The end of the 19th century. This has become over the years an allpurpose media antidote. Useful in describing any number of media sins and shortcomings including the scourge of fake news including the scourge of fake news. So what are we talking about here . What are media myths . These are prominent stories about and or by the news media that are widely known and often retold but which under scrutiny, under examination dissolve as apockricful or widely exaggerated media myths. And in a way media myths are cousins to fake news. Maybe thought of cases of fake news that have massac masquerad accurate for many years. They can be thought of as the junk food of journalism. Appealing, alluring, delicious perhaps but not terribly fulsome and not terribly healthy. The junk food of journalism. Some of the features of media myths, these invariably are pithy tales, succinct, short, to the point. And of course theyre media centric. They revolve around media, media actors, journalists. Theyre easi
National captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2017] good afternoon, ladies good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Im the president and ceo of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund and ill be your master of ceremonies today. The annual veterans day ceremony at the wall. I would like to recognize all of the gold star family members we have with us here today. The mothers, fathers, wives, sibli siblings, spouses, nieces, nephews and the sons and daughters in touch. Is all those that have experienced the loss of a loved one and know all too well the sacrifices that our military families make. And finally to those still waiting for the return of their loved ones listed as missing, thank you for joining us. [ applause ] id also like to take a moment to thank it wall volunteers. Theyre the folks you see in the Yellow Jackets and the yellow hats. And the staff of the Vietnam Veterans M
National captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2017] good afternoon, ladies good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Im the president and ceo of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund and ill be your master of ceremonies today. The annual veterans day ceremony at the wall. I would like to recognize all of the gold star family members we have with us here today. The mothers, fathers, wives, sibli siblings, spouses, nieces, nephews and the sons and daughters in touch. Is all those that have experienced the loss of a loved one and know all too well the sacrifices that our military families make. And finally to those still waiting for the return of their loved ones listed as missing, thank you for joining us. [ applause ] id also like to take a moment to thank it wall volunteers. Theyre the folks you see in the Yellow Jackets and the yellow hats. And the staff of the Vietnam Veterans M
Or can we fix it . And if so how in particular . Youre about to hear how from our expert panel. Let me introduce them in the order in which theyll speak, as we proceed through the panel well be working our way through the various titles of dodd frank frank. First will be my colleague peter wallacen. He co directs aeis program on financial studies, was co chair of the pew Financial Task force and served on the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission where he wrote a very enlightening and highly controversial dissent. Previously peter was White House Council to president reagan. General council of the treasury department. Financial crisis was spawned by the financial crisis spawned dodd frank, do you understand what spawned the financial crisis . Buy peters book hidden in plain sight in case you havent yet. Our second speaker senior director of Global Government Affairs strategy and Public Policy of bloomberg, where he covers policy issues in europe, asia and the u. S. Equity, fixed income,
Good morning. Ive asked Rick Crawford to open with a plan. Lord, thank you for the blessing of this nation. I ask that her people would strive to be worthy of that blessing. Prey for humility and temperance and all that we do be pleasing to you. Amen. In consultation with adam, without objection i make a motion to give each member seven minutes to question the witnesses. Is there discussion on the motion . Ask unanimous consent. Everybody would get seven, including adam and i. Thank you. The meet would go come to order. Id like to welcome our witness, former head of National Security, jeh johnson. As a reminder, we are and will remain in open session. This will address only unclassified matters. To our guests, welcome. We appreciate the public and media interest in the committees work. Disruptions to todays proceedings will not be tolerated. At this point in time, mr. Johnson, will you please rise and take an oath . Do you swear or affirm the testimony you will give before this committ