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THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT IS SO NICE TO SEE YOU ALL. THANK YOU FOR COMING. YOU KNOW, WE ARE A FUNNY KIND... |
| 00:05:53 |
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AFTER AN INTRODUCTION LIKE THAT, I SHOULD PROBABLY JUST GO HOME. AND LEAVE IT THERE. BUT I WILL GIVE... |
| 00:06:21 |
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HE ONLY HAS TWO KIDS. |
| 00:06:22 |
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YES. ALL RIGHT. LET ME BEGIN. WHEN DAN RATHER RETIRED A YEAR EARLY AS ANCHOR OF "CBS EVENING NEWS"... |
| 00:24:43 |
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WE HAVE TIME FOR HOPEFULLY A FEW QUESTIONS. |
| 00:24:46 |
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YES, IF CAN YOU WAIT A MINUTE UNTIL THE MICROPHONE ARRIVES. |
| 00:24:56 |
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WE WANT C-SPAN FOLKS TO HEAR ALL THE QUESTIONS. WAIT FOR A MICROPHONE TO ARRIVE. |
| 00:25:03 |
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MOST OF YOUR CRITICISM IN THE BOOK AND IN YOUR ARTICLES IN CITY JOURNAL HAVE BEEN DEVOTED TO EITHER... |
| 00:25:50 |
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WELL, THE BIG PROBLEM RADIATES FROM THE UNIVERSITIES WHERE THE FACULTIES ARE JUST OVERWHELMINGLY TO... |
| 00:27:20 |
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IN YOUR OPINION, WHAT EFFECT HAS HE HAD ON THE NEW YORK TIME'S REPORTS? |
| 00:27:26 |
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"THE NEW YORK TIMES" IS STILL A VERY LIBERAL PAPER. AND I DON'T THINK IT MATTERS AS MUCH AS IT USED... |
| 00:28:23 |
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DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE "THE NEW YORK TIMES" AND "THE WASHINGTON POST" HAVE -- IN TERMS OF THE CULTURAL... |
| 00:28:55 |
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YEAH. WELL, THAT KIND OF CHARACTERIZES AIR AMERICA. AND I'M GOING TO GET IN FURTHER TROUBLE WITH... |
| 00:31:03 |
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MYERS HAS ME CURIOUS. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE CIRCULATION FIGURES FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS ARE, "THE NEW... |
| 00:31:10 |
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I BELIEVE THEY ARE DOWN. THEY CERTAINLY WERE DROPPING A WHILE AGO. IT MADE UP BY THE FACT THEY HAVE... |
| 00:31:51 |
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MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE NEA. MY QUESTION IS -- WITH THE INTERNET. ISN'T THERE A REAL DANGER... |
| 00:32:06 |
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I DON'T SEE THAT AS A HUGE PROBLEM. I THINK PEOPLE ARE SMART. ESPECIALLY -- |
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FIND QUITE OFF WENT MY CHILDREN MAY READ THINGS THAT -- OFTEN WITH MY CHILDREN MAY READ THINGS THAT... |
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I TEND TO BE A POPULIST IN THE MATTERS. I TRUST THE READERS TO MAKE WISE DECISIONS. I THINK MOST... |
| 00:33:20 |
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YOU MENTIONED DAVID HOROWITZ. AT THE END YOU WARN THERE WAS DANGER THAT CONSERVATIVES MIGHT TRY TO,... |
| 00:33:39 |
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I SUPPOSE YOU COULD READ IT THAT WAY. I DON'T REALLY SEE IT AS SIMILARLY ONEROUS. BASICALLY THESE... |
| 00:34:39 |
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WHERE'S ALL THIS GOING? WHAT'S THE SCENE GOING ON TO BE FIVE, 10 YEARS FROM NOW, THE MEDIA PICTURE... |
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I THINK -- I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THE -- ALL OF THESE TRANSFORMATIONS ARE JUST BEGINNING, IN... |
| 00:36:07 |
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DO YOU THINK THAT THE MAINSTREAM TELEVISION NETWORKS WILL OR ONE OF THEM MAY CHANGE SEEING WHAT'S... |
| 00:36:27 |
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I DO DESCRIBE THIS FOX EFFECT WHICH IS -- WHICH HAS THE OTHER CABLE NEWS OUTFITS TRYING TO FIGURE... |
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I'M WITH ABC NEWS. I HOPE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. |
| 00:37:27 |
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I SAID SOME PEOPLE ARE SAYING IT. I DIDN'T SAY I WAS SAYING IT. |
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WHAT DO YOU THINK OF DON'S IDEA THAT HE HAS BEEN -- I HAVE SEEN HIM BEAT IT HOME A COUPLE TIMES IN... |
| 00:37:45 |
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I THINK HE'S THINKING OF FOX NEWS AS THE MOTTO THERE OR TALK RADIO. YOU KNOW, BOTH OF WHICH ARE --... |
| 00:38:57 |
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SO, BRIAN, YOU TOLD US WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT ALL OF THE NEW CONSERVATIVE MEDIA. WHAT'S BAD ABOUT IT? |
| 00:39:04 |
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WELL, I -- I AM CELEBRATING IT. I THINK EVEN IN EXTREMES IT IS PROBABLY HEALTHY AS A CORRECT -- WHAT'S... |
| 00:40:09 |
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I HEAR YOU DESCRIBING THESE LENGTHY DEBATES THAT GO ON. I THINK THAT THERE'S ANOTHER ISSUE WHICH IS... |
| 00:40:51 |
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I -- I -- I'M AN OPTIMIST ON THIS FRONT. I WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE FROM "CITY JOURNAL." WE ARE A... |
| 00:41:54 |
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YOU QUOTE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE BOOK ABOUT THESE TRENDS AND QUOTE PARKER AND STONE IN BEING QUOTED... |
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I DON'T KNOW. I DID -- BASE THE BOOK ON AN AWFUL LOT OF INTERVIEWS. THEY WERE NOT PEOPLE I WAS ABLE... |
NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.
