sony executive amy pascal and producer scott rudin chatting before they went to a fundraiser with president obama in 2013. john: they were guessing what would be his favorite movie? and it was between -- >> it was between "the butler," and they said i bet he likes kevin hart. i mean, this is coming from hollywood's leadership. this is what's going on behind closed doors that people aren't even seeing. john: thank you, kelly. >>> after the break, government says the internet isn't fair, so government is going to fix it. >> a major shake-up in how the internet providers can control what we all see online. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> for once in your life, focus your indiscriminate rage in a useful direction! [laughter] seize your moment -- john: that was comedian john oliver last year urging his viewers to write the fcc to support net neutrality. a plan to have government make sure the internet is fair to everyone. so many of his fans went to the fcc's web site the web site crashed. as a result, the fcc has now passed a net neutrality rule. well, actually i'm not sure oliver was the reason. there was

sony executive amy pascal and producer scott rudin chatting before they went to a fundraiser with president obama in 2013. john: they were guessing what would be his favorite movie? and it was between -- >> it was between "the butler," and they said i bet he likes kevin hart. i mean, this is coming from hollywood's leadership. this is what's going on behind closed doors that people aren't even seeing. john: thank you, kelly. >>> after the break, government says the internet isn't fair, so government is going to fix it. >> a major shake-up in how the internet providers can control what we all see online. ♪ ♪ at ally bank no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like mute buttons equal danger. ...that sound good? not being on this phone call sounds good. it's not muted. was that you jason? it was geoffrey! it was jason. it could've been brenda. congratulations. you're down with crestor. yes! when diet and exercise aren't enough, adding crestor lowers bad cholesterol up to 55%. crestor is not for people with liver disease or women who are nursing, pregnant, or may become pregna

. >> i think similarly i would say that we found the e-mails between amy pascal and scott rudin about obama's favorite movies which all happened to be starring black people. that is actually news. films by black directors are having trouble being green lit. it all plays into decisions being made about films we are seeing. tom: would you say you are all in the journalism business? >> yes. tom: that was a question that i wanted to ask. i think there is a lot of new media that resists that word. that thinks that is something old and we're inventing something new. max: gawker's founder used to say that we are not journalists but we may do journalism accidentally. tom: what made you become journalists? max: it became clear that what we were doing was journalism. we have always believed that gossip was news and it soon became that if that is the case then gossiping is an act of journalism. we have been breaking news for so long and doing actual reporting for so long that it seems silly to keep up the appearance of being some new media pirate hating journalism. tom: we are going to go to the

shani: similarly, we found the e-mail between amy pascal and scott rudin about obama's supposed favorite movies, which all happened to be starring black people. i can't even remember what they were. that is actually news in that where we are in a moment where people are looking at the likeness of oscar nominees. 00-- the whiteness of oscar nominees. this jokey racism plays into all of the stories we are seeing. tom: would you say you are all in the journalism business? [laughter] tom: ok. i mean, that was a question i wanted to ask not based on the answer people have given. there is a lot of new media that resists that word. that thinks no, that is somethi ng old, and we're inventing some thing you. max:-- something new. max: gawker's founder said that we do not do journalism, but we might do journalism accidentally. tom: what made you become journalists? max: it became clear that what we were doing was journalism. we always believed that allsup was news. -- that gossip was news. and if that is the case, then it gossiping was an active journalism. we have been doing news and porting for

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. >> we'll be watching scott. thank you very much. all right, let's get back to our stormwatch coverage now and another winter weather advisory that's posted for our area. this one begins tomorrow night. steve rudin will have more on that in a few minutes. but ahead of the storm, airlines already making it easier for you to change your plans. delta, united, jet blue. they all issued waivers for the three d.c. airports allowing you to change your flight without paying a fee. leon? >> alison this winter is taking its toll on the roads around here. you should know that. the salt the sand the brine and the plows, everything leaving plenty of potholes behind. abc 7 talked with the d.c. department of transportation and said the city has filled 80,982 potholes since 2013. 7600 were in the first few months of this year. typically the city offers the annual effort to fill potholes dubbed the pothole palooza in march. no dates have been set for this year's pothole palooza. in this case, not a pothole but massive sink hole causing problems in no