for his own needs. he sued me for libel in 2006. he lost that case. he sat through a discovery that was a discovery process. more importantly, he s making these threats to sue, i think, to try to chill the media. i think the media was slow to report aggressively on the trump phenomenon, but once it got its footing, the media has been a very important force in this election in terms of outing some of the things the public didn t know about donald trump and should know. he s now using threats of lawsuits to chill the media. brian, do you agree that was the intent of his claims? oh, sure. intensity is the name of the game with him. one of the things that s important to note, and say donald grew things on his.
but once the lawyers signed off, it seems as though you would want to get that on the air very fast, and that didn t happen. it seems like nbc has had a tortured relationship with trump. they had that interview that was pretty easy on him, they had fallon playing with trump s hair on the entertainment side. trump said nbc was out to get him by leaking this tape. do we have any evidence of who might have leaked it to the washington post ? i have no idea, brian. i m not hiding anything, i just don t know. let me also ask you about a big development this week. the unprotected journalist said donald trump is a threat to press freedom. what do you make of this statement, and does it start to prove trump supporters right when they say the media is out to get this candidate? that was a big deal for the community to protect journalists. i talked to the chairwoman of cpj, sandy rowe, about it.
these rallies. it s time for the cameras to be turned on these people snarling at reporters, who are threatening them physically. there is a sign left at a rally with now the crowd is booing the journalist trump arrives. i think it s a matter of safety. you do? these people are at risk. let me ask brad about that. you were at a rally on friday. what was your sense of the crowd s treatment of the media? did it make you uncomfortable? it really didn t. again, i don t consider myself, brian, actually media. i m a business analyst. i cover real estate. when you re watching the crowd boo and we hear them chant cnn sucks, they are allowed to say whatever they want. that s what i love. when you say that and hear the victory does it worry you about consequences and violence? honestly, i would not consider myself harmed or be