Pulling the Strings

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 20, 2012

We react to the shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. Plus, the Obama campaign has been vetting quotes to the press and controlling the attacks on Governor Romney’s history at Bain. Mark Halperin of Time explains what’s behind the message management. Plus: what experts want to know after a shooting. Then, New York Times op-ed columnist and WNYC contributor Joe Nocera talks about what he thinks the NCAA should do in response to the Penn State scandal report. Then, how offshore tax havens actually operate; the trouble with the phrase “having it all”; and unemployment is up in New York City.

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