message is directed at the more elitists, or the educated members of society, not the illiterates. and as you know, in egypt, where approximately 35% of the population is illiterate, television is one of the main sources of information. now, i felt that, you know, i had done sensitive stories before, controversial what they call controversial stories. and i ve been reprimanded on several occasions by state security for tarnishing the country s image, quote unquote. this time there were very strict instructions that we had to follow the rules and never cross the so-called red lines. and that meant we focus on the pro-mubarak rallies. also we had to read press releases from the interior ministry, which were at times questionable.
i ve been very fortunate, because the freedom at nile tv is slightly higher than on the other arabic channels, because we have a different target audience. nile tv broadcasts are in english and french, so the message is directed at the more elitists, or the educated members of society, not the illiterates. and as you know, in egypt, where approximately 35% of the population is illiterate, television is one of the main sources of information. now, i felt that, you know, i had done sensitive stories before, controversial what they call controversial stories. and i ve been reprimanded on several occasions by state security for tarnishing the country s image, quote unquote. this time there were very strict instructions that we had to
at first. whether that was with slavery, killing indians, women not voting. we re not very good at the beginning of t hese things. we re really great, though, as we move alon we live in a nation where sadly people listen to things, they get afraid very easily. we have 40 million adult americans who are functional illiterates, which means they can t read and write above the urth grade level. so l that s the america we live in. sometimes we have to put up with that. but everybody, regardless of their level of ignorance, i believe at their core is good and has a good heart and if presented with the truth, and the trutis, is that muslim americans are americans t same as every other american. and what do you say, michael, to a family member of someone who was killed at ground zero who says, you know, i don t really think this is appropriate. look in the camera and tell us what you would say to that family member.
spending the white house says the situation would have been worse without the spending that the government pumped into the economy. we would have been in another depression. how do you respond to that? well, this is the worst gang of economic illiterates i have seen in my life. the fact of the matter is if we had just let the market clean up the mess in the banking industry in the aftermath of the mortgage bonds it would have been settled by now. would have taken care of itself. and much faster and much more completely. thank you for joining us. on the steps of the capitol ks rally. freedom wor back to you, shannon. shannon: steve centanni, thanks. one place tahat dcioesn t seemo be taking a financial hit this year is the campaign trail. ecandidates across the country are spending huge in some cases record amounts of money. joining us now the political panel, fox news contrutor kiersten powers and the president of political strategy phil musser. welcome to you both. hi, sha
caller: i m curious if michael moore could think of a government system that would be between democratic and socialist? larry: lyndon johnson used to say a baffle both would work, capitalism and socialism. we have less than a minute. what would work? well, there are countries larry: we that in a sense, social security. to a degree, europeans have a system like that where there s a much better safety net where they don t have so many people you know, we have 40 million americans who are functional illiterates. we have a high-poverty rate, a violent crime rate that they don t have. the reason for that, when you create an economy where the pie is divided a bit more evenly, when somebody has a middle class job and they make $50,000 or