:07:02
- Stephen: l couldn't resist.
- So, do you want to do this now, or--
:07:05
Yeah, in a second.
l have to return a quick phone call.
:07:09
l got you some gum.
:07:11
Oh...!
:07:15
lf l were to throw a party,
where all we did was play ''Monopoly,''
:07:18
- would you guys come?
- Could l be the little shoe?
:07:21
Of course.
:07:23
The lawyers have asked us
to tone down the cover on Serbia.
:07:25
- They have?
- lt might invite charges of libel.
:07:28
l know a little bit of libel law,
:07:31
it's only relevant if the person in
question has been out of the public eye.
:07:34
Well, yes.
So there is Serbia, hidden,
:07:37
unknown to the world
at large, until...
:07:39
it appeared on the cover
of The New Republic.
:07:41
Our weekly circulation
of 80,000.
:07:44
- 81.5.
- You almost done with it, Rob?
:07:46
- Two days. Tops.
- Yes, two days from Chanukah.
:07:49
Hey, it's basically finished--
for the most part.
:07:52
Next up. Amy?
:07:54
Just finished the piece
on ethanol subsidies.
:07:58
There are 16,800 magazines
in this country.
:08:01
But only one calls itself ''the in-flight
magazine of Air Force One.''
:08:05
And that's the thrill
of working at The New Republic.
:08:08
You're underpaid,
the hours are brutal,
:08:11
but what you write gets read
by people who matter.
:08:14
Presidents, lawmakers-- your work
can actually influence public policy.
:08:19
That's--
that's an amazing privilege,
:08:21
and a huge responsibility.
:08:25
l'm sorry.
They don't want to hear
:08:26
the whole ''journalistic
responsibility'' speech-- do you?
:08:30
You just want to know how to get
your name in print, right?
:08:34
:08:36
That sounds familiar.
Okay.
:08:40
Let me take you through the life
of your typical piece
:08:43
so you can see
what some of the hurdles are.
:08:45
We'll use one l wrote last year,
:08:48
about a bunch of Young Republicans
at a Conservatives' convention.
:08:50
Now, journalism is about
pursuing the truth.
:08:55
And l would never encourage you
to do anything sneaky or dishonest
:08:58
in pursuit of a story,
such as assuming a phony identity.