true, that was a blatant lie, they re more clever than that, it is always half truth and shading the truth and leaving out part of the story. was the shading of the truth you saw there as we got to the ramp up to the election any direction that favored donald trump? well, i didn t work there during the election. i joined january 23rd. once he was already president. yeah. i was hired to do that particular job. i was told that i would have the same editorial independence as i would have at any other publication. why were you uncomfortable asking questions about the seth rich story? because it is not something that at the time, there have been other revelations that say he might have been the leaker, may not have been the leaker, but idea that he was murdered because of it when on may 26th there was no evidence saying that, and that story had
advertiser s pressure. we are committed to running stories the real story and the story behind the story, precisely that s what at trarks our audience. that s what people come to us for. the advertisers who come to us they come from that audience. the editorial independence of the company. it s not just the principle, it s the core of our mission core of the company. you say that but your two top editors resigned. i asked them to come on the program and they declined. they resigned because of you meddling with the newsroom. both max read and tommy craggs are men of considerable principle. i don t think it was a story worth resigning over. i don t think it was are you saying they were too extreme about this? i have valued their passion and commitment to independent journalism. it has to go hand in hand with
in policy that until now barred foreign maids from seeking residency in hong kong. michael jackson s former body guard says dr. conrad murray asked him to gather up drug viles before asking to call for help. prosecutors are trying to make a case that murray is criminally responsible for the singer s death. those are the headlines from cnn. world business today starts right now. good morning. this is world business today. these are the top stories on friday, september 30th. there s no respite for investors in europe as stocks head south again this friday. a land mark victory for a maid could affect rights for maids around the world. and we ll look at the underbelly of product placement. stay tuned for the secrets of the bidding industry. first up though, let s get straight to the stock markets here in europe. we have a sea of red arrows. we re about an hour into the trading session. let s look at how things are fairing at the moment. still firmly fixed in the red. the
it would be easy for me to recite all the sensational claims about drug use, affairs in the new book about the former governor of alaska. probably would be good for our ratings. new york times critic janet maslin said this about the rogue. mr. mcginniss used his time in alaska to talk to people like, one resident and a friend. he was featured on today in a piece by savannah guthrie. he described a rocky palin marriage with todd and sarah fighting and threatening divorce, something they have denied in the past. another bomb shell, he writes todd and sarah have both used cocaine in the past, a claim that was not verified. you talk to somebody who snorted it with her and many of todd s friends who describe him as having been on the end of the straw frequently in his youth. i m not saying todd and sarah palin today abuse cocaine or even use it, but it is no question that they both did at one point in their lives. reporter: he quote friends who speak of a sexual encounte
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 be commercially and editorially independent. wouldn t you have liked to have been in the editorial room at the guardian, when they had the evidence, they would not have gone this way if they had not had the evidence. and they knew th