so, you know, and look at phone hacking. - i mean, how many editors defended themselves- by saying, we never knew. so, anyway, i would just- like to sort of say that i think that this is a culture ofjournalism, that when there s a great scoop, actually most people, there s a human desire not to ask the question. which is where we get to regulation, and richard s right, this is such a difficult question. because you want journalism. what did tim davie say? he wanted brave and confident journalism at the bbc. - don t we all? that s what all- journalism should be. and the last thing you want is for doubt and worry- about the ramifications to stop transmission. l on the other hand, the ideal that these things were faked in order to get her to agree to the interview is terrible. | so, you need to talk about - the culture of good journalism. of course, a culture shift. dorothy, do you think there is a new form of bbc governance that you can imagine that could have stopped martin bashi
that broke this story, josh, great scoop, thank you for being with us on this friday. i want to pick up on something that ann thompson said, she asked you if chris cuomo did more than just listen. how engaged was he in these phone calls in these strategy sessions? he was quite engaged. he was giving advice to cancel culture. they include the governor s top aid, lawyers, outside friends, and one that was unlike any other is a cnn anchor. and he said that harassment is not making someone feel uncomfortable. is that a line that his brother
new reporting this morning may explain why president trump has insisted ukraine might have interfered in the 2016 election. putin told me. that s what one former senior white house official says president trump said with the washington post reporting after meeting privately in july 2017 with russian president vladimir putin, president trump grew more insistent that ukraine worked to defeat him. that s according to multiple former officials familiar with his assertions. of course it was russia that enter feed in the 2016 election. i m joined by ashley parker, msnbc political analyst. and ashley, that quote is interesting. putin told me after the g-7 a couple of years ago. what has the response been this morning to the reporting from your paper? well, i mean, the response has been that it s a great
facts. it would take a while for it to come out, though. that column was pubbishlished ma full week before trump was inaugurated, before any news outlets would publish on the nature of flynn s contacts, what led to his guilty plea. and that was a great scoop for david ignaceous. but it was interesting. it was in a column. the washington post as you would expect has a clear divide between the news pages and editorial pages. but they also have frequently have columnists and even the papers own editorials break news. and it was that own david ignaceous column before trump was even sworn in that first broke the news about flynn s secret conversations. and just a few weeks ago the post did it again. it was september 5th, an editorial in the washington post, again, not a news story but an editorial which broke the
ishnaceous concluded, quote, we ought to know the facts. that was the first we learned about mike flynn having secret communications with the russian government about sanctions. and eventually we would know the facts. it would take a while for it to come out, though. that column was published more a full week before trump was inaugurated, before any news outlets would publish on the nature of flynn s contacts, what led to his guilty plea. and that was a great scoop for david ignaceous. but it was interesting. it was in a column. the washington post as you would expect has a clear divide between the news pages and editorial pages. but they also have frequently have columnists and even the papers own editorials break news. and it was that own david ignaceous column before trump was even sworn in that first broke the news about flynn s secret conversations. and just a few weeks ago the post did it again. it was september 5th, an