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future, to our programming, with events such as this, while fostering a free press worldwide. for more information about the national press club, please visit our website at press.org. on behalf of our members worldwide, i d like to welcome our speaker, and those of you attending today s event. our head table includes guests of our speaker as well as working journalists who are club members. i note that members of the general public are attending as well, so it s not necessarily evidence of a lack of journalistic operative if there s applause. i welcome our c-span and public radio audiences. follow the action on twitter using the #ncp lunch. after our guest speech concludes, we ll have a question-and-answer period. i will ask as many questions as time permits. now it s time to introduce our head table guests. i d like each of you to stand briefly as your name is announced. from your right, thomas sanchez, founder and ceo. jamila bay, free lance journalist. michelle, u.s. econ
New-yorkUnited-statesCanadaCapitol-hillNew-jerseyJapanLouisvilleKentuckyAustraliaGermanyTexasPhiladelphia meredith attwell baker is the new presidd ceo of ctia, the wireless association. commissioner, tell us about your association, who do you represent, what industry? guest: well, first of all, thanks for having me here. it s delightful to be back, especially now that i am representing this amazing industry that is really the platform where everything is growing off of. who is ctia? we are not only the network operators, we are the people that build those networks, we are the manufacturers, and we have the app community as well as the new silicon valley. we are, we are the connective life, and that s what ctia represents, and what we are hoping to educate washington about, and i just couldn t be any more thrilled to be with them. host: what is the biggest issue facing washington and your industry? guest: i think our top priority is always going to be spectrum. spectrum is what the wireless industry needs, it s what we run on. it s been six years wince receive had a since
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ArkansasUnited-statesMontanaCapitol-hillNew-jerseyNevadaAustraliaCentervilleMassachusettsAlaskaVermontState-house i think the original story uncovered a lot of more deeper stories. this kid shot by a police officer, the unarmed kid shot by a police officer, now of thee the response police towards the citizens that pays their salary. now have you the response the police towards media members that cover the stories. you have uncovered the racial wounds that st. louis has so this story uncovered so many more stories beyond what happened to mike brown. other stuff to deal with, because of mike brown. you think i ve done this before, i ve mentioned this before. drivese media sometimes the protest. they might be not doing anything, but the tv camera people start going crazy. do you think the media ferguson?d to that in anybody. thomasink the night that the tank engine showed up in the sell something and a local well-known homeless minister showed up to raise money, and i m not sure the t shirt that were being sold, yeah, absolutely. they were a lot of people trying to manipulate the media. w
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