as someone whose job is mentioned in the very first amendment of the constitution, to hold the powerful accountable and to question, question, question, question, it is important to realize the moment that we re in because and if i miss it, if we miss it as journalists, right? freedom of the press. then that is a ripple effect. right? that s a domino effect for people around the country and around the world. so we can t miss this moment because it s so important to democracy not only in america but the world over because they look to us as an example. they do. and we forget that sometimes. american democracy is not pure democracy. we re a democratic republic. we had battles between madison and hamilton and hamilton and jefferson about this. we have been arguing over the nature of the republic forever. my friend howard fineman wrote a book about it. we are founded on argument.
let them. there are critics challenging that as a major overreach, they don t think has any business being funded with taxpayer money that could be used elsewhere. look, i think first of all, this is a good example of big government socialism at work. this is a censorship board. first amendment of the constitution says you can t make any law that affects free speech. so, mayorkas, who i think should be impeached immediately and the board defunded immediately. no sign that s going to happen, about you we also have no formal explanation from the president why he thinks this is something that needs to exist. he does have two events coming up shortly, so maybe that will happen this afternoon. bill: sharpen the pencil, we ll be waiting are fot response. i told dana earlier and we were talking about this, we are dubious sandra: in what way?
liberty, and about speech, your freedom of association, and your school best districts your kids in the classroom and your neighborhoods and communities, they are all under assault by biden administration specificallyag attorney general. first amendment of the constitution, you would think they would understand in at department of justice, congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion to. to petition the government for redress of grievances. the first amendment of the constitution of the united states, the bill of rights.
nothing is riding on this except the first amendment of the constitution, the freedom of the press, and maybe the future of the country. not that any of that matters. arguably maybe the best movie on reporting made. what i didn t expect was the echo of the movie to last that long. to this day, i keep hearing about it. one thing about watergate it was going to change the culture of washington. it did no such thing. you know, of course this kind of thing is going to happen again. and it s going to happen in a much, much bigger scale. whether you talk about fdr or whether you talk about nixon or whether you talk about kennedy or whether you talk about clinton, we have presidents that seem to be in politics for the right reason but presidents that also have a fatal flaw. richard nixon s fatal flaw brought him down. people in high office tend to