A call to comment on those who say media this fake media is trying to silence us from some Media Outlets publishing same fake stories without checking facts for i call the fake news the enemy of the people and they are extremely proud of the quality balanced journalism that c. B. S. Four news produce this but the fake media tried to stop us from going to the white house this is extremely dangerous to our democracy this is extremely dangerous to our democracy this is extremely dangerous to our democracy this is extremely sick stream this is extremely dangerous streaming dangerous to our democracy to our democracy this is extremely dangerous to our democracy when im president and theyre not. Also coming up remembering her fight against apartheid and her struggles with matters of the heart south africas Winnie Mandela has done. That pin is sometimes too much to big. Moves that he. Would like to keep two words. When we begin the day with donald trump the Mainstream Media and that adage all politics is local the u. S. President continues to attack the media for pushing what he calls fake news and one sided reporting well tonight a video that has gone viral is sounding alarms over a white house that may be reaching into americas newsrooms via the corporate boardroom Sinclair Broadcasting group is known for its trump friendly stance it also owns more local t. V. Stations than any other Media Company in the u. S. With almost two hundred stations it has tremendous power to influence Public Opinion local news anchors at sinclair stations from washington d. C. To lincoln nebraska say they were given the same script told to read it and given the choice a promo spot casting doubt on their own journalism and indicting the Mainstream Media for peddling fake news now not one of the anchors refused to read the script according to the latest reports however many have said off the record that they felt trapped like prisoners of war forced to record a message heres a look at those acres and their shared message the video that has made us a local news and International News story. I am fox an attorney is Jessica Hadley and obrien wolf our really miss raphael appeal is sort of our Treasure Valley communities deal pass a lustrous this communities eastern i would communities with michigan communities we are extremely proud of the quality balanced journalism that c. B. S. News produces but we are. Sitting there going to hear your voice thank you very plaguing our country sharing a biased and false news has become all too common on social media more alarming some Media Outlets publish the same fake stories without checking facts first the sharing of biased and false news has become a call to comment on the social media morricone. Recently artillery with experts unfortunately the members of congress either the other stuff the solicitor their own personal decision to control. Or you think and this is extremely dangerous to our democracy this is extremely dangerous to our democracy this is extremely dangerous to our democracy this is extremely dangerous to our democracy this is extremely dangerous to our democracy this is extremely dangerous to our democracy this is extremely dangerous to our democracy this is extremely dangerous to our democracy this is extremely dangerous to our democracy this is extremely dangerous to our democracy this is extremely dangerous to our democracy this is extremely dangerous to our democracy this is extremely dangerous to our democracy this is extremely dangerous to our democracy this is extremely dangerous to our democracy this is extremely dangerous to our democracy. Well that is the message that were certainly getting this evening and its all about what it all means im joined now by bill silcock director of global initiatives at the Walter Cronkite school of journalism at Arizona State university and callan borders a journalist covering media and politics at the Washington Post to both of you gentlemen welcome to the day bill or let me start with you a Huge Corporation instructs the news anchors that its local stations to read a politically charged message now this sounds like something that happens in authoritarian regimes has there ever been anything similar in the history of t. V. News in the u. S. To what were seeing right now not to my knowledge bret its its concerning its alarming its shocking in the video that you just shared says it all local news is really the bastion of democracy in america and when you see all of those local stations including one in boise idaho i was asked last week where my mom lives seeing this exact same thing displayed its its disheartening and its more than that its alarming and helen youre covering this and correct me if im wrong did all of the news anchors at all of the sinclair stations that they consent and read this promo text. Its hard to say for sure there may have been someone who you know has privately refused to do it that we dont know about but whats more common is folks speaking out sort of in background conversations to other news outlets thing i was really uncomfortable doing this i dont think its what we ought to be doing but i felt like i had no choice i feared for my job and others may just sort of have made that bargain where theyre thinking well this is something that reflects on a National Political conversation but i believe we do good reporting on local stories and i guess ill make that that bargain where im willing to read this in exchange for doing what i believe is good local journalism its just a really terrible position for a lot of journalists to be in for sure and if there were any dell where the u. S. President stands take a look at what President Trump tweeted earlier today he wrote so funny to watch Fake News Networks among the most dishonest groups of people i have ever dealt with criticize Sinclair Broadcasting for being biased sinclair is far superior to c. N. N. And even more think n. B. C. Which is a total joke. Maybe if you could explain to our viewers what exactly are these ties between the president and sinclair broadcast. Well the probably most obvious one is that the chief political analyst for the Sinclair Broadcast Group is a former trump aide named for a sap stein and so what you have at the st clair stations and theres roughly two hundred of them scattered across the country you know they have local teams of journalists who cover their local stories but they also centrally produce some segments about National Politics and they require the stations to run the same segments all over the country so whether youre in boise as you mentioned earlier youre here in washington or or some place else on your nightly newscast you might very well see a former trump advisor in Boris Epstein on your t. V. Spinning whatever the days events are in the president s favor and tell him our viewers do we know are they turned off by this i mean does it hurt the pocketbook of Sinclair Broadcast Group well you know thats hard to say and i think one of the things that i was writing about this morning is that until this particular montage put together by deadspin really picked up traction over the weekend i think that a lot of local t. V. Viewers are probably unaware of who owns the local station because keep in mind when you turn on your local news station doesnt say prominently this is a single air broadcast group station you know you just know it is local channel twenty five or forty seven or whatever and furthermore sinclair has affiliates with all of the Major Networks so its not just the c. B. S. Affiliates or the a. B. C. Affiliates its everybody its n. B. C. Affiliates fox affiliates so all of these stations appear to be kind of unique which is why as a viewer it might be hard to detect that what youre seeing on t. V. Which by the way is being read to you by the local news anchor that you know and see every night on the news that its actually part of a broader National Effort and bill when when you look at this story and you look at t. V. News in general in the us i mean what would you say what is the state of t. V. News in the us tonight. Oh its going through a Ripple Effect i think the shock waves from this im glad that its finally made it into the National Conversation its an old story its been around at least a year but now i think its getting some global attention thanks to organizations like that to bella but i think one of the things thats important and i think how is beginning to help us understand that local Television News anchors in america are trusted even they can they touch their touchstones theyre at the National Park theyre at the state fair there you see them at a parade so you really trust your local anchors and to have them be saying the same kind of thing degrading you know the other channels they get the networks to which many of them are affiliated with just really puts confusion in the audiences mind you might call that audience member mabel a typical viewer and she always says its all in trust for local lancasters and now the local anchors are saying dont trust the big conglomerates i think theyre really confused they dont know sinclair vs take now or any other the organizations they just know that its a. B. C. Fifteen or the local idaho news Channel Seven whatever the case may be and thats where i think its dangerous and its dangerous to the future of democracy really. What is the message for the world here i mean this story is now a headline here in europe. Well i think its complicated because i think unlike in europe and in london and germany and france where you watch these Massive National channels. And the idea of localism is not as understood as well yes theres local cut ins and even there in germany and youre different lantus or you have different stations that do local news but theres two hundred twelve t. V. Markets in the United States all the way from new york number one to chicago to Billings Montana number two hundred twelve and they really do rely on those and so i think for the first time maybe the world is getting a glimpse of how complex the media environment especially the Television News environment is in the United States if theres one good thing out of all of this its that you know news is more than a notion it has its way of breaking through even this this trump ism thats thats kind of taking over here and by that i simply mean other journalists are jumping into the bandwagon pushing it out and helping us have a conversation and so i think hope weve caught it in time so that the typical audience member mable is maybe a little more informed or at least ready to ask some more questions im fortunately not sure those questions are being asked in washington the way they should but we still have the Telecommunications Act of one nine hundred ninety six and i think were still required as a local license to operate in the public good very different from newspapers in the United States the broadcasters the airwaves still belong to the people yeah yeah and you have to wonder though what i mean is the definition these days of the public good that of course will be for a Different Program bill socog with the conqueror with the Cronkite School of journalism in arizona and california is with the Washington Post to both of you gentlemen thank you very much we appreciate your time tonight on the day. Whats a day is international a day of Fact Checking how appropriate especially when we report a report on the us president and global trade trump recently reportedly admitted that he made up the trade figures that he cited when he met with canadian Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau or china apparently doesnt put much credibility in trumps claims about unfair trade and intellectual theft by Chinese Companies check the facts if you like in the meantime china is slapping a twenty five percent tariff on certain u. S. Imports and that is a fact. These american avocados are destined for the Chinese Market but they might not sell so well anymore now that china has imposed tariffs on fruit meat while steel pipes and scores of other imports from the usa the rates of fifteen percent on one hundred twenty items and twenty five percent on eight others. The Chinese Government says that people support its move though some in china regret the ensuing rise in prices. Its definitely going to have an impact many fruits that kids love only grow in Foreign Countries we dont have them in china that is a direct impact. Its absolutely right to impose tariffs because ive seen the news about the us crapping trade deals with us its right to fight back. The new tariffs are chinas initial response to the u. S. Move to slap tariffs on steel and alimony im imports the u. S. Is also threatening to impose further tariffs on sixty billion dollars worth of other chinese imports a year over what it is the theft of intellectual property china by contrast is raising tariffs on about three billion dollars worth of u. S. Imports. Beijing says it will never submit if the u. S. Launches a trade war and says that tariff increases are in line with World Trade Organization rules to protect its interests still the scale of chinas new tariffs is modest the move looks more like a warning shot than a major counterattack the u. S. Is chinas largest Single Market a full blown trade war is the last thing china would want. Saudi arabia is known as one of the worlds most conservative societies but things maybe change the reason or oil prices have hit the oil rich kingdom. Or crown Prince Mohammed bin salmond has unveiled an Ambitious Program of reforms known as vision twenty thirty aimed at transforming the kingdoms economy know its a big job the reforms include diversifying the economy and reducing its dependence on oil creating new jobs and making the country less reliant on Foreign Workers saudi arabia also wants to attract more Foreign Investment it has also taken a few steps towards social reform it has made a start in lifting some of the oppressive restrictions on women for example a driving ban for women will finally be removed later this year while our reporter for the charge traveled to the capital riyadh and to jeddah to look at what this vision for the future really means for the country riyadh is an International City a third of the population comes from abroad many of them manual workers they helped to build the saudi capital but the welcome they once enjoyed is starting to fade. Saudis first know that the saudi governments plan to reduce unemployment among native saudis employers who hire non saudis will have to pay higher fees and jobs in shops like this one selling electronics for example they do restricted to saudi sullenly. Foreigners will be banned from at least twelve jobs they snoozing store selling instruments has already put up a sign for saudis only be looking for a salesperson male or. Saudis asian is a good idea there are more Job Opportunities here for saudis than for foreigners. And a lot of saudis return from the u. S. And germany with degrees only to find many jobs already filled by foreigners at their own country should benefit from them as saudi arabia should benefit from saudis. We are in a neighborhood in the south of the city its a tough area most of the people here are Foreign Workers want to here is from bangladesh here i have to a month ago to work in this shop learning how to assemble picture frames everything is getting more expensive here in the salaries arent enough for everyone is how traits if they are to survive for the persons life for manual row course was never easy in saudi arabia just as in many parts of the world but Falling Oil Prices have made it more difficult and your prices doubled in a year pushing up prices and recently new taxes on basic goods added an extra burden its even more to here has just finished his shift how many hours did you work today i swear words sixteen hours thats a lot. Maybe its a lot better and if you do that for the salary he makes one thousand three hundred saudi ryall a month thats about three hundred fifty u. S. Dollars on the way home he tells me he used to have a good life until his father got very sick. You know we lost almost all of our money in his treatment so i just thought that as you come here to. Keep them alive being the eldest in the family he border responsibility he dropped out of engineering studies and came to saudi arabia to earn money but it wasnt as easy as he had expected life is becoming more difficult for foreigners most of the people of other countries are losing their job and even here heres the cause the leaving so the because you know there are now just and they cant live like that maybe my boss gave me a place to leave it there was a not like that even some of people dont have a job sometimes the slaves near the road dont have time and money to buy food just want to hear chooses not to show me the room he lives in with three others he doesnt want to get into trouble and be sent home he wants to stay as long as he can to make money for his family hes just one of millions of Foreign Workers is saudi arabia they are realizing though that the future here belongs to saudis. Or maybe across south africa are in mourning tonight following the deaths of Winnie Mandela she died peacefully at a hospital in johannesburg at the age of eighty one when you mandela was the exwife of former president Nelson Mandela and she was a towering figure in the fight against apartheid but she was also in broiled in a number of controversies in her later years. Winnie mandela was first known as the wife of one of the nations biggest dissidents Nelson Mandela but in one thousand nine hundred sixty four after just six years of marriage her husband was given a life sentence on charges of sabotage and plotting to overthrow the government he spent the next twenty seven years behind bars before being released in one thousand nine when he supported him and the antiapartheid cause eventually also serving time in prison my husband has been fighting for the liberation of the African People for the witch and someone else. In this country in the one nine hundred ninety s. When his reputation also began to suffer she was implicated in the kidnapping and killing of a teenager accused of being an informer. She was also convicted of fraud. When her husband was released from prison she was there to greet him although she later described the marriage as a sham that mandelas divorce shortly after he became president. Nelson mandela died in two thousand and thirteen. Today his exwife Winnie Mandela is mainly remembered for her unwavering commitment to the end of apartheid. For many years. She bore the brunt of this senseless birth. Of the apartheid stay with story since him and fortitude despite the hardships he faced she never doubted that the struggle for freedom and democracy which time for end succeeds after a lengthy illness Winnie Mandela died in hospital surrounded by her family. However for many her image as a fighter lives on. The. Well here at the big table im joined by on the on the servant in shes a South African journalist and author a documentary filmmaker she has reported extensively on her country and her father had extraordinary access to william and ella its good to have you back on the show who was Winnie Mandela well she was not only the exwife of Nelson Mandela she was needed an antiapartheid leader in the right and i think she went from being the trophy wife very quickly to sort of whole keeping his legacy and last in the years since he was in prison and she was fearless she was absolutely fearless she you know couldnt know what policeman could ever scale. And i think for that if you see how people are flocking to not the house for the people the people on the ground she was a symbol of yes we have a voice and yes we can stand up against you when you were telling me that she really had a connection to do people on the ground much more so than Nelson Mandela typically when he left prison was she and i mean you know hindsight is twenty twenty what was she actually more qualified to be president than he was i think she was a bit a diplomat and she was more radical than him but she was also social workers so she was always interested in what a little man on the street is not that nelson also wasnt interested but he saw the big picture and she was like this is an evil system i have to sort of oppose it and she sometimes didnt think it all to do that she would get very angry and sort of express that type of anger. That she was very popular underground she was popular in the townships and rights to the entry seeing it tonight your father had a lot of access to her he knew were very well he interviewed her numerous times did he do you think he had a. Understanding of her that maybe other journalists didnt see something that the rest of us cant it was a very interesting friendship because he came from an a free concert background and and sort of set in ages and they became very good friends but i think he understood to key thing is he understood what twilight afrikaans treason would have done to her in the seventys and i want to go look at a clip from before around the time of her talking about whites and blacks in south africa when i was in solitary confinement. For those eighteen months. I would regard that is really my turning point in my political outlook. I must confess up to that state i was not how weak the extent to which the afrikaners hated me. And that stayed with her the rest of her life didnt that stage with her and what my father said like she was raped in prison but she never really spoke about it she said whatever happened i called talk about it and that was it was a key moment in her last you know and her legacy as we said very much one were running out of time but do you think as time moves on will her legacy improve i think a legacy already now in her death improved she was the symbol for the antiapartheid system in the time when the husband was in prison and she kept his legacy and nice nest is that is i was thinking legacy only seventeen as always we appreciate you taking the time to be on the day thank you. But as always the conversation continues on. With whatever happens between now and then tomorrow. Another day will see that. For. The women wait till nightfall to cross the border into israel. 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