Minute. [applause] good evening. Thank you all for being here tonight. It is my pleasure to be here with you on this cold wintry evening in new york city. I got a text message just before i got up here from barack obama who sends his regards, the somehow said something about a species giving somewhere and unable to make it tonight, can never rely on elected officials. It is actually my pleasure to be here back in their city. As did i mention to you, i grew up in work due number of years across the bay of that island. We would always take the Staten Island ferry across the harbor for big events and there is a big moment for us to come into the city. This two s. Always was a city and is still the city and its great to be here in the city and great to be your new york city, the worlds greatest city. Also great to use your i consider the New York Public Library. Im sure we would give some dispute on that from london in the library of congress, but i am sticking with it. Im also sticking wi
The times passionately opposed abortion calling it the reid one abortions actually involves the bins of news in prison. The New York Times was. Annes documented and, of 1its an even towns have exposed the christian newspapers carried from the boston recorder and did bynum and in the opinions and it during the most unfit to magazines and newspapers that called themselves exclusively christian. We know that the bill york timess christian war in need regular noon and realizes abortion. Equated the tea party and has blow. The tea party and bumpkins and waves gaea of the american people. Within you agree or disagree and i think that you would have an agreement calling Tea Party Republicans g evans told britains with incomes of the loans of the stick. We begin to see the villages coverage of the use of religious language in newspapers and keeping their resembles a billing, so much for that to the forward Jill Abramson said this, in my house the time soaks to choose for religion. It was the a
Directive 16 and im going to just get down to the last paragraph. The English Air Force must have been beaten down to such an extent morally that it could no longer muster any power of attack worth mentioning against the german cross but what we know is the English Air Force was not beaten down, that despite tremendous destruction there were a air force exhibited tremendous determination by the way of love that picture because do you see the dog running after the airplane . That humanizes that picture of debt. We also know against overwhelming odds the Royal Air Force did not exactly prevailed against the lufafa that they were able to battle the lufafa to stalemate in the battle of britain which ended up ending in october of 1940. The leadership made the difference. Winston churchill was one of the most dramatic figures in 20th century history said this you may recall about the battle of britain and specifically the raf fighters who went up day after day tracy said never before in the
The 24th news cycle that john referred to as facilitated in part by the internet. When the original book prodigal press was written the internet was nearly gleaned in al gores eye at that time but since then the internet is driving what happens in the news cycle. We felt like it was due for an update and start working on this book about three years ago. It was just published in september. We have been delighted by the reception of the book so far and what im going to do today is to share with you some of the ideas that are in this book. I want to talk a little bit about world news crew just to give you an idea of who we are even though john did a great job of setting me up on that score and also i want to be really clear that my purpose today is not to bash the Mainstream Media. I do not in any way shape or form consider the Mainstream Media or what some people call the legacy media as the enemy. I do believe however that we are and the midst of a pathological media culture and some of
Come to washington after the civil war and they dont know besides. Which i think does have an impact. Are there other questions . [inaudible] all right. [applause] the book is available up to the register. I personally think you should go buy it. Im happy to sign anything. Thank you all for coming. I appreciate it. [applause] [inaudible conversations] oh, wonderful. [applause] booktv is on facebook. Like us and in the with us and watch videos and get uptdate information on events. Facebook. Com booktv. Next on booktv the life and career of Seymour Hersh. Over his career he broke stories on u. S. Government development of chemical and biological weapons. As well as the massacre in vietnam and watergate and messick spying and the abuse of prisoners in iraq. This is about one hour and 20 minutes. [applause] good evening. Thank you all for being here today and tonight. It is my pleasure to be here with you on this cold wintry evening in new york city and i got a text message just before i