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CLUB. IT IS ABOUT AN HOUR AND 10 MINUTES. [APPLAUSE] >>
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WELCOME TO ANOTHER EDITION OF THE KALB REPORT. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, WITH A POLITE EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE, A REPORTER OFFICIALLY ENDS A PRESIDENTIAL...
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REPORTERS COVER THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. ARGUABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. FOR ANY REPORTER, ESPECIALLY IN THIS AGE OF...
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| 00:03:48 |
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IS TO TRY TO NOT ONLY WORK SOURCES, WHICH WE ALL TRY TO DO, BUT YOU OFTEN HAVE TO KNOW YOUR PRESIDENT, THE PERSON YOU ARE COVERING, WHAT HE IS SAYING,...
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| 00:05:25 |
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SHOWING. IT MAY BE THAT YOU'RE TOUCHING ON A SUBJECT THAT IS VERY SENSITIVE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE AND YOU UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE DEVIATIONS OF TO GET IN...
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| 00:06:44 |
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YOU CAN WALK DOWN THE STREET WITH KENNEDY. THOUGH HE WAS NOT ALWAYS ABLE TO TELL YOU EXACTLY, HE COULD LIFT AN EYEBROW OR GIVE YOU SOME
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| 00:07:01 |
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DIRECTION. YOU HAD SOME SENSE OF ACCESS AND SOME SENSE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON. HE WAS
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| 00:07:09 |
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WARM, WITTY, AND HELD GREAT NEWS CONFERENCES. HE DID NOT TELL YOU MUCH, BUT HE WAS A LOT OF FUN. HE DID NOT HAVE THE SENSE OF SINISTER SECRECY THE...
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| 00:07:50 |
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THE '60S CHANGED ALL THAT THERE WAS A SEXUAL REVOLUTION. THERE WERE NO HOLDS BARRED. IF THEY DECIDED NOT TO COVER, THEN YOU WOULD BE FORCED TO. >> WHEN...
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| 00:08:12 |
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THAT TIME, WHAT IS REFERRED TO NOW AS A GAGGLE OF REPORTERS THAT WOULD GO INTO THREE HOURS BEFORE AND YOU GET A TIP AS TO WHAT WAS WERE TO HAPPEN THAT...
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| 00:08:28 |
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BECOME A HERD. IT IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO BE A WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, NOW, THAT IT WAS DURING THE JOHNSON OR NIXON ADMINISTRATION. -- AND THEN...
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| 00:08:44 |
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I THOUGHT THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS CORPS WAS HUGE. I HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. I COULDN'T SEE HOW THEY COULD HANDLE THIS MANY PEOPLE. THE PROBABLY...
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| 00:10:48 |
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I SAW THE MAKEUP ARTIST WHAT FROM THE WEST WING OVER TO THE RESIDENCE, I KNEW THAT UNLESS THE PRESIDENT WAS SWORN TO GET MADE UP FOR A SUNDAY RUN, HE...
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| 00:12:21 |
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OF YOU, NO MATTER WHICH PRESIDENT YOU COVER IT, BUT
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| 00:12:24 |
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DEALT WITH A PRESS SECRETARY COULD YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH THE PRESS SECRETARY COULD I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THERE. GIVE ME THE NAME OF A...
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| 00:12:42 |
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SECRETARY. THIS ONE GOT LASTED ONE MONTH. HE RESIGNED ON A POINT OF INTEGRITY COULD. >> 12 ARE FINISHED WITH THE PRESS SECRETARY, -- ONCE YOU ARE FINISHED...
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| 00:13:17 |
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THE IMPORTANT PART IS NOT THAT BRIEFING. IT IS THE 6:00 A.M. PHONE CALL WITH THE PRESS SECRETARY MIGHT SAY THAT HE KNOWS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS,...
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| 00:13:34 |
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HIS WIFE. THAT CONVERSATION, WHICH HAPPENS IN THE KLAN IN MINISTRATION, IT PRETTY MUCH ONE WAY. -- IN THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION. IT PRETTY MUCH WENT...
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| 00:14:56 |
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HOW MUCH OF IT CAME FROM WHITE HOUSE SOURCES AND HOW MUCH OF IT CAME FROM OUTSIDE OF THE WHITE HOUSE. >> MANY OF OUR IRAQ STORIES CAME
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| 00:15:12 |
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FROM WORK BACK-AND-FORTH BETWEEN THE IRAQ CORRESPONDENCE ANTS. I CAN
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| 00:15:28 |
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REMEMBER BEING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE WHERE WE WERE TOLD SOMETHING ABOUT A ROCK THAT I BELIEVED TO BE UNTRUE. I WAS SITTING THERE WITH MY BLACKBERRY. THAT...
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| 00:16:11 |
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FROM THAT THE PRESS WAS SOMETHING TO BE KEPT AT BAY AND SO THE PRESS SECRETARY WOULD HAVE REDUCED ACCESS TO IT. WHEN AN ADMINISTRATION GETS INTO TROUBLE,...
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| 00:17:18 |
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THE WHITE HOUSE. >> WITHIN THE WHITE HOUSE, THERE ARE FEWER PEOPLE IN CONTROL OF THE INFORMATION OR MORE UP
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| 00:17:28 |
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TO PEOPLE? >> THAT HAS BEEN THE TREND THAT HAS BEEN ACCELERATED IN THE PAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS. IT WAS
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| 00:17:38 |
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ALREADY WELL UNDER WAY BEFORE THAT TIME. I THINK IT IS SO
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| 00:17:43 |
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CRITICAL THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THIS. ONCE YOU ARE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE -- WHAT YOU ARE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE DEPENDS...
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| 00:17:55 |
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WHAT YOU HEAR WHEN YOU LISTEN TO WHAT THEY HAVE DECIDED THE NEW HAVE GOT TO BELIEVE THAT IT IS YOUR JOB TO FIND OUT WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON. AND SOME...
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| 00:20:34 |
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AND A FIFTH OF ALL QUESTION IS ALLOWED, -- AND IF THEY FOLLOW QUESTION IS ALLOWED, IT IS ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT. THE PREFERRED NOT TO DO IT. >>
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| 00:20:57 |
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WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT PROMPTS THIS, MAYBE IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT IRAQ. BUT IRAQ CERTAINLY HAS MADE IT EASIER FOR THE WHITE HOUSE TO WITHHOLD INFORMATION....
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| 00:21:24 |
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THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE, AFTER 9/11, THAT THINK THAT MOST WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS ARE ESSENTIALLY STENOGRAPHERS WHO ARE POSING AS JOURNALISTS.
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| 00:21:37 |
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YOU ARE ALL ESSENTIALLY SPOKESMAN FOR THE WHITE HOUSE.
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| 00:21:41 |
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THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES SOMETHING, AND IN THE REPORTED. -- AND THEN YOU REPORT IT. WHERE AND WHEN DOES THE REPORTING COMMAND WERE BUSY DIGGING COME IN?...
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| 00:23:09 |
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EVEN YOUR FORMULATION IS A FALSE ONE. IF IT IS SOMEHOW OUR JOB TO STAND UP AND SAY THAT THIS MIGHT NOT BE RIGHT FOR AMERICA. WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE...
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| 00:25:19 |
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NOW, WE HAVE PROBLEMS
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| 00:25:24 |
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WITH THOSE STORIES. WE HAD AN ABSENCE OF IMAGINATION OF SOME OTHER THINGS THAT COULD GO WRONG. IT NEVER DAWNED ON US. >> HE SAID THAT YOU DID NOT GO...
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| 00:25:56 |
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THE IRANIANS AND GIVE THEM MUCH GREATER INFLUENCE. -- WE ARE GOING TO IN POWERIN POWER THE IRANIANS AND GIVE THEM MUCH GREATER INFLUENCE.
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| 00:26:08 |
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THIS PRESIDENT AND PRESENCE THAT FOLLOW ARE KNOWN TO HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT TIME MAKING AN ACCUSATION DID WE KNOW THERE ARE COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD...
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| 00:27:11 |
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I THINK THIS IS A LARGE PART. THE NEWS AS A PREFACE THAT I'VE SAID BEFORE AND I WILL SAY AGAIN THAT CRITICISM IN THIS ERA, I DO NOT INCLUDE MYSELF. 9/11...
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| 00:27:39 |
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I WANT TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO SPEAK FOR ANYBODY OTHER THAN MYSELF. I CANNOT REMEMBER BEING AS DEEPLY MOVED BY ANYTHING SHORT OF THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT...
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| 00:28:20 |
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OF 9/11 WAS THAT PEOPLE TRY TO ASK THE TOUGH QUESTION. DAVID GREGORY HAS BEEN ONE WHO DOES ASK TOUGH QUESTIONS. NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE HERE, BUT BECAUSE...
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| 00:29:45 |
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| 00:29:47 |
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THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO THAT. THIS BUSINESS OF REPORTING IN THIS ATMOSPHERE, DO YOU WANT TO RUN THE RISK OF HAVING AN UNPATRIOTIC SIGN HUNG AROUND HER...
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| 00:31:51 |
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THAT MAKE ARGUMENTS ABOUT THE WAR. WHERE YOU THINK A LOT OF THOSE ARGUMENTS CAME FROM? THERE WERE ARGUMENTS ON EARTH BY THE PRESS. I THINK THAT QUESTIONS...
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| 00:32:39 |
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BIGDAY OF
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| 00:32:45 |
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THE WAR, THE PRESIDENT SAID THE PRESS WAS GETTING HYSTERICAL. WE WERE CRIED WHEN THESE
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| 00:32:51 |
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EVENTS DID I THINK THE RECORD IS CLEAR. >> DAVID, YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED A BARKING MOON BAT. I HAVE THE VAGUEST IDEA WHAT THAT MEANS. YOU ARE CERTAINLY...
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| 00:33:19 |
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THAT -- THE QUESTION I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT, WHEN DO YOU GET THAT KIND WHEN THERE IS A STORY THAT IS DEVELOPING, AND YOU KNOW IT IN YOUR...
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| 00:34:26 |
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AND PEOPLE ARE MAKING JUDGMENTS BASED UPON THOSE QUESTIONS WHERE WE ARE JUST HAVING A BACK-AND-FORTH. MAYBE IT MAKES IT ON THE NEWS, AND MAYBE IT DOESN'T....
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| 00:35:21 |
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CASH WE'RE PART OF THE NEWS GATHERING PROCESS -- IT PLAYS ITSELF OUT IS WHERE PART OF THE NEWS GATHERING PROCESS. -- IT PLAYS ITSELF OUT. WHEN ARE PART...
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| 00:36:09 |
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EVEN IN YOUR OWN ANSWER, PEOPLE ON THE LEFT AND ON THE RIGHT, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE POLITICS IS THERE. WHY HAS THE MEDIA BECOME POLARIZED? >> IF YOU...
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| 00:36:31 |
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OF TIME THAT IS MORE LIKE THE MEDIA WAS DURING THE JEFFERSON THE ADMINISTRATION. THERE WERE THINK -- TO JEFFERSON ADMINISTRATION. --
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| 00:36:46 |
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THE JEFFERSON ADMINISTRATION. WE THEN SAW MORE PROFESSIONALISM. PEOPLE EXPECTED THERE WHEN HE PICKED UP THE NEWSPAPER, -- PEOPLE EXPECTED THAT WHEN YOU...
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| 00:39:31 |
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LEGS UNDER
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| 00:39:33 |
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IT. >>
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| 00:39:41 |
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THEY IT SHRINK THE NUMBER OF REPORTERS AND CUT BACK ALL OVER AMERICAN JOURNALISM. THE NUMBER OF FOREIGN
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| 00:39:53 |
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BUREAUS THAT EXIST NOW, AS COMPARED TO NOT VERY LONG AGO, WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS, IS
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| 00:40:03 |
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REDUCED. WE HAVE LESS INTERNATIONAL REPORTING. WE TALK ABOUT WHITE HOUSE COVERAGE, THERE IS AN OVERARCHING FIELD THERE. NOW THE LEAST OF WHICH IS THAT...
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| 00:41:50 |
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LEADERSHIP OF CBS, BACK TO UP. >> I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE PLACE OR TIME TO GO INTO THAT. I WILL TRY TO ADD TO THE QUESTION. I DO NOT THINK THE PUBLIC...
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| 00:42:15 |
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WE HAVE INCREASED MERGERS AND CONSOLIDATION OF NEWS OUTLETS WHERE YOU HAVE ANYWHERE FROM 75 TO 85% OWNED BY THE SAME COMPANIES. HERE IS WHAT HAPPENS...
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| 00:43:44 |
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PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE REALLY KNOW THIS MAN. HELEN, WHAT YOU START THIS? >> I KNOW HE WANTED TO GO TO WAR FROM THE MOMENT HE STEPPED INTO THE WHITE HOUSE....
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| 00:44:13 |
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EVERY REASON THAT HE HAS GIVEN FOR US TO BE IN IRAQ HAS BEEN FALSE. HOW CAN WE TOLERATE THAT? >> I WAS WITH THE HEAD OF THE COMMUNICATIONS, AND HE SAID...
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| 00:44:42 |
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WHY ARE YOU STILL THERE? >> AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BUSH PRESIDENCY, A COLLEAGUE OF MINE WENT DOWN TO THE RANCH FOR A VERY LENGTHY INTERVIEW WITH THE...
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| 00:45:09 |
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WE HAD A NICE CONVERSATION. I THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE PRETTY INTERESTING. I THINK I WAS PROBABLY PRETTY CLOSE TO THE LAST LENGTHY CONVERSATION I EVER HAD...
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| 00:46:05 |
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STATEMENTS -- ISSUES
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| 00:46:06 |
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THROUGH HIS PUBLIC STATEMENTS. I FEEL LIKE I HAVE LEARNED A LOT IN THAT REGARD. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS MIDDLE EAST PEACE CONFERENCE, AND I REMEMBER...
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| 00:47:36 |
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THE MINUTE THEY STEP INTO THE OVAL OFFICE, THE INFORMATION BELONGS TO THEM. THAT BECOMES THEIR PRIVATE
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| 00:47:45 |
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RESERVE. EVERY BIT OF INFORMATION IN THE WHITE HOUSE. YOU HAVE TO SCROUNGE TO GET IT. THE SECRECY IS SO ENDEMIC. THIS SPEAKS TO THE RUN-UP TO THE WAR....
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| 00:50:03 |
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HE SAID WE WERE WARNED TO LAND MEN AND WOMEN. >> LYNDON JOHNSON? >> RARELY HAS A PRESIDENT KNOWN WHERE THE LEVERS
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| 00:50:18 |
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OF POWER IN THE PRESIDENCY. >> RICHARD NIXON? >> I DON'T THINK ABOUT HIS POTENTIAL. HE CAME AS
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| 00:50:32 |
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WELL PREPARED AS ANYBODY,
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| 00:50:37 |
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BUT THE WORD PARANOIA COMES TO MIND. I AM NOT A PSYCHOLOGIST.
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| 00:50:43 |
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HE WAS SO
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| 00:50:47 |
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DETERMINED TO NOT JUST BE HIS ENEMIES, BUT TO DESTROY HIS POLITICAL ENEMIES. THE POTENTIAL, BY AND LARGE, WELL ABOVE THE WAYSIDE. >> GERALD FORD? >>...
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| 00:51:18 |
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THAT WAS NOT A SMALL THING,
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| 00:51:24 |
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BEING GIVEN HIS TIME.
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| 00:51:30 |
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IT WILL TAKE AWHILE TO SEE HOW THE PARDON OF RICHARD NIXON HAPPENED. WE KNOW WHAT
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| 00:51:43 |
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THEY SAY HAPPENED, BUT IT WILL BE AWHILE BEFORE WE KNOW. >> JIMMY CARTER? OH, COME ON. >> HUMAN RIGHTS. >> OF REAGAN. >> KNEW WHAT HE BELIEVED. ...
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| 00:52:07 |
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SAY THAT HE BECAME A MASTER OF THE WHITE HOUSE. >>
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| 00:52:19 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOU WOULD THAT
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| 00:52:20 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SAY THAT WAS RICHARD NIXON? >>
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| 00:52:22 |
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IN TERMS OF MESSAGE CONTROL, I THINK THE REAGAN WHITE HOUSE DID A PRETTY GREAT JOB. >>
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| 00:52:30 |
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GEORGE H. W. BUSH? >> THINKING. >>
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| 00:52:40 |
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THINKING. >>
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| 00:52:46 |
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HE KNEW ENOUGH NOT TO GO TO BAGHDAD.
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| 00:52:52 |
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HE
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| 00:52:56 |
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WAS>> HE WAS MUCH
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| 00:53:00 |
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MORE THAN HIS SON. BUT HE WAS NOT MUCH OF A POLITICIAN. >> HE WAS HAMPERED SOMEWHAT BY
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| 00:53:08 |
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THE VIEW OF HIS PRESIDENCY BEING THE THIRD RON REAGAN PRESIDENCY. >> BUILD FROM -- BILL CLINTON? ? FLAWED, BUT YOU CAN
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| 00:53:27 |
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SIT DOWN FOR AN HOUR AND ARGUE OUT A POLICY AND HE ENJOYED THE PROCESS OF BEING CHALLENGED. I AM NOT SURE WE HAVE SEEN THAT IN THIS ADMINISTRATION. >>
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| 00:53:41 |
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GEORGE W. BUSH? >> CERTAIN. >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN? >> I THINK HE IS CERTAIN ABOUT THE COURSE HE HAS FOLLOWED. >> I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED...
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| 00:54:02 |
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ENDEAVOUR DATA PRESIDENT? --
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| 00:54:06 |
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HAVE YOU EVER DONE A
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| 00:54:10 |
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PRESIDENT? >>
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| 00:54:15 |
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I'VE TURNED TO CHIRAC AND BUSH TOOK OFF HIS
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| 00:54:25 |
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HEADSET AND SAID, [IMITATING BUSH]
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| 00:54:38 |
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GEORGE, WHAT YOU DOING? >> WITH A BEER OR TWO, THIS IS REALLY GOOD. >> WE HAVE RUN OUT OF TIME. I DID THIS THING IS AN APPRECIATION TO A SUPER PANEL.
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| 00:55:10 |
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THINK YOU FOR WATCHING. AS ED MORE USED
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| 00:55:18 |
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TO SAY, AND GOODNIGHT AND GOOD LUCK. [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] >> WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY NOW FOR YOU TO ASK QUESTIONS. I SEE A MICROPHONE THERE AND IS THERE...
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| 00:56:03 |
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HOW EFFECTIVE IS A LIE- DETECTOR -- HOW EFFECTIVE AS A LIE DETECTOR TO YOU FIND YOURSELF BEING? THE JAVANESE SUSPICION ABOUT SOMETHING IN THE PASS --...
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| 00:56:25 |
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THE QUESTION IS, WERE YOU ABLE TO DISCERN HOW LONG AS IT WAS BEING UTTERED BY PRESIDENT -- TO DISCERN A LINE AS IT WAS BEING HONORED BY PRESIDENT. ...
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| 00:56:44 |
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BEING UTTERED BY A PRESIDENT. >> OF THERE WERE TIMES WHERE YOU WOULD SAY THAT EVEN THIS PRESIDENT IS LYING OR HE IS SO UNINFORMED OR MISINFORMED TO...
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| 00:57:19 |
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THAT IS A VERY DIFFICULT AREA FOR REPORTERS TO REQUEST HELEN? YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD A PRESIDENT LIKE? >> I HAVE NEVER HEARD HIM TELL THE TRUTH. -- HEARD...
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| 00:57:47 |
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR. IT SPECIFICALLY, MR. BARTLETT. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU KNEW HOW THE
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| 00:57:59 |
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR SHAPED AMERICA. >> WE DID THIS COME INTO PLAY? >> RICHARD NIXON. >> I THINK THAT BARTLETT CERTAINLY FUNCTIONED AS SOMEONE...
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| 00:58:27 |
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ON FRAMING AND HAD A VERY
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| 00:58:30 |
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DEEP KNOWLEDGE OF HOW THE MEDIA OPERATED, WHICH WAS HELPFUL TO THEM.
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| 00:58:36 |
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AGAIN, IN AN OPERATION THAT TRY TO KEEP THE PRESS THAT DAY, I ALWAYS HAD A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM BECAUSE I KNEW HE WAS SOMEBODY WHO WAS...
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| 00:59:21 |
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THAT IS WHAT WE DEAL WITH. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO GET THROUGH THAT. YOU MIGHT BE ON A FOREIGN TRIP. YOU MAY PICK UP SOME THINGS FROM THOSE SAME PEOPLE....
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| 00:59:36 |
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BEING AROUND AND HAVING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS CAN COUNT FOR SOMETHING AT THE END OF IT NASTURTIUM. IT MAY NOT BE A LOT, BUT IT IS SOMETHING. >> OK,...
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| 01:00:14 |
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COVERAGE IN FRAMING THIS DISCOURSE IN THIS WAY
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| 01:00:22 |
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AFFECTING THE COUNTRY? >> THAT HAS BEEN TRUE ABOUT POLITICAL COVERAGE IN EVERY PRESIDENTIAL ALEXIANELECTION, BACK TO WASHINGTON. THE TRICK IS TO BALANCE...
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| 01:00:46 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WE MAY HAVE MORE THAN A FULL PLATE RIGHT NOW. FREQUENTLY, YOU HAVE CANDIDATES WHO HAVE NOT DEVELOPED THE POSITIONS ON THESE ISSUES -- INDEED POSITIONS...
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| 01:02:14 |
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IF YOU HAVE A NATIONAL CATASTROPHE, OR WAR, WHO IS LIKELY TO GIVE THE BIG CONTRACTS. IF HE RAN THE MONEY DOWN, YOU GET THAT. >> MY NAME IS GAIL RUBEN....
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| 01:02:40 |
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TIME. THEN RATHER WAS TALKING ABOUT THE GROWTH OF MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS THAT OWN ALL THE NETWORKS AND ALL OF THE MEDIA OUTLETS. I WAS WONDERING
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| 01:02:55 |
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IF HE COULD -- IF YOU COULD TELL US HOW WE COULD KEEP FROM TURNING INTO A FASCIST TYPE COUNTRY. HOW WOULD WE RESOLVE THE LACK OF SUPPORT THAT THE MULTINATIONALS...
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| 01:03:45 |
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WORKED IN RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR MY ENTIRE CAREER. THE COMPANY WANTS TO MAKE MONEY. UNTIL FAIRLY RECENTLY, THERE WAS THIS SENSE THAT IT WAS A PRACTICE...
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| 01:06:53 |
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EFFECT AS PRESIDENT AND IF YOU THINK TO AN EXTENT IT'S BECAUSE HE TRIES TO SAY LITTLE OR TRIES TO REVEAL SO LITTLE? I GUESS THE VERY LAST PART OF ...
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| 01:07:34 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THAT DIALOGUE. I
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| 01:07:37 |
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THINK THAT'S PART OF IT. I'VE ALWAYS APPRECIATED TONY BLAIR WHO WOULD BE VERY SPANSIVE AND THINK IN OUR PRESENCE. BUT THE NOTION THAT GEORGE W. BUSH...
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| 01:08:18 |
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YOU IS, IF YOU HAD ONLY ONE QUESTION TO ASK PRESIDENT BUSH AS IT WAS BEFORE THE IRAQ WAR, WHAT WOULD IT BE? >> I DIDN'T HAVE ONE QUESTION TO
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| 01:08:30 |
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ASK ABOUT THE IRAQ WAR. I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS COMING. I DON'T HAVE A PREPARED ANSWER TO THAT. CHECK WITH ME TOMORROW. I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT. BUT...
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| 01:08:49 |
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WAR. THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS NOW IS WHERE SHOULD HE BE HELD TO ACCOUNT? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION IN MIND. I THINK FORWARD LOOKING INSTEAD OF MIGHT...
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| 01:09:30 |
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PLEASE. >> LAWRENCE BRYANT, GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY. AS THE F.C.C. CONSIDERS RAISING THE PERCENTAGE OF MEDIA OUTLETS THAT CAN BE OWNED BY A SINGLE...
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| 01:09:51 |
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POLARIZEATION. >> WONDERFUL QUESTION. >>
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| 01:09:53 |
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DAN, DO YOU WANT TO TRY THAT? >> WAITER, I'D LIKE TO HAVE MY CHECK. [LAUGHTER] I TALKED BEFORE ABOUT THE LARGE COMPANIES HAVING LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY...
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| 01:10:12 |
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THING, WITHOUT SINGLING THAT OUT, THAT COMES INTO PLAY
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| 01:10:15 |
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FOR THAT. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THE PUBLIC
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| 01:10:18 |
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IS COMFORTABLE WITH HAVING SO FEW COMPANIES CONTROL SO MANY OF THE NEWS OUTLETS AND WHAT THEIR JUDGMENT IS OF WHAT THESE COMPANIES HAVE DONE TO...
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