Coronavirus press conferences live c. N. N. Has already limited their coverage why and could the future of the news industry be in jeopardy because of the virus local dollars are drying up causing layoffs and pay cuts his face book about to come to the rescue. Im Steve Malzberg the press. And welcome aboard everybody i want to start by you know wishing heartfelt best wishes to everyone out there who is suffering in any way from the coronavirus and to all those who have lost loved ones my condolences and all the work and old. Says go out to you art go out to you and i want to well also wish the best to chris cuomo of c. N. N. Who announced this past week that he has tested positive for the coronavirus ive been harsh on him but all bets are off when it comes to this its a whole different story Everything Else goes out the window to get well everyone and get well chris but now were all used to the you know the back and forth the confrontations between c. N. N. White house correspondent jim acosta and the president of the United States well earlier this week the president decided to give it one more try watch. Go ahead lets give it a shot. What do you say to americans who are upset with you over the way you downplayed this crisis over the last couple of months we have a very much under control in this country the coronavirus is very much under control in the usa its going to disappear its like a miracle it will disappear and its people like you and c. N. N. That say things like that that its why people just dont want to listen to c. N. N. A more you could ask a normal question the statements i made are i want to keep the country come i dont want panic in the country i could cause panic much better than even you i could do much of it would make you look like a Minor League Player but you know what i dont want to do that and instead of asking a nasty snarky question like that he should ask a real question. All right agreed now i want you to watch something i want to show you something theres an anti trump spot that has been running all over the media put up by priorities usa action and reportedly a george soros backed group and im going to run side by side some of the quotes that i. Brought up and trump quotes used in that ad and you decide if a cost got his talking points for that question from the ad watch we have a very much under control in this country we have a totally under control because its going to disappear its like a miracle it will disappear one day its like a miracle it will disappear were doing a great job with it it will go away good to the great so what do you think folks did he use the anti trump ad to take the one liners out of it out of context of course and then throw it at the president i believe he did and thats my opinion but you have to decide in a fascist suite is going to have more on that ahead by the way later on in the show now last sunday c. N. N. s jake tapper tweeted out that he was going to have the mayor of new york city go to blasio on his show on state of the union i didnt answer that tweet and i said so you know wondering you could ask bill de blasio tough questions about his horrible response to the outbreak of the coronavirus and i was pleasantly surprised by what i saw watch. Just go about your lives continue living as you have new yorkers should go about our lives continue doing what we do but should not stop you from going about your life should not stop you from going to chinatown and going out to eat we want people still to go on about their lives. We want people to rest assured that a lot is being done to protect them. That last clip was from march 13th just about 2 weeks ago in retrospect is that message at least in part to blame for how rapidly d the virus has spread across the city jake we should not a focusing in my view on anything looking back on anything that makes me look bad and tapper kept at it watch mr mayor you say you dont think you should look backwards but youve criticized President Trump for quote actions that are far far behind the curve kudos kudos to jake tapper i got to give him credit in shame on mayor bill de blasio and finally something i have never seen on a night on a news show on television and it was craig maldon on of all places m. S. N. B. C. Watch but never actually done this on the air can you lead us in prayer for 30 seconds. If its all that are we are is its to you it will of the understanding that we are not called to eliminate our selves to handle this kind of global calamity we look to your lord to be the source of spirits and help the light that weve strengthened all of 1st responders troops at the end of our broadcast that all of us whose lives have been devastated have disrupted they give us the peace this is all it is to them cry staying with terri. Did heads explode at the same d. C. I cant believe it good for mel that it was highly appropriate. And joining us now to discuss whats been going on in this crazy world of media is the president of accuracy in media Adam Gillette you can find them at 8 i am dot org and welcome aboard the i welcome back hey they have thank you so much for having me back glad to be here. My pleasure lets pick up on that moment of prayer on m. S. N. To see that we just saw the negative reaction to the my pillow founder mike lindale who said a prayer and ask that people really embrace their religion at one of the recent pressers at the at the white house want you to watch and gave us grace and no memory 2016 to change the course we were on god had been taken out of her schools and lives a nation to turn his back on god and i encourage you do since time at home to give them to home to get back in the word read our bibles and spend time with their families and heres just one example of the media trashing lindau and then granted and suster and blast him in return what did you think of the media treatment of my pillow guy after he made that prayer at the White House Well its exactly what youd expect to their base at m s n b c their base at the Washington Post the New York Times all rabid anti christian generally progressives so theyre just trying to virtue signal and appease that base put out content that that base wants to read if they reported accurately that a successful businessman promoted prayer at a white house meeting which really isnt particularly controversial their base wouldnt be that interested in it but if they go after him and slam moment attack him and attack christianity their base right up. And heres a guy and who was a volunteer ring that his company was going to help with the coronavirus effort in making mastin and medical supplies they ignored that and they just called him basically the michaela guy whats he doing there well hes contributing but youre right they have that agenda and nothings going to stop them from their agenda now i want to move adam on to the the call to stop every these president ial virus Task Force Press conferences daily briefings stop airing them live in their entirety watch i think they have regular information in time. Crisis from the government on sort of a science and facts and policy are essential but i personally cant help but feel these daily sessions are are bad for the country in even dangerous from a Public Health perspective i have said that i dont think that you should really listen to what he says you should listen to what the experts say im not actually sure if you want to be honest but we should carry that live i think we should run snippets i think we should do it afterwards and get the pertinent points to the American People because hes never ever going to tell you the truth now and then made those remarks on monday night and then by tuesday c n n it already started to editing out the press conference no its morally outrageous what has become incredibly clear is that particularly in an Election Year these are activists not journalists initially the charge against trump on handling this crisis was that he was absent he wasnt doing enough so trump starts giving regular briefings what happens his poll numbers go up will suddenly as soon as his poll numbers went out these press conferences became a big problem and the media decided well shoot hes doing too much we got to stop showing the press conferences i bet you anything if his polling numbers had suffered during the press conferences only they would be airing them back to back to back now that they see the liberal people are responding to him theyd probably like to run reruns of angel cuomo. Im absolutely and by it both c n n n m s n b c have now stopped taking all of the press conference its outrageous now i want to show you something that c. B. S. Did on c. B. S. This morning late lead like the end of march to get it they aired video claiming it was a new york City Hospital dealing with the corona virus but it actually had previously on sky news and it was from an Italian Hospital watch lets take a look. This is the main hospital in the thumb of profit its one of the most advanced. And c. B. S. Acknowledged what they did i mean how does this happen. Well its unbelievable because yes we all make mistakes they make mistakes inserting videos theyre doing so many stories i make mistakes as my wife reminds me you make mistakes but its amazing that their mistakes always seem to fit the media narrative that theyre trying to put out there and they never missed it make a mistake in the opposite direction they never goof up and it triggered something positively to conservatives or to the president all of their mistakes seem to fit the same narrative its funny how that always works out and about your fine organization accuracy in media recently got buzz to make a change. Talk about what you guys did i see that they changed the headline they didnt go far enough but they did make a change talk about that you know we all but most of the c. B. S. Is the m. S. M. B. C. S. But they largely preach to the choir in my opinion the most dangerous and most influential quote unquote news outlets out there are folks like buzz feed and now this because they have a following thats all across the ideological spectrum and theyre primarily followed by easily influenced young people after that story broke last week about the unfortunate man who consumed aquarium cleaner and died because it contained chloroquine phosphate some news outlets reigned with the story that i made a korean cleaner and died buzz feed ran with the headline a man died after self medicating with a drug that trumped promoted as a potential treatment for the corona virus trump promoted hydroxy chloroquine as a proper treatment he never promoted aquarium cleaner and he never promoted chloroquine phosphate and this is such a bad headline because not only is it searing the president but now if core if hydroxy chloroquine turns out to be a drug that could help people how many are going to be afraid to take it because they read a lying headline that it killed a man so we rallied our activists we went after them on twitter the email on facebook and they changed the headline. Yeah i know they did and congratulations kudos to you adam thank you very much and everybody go to a i am dot org and you can check out all the great work at accuracy in media does speak see you again soon ok folks we hope that piqued your appetite and i want you to stay right where you are for the main course which is coming up right after this break on the press. Welcome to max keiser financial survival guide. Looking forward to your pension account. Yanks this is what happens to pensions in britain delegates. Watched as a report. Is youll media a reflection of reality. In a world transformed. What will make you feel safe. Tyson nation will community. Are you going the right way or are you being led. Away. What is true what is faith. In the world corrupted you need to descend. To join us on the death. Or remain in the shallows. Now earlier in the show i showed you some clips from an ad that has been running in very heavy rotation all over the cable news media and its all about blaming President Trump for the advance of the coronavirus and here with more much more in fact on the spot is our tease natasha sweet a touch of what he got force. Well yeah steve even though president has been staying ahead of the curve helping the u. S. To defeat the crown a virus and eventually getting us all back to work the left is doing everything they can to somehow blame him for covert 19 and this anti trump ad from the soros funded priorities usa action will show you just how desperate they are the pay the president and negative lights this ad aired more than 1000. 00 times over a week span of march 21st to the 27th according to Advertising Analytics priorities usa was the top advertiser for the week they spent 6000000. 00 airing the initial ad and the liberal super pac has pledged to spend a whopping 150000000 in the 20 twentieths cycle supporting the democratic nominee and against President Trump the coronavirus this is their new home we have a totally under control one person coming in from china one day its like the miracle that will disappear when you have 15 people and within a couple of days its going to be you know too close to 0 you know we think youve done a great job of keeping it down to a minimal i like the stuff i really get to i was surprised that i understood you know i dont take responsibility at all now it doesnt ringback take a genius to see that ad was pieced together by many sound bites taken out of context theres no question the coronavirus narrative changes each day sometimes by the hour even advice from the center for Disease Control and prevention is being looked into regarding masks initially when one was not recommended and this week were hearing a different tune from Health Professionals and city leaders the well financed democratic super pac is targeting ads in the 4 major swing states of florida michigan pennsylvania and wisconsin for new creatives that launched march 24th that will run through april 6th are focusing on President Trumps response to the crisis and how joe biden would do things differently news busters also reporting more news coming from soros but this time from his progressive outlet called open democracy apparently theyre using this time. Of a crisis to insert their propaganda against the family unit they claim this pandemic may have revealed the limitations of the private Single Family households and they actually even had the nerve to suggest abolish the family and the private household citing an increase in Domestic Violence as families stay home the article says quote the private family quote mode of social reproduction still frankly sucks it genders nationalizes and races us it norms us for Productive Work it makes us believe we are individuals or many would argue that faith family and values are the very things which built our country having a family and the ability to work are all blessings and part of the american dream. And its interesting in that article suggests working in is a bad thing during a time when many people would simply love to have their jobs back steve yeah well excellent report and excellent take on this and i got to say theres no one virus related air this week and that nonsense you just feel this is not so misleading but you know they have every right to run it every right to institute spew that information. Not sure steve you know under the 1st amendment you are completely right even though the ad is very deceiving and clearly edited to discredit president travel but will it be enough to impact the president s chances of reelection of course only time will tell but with a 50 percent Approval Rating for the initial stages of a crisis and an overall increase in Approval Ratings id say its likely will be seen more of these ads coming from the democrats steve yeah absolutely natasha thank you very much thank you. And joining us now to discuss just in so much more is investigative journalist and cohost of boom bust ben ben welcome my friend thanks for having me on steve. My pleasure so when you look at this spot and what these groups are putting out there you know if this is just such a poster child for whats wrong with the way the media is used to promote misleading information know when it comes to politics but as i said to natasha they have every right to do it under the law. Well they do have every right to do it and the reality is i think when we look at whats happening right now there are an enormous number of eyeballs on news media and local news media more so than weve seen in many years right now people are hungry for information and when the ads pop up and all of a sudden youre on these in the commercials the question will be whether or not this is affective or not my suspicion is that its not effective because you have people in essentially 3 camps you have the people who are in the pro trump camp theyre going to support from no matter what you have the people who are the anti trump theyre going to be against him no matter what and then you have everybody else which is the majority of the people kind of in the middle of that who right now i dont think necessarily have an appetite for a lot of politicizing of this and i think most people will look at it and say im interested in when this thing comes to an end i want to know about my rent i want to know about my job i want to know about whether or not im going to have a job in a month from now i can leave my home people are very concerned about whats really happening with them and when you politicize it you drag people back into this ugly arena where i think most people just dont want to be right now. Lets move on to into the talk out there about the future of the news industry. Especially when it comes to to local news and will it be able to survive the virus because you know has cut pay and laid off some staff i believe in theyve called the virus a media killer a lot of newspapers and local news outlets are affected so where are we headed with this specially this section this sector of the news yeah i think look in reality of the news media as we know local news especially newspapers have been dying for some time you really have essentially 2 camps here and terms of the funding model you have those like the wall street journal in the New York Times who have moved to a subscription model in the past in order to survive theyre probably faery much better right now than most other into these on the other hand you have local news organizations t. V. Broadcast. And newspapers that are still reliant on an advertising model and right now theyre hurting very badly because those those ad revenues had already been drying up as i said for years its been trending that way but right now those revenues are dropping to nearly 0 theres very very little money being spent right now on advertising and the reason for that is because who spends money on advertising merchants do to get people in their door but right now merchants are closed and no one can come to their doors so theres no reason to advertise right now could it be a killer of local news it it could contribute it could accelerate it but its not the killer the those old models have been defunct for some time. Right so i see where facebook is pumping 100000000. 00 into local news and this is on top end of 300000000. 00 that theyve already spent on this is you know troubled industry so what exactly are they doing and why are they doing it how does it benefit them so a couple of things that theyre doing here one is facebook is reliant on creating newsfeeds where people go to facebook and they scroll through those news feeds and theyre reliant on local news to do that because what facebook is trying to do is move away from kind of a a global and Even National news model to more of a localized news model saying heres whats happening in your community theyre trying to become very focused on facebook groups and on local news and so in order to do that theyve been pumping money into whats interesting though is facebook made the announcement about the coronavirus that they were going to put out 100000000. 00 right but what theyre actually doing is theyre taking 25000000. 00 and thats going to be in the form of grants to specifically newsrooms local newsrooms but 75000000. 00 of it so 2 thirds of it is actually in the form of either ads on facebook or theyre going to buy advertising on local news stations for facebook so facebook will actually be advertising itself so theyre getting something for it is not truly a grant theyre just buying time with this. Right right so theres a method to the madness now we have a less than a minute left but finally one of the biggest tools being used now by large groups of people to get together kids whatever zoom zoom is a subject of a lawsuit and it involves facebook so in less than a minute give us your best legal take on whats going on there yes so essentially zoom specifically through its i. O. s format on the i phones on apple devices was sharing information with facebook any time someone logged into zoom even for people who did not have Facebook Zoom says it was a mistake it was an oversight and they didnt realize it was there and they say they have since corrected it but one of the things that thats happening right now is because you have a lot of people moving to these different systems like zoom and skype those companies which they necessarily hadnt had a lot of scrutiny on them in terms of privacy in the past right now theyre getting hit with a lot of scrutiny and what were finding is there are a lot of holes in their actual design model. Great justin thank you so much for joining us appreciate it it just shows you always have to be careful when youre when you go online nothing is really private thank you my friend steve say help. Well that didnt take too long folks you had to know it was coming and leave it to c. N. N. To start it all this past week they ran a piece with their climate correspondent bill weir designed really to steer you into thinking that Climate Change will just you know be just as bad or worse as the coronavirus watch a lot of lovers beware see there from a very surreal brooklyn where for some reason i cant stop thinking about all the disaster movies that start with someone in power nor in a scientist. Who are somewhat of power during a scientists and then were attempts to eat quake the coronavirus with Climate Change watch think about both kill the most vulnerable and will cost trillions both will reveal heroic 1st responders and scientists and inspiring neighbors as well as deplorable hoarders grifters and profiteers and both are reminders that life as we know it depends on predictable flights and growing seasons and supply chains but what if the age of predictability is over and then were goes on to imply that this hall pandemic that were going through could have been prevented luck watch but if we could go back in time just a few months would we take science a lot more seriously would we know that the countries that wait for their people to start dying before acting suffer the worst and the countries with the most transparency decisive leadership and mutual trust fare the best an eerie calm is funks the purpose of this piece mother earth can bounce back if we latter and it shouldnt take a Global Pandemic recessions 1st just or smart science more smart leadership in a sense that were all in this together so think about the next time you wash your hands for 20 seconds to say people you will never meet and life as we dont. Just despicable exploitation of what were going through with the coronavirus just to push through an agenda on Climate Change which never ranks in the top 5 of voter concerns by the way shame on you c. N. N. Shame on you thats our show for today folks i want you to stay curious and stay hungry because our show rears 10 30 in the morning eastern time on sunday and of course you can also watch full shows right now on portable t. V. Through our portable t. V. s go to your app store and down im steve go want you to stay safe stay healthy stay smart and well see you next time the press. 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Greetings and sal you take shit. Well my friends this has been quite the last few weeks here in the United States and around the world the tragedy damage and pain caused by covert 19 and worldwide pandemic is without a doubt pushing humanitys fragile economic and cultural structures to the break but despite the many heartless greedy and very brainless actions of our socalled leaders in both the world of business and politics that got us here and continued