Will be spending quite a bit of time together starting shortly and i very much support that. But today first i have the privilege of introducing for the first time to this room the 71st secretary of state mr. Tony blinken. Thank you good afternoon. Let me start by saying they first ambition is to be known as the man who brought the price to the state Department Briefing room. That at least is mission accomplished. In all seriousness, thank you everyone for joining me here today, this is my first full day on the job as secretary of state and to restate what i said before it is an honor to be in this job and im gratified the president trust me with his responsibility. Im incredibly excited about the work ahead. Especially working with limited women about the state department. I serve the American People and represent our country to the world. I want to spend a few minutes with all of you today right from the start, how important i see the work that each and every one of you does. Some of
Restrictions begin to bite once again italians have been ignoring an overnight curfew choosing to vent their anger on the streets. As you can see italy is rebelling this government has decided to suppress the italian people to starve them to death. Those are world News Headlines for this hour for more on those stories and others give us a follow on your favorite social media platforms ill be back with you just in about 60 minutes with more headlights see that. Lou and welcome to your all things are considered competing about. Nominally speaking the role of the media is to inform the public this mission is now on hold large parts of the media landscape particularly big tagg actively intervened to determine what the public can know and from whom has controlled speech replaced freedom of speach. Discuss the media and more im joined by my guest in Los Angeles Kim iverson she is the host of the kim iverson show and in nashville we cross to roger simon hes an Award Winning novelist and Acade
Hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered im puny about normally speaking the role of the media is to inform the public this mission is now on hold large parts of the media landscape particularly big tank actively intervene to determine what the public can know and from whom has controlled speech replaced freedom of speach. Discuss the media and more im joined by my guest in Los Angeles Kim iverson she is the host of the kim iverson show and in nashville we cross to roger simon hes an Award Winning novelist and Academy Award nominated screenwriter who is now the senior political analyst for the big times all right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate oh ok lets go to los angeles they always go to the guess they got a earliest for this recording that the sheet it came you know something ive noticed and thats happening over a number of years but equally well since the advent of the Trump Presidency were a fax
A hit if it were the as if it is real you can play to twitter. Even a little bit bigger even then but thats the point here you know kim why should a woman what universe are we living in were facebook and twitter to determine what newsweek can consume and where we can consume it here i dont know i mean im not a shareholder in these companies i i dont know if anybody elected them where they elected to anything except maybe boards from the shareholders i mean this is an unconscionable situation in an unprecedented one why should these private individuals be able to determine the the media landscape and and were basically as citizens we we were told were given the right to determine our political destiny but were not were being interrupted were being punished go ahead jim yeah i mean these are these media giants these tech giants are social media they are controlling the narrative and one thing that we really need to Pay Attention to is that yes they are private and yes they have the right
You know the the professional manager real class that looks down on everyone here theyre on their own hes complaining about conspiracy theories but the way they manipulate the media what do you get is result you get people thinking conspiratorial like why is this happening why cant we interest know ok the whole with the whole scandal or alleged scandal im always careful with my language surrounding the biden family you know i mean there are i have been presented in some by some news outlets facts what they determine to be facts ok and fine let them go where they were when russia gave was just allegations and leaks and Anonymous Sources that were never proven ever but when you have a case you know theres a hard drive there are witnesses there are there are well under orders for money but these are real things that you know we have a right to consider ok particularly if the accusation of political mouthpiece and is in play go ahead roger. Or twitter gets away with it suppressing a lot of