News Review with James Wolcott

Apr 16, 2009

C-SPAN | Washington Journal

James Wolcott, participating from New York City, talked his blog and Vanity Fair column, including his latest column on the Washington media establishment, "What's Wrong with Washington?", and various other topics in the news. He also responded to telephone calls, electronic mail, and tweets.
James Wolcott, participating from New York City, talked his blog and Vanity Fair column, including his latest column on the Washington media establishment, "What's Wrong with Washington?", and various other topics in the news. He also responded to telephone calls, electronic mail, and tweets.

43 minutes | 218 Views

View Entire Event (6 Programs)

SHARE

  • SEND VIDEO
  • POST VIDEO TO FACEBOOK
  • BOOKMARK VIDEO

EMBED THIS VIDEO

Copy the code below and paste it into your website:

MORE OPTIONS

Change Size

TRANSCRIPT

TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:18 Unidentified Speaker " WASHINGTON JOURNAL" CONTINUES.
00:00:22 HOST I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR NEXT GUEST, HE WRITES FOR VANITY FAIR. HE HAS A REGULAR COLUMN INSIDE...
00:00:49 GUEST THE COLUMN IS SORT OF TRY TO DO IT BIG PICTURE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING. IT IS SORT OF LIKE A BIG SNAPSHOT...
00:02:01 HOST 2 WET PEOPLE'S APPETITES, I WANT TO SHARE THE TOP OF THE CORRECT PROBLEM -- COLUMN, "WHAT'S WRONG...
00:02:24 GUEST ONE OF THE THINGS I TALK ABOUT IS THE MEDIA, NO MATTER HOW MUCH THEY TALK ABOUT HOW SOMETHING WILL...
00:04:10 HOST ONE OF THE THINGS I FIRST CAME AWARE OF YESTERDAY, REALIZING WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PHENOMENON...
00:04:27 GUEST I HAVE NOT SEEN THE PARTICULAR TAPE BUT I AM FAMILIAR.
00:04:31 HOST WILL SHOW A BIT OF THAT. AND THERE IS A PIECE FROM MOTHER JONES SHOWING HOW THE TRACKS. THIS IS A...
00:04:56 Unidentified Speaker WOODY GOING TO SING TONIGHT?
00:05:03 Unidentified Speaker "I DREAMED A DREAM" FROM LES MISERABLES.
00:05:16 Unidentified Speaker (music) I DREAMED A DREAM AND TIME GONE BY WHEN HOPE WAS HIGH AND LIFE WORTH LIVING I DREAMED THAT...
00:05:46 HOST THAT PEACE IS ON THE INTERNET AND IF YOU CLICK ON IT YOU WOULD BE ONE OF MORE THAN 10 MILLION PEOPLE...
00:06:44 GUEST I THINK PART OF IT IS WE LIVE IN SUCH A WEIRDLY CORRUPTED MEDIA ENVIRONMENT. WE HAD A DECADE NOW OF...
00:08:15 HOST WE ARE GOING TO TAKE TELEPHONE CALLS FROM JAMES FROM VANITY FAIR -- FOR JAMES FROM VANITY FAIR. YOU...
00:08:45 GUEST WOULD YOU CONSIDER THE BEST RELIABLE NEWS MEDIA FROM WATCHING THE DIFFERENT STATIONS AND READING DIFFERENT...
00:09:26 GUEST I AM NOT SURE WE EVER GOT THE FULL TRUTH. IT IS SORT OF A MYTH THAT THERE WAS A TIME WHEN EVERYONE...
00:11:00 HOST THE QUESTION BEING DEBATED IN NEWS ROOMS AND BOARD ROOMS ALL OF THE GLOBE IS HOW DOES ALL OF THE NEWS...
00:11:42 GUEST THINGS ARE TIGHT. THERE IS A GREAT LEVEL OF WORRY. I GO TO THE NEWSSTAND AND I PICKED UP MAGAZINES...
00:12:55 HOST JOE -- HE HAS BEEN A LONG TIME C-SPAN VIEWER AND A PRETTY REGULAR CALLER. HE IS CALLING ON THE REPUBLICAN...
00:13:47 GUEST I'M AFRAID I DON'T THINK THEY WILL HAVE AN EFFECT WHATSOEVER. I THINK THEY WERE MOSTLY A BUST YESTERDAY....
00:15:14 GUEST WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY NOT JUST TO GET THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER BUT WE DID MORNING NEWSPAPERS FROM AROUND...
00:16:16 GUEST NO, AND I TELL YOU WHY. WE HAD THE PRO IMMIGRATION RALLIES, THEY DREW HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE...
00:17:36 HOST ELIZABETH, INDEPENDENT LINE.
00:17:41 GUEST YOU DID A CLIP -- CALLER: YOU DID THE CLIP OF THE LADIES SINGING. YOU LOOKED AT THE FACES AND THERE...
00:18:36 HOST IN WHAT WAY? CALLER: IT IS LIKE THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT -- IN THE CONGRESS THE OTHER WAY THEY WERE...
00:19:08 HOST THE EMPHASIS ON PREVENTIVE MEDICINE? CALLER: YES. IT TO ME, IT IS ALL DISCRIMINATION.
00:19:22 GUEST I WOULD SEPARATE TWO THINGS. ONE IS, FOR EXAMPLE, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH...
00:21:31 HOST TWITTER, YOU CAN SEND US A TWEET. HAVE YOU GOTTEN ON TO THE PHENOMENON YET?
00:21:45 GUEST LIKE FACEBOOK, I THINK THE MOMENT I GET INTO IT IT WILL BE OVER. YOU GET INTO IT RIGHT AT THE MOMENT...
00:22:17 HOST NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM TAXES -- VIVIAN ON THE DEMOCRAT LINE. . TEXAS. CALLER: I FIND TWITTER HARD...
00:23:54 HOST THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.
00:23:58 GUEST SORT OF UNDERSTAND THAT I AM NOT SURE THE ANSWER. I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT HOW THE BAND...
00:25:14 HOST I UNDERSTOOD. -- UNDERSTOOD HER QUESTION ABOUT THE CONVERSION FROM FREE TELEVISION FROM ANALOG TO...
00:27:03 GUEST I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE BEEN AT THAT MEETING. I LOVE THE IDEA OF A TOP-SECRET MEETING. ONE OF THE...
00:28:45 HOST YOU MIGHT A REACTION TO THE COMMON -- HE CONFIRMED THE GET TOGETHER AND INSIST IT, HERE IS HIS QUOTE...
00:29:12 GUEST DO YOU NEED THREE HOURS TO CONGRATULATE EVERYONE? I THINK THAT MAY HAVE BEEN TOO HAD OFF THE NOTION...
00:29:36 HOST JAMES WOLCOTT RIGHTS ABOUT THE MEDIA AND SOCIETY ON THE "VANITY FAIR." THE NEXT CALL IS FROM MINNESOTA....
00:31:46 HOST LET ME GET A RESPONSE. THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
00:31:51 GUEST I'M ALWAYS DUBIOUS WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE REGULAR PEOPLE, THE REGULAR PEOPLE. THE PEOPLE WHO PROTEST...
00:33:15 GUEST NEXT CALL, NEW YORK'S CITY. MICHAEL ON THE INDEPENDENCT LINE. CALLER: A LOT TO SAY. I AGREE WITH THE...
00:35:04 GUEST WE WON'T GET OUR RESPONSE TO MR. WOLCOTT.
00:35:10 HOST I THINK POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE OVER-MILITARIZED, BUT WE KNOW BECAUSE OF 9/11. NOTHING TO DO WAS TRY...
00:36:37 HOST BALTIMORE. THIS IS KEVIN FROM THE DEMOCRATIC LINE. CALLER: I AM A LITTLE NERVOUS.
00:36:44 HOST WE ARE BOTH FRIENDLY.
00:36:47 GUEST I GREW UP NEAR BALTIMORE. CALLER: I THINK MR. WOLCOTT IS 100 PERCENT CORRECT. WHAT I KNOW THIS -- I...
00:38:58 HOST THANK YOU. TO REFLECT YOUR VIEWS?
00:39:05 GUEST SOME OF IT. I DO NOT THINK DEMOCRATS ARE ANGELIC. ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO GIVE OBAMA CREDIT...
00:40:26 GUEST LAST QUESTION FROM INDIANAPOLIS. STAFF, REPUBLICAN LINE. CALLER: I THINK I WILL PROBABLY CHANGE TOPICS...
00:41:48 GUEST I DON'T THINK THAT IS REALLY THE PROBLEM. THE MAIN PROBLEM IS THE ADVERTISING MODEL WENT AWAY BECAUSE...
00:42:51 HOST THAT IS IT FOR OUR TIME, MR. WOLCOTT. BUT THE ONCE AGAIN DIRECT OUR VIEWERS TO YOUR LATEST COLUMN...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

RELATED PROGRAMS

PEOPLE GRID LIST

  • Wolcott, James
  • Swain, Susan

PURCHASE