Ennial Walter Cronkite award for excellence in political journalism. Walter cronkite award for excellence in political journalism. Er, whichn leer cent has administered these awards oute Walter Cronkite gave the first one here in washington in 2001. If you are with us on cspan or facebook live, welcome to you, too, from the National Press club in washington. If you are watching to see the prom dresses and movie stars or them, that is the other media gathering in washington this weekend. But please do stay with us. Looking around this room, i see plenty of glamour, right here, in the middle english root meaning of glamour, learning, unowledge, in cite, and, if yo believe that the actualette tow our, then you bear once to the loop pins of something called alternative fact. Which is a wrong, that Good Journalism tries to right. Todays Award Winners and work ions across and stat the country. I see a number of other distinguished guests whom i would like to recognize. You know who you are.
Macfound. Org. Anne gumowitz. The betsy and jesse fink foundation. The hkh foundation. Barbara g. Fleischman. And by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Welcome. Time now for some reality checks. Weve waited until all four debates were over so we could see them more holistically than we would one by one. So with a little more than a week before november 6th, ive asked two astute observers, widely recognized for casting a keen and discerning eye on what we journalists often miss, to sum up how they think the debates and the campaigns have served democracy or not. We wont rehash who won or lost. Ultimately each of you has to make that call. We want instead to ask what we did or did not learn about the pickle our countrys in, and how the candidates think we can get out. Kathleen Hall Jamieson is a regular and familiar participant on our broadcast. Expert on debates, media, and
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Has already exploded, killing thousands of civilians and leaving millions displaced. Dictator bashar assad whom the administration argued must step down has held onto power. Kerry advocated using military force but was overruled by president obama and his exhaustive diplomacy led to sharp criticism. Whats the alternative to that . Is the alternative that the secretary of state of the United States, the president of the United States, are gonna be in these important, powerful positions and do nothing about one of the greatest catastrophes, humanitarian catastrophes thats unfolding before our eyes . Of course not. Reporter kerry says his drive to become a peacemaker was forged while fighting in vietnam, where he deployed in 1968. But he later became an antiwar advocate. Back in vietnam nearly 5 decades later, kerry says that experience changed him. I feel that it chastened me, it cautioned me, it gave me a sense of understanding of how people in positions of responsibility can look at so
Trump and listening to those men, and more importantly countries overseas are listening, whos driving the bus, mr. Trump or those two men . Well, the great thing about being around donald trump is you never have any confusion about whos driving the bus. And where the buck stops and who will make the final decision. But i think as you hear the testimony of rex tillerson, of general mattis, of mike pompeo, i think the American People should be encouraged by the fact that the president elect is assembling around him people of extraordinary background and capability, who will bring their own experience and their own perspective to inform the president s decisions where ultimately the president will make the best decision, the best interest for the American People. You had mattis and tillerson say confront russia. Donald trump does not sound like a guy who wants to confront russia. If you list t would be he said it would be good if we had a better relationship with russia, i hope it gets be