for the rest of us who are actually doing serious journalism and serious presentation of news to do the real thing. well, is the i mean, i think the message becomes, do they watch the daily show and say, i have a jaund dis eye about people in power, i ll look into it more. i think some people do. if you watch news with a jaundiced you and think, every time i turn on the tv, not going to get great information, this is awful and i m cynical, that s problematic and goes to a greater point than i think what you re saying. i think people watch for all kinds of reasons and i think you can t take the people who feel cynical out of the loop and blame them on some level. you know, you just saw the howie kurtz thing blow up yesterday. that s insane. i think people who smart go, i never knew that name before, i m going to look up that person and keep reading more and find out and make myself smarter and now i shouldn t isn t it broader than the topic, too? if you watch the daily show
public relations, accused of adultery rather than backing up, confront the problem, this is a very good idea. shepard: sounds like the b.p. ad from the gulf coast that make my skin crawl. guest: it is like you see from the giants on sunday, sometimes the best defense is the best offense. what they are doing is they are defending themselves by taking the offense with these ads and the commission certificate commissioner is a smart go. this makes sense. shepard: seven or ten lawsuits. randy: they are putting their story out before they get to jury selection. shepard: same way with the b.p. memories. reporter: and they are stopping the legislation, in other words, this is the vulnerability for the golden goose and they cannot afford to let this go. they have closer to two dozen lawsuits and some of the best well-known players, tony door set is suing, and johnny unitas,