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In a continuing war between the Russian government and the nation's only independent national television station, prosecutors yesterday raided a bank owned by Russian media mogul Vladimir Gusinsky. The U.S. State Department cried foul.

Television coverage of election night returns interfered with the electoral process and in CNN's case was "a debacle," according to an independent report released today.

The NBC Nightly News anchor discusses the changing face of television, American society and the network newscast. The following are extended excerpts of his interview with media correspondent Terence Smith.

Media correspondent Terence Smith talks with CNN Chief News Executive Eason Jordan, CNN co-founder Reese Schonfeld, former CNN correspondent Carl Rochelle and media analyst Tom Wolzein about the company's recent layoffs.