Ladies and gentlemen, we invite you to meet the press.

Meet the press.

Meet the press.

I'm joined now by Dean Bequet.

He's the executive editor of The New York Times.

And this election cycle, he's had to contend with the idea of going to jail

and calling the Republican nominee a liar.

Dean, welcome to 1947.

Thank you.

Good to be here.

Happy, happy to do this.

Well, let me start with, it's funny you said you were willing to go to jail.

And I think a lot of people don't realize this.

How often does The New York Times get sued?

Actually, a little less often than people think.

I mean, we get threatened with lawsuits a lot.

But probably less often than we get sued as a business a lot, I'm sure.

But for journalism, less than people think.

By the way, I was never truly worried about going to jail in that case.

I think that sort of got exaggerated in the dramatic telling.

Well, I believe you were, let's let me just fill in a gap here.

It was having to do, I think you had said you would be willing to go to jail

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