thought about when you were up there . I just saw my wifes face, and i thought, you know, thats you know, thats my life and i dont want to give that up just yet. And thankfully i dont have to. Spring is here again and another tornado season is upon us. The Weather Channel has a new truck. Mike bettes is going back out chasing this weekend for the First Time Since el reno. I get glued to this stuff when its on tv. A lot of people, including maybe me, think hes crazy to go out there doing this. Mike, thanks for joining me. Hey, you, too, brian. What made you decide to go back out there today . The plan is to be back out there again. I was one of those people that was very skeptical afterwards whether i go back out again or not. I think i would be regretting the decision if i didnt go back out this year. What are the purposes of live tornado tracking on tv . I remember when i got to meet you was the day after the devastating tornado in joplin, missouri, you were one of the first reporters on the scene because you were tracking that storm when it happened. When we talked the next day, you said part of the purpose of this coverage is to entertain, the other part is to inform. Is that fair, that theres this balance between both . I think there is a balance between both. There are so many people out there that are weather enthusiasts, weather is their hobby, and they enjoy seeing what Mother Nature can do. The feedback weve gotten, people are learning a lot about what we do out there. Theyre learning about the structure of storms, theyre learning how tornadoes form, how they move. Even if nature can be erratic, i think we can learn a lot from witnessing and seeing them on tv. I think its proof of what meteorologists see on radar. What weve seen quite a few times in recent years does make people more aware of it. They do take the threat nor serio more seriously when they can see the pictures. Ive talked to psychologists afterwards that said, i didnt think it could happen to me. I think there is that cry wolf syndrome because now when people get the tornado warning, the first thing they want to do is run to the front door and see if they can see it. If they can see it, they believe it. For us, if we can show them that tornado and they can believe it and take their family and kids to the basement and theyre safe, thats exactly what were looking for. Heres the thing, you were right on the tail in that tornado in joplin, you were caught up in the el reno tornado. Have you taken too many risks in the past . Listen, there is an inherent danger in being out there and observing Severe Weather. There just is a risk no matter how safe you are. I think that there are times, at least in the el reno tornado in particular last year, where we were actually broadcasting that tornado, brian, and against all instincts that i have as a broadcaster, we had this big, massive tornado, biggest ive ever seen, i said, we have to quit broadcastlinbroadcasting. But the meteorologist in me said lets get back in our cars and get away from this. We just didnt have time. It expanded, as you mentioned, over 200 miles wide and it eventually caught us. Thankfully we were able to walk away from us, but Lesson Learned for a lot of chasers that day, being in a tighter situation than they anticipated, us included. How does your wife feel about you going back out . I covered Hurricane Sandy like so many reporters a couple years ago, and my wife was not very pleased that i was not home with her when that storm was hitting the midatlantic. I dont know if she would let me go tornado chasing. What did you and your wife talk about . Its a very interesting dynamic in my family because my wife is also a meteorologist, and weve chased before. She was none too happy, trust me. She was none too happy that it happened but she understands. She understands that tornadoes are in my blood and this is what i do. But seriously, how did you convince your wife that this was acceptable again . Was she really okay with it . She is. I think she realized that day there were a lot of things at play that caused our accident to happen and things that we take extra precautions this year to make sure things dont happen again. We have our same crew together this year that weve had together for the past six years. That familiarity, having the same crew together, making sure that safety is first and foremost and broadcasting is secondary, i think that is really whats going to keep us out of harms way this year and still be a great experience on tv, but we need to learn by example, and i think this year is our priority, lead by example and be safe. Mike, stay safe and thanks for joining me. Thanks, brian. I think as long as we keep watching, people like mike will still be out there chasing. Time for a break here, but when i get back, its time for red news blue news. I have two words for you, funding. Welcome back. It is time again for my regular feature red news blue news where i analyze how the partisan media on the right and the left tell the same story in remarkably different ways. This was red news until it suddenly turned into blue news. Let me explain what it means. Bundy is in the middle of a cultural war which seemed to turn into a range war. Bundys cattle is on federal land, but since he refused to pay his grazing fees, they came to seize his cattle. They came armed and so did bundys supporters. He was either an American Patriot fighting for his rights or a lawbreaker that he should either pay up or go to jail. Two different stories. On the left, nbc did pay some attention to this story early on. Heres chris hayes trying to put it into context. People who break or are suspected of breaking the law find themselves staring into armed Law Enforcement officials every single day in this country. But the better question, i think, when is it that people take up arms with the state and federal governments, point their weapons at federal agents and face no consequences for it . Thats some blue news, but for the most part, this was red news, a focus on the right. Sean hannity leading the way. Here he is entering viewing bundy on the right. You talk about a range war with the federal government. There are a lot of people out there, now that theyre taking your cattle, that are fearful that this is another waco situation. Ruby ridge has gom come up in s articles. What do you mean by range war . How far are you willing to take this . And again, a week later after the government surrendered, hannity kept bringing up worst Case Scenarios about what might happen to bundy in the future. What would happen . God forbid, we saw the raid with gonzalez. Im not sure if you remember that raid. What would happen if they came to the Early Morning hours one day to your ranch . For hannity, this was not just a news story. This was part of a narrative. Watch this, see what i mean. I have to be honest, im worried about the encroachment of our federal government that spies on us illegally. We now know we have a government that harasses, intimidates, tries to silence voices. Im worried about the nsa, the irs, about what happened in benghazi and the lies that sold health care. So thats hannitys narrative. But others on fox were not so quick to embrace funding. On thursday they were the people saying, i told you so. Thats the day the New York Times published those quotes youve seen all over the place, quotes that show bundys backwards racist attitudes. Fox news instantly cut back on the amount of stories that aired about bundy and nbc ratcheted it up. This is what they call the boomerang part of the story. That was my attempt at a boomerang. Rally around someone, like donald trump, for example. Then that someone said something basically indefensible and then the left seized on the story. Bundy became a big story on cnn toward the end of the week, partly because he agreed to come on the channel several times for interviews. And those interviews breathed new life into the controversy. By then, of course, fox had already moved on to another land dispute, this one in texas. They were continuing to talk about government overreach, but not about bundy. I cant believe im about to say this, but maybe more people should have listened to one of those boomerangs a mentioned. Mr. Trump. Heres what happened on april 16 when hannity asked trump about the rancher. You do have a certain law, you know. I mean, you have it all throughout the United States and they pay their fees and all sorts of grazing fees and things im not so accustomed to. If i were cliven and i like him and i like his spirit and spunk, i do like him. He ought to go and cut a deal with somebody. Thats the best thing. Trumps words of wisdom. Look me up on twitter and facebook. My user name is brian seltzer. I like your feedback. We got a lot of feedback that caused all hell to break loose. There were conspiracy theories and im going to try to clear it all up, after this. Ndred and sen thousand dollars per minute. Thats what big oil made last year. Now theyre spending it to rig the system against you. Pushing washington to cut americanmade biofuels. 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Comcast business built for business. Last week on this program, former cbs news investigate or correspondent Sharyl Attkisson made some accusations. She said obama backed stories that were critical of the obama administration. Then she made a critical accusation. It was against a group. They were looking for conservative bias and people like me get alerts from media matters every time they think they find it. There are dozens of political groups that try to influence the media in all sorts of ways. But how successful are they . How much do groups like media matters influence the news you watch and read . Thats what i want to talk about this morning, and starting with what Sharyl Attkisson said last week. Media matters name names whenever they see something they think is outrageous and then they try to poke holes, like in some of attkissons. I certainly was friendly with them as anybody, good information can come from any source. But then when i persisted with fast and furious and some of the green Energy Stories i was doing, i quickly became a target i dont know if someone paid them to do it or they just took it on their own do you think thats possible, that someone paid them . They get contributions from to particularly target you . I think thats what some of these groups do, absolutely. I dont know if someone paid them to do it. Thats the key quote. Those comments were picked up right away by blogs last sunday. They were also rebuked right away by media matters. There was another eyebrow raising thing that attkisson said to me last week and it was this. They use it to work on stories. It triggered headlines to that effect on blogs all over the web. So what does media matters really do and what do they not do . Joining me now is the founder, david brock. David, thank you for being on. Z. Thanks for having me. Does media matters specifically target an accusation . No, our donors are funding us because they want discourse, factbased journalism and pushback on the factbased controversy. If people knew a little bit about how they worked, i can tell you in the Sharyl Attkisson case, we are almost 247 a range of political active media. They came on the mainstream in the course of events. We noticed a pattern of misinformation in her work. We posted critiques on our website of her work. It was accurate, she didnt say we were wrong about anything, and thats what we do at media matters. You do pursue individual journalists who you feel are inaccurate or who are biased . Sure we do. And its well beyond Sharyl Attkisson. Were watching, were monitoring all the national journalism. And once we start to see patterns, we will stay on a story just like a journalist will stay on a story. In her case, we did stay on her story. As i said, she did not say we got anything wrong in the critiques we made. She seemed comfortable coming out here and saying that we worked with her previously, we worked with her on stories. I dont know anything specifically about that. I have no reason to doubt that. On fox news, media matters gets painted no, its i mean, we appreciate his agagenerosity hea main donor but not a huge percentage of the budget. We have a diverse funding base. Were not beholden to anybody. What percentage would come from soros . Less than 10 . A diverse number of donors but they have the same interest, dont they . Same liberal politics at heart . Sure. I mean, i think their interest is in honest journalism and a fair debate, and i think we think and i think our donors believe in a vast majority of cases if people get Accurate Information rather than misinformation thats going to serve the progressive cause, sure. And here open about the fact were a liberal organization. It done mean our facts are wrong. Lets talk about what kinds of assistance media matters does and doesnt provide. Im on the email list that other reporters are on, i see the emails when you noticed conservative outrage, for example, something that Rush Limbaugh says that is out of line. Itll me about the assistance you provide. We are sometimes a source of news ourselves in this past week, the story of the racist rancher from nevada. We watch fox news so you dont have to. So we are seeing whats going on in the buildup of the fellow as some sort of patriot and when it all unravelled in an interview with the New York Times the racist rancher claimed he was misquoted. Were the First Organization to find the videotape that found the actual quote and that got played all over the television in the last few days, and na was helpful to the new york sometimes. We have can a construct everybody relationship wit the press. The third way, we do work to get retractions or apologies from and redress of situations where we feel that somethings been said thats false or wrong. Youre saying its perfectly normal, and viewers, readers, they should be aware that groups like yours do provide basically raw material to materials but its the reporters the ones producing the content . Thats right. There are conservative groups that are out there also trying to influence and shape Media Coverage. Theres nothing unusual about that. They seem to be particularly incensed about media matters relationship with the media. Maybe were doing a better job than they are, i dont know what the frustration comes from. But, yeah, these groups have existed for a long time and i think its an important part of journalism and i think its an important part of keeping democracy strong, all sides are being watched. David brock, thank you for coming on and telling me more about what media matters does and doesnt do. Thank you. 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Thats all for this edition of reliable sources but weep it mind we go on the reliable sources blog and cnn. Com. Set your dvr if youre away from the tv. Up next, news update followed by state of the union with Candy Crowley. Good morning. Live in washington, with the a check of the top stories. The longtime owner of the l. A. Clippers is under fire this morning after racist comments he allegedly said were made public. Tmz posted the recording it claims as Donald Sterling arguing with his girlfriend, seen in these pictures the man aalleged to be sterling said they doesnt want her associating with africanamericans, like Magic Johnson at clippers games we have not confirmed the recording is authentic but the news reached president obama, who answered a question about it in malaysia. Ignorant folks between advertise their ignore manse, you dont have to do anything, you let them talk, and thats what happened here. The nba says it is investigating. The south korean Prime Minister resigned after taking responsibility for his governments response in the deadly ferry disaster. He apologized to grieving families and said their cries keep him up at night. Seoul has been criticized for the slow proresponse to the tragedy. 115 are still missing. Here in the u. S. , a look at radar in glen rock, arkansas one of several states bracing for an outbreak of Severe Weather today. There are already severe watches and warnings in oklahoma and kansas. Almost 20 Million People live in the path of the storm system. Im erin mcpike in washington. State of the union with Candy Crowley starts right now. No trade deal with japan. Putin stays put, and israelipalestinian peace talks fall apart. Today when the worlds only superpower talks, does anyone listen . One of my jobs as president is to worry about a bunch of different problems at the same time and not just pick and choose which problems that i have the luxury to worry about. Obama foreign policy, a conversation with the Deputy National security adviser, tony blinken. And coming up empty, a u. S. Effort to