| 00:00:00 | A BOOK IS A DIFFERENT PROPOSITION ALTOGETHER. |
| 00:00:04 | NEXT CALL. |
| 00:00:07 | >> HOST: SCOTT, YOU'RE ON THE AIR. |
| 00:00:11 | >> CALLER: GOOD AFTERNOON, GENTLEMEN. |
| 00:00:13 | TOM, MY NAME IS SCOTT, ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, YOU WERE GOOD ENOUGH LET ME INTERVIEW YOU FOR A PIECE I DID FOR A MAGAZINE CALLED [INAUDIBLE NAME] |
| 00:00:26 | . AND I INTERVIEWED YOU AND DAVID ROPER AND BEN BRADLEE. |
| 00:00:30 | YOU, TO YOUR CREDIT, WERE THE ONLY PERSON FROM NBC WHO LED ME TO ENGAGE WITH YOU ABOUT THIS ISSUE. |
| 00:00:35 | IN THE ARTICLE, I MADE THE POINT THAT ALTHOUGH "MEET THE PRESS" WAS DEVELOPED AND STARTED BY A WOMAN IN 1947, IT HAS BEEN ON FOR 65 YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN 10 PERMANENT HOSTS, ALL OF THEM WHITE MALES. |
| 00:00:48 | I MADE THE POINT OF VIEW THIS IS BEFORE DAVID GREGORY WAS PICKING YOU ARE THE INTERIM POST, I SAID WHY CAN'T YOU SAY PUBLICLY THAT THERE HAS BEEN ENOUGH DESEGREGATION HERE. |
| 00:01:02 | THEY ARE BRILLIANT BLACK JOURNALISTS BLACK JOURNALISTS WHO HAVE BEEN TURNED ON FOR YEARS, WHY CAN'T WE SAY THE NEXT JOURNALIST DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A WHITE MALE? |
| 00:01:10 | EVEN A WHITE FEMALE WOULD BE OKAY. |
| 00:01:11 | BUT WHY DOES IT ALWAYS HAVE TO BE A WHITE MALE. |
| 00:01:14 | >> HOST: LET'S GET A RESPONSE FROM TOM BROKAW. |
| 00:01:18 | >> GUEST: THAT IS NOT A CONDITION OF THE JOB. |
| 00:01:20 | WE TRY TO PICK THE BEST JOURNALIST THAT IS AVAILABLE TO US WHO HAS A COMBINATION OF SKILLS, POLITICAL KNOWLEDGE, BROADCASTING SKILLS, AT LEAST IN THE STUDIO. |
| 00:01:29 | IN THIS CASE, DAVID GREGORY TURNED UP ON TOP. |
| 00:01:35 | THERE WERE LOTS OF CANDIDATES FOR THE JOB, INCLUDING WOMEN. |
| 00:01:40 | BUT DAVID GREGORY SEEMED TO BE THE BEST EQUIPPED FOR THE JOB. |
| 00:01:42 | IT WAS NOT A DECISION I MADE. |
| 00:01:43 | AT THE SAME TIME, THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF WOMEN, HONESTLY, WHO HAVE GRAVITATED TO THE TOP IN WHAT WERE TRADITIONALLY MALE ANCHOR JOBS IN AMERICA. |
| 00:01:53 | DIANE SAWYER IS NOW DOING ABC. |
| 00:01:54 | BEFORE THAT, KATIE WAS AT CBS. |
| 00:01:55 | SO WE DO HAVE MORE FEMALE PARTICIPATION GOING ON. |
| 00:02:00 | I HAPPEN TO BELIEVE THAT THE 21ST CENTURY WILL BE THE CENTURY OF WOMEN. |
| 00:02:05 | HALF OF THE COMPANY PRESENTS ARE WOMEN. |
| 00:02:11 | STILL, ONLY 3% AND THE CEO IN THE FORTUNE 500 REPORT WOMEN. |
| 00:02:18 | ONE WOMAN IS AN IMPORTANT EXECUTIVE IN SILICON VALLEY. |
| 00:02:24 | MISSILE BURNS IS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN AT A TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, XEROX. |
| 00:02:31 | WE ARE MAKING SLOW PROGRESS. |
| 00:02:32 | BUT WITH EACH SUCCESS, I THINK IT INSPIRES OTHERS TO STEP UP. |
| 00:02:34 | MORE THAN HALF OF THE STUDENTS NOW ENROLLED IN MEDICAL SCHOOL AND LAW SCHOOLS ARE WOMEN. |
| 00:02:40 | THAT WILL HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON OUR SOCIETY. |
| 00:02:45 | >> HOST: SEVERAL E-MAILS AND TWEETS ON THIS ONE. |
| 00:02:49 | CAN YOU PLEASE DISCUSS THE PRINT JOURNALISM FUTURE AND BROADCAST JOURNALISM FUTURE? |
| 00:02:55 | >> GUEST: WE ARE GOING THROUGH TRANSITION, OBVIOUSLY. |
| 00:02:58 | IT IS VERY HARD FOR ME TO SEE |
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