And especially on this rainy day, but i think thats making all very happy because you havent had rain. I said yaall because ive live in the south for ten years and thats all youre going to get from me. I want to give you before i start today about the california portion of the book. I want to give you a sense of how the book happened and my thought process, maybe it will be similar to some of what you all you all are thinking. I used to say you guys im from new york. And i came into this book with the idea that well, noticing that there seemed to be a conflict that the historical representation of mailorder brides seemed good. I was a big little house on the prairie fan, theres a book sara plain and tall yts that i loved. And the idea that these pioneer women who went west often as mailorder brides and helped settle the west and they were allotted and heroes and we loved them, and then there was in modern day image of the mail order bride as this abused and ploilted woman who needs to
You all can imagine. So im just going to dive right into it. The title of todays talk is subreporters and sob sisters. Because its a new job that emerged for women. And i want to tell you the story of how some pretty bold and r remarkable women sized the opportunities created by the circumstances of their time to carve out a public space for themselves and to make a voice for themselves and for others when womens voices were not welcomed or, or respected that much. So history is always the story of individuals responding creatively to the conditions and circumstances in which they live. And so, to really understand how this unfolded and how this new type of job, that being a newspaper reporter, in some of the biggest cities of the country, to understand how this came about, we really have to back up and talk about the business of journalism in the 1800s. And specifically, i want to talk about a new Business Model that emerged in the 1830s, called the penny press. Okay. This was a new t
You covered bernie speaking. Its literally box shaped. Trust us. The minute that the podium does something, you can just switch over. At his next speech, Bernie Sanders should just come out dressed as trumps podium. That way nobody will be able to ignore him. People will say, thats, that podium is correct. Wall street is corrupt. Good job, podium. Come oguys. Bernie is still in the race. Give him some respect. You know who is not still in the race . Little marco . Yes, very sad. He suspended his campaign after lose higz home state to trump. And poor rubio. You know, like so many cubans before him, he got smoked by an obnoxious rich man in florida. laughter and whats worse is that he couldnt even get through his speech with dignity. I want to congratulate donald trump on his victory, a big victory in florida. While it is not gods plan they be president in 2016, or maybe ever, and while today my campaign is suspected, this horrifying downtown trump for president bleep . Trevor come on, p
Openly and humanly and maybe it helps me a little bit in dealing with trying to be an honest broker in terms of asking tough questions of all sides as we come to the end of the political campaign, because i instead of saying, gee, i dont have biases, i recognize the biases and try to put them in my back pocket. You also say in the chapter on george w. Bush, when i first met him at a small luncheon for reporters, the reality was in sharp contrast to the popular image. When did you first meet him and whats the difference . The first time i had a prolonged the first time i had met him. I never hit him as a candidate. During most of his term when i was working at abc and not involved in politics i had been the very first time i met him was one of these White House Christmas parties where youre in a receiving line and you shake his hand. The first time hi any exposure to him was i had any exposure to him was the day of the state of the union speech which was the day after the Iowa Caucuses
Covering or blending and or disguising depending may be 1,000 permeant stations. Host is it legitimate . In many cases he has. In others know. To talk about the legitimacy is contrary. Host how to make that distinction . Guest by a observing the guidelines that include to make sure there is no effective way. I would say no other effective for powerful way to tell the story. Because of journalism you want to bring attention to an issue especially cases of institutions see you cannot see. To bring those to public attention. Host what is an example of legitimate undercover reporting . Guest there are hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of examples coming back to the 1840s by mine measure usually considered to think to have started around 88 days which is a subject of my first book but with this effort i can state through the 1840s. There were fantastic episodes of reporters going south to understand slavery with the whole abolition movement. They would go to a slave auction posing as the b