1.5 million people in this country, 50 billion in assets to help them. but i think at this point her claims are reasonable, appropriate, and she certainly can start the march towards her freedom and gaining control of her life. brian, i talked to somebody who is rather skeptical of the free britney movement, somebody who has had interactions with her and says that he doesn t understand why so many people in the media seem to be thinking that britney spears father and judge after judge are in on some conspiracy against her as opposed to a number of screaming fans who have never met her. how much is social media driving this story, do you think? well, in an enormous way. i think it s been two years since that free britney protest movement started. and now it is swelling outside the courthouse. and certainly they are the most vocal. they are the loudest. if celebrity media, the tabloids, the paparazzi played a role in britney s downfall, then it is the social media movement that is t
and instead of listening to them and taking them seriously, they continue to believe that these people are racists, bigots, have to be shunned. that s what we see in both of these cases. bert: the media who cover media say this was just celebrity media that made the mistake of jumping. not the case. we have a lot of example of that. but tmz s harvey levin on america s newsroom today. i didn t say i believed it. what we said was this is what jussie sad. i never said we believe that. we reported what jussie said happened. we can tell you that from the beginning, police had suspicions. we knew about the suspicions, but they on the record were saying that we consider him a victim. bert: we are going to let this play out, amy, and see where it goes. but it s clearly going one direction. which is the opposite of where it started. honestly, i saw this tory bubble up on twitter. once i saw it kind of going the way we saw the covington story where it was the left and the
well. but you start focusing on very ordinary things. that s the trap of celebrity media. well, you talk about domination and your book, of course, is about strong women. i was speaking to a colleague here about that and about some of the history. you had kate the commoner, princess diana, who battled in certain ways with the crown. queen elizabeth, who became queen at just 25. talk to us about that legacy of a certain type of strong female presence, but we re now obviously in a different era of feminism and the potential if we have a female here. i think what s been very interesting is that over the last 50 years or so, people have started to look at the history of women, so prior to that, what you had what a history of england, what was absolutely dominated by the doings of men. commanders, kings, diplomats, politicians. they would all be men because until 1920, women didn t even have the vote. what i ve done is i ve gone back in time and looked at the
money. but it s not. why won t she rule out a book deal? she has no plans to make a book. new york times, miss sharon bialek has said she is not seeking money but she has not ruled out a book deal. you made a big point saying it wasn t about money. i have spoken with her. no one has offered us a book deal. we haven t looked for a book deal. she hasn t talked to anyone about a book deal. you have been in celebrity media a long time. that s not nonsense, you know and i know she s going to get a book deal. she has already told her story. that s what is important. the critical point where she could have made money, she could have sold her story without any charge sean: but if she tell its more she s not take the book deal off the table. it s not happening. okay? sean: not happening? i have represented people in book deals. and a number of them have fried
money. but it s not. why won t she rule out a book deal? she has no plans to make a book. new york times, miss sharon bialek has said she is not seeking money but she has not ruled out a book deal. you made a big point saying it wasn t about money. i have spoken with her. no one has offered us a book deal. we haven t looked for a book deal. she hasn t talked to anyone about a book deal. you have been in celebrity media a long time. that s not nonsense, you know and i know she s going to get a book deal. she has already told her story. that s what is important. the critical point where she could have made money, she could have sold her story without any charge sean: but if she tell its more she s not take the book deal off the table. it s not happening. okay? sean: not happening? i have represented people in book deals. and a number of them have fried