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So strengthen it. Then the mancomplaint ride you. Should the media take herplaint ride you. Should the media take her seriously . And a focus group on whethers 2016 coverage has been fair. Do you think youre getting an honest look at the politicians based on what you see in the media . No. Everything boils down to sound bites and snippets. The stations bias comes in to play. Todays sprubl showdown under the under the shadow of deflategate. Plus Television Goes haywire over a big storm taking aim at new york city. Blizzard of 2015. Winter storm juno. Historic record breaking. Snowmageddon. Pointing fingers when only new england gets walloped. What explain this is blizzard of fear. Im howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. If mitt romney was testing the waters for another president ial bid, the reaction ranged from eye rolling to outright hostility. I feel like im taking crazy pills at the idea of mitt romney running again. I think its a terrible idea. Romney is like a loafer, casual sweater. I want somebody who a charismatic persuasive republican. The consensus was that mitt was start is to stay out, that another campaign didnt make much sense. After much back and forth, two time president ial candidate mitt romney decided not to run again. But candidly, it was a stretch for even loyal republicans to picture romney making a third try. This is not going to be a good race for him and it was going to hurt the party. Mitt romney knows he could never be a candidate for the middle class because of his history. Cant change who he is. Joining us now to examine the impact of the unfavorable coverage on romney and palin Christina Bellantoni mercedes schlapp, and julie roginsky. The coverage of romney was negative. Did the press play a role . I think this is a selfinflicted wound. Its sort of think about it like he climbed up a big ladder to then jump off on to a trampoline. He didnt need to climb the ladder so publicly. Romney has been in politics for a long time. He knew every move he was making would get covered. And its the fund raisers and donors and the voters that are sort of signaling to him will they are theyre interested in something different. I think the press is too fairly he focused. Ronl room any got theromney got a taste that there was not a lot of enthusiasm enthusiasm. And it started with Rush Limbaugh when he said he cannot win the 234078 knee. Nominee. If he couldnt pull it over when the economy was plummeting, he wont be able to win in 2016. And then we saw opinion leaders coming out saying mitt was yesterday. We need to look into tomorrow. And does that surprise you at all the fact that so many people on your side of the aisle so to speak were either saying dont run or making fun of him . What was shocking is that it was unanimous. Everyone was all in agreement that he shouldnt be running. It wasnt going to be third time was a charm. We know that from mitt romney the problem is the candidate himself. And it comes back to the exit poll which says does he care about the people. Did he relate to people. And thats a fundamental problem. If you cant connect to the voter, you cant win and opinion leaders were clear on that message. But this time he was going to be authentic. Too late. It was all too easy for the liberal commentator, but some conservatives too to replay all the mistakes from last time 47 , binders full of women. Was that a factor, too in reminding people what 2012 was like . I think romney you nailed it. How many times does someone have to tell you they dont want to go out with you until you take your marbles and go home. I like the romantic analogy. The guy that keeps ask you out, he keeps saying no. And thats what mitt romney was to the Republican Party. And also not just the republicans, but independents and democrats, as well. You cant continue to reinvent yourself every single time and expect to come back and win a primary election. And this time he was going to be authentic as you said. We dont even know what authenticity is to mitt romney is anymore. Hes so focus grouped. He has no authenticity to give. But you said is it the press fault. People were getting on the phone with him and his top close advisers and saying there is not an appetite for this. For all those reasons. And the primary reason is because he lost remember all those interviews where are you you going to run, are you going to run, he would say no, no, no. Were done. The president was sort of anxious issues for him on get in until the moment he said he height. Issues for him on get in until the moment he said he height. And then the press turns on you. He was looking at the tea leaves and saying this is not going to work. When you have your own opinion writers going after you, enuyou, even people like myself saying its not your time we need to move on to the next generation. I think the press definitely had an influence. Announcebut half an hour before this Conference Call on friday when romney told supporters who then told the rest of us, big daily beast headline mitt romney running for president according to sources. How does a mistake like that get made . Thats not the only one. There were a couple people who didnt quite get that far with their headline, but this is one of the reasons why its so difficult to cover a president ial campaign. In many cases you might have one really good source who you trust and that person might have the wrong information. And its a huge arrivingrisk. If youre right, nobody remembers. If you are wrong its dewey dweetd defeats truman. An average person doesnt care that much about who broke the story. And that brings up a larger story. This was a year out from iowa. Does it really matter if mitt romney decides hes running or not. It definitely does. It does to your point for People Like Us who cover it day in and day out. Those for people donateing money. The average person is more focused on the super bowl. I i dodo want to get to sarah palin. Last weekend she gave that speech out in iowa. And a similar pattern here. A lot of conservative xen at a time torscompetent at a time leading the charge. Charles cook called it a slow and unseamly dissent into as far as oig. Lets take a look. Things must cover for our government. Look at it. It isnt too big to fail. Its too big to succeed. Its too big to succeed so we can afford no retreads or nothing will change with the same people, same politics that got us into this status quo. Another of that word status quo. And it stands for, man, the middle class, he have day americans are really getting taken for a ride. This isnt about one bad speech. This is places Like National review that cheered on sarah palin in 2008 when she was the vp nominee now kind of cutting her loose. Its taken the conservative media a bit too long to realize the sarah palin problem quite frankly. Shes been giving the same type of speeches for the last eight years which is go after the left media, go after obama, little on substance, little on solutions. And so i think that at that point when there was a time beforehand after the convention where she gave this wonderful speech and then youed had the libya media attacking her and her family, that they came out and defended her. But then when shalle comes out in iowa where she said im seriously considering running and then gives a speech like shes at a cocktail party, that didnt work. Theyre like this is not what we need. This is the same type of speeches that shes been given forever. These aliberals i think are enjoying this because they have been critical of sarah palin all along and now kind of in an i told you so mode. I dont think anybody took her saysly. Did anybody really think she would run for president . Never. She would never give up the reality shows and the money. People likelerher and donald trump on go there to get she ask have a serious arrest department following. So does donald trump. She can also raise money. Arrestdepartment following. So does donald trump. She can also raise money. But she between a tease in 2012 like i might run, and then she didnt. So the question for you, has she become more of a pop culture figure than a political force. Shes long been a pop culture figure. And one of the reasons i do what i do is because politics is about choices. And part of the conservative backlash is that suddenly you saw her up against five, six, seven actually qualified actually articulate, actually seriously considering running and not just raising their speaking fees and trying to write the next book or get the next Television Show where they realize actually the Republican Party has a lot of great choices here and well decide between them and not this person that we all defended when we felt like she was being attack this had 2008. And im in no way defending the media mockery in 2008 and even more recently when the cnn anchor apologized for mocking crystal palin. But palin often seems interested in getting even with the media. And she spent the first ten minutes in iowa complaining about the left wing media. And then complained on hannity about fox. Its almost like she cant take the criticism. She is calling fox a quasi conservative outlet. It doesnt work. So shes in a very tough position and she needs to federal government out what her role is, which is that to continue the rally the base and not everyonen consider running. Bush cooperated with a piece and said, yes, when he was a stpot, he denied a certain bully incident that was related in the piece rather than sort of letting this develop. All right. Stick around, we have to get a break here. Remember i read all the emails so send them to media buzz foxnews. Com and twitter. Well read your messages later. Ahead, a report from the super bowl. Is deflate game gait overshadowing the big game. But when we come a back a stunning slander against the navy s. E. A. L. In the story american sniper. And aleve is proven to work better on pain than tylenol arthritis. So why am i still thinking about this . How are ya . Good. Aleve. Proven better on pain. Nbc correspondent turned to the fill him american sniper and the reporter unloaded on kyle. People described his racist tendencies as he was going on some of these killing sprees in iraq on assignment. So i think there are issues wait. Killing sprees some chris kyle was going on killing sprees . What everyone thinks of the movie, its been a controversial movie, how sdwdoes an nbc News Reporter accuse him of going on a killing spree . To criticize chris kyle who was defending our country killing terrorists to ensure they dont kill other u. S. Soldiers, first of all, he has no credible source at all. He just throws this out in. That is fundamentally wrong. He was referring to chris kyle saying the iraqis he killed were savages and some twisted it saying all iraqis were savages. But his assignment was to go after the enemy. I havent seen the movie so im reluctant to talk about the movie itself. But people want to say its a terrible movie. I dont think he was randomly standing on the Street Corner ky killing random people. Whether they were legitimate targets or not is not his decision to make. He was carrying out orders. One of the reasons this is a terrific film is because it brings out the inherent ugly tenk tensions of war. So it allows us to have this conversation. And we have a country where there is freedom of speech. And you can have this conversation in america. Thats a good thing. And thats part of the point of what our soldiers are fighting for. Another person who got into trouble on american sniper is howard dean, former democratic president ial candidate turned msnbc commentator. He said all people going to see the movie are angry and some are tea party members. Ed a on hard ball, he had this to say. I havent seen the movie. I i talked to a lot of people about it. Say. I havent seen the movie. I i talked to a lot of people about it. I make no apologizes to the right wing nut jobs. I havent seen his comments on bill maher where he said you were angry if you were seeing the movie. So he starts off i really apologize, i dont do that very often. But he said he hate and threats and ugly conversation back. But its a film about a dramatization of somebodys real life story that they told true their own lens. If you if. If youre going to say youre sorry, why take a shot at right wing nut jobs. Welcome to the twitter universe. My problem with this, why criticize a movie that you havent seen. Im not going to criticize it, i havent teenseen it. Say youre sorry and move on. Thanks for joining us. Up next, why did some it go crazy after a big blizzard but lose interest after it spared new york city . And later patriots the villains of super sunday. Guess what day it is . . Hump day hummmp daaay its hump day yeah hey Mike Mike Mike Mike Mike Mike Mike Mike Mike mike mike. Hey he knows hey guess what day it is hey camel guess what day it is its not even wednesday. Let it go, phil. If youre a camel, you put up with this all the time. 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If you were watching television during the run up to the winter storm heading for the northeast this week, it sounded like the apocalypse big, badded a ready to devastate new york city. Prepare for something worse than we have seen before. The northeast braces for a crippling winter storm. Breaking news life threatening blizzard that could affect nearly 60 Million People. Breaking tonight nearly 60 million americans are hungered oig town waitingdown waiting for the white hammer to fall. Cnns blizzard mobile is out showing what you is happening in manhattan live as it happens. Blizzard mobile . Settle down batman. Its a ford explorer. But while the storm did dump 3 feet of snow across new england, new york city got about 6 inches at which point the media lost either or questioned local officials had overreacted. Joining us now david zurawik. Why did division go todefcon one . Media loves snow. As soon as you say there is a big storm coming weather blog is through the roof. Grocery stores make money. Everybody gets ratings. They love it. And ive seen it more in the last five, six years. We see more and more warnings of huge storms coming that never come. And so this one is buried on new york, media capital. Because manhattan is threatened, everybody was at an extra level of drama and interest . Absolutely. Somebody tweeted its because the media is full of narcissists. Of course. Its not a people in oklahoma have tornadoes to worry about. I grew up in wisconsin. 2 feet of snow is like, okay, well play hockey outside today. But not in new york. Its the end of the world. And then afterwards, i mean you have boston and connecticut and all those states in new england buried. And the headlines are well its kind of a bust. Forget about it. Were going about our business. The other thing, they can defend it journalistically because youre supposed to give people information good information that they can use. So even if you overstate it, you cant be criticized too much. But then there was this whole the media were wrong. And i wont beat on up on them because forecasting is not an exact science. But the new york politicians werereacting by shutting down the city. Very few journalists said maybe we overreacted. Of course. You do have to say its kind of bad leadership when you go he this this could be the greatest storm in the history of new york. Are you kidding me somehe this could be the greatest storm in the history of new york. Are you kidding me some. Lets switch to the big game. You wrote a column saying you you wont be watching the super bowl on nbc. First time since 1967. Why . Big deal. Its because of the Way Television has let itself become in the last few years objected by the nfl. And its because of those lucrative prime time contracts like the one nbc has on sunday night. Hundreds of millions of dollars in the coffers. Not only now wont they criticize the nfl, they now have become publicists for the nfl. And i saw that in the playoffs game between the ravens and new england. When the camera showed Roger Goodell and Chris Collins worth and al michaels talked about his great integrity in handling the ray rice matter, talked about the investigation, quote millions of pages of documents were examined that cleared him. And it was paid for by the nfl. Thats why is something and they read a prepared Statement Like in a totalitarian government. That was the moment when i said i cant watch this anymore. Look its so turned off that youll deprive yourself of the big game . If something happens it will be online in four seconds. I got a batchup plan. But it means nothing. They will probably get higher ratings than ever. But morally after all these years from 1967, i said this is too much this year. I really cant take it. Al michaels Chris Collins worth, you do not have to pinch for Roger Goodell and the nfl. Just broadcast the game. There you go. David zurawik, thanks very much for joining us. Coming up Brian Kilmeade oig standing by in arizona to help us break down the super bowl hype. And later donald trump goes after chuck todd for dareing to question his president ial ambitions. But when i started having back pain my sister had to come help. I dont like asking for help. I took tylenol but i had to take six pills to get through the day. So my daughter brought over some aleve. Its just two pills, all day and now, im back aleve. Two pills. All day strong, all day long. And now introducing aleve pm for a better am. Comfort keepers can provide a variety of Inhome Services for your aging loved ones. Well assess their needs and create a custom care plan that can change as their needs change. Oil workers going on strike from coast to coast. They walked out after failing to reach an agreement on a new contract early this morning. It is the first major work stoppage since 1980. The United Steel Workers Union says the strike affects nine refineries in california Washington State texas and kentucky. But more could join in. A full strike would affect 64 of our nations oil production. And talk about a onetwo punch even as a lot of people are digging out from the first blizzard of the year another major storm is now moving in will. Its already hitting the midwest expected to dufrnl up to a foot of snow in some places. Blizzard warnings posted in chicago. And then the storm is headed to the northeast by tonight. And it could be bad news for people planning to travel to those super bowl parties. Im eric shawn. Ill see you at the top of the hour. Now back to mediabuzz and howard kurtz. The usual media hype surrounding the super bowl between the seahawks and patriots has been almost entirely replaced by the fallout from deflategate. Robert kraft saying the nfl owes his team an apology if no evidence confirms that the patriots deflated footballs in the af skrchltc championship. This would be this n. Direct con tax to the Public Discourse which has been driven by media leaks as opposed to actual data and facts. Discourse which has been driven by media leaks as opposed to actual data and facts. Con tax to the Public Discourse which has been driven by media leaks as opposed to actual data and facts. Contax to the Public Discourse which has been driven by media leaks as opposed to actual data and facts. Brian, sounds like people are already having a good time. How much chatter is there about the patriots yot sriots deflating footballs . Ill tell you the chatter on the streets is not about that. It is mostly seattle fans so far from my unscientific study you study. But we had sports fans watching. The people that were not going to watch the super bowl were blitzed with this locally and nationally on news channels and other outlets. This went on far beyond sports. I actually think this quite possibly could be the highest tv rated game because of deflategate. Wherever you stand on it, whichever side youre on youre talking about it. And you dont have to be tom bradys uncle to talk about it or related to russell wilson. Everybody was talking about it. We were talking about it every hour on fox news arrests were the other news channels. Its a cultural phenomenon, joe concha, and everyone talking to women talking about tom brady and his girlfriend gisele. And theyre mattered now. Shes mrs. Brady. What a relief. And by the way, if you look back on history, a villain is always a good thing for Television Sports or otherwise. J. R. Ewing in 1980 he gets shot. That was at the time the most watched Television Show of all time. From a sports perspective 1994, nancy kerrigan, tonya harding. She takes out her knee and then compete in a four hour tape delay and more people watched that event than any of the 48 super bowls. So i agree with brian, this will be the most watched super bowl easily yes because you have a defending champ going up against the best team of this ventscentury, but because you have two villains and particularly tom brady, the guy with the perfect life with the perfect wife that you can root against. Not the to mention Bill Belichick. But if thats the way the media have framed thiso mention Bill Belichick. But if thats the way the media have framed this,o mention Bill Belichick. But if thats the way the media have framed this,to mention Bill Belichick. But if thats the way the media have framed this is it really fair, the whole country outside of massachusetts will be rooting against the patriots . A lot of people think this is a media hype and people are against the patriots. The patriots are dealing with what the yankees have dealt with since the 20s. They are the most successful franchise around. And when youre that successful, people come after you. Look around at fox news. And go google us sometimes. Youll see a fraction of the support we should be getting. So they have been vilified. So having said that, just when you think people just want to pound on them, then you have guys like troy aikman saying i got a problem with this you have Fran Tarkenton saying i think the new England Patriots are guilty. You have other people important people in the game saying i got a problem with these special treatment the patriots get and how Bill Belichick always bends the rules and was caught back in 2007. So a track record, those within the game, and then a pattern somewhat along with the success that the sadly most people are jealous of. They and the spurs most Successful Team in all of sports over the last 20 years. Hes right about that. Joe pick up on that because i think particularly in the case of coach Bill Belichick, he holds the media in great disdain and reporters dont like him. So when this first started, i felt like there was a certain level of pounds the patriots over this scandal. I think its youroverblown. And Bill Belichick will be flamed for the fog behind brians shot right now. Whats going on with that in. Unbelievable, yeah. Right now the roof is closed its so foggy. But go ahead. So yeah belichick has been truck uhe plant with the media. And Marshawn Lynch is just as bad in terms of disdain for the immediate are a. Youre setting up my next question. Are a. Youre setting up my next question. We want to play some of that. Marshawn lynch not a big fan of answering questions from the press as we saw. Im just here so i dont get fined. So yall can sit here and ask me all the questions yall want to im here so i wont get fined. Im here so i wont get fined. Im just here so i wont get fined. Joe some people probably love that but he gets paid about 7 million a year because Television Journalists make this into the National Sport that it is. It is. But now we have twitter that ath rights dont need the media to get to fans. They can actually grow righto right to them. But im rooting for the seahawks and ill tell why you. Lets say mar sean wlimpg goes for 130 yards and three touchdowns and wins the mvp and then the disney camera emernlgs and thats where hes supposed to say like all the winners in the pathstime past im going to disney world. Does he not say anything, does he say im only going so i wont get fined . Lets go back to arizona. Does the hype overshadow the game itself at this point, brian . A little bit. But youre looking at something here which makes it so saleable which is why you you doesnt get a ticket for less than 9,000. Once the game starts, if there is no power problem like there was in new orleans, if there is no other issue beyond anyones control, it will be about football. What i find most interesting is the players say its not like any other game because of the breaks and commercials. John harbaugh told me the big thing that stands out, hes coach the ravens we have to feed our players almost a full lunch at halftime. They are starving to death because the halftime is too long pregame is too long. These are big guys. So i think its more different for the players than anybody else. Brian kilmeade, enjoy the game. Joe concha thanks for joining us. Ahead, al jazeera ordered its journalists not to describe mass murder wrists as terrorists. But first our focus group doesnt trust the medias coverage of hillary and other 2016 contenders. We have the exclusive footage. Yoplait has the only yogurt brands endorsed by Weight Watchers and your taste buds have always endorsed us. So, you know what this means. This is a real win win yoplait, it is so good youre here to buy a car. What would help is simply being able to recognize a fair price. Truecar has pricing data on every make and model so all you have to do is search for the car you want there it is. Now youre an expert in less than a minute. This is truecar. With jeb bush all but jumping in to a president ial race against hillary clinton, how are the media treating the growing group of 2016 con ter tenders . Frank luntz put to a focus group. I dont think the immediate are a lets everyone know who is running. I think everyone here cant even name every candidate running for president. Plus it all depends on what network youre watching. Cnbc it will be pro democrat and if its fox, it will be pro republican. How does the media cover hillary clinton, do you think they treat her fairly . If you look for the most part shes the media darling. They have already practically core row natured her as the winner. That is not true. They have pictured hillary in bad lighting. I would respectfully disagree. Mrs. Clinton gets a free ride. I spoke with him earlier from phoenix. We hear shes being coro this. Ated no shes been shown in bad lighting. What do you make of that is this. A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest. If you like hillary clinton, you think that the president isnt giving her a fair shake. If you dislike her you got a completely different point of view. The problem is that the public wants to be affirmed rather than informed. And thats allege beenways been the challenge for the media. What is different with hillary, they look at the camera angles and how shes dressed. No other candidate who do this they take into account of what is going on outside of what shes saying and that is an asset to mrs. Clinton, but always liability. So i hear people in your focus group saying cnbc, probably meant msnbc, is democrat. What i hear from you is that if they have strong opinions about politics, not so much. Well, what they say and what they actually respond to are two different things. Ill give you some specifics. Two points. They want to see things side by side. So let me see what the candidate said four years ago and what the candidate is saying today. Or let me see what canned dad a is saying about the issue and then lets see what candidate b is saying. Dad a is saying about the issue and then lets see what candidate b is saying. Give me that side by side comparison and youre giving me substance. Do i trust them and do i i agree with them. That side by side coverage which is rarely done on any news network, rarely done in print thats what the public is looking for and its just not p happening. When you talk when we heard one of your focus group people talk about everything is reduced to sound bites and snippets, in other words, its very superficial, not everything, but i think the media have to plead a little guilty here because we do get caught p in theup in the embarrassing sound bite gaffe and that sort of thing. And in fact polling which affects my profession. If i produce a poll that show as long shot suddenly in the lead everyone will report it. And its just one simple poll. I think you have to make a judgment what genuinely informs people. But the danger is when the media takes a single polling result are or snippet and then blows it out of proportion. Items the reason why the media has lower credibility today than at anytime in recent history and its a lesson for them before 0 2016. Get your act together now before voters are paying attention. This really sounds like a flashing red light for those of us in the political coverage business going in to what is sure to be a very deviseivisive and Important Campaign but at the same time if every single thing will that we put on the air could be weighed on a scale some of your people would still say theyre giving hillary a free ride, no, no, theyre being tough on hlry or mitt or jeb or and oig. Some of this is the publics own fault. Some of it is that theyre not sophisticated so they dont know the issues. The person who said cnbc, they probably dont know the difference between cnbc and msnbc. But in the end we can only judge what we know based on what you tell us. So its even more than a flashing red light. It is wake up. You have a responsibility. Its an awesome responsibility. But you got to get it right. It is better to err on the side of substance than style, better to give us more than a little less. And remember that in the end, whatever you give us is how well decide how well vote. Good advice. And strong responsibility for the media here heading in to this campaign. Frank luntz, thanks very much for joining us. Thank you you. Frank is going to the super bowl. After the break, lachbsnce arm strong shows no remorse for lying about his doping. And donald trump says maybe he should be the moderateor of meet the press just to get rid of chuck todd. Theres nothing more romantic than a spontaneous moment. So why pause to take a pill . And why stop what youre doing to find a bathroom . With cialis for daily use, you dont have to plan around either. Its the only daily tablet approved to treat erectile dysfunction so you can be Ready Anytime the moment is right. Plus cialis treats the frustrating urinary symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently, day or night. Tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. 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Word is that nbc news is firing sleepy eyed chuck todd and his ratings on meet the press are setting record lows and hes a real loser. He wasnt done. So many people have told me that i should host meet the press and replace the moron who is on now. First of all nbc isnt replacing chuck todd. The notion of the donald hosting meet the press is more ludicrous than him running for president. We all hope he jumps into the race because hes so entertaining. But chuck is right does anyone really think hes running . Lance armstrong lied to the world about the illegal substances that he took in winning seven Tour De France titles. He lied to plenty of journalists. And he lied to me proclaiming his innocence in two separate interviews. Now hes been asked about his cheating in a sitdown with the bbc. When it comes to the doping, would you do it again . You know if i was racing in 2015 . No. I wouldnt do it again. Because i dont think you have to do it again. If you take me back to 1995 when it was completely and totally pervasive, id probably do it again. People dont like to hear that. No remorse. No sense of shame. Armstrong seems to have no idea how many people he let down. He wants to get back in the public eye now and were just supposed to forget about his youthful transgressions. Any time he is on television the kyron under his face should say, Lance Armstrong cheater. Still to come your top tweets. Al jazeera english tries to whitewash the word terrorist. And katie couric and Bryant Gumbel reunited for the super bowl. Ght, so this tylenol arthritis lasts 8 hours but aleve can last 12 hours. And aleve is proven to work better on pain than tylenol arthritis. So why am i still thinking about this . How are ya . Good. Aleve. Proven better on pain. Al jazeera has tried to moderate its image in this country by launching Al Jazeera English and Al Jazeera America by hiring big name journalists from cnn, pbs. But they obtained a memo telling journalists not to use words such as terrorist, islamist and jihad because he writes one persons terrorist is anothers freedom fighter. Really the butchers who behead hostages on camera, the creeps or thugs who killed the staff of charlie hebdo, theyre not fighters, theyre cold blooded terrorists and Oklahoma City bomber Timothy Mcveigh isnt a militant as the memo said. Hes a mass murderer. Al jazeera calls the criticism subtle mccarthyism and released this video. We dont mean to label islamists, for example or extremists who usually let the groups actions speak for themselves. Journalists are supposed to make distinctions about what killers do rather than sugarcoat the evil committed by terrorists. Meanwhile an al jazeera reporter on his way after more than a year behind bars in egypt. Officials say australia peter greste was put on a plane today. He was arrested following the overthrow of Mohamed Morsi in 2013 and spent seven years in prison. Your top tweets at the media helped push mitt romney out of the race. Media gave more of a tap than a push. Desertion of money was swift kicks. I think romney saw the writing on the wow Mickey Miller gops lack of monetary support mitt has it right lets hope for fresh faces like walker, rubio, carson, cruz et cetera and joe i think trump helped him out of the race the donald will like that since hes taking credit. Theres one Super Bowl Ad that caught my eye playing off this 20yearold conversation on the today show Katie Couric Bryant Gumbel trying to figure out this new thing called the internet and how those addresses work. I wasnt prepared to translate that. The little mark with the a and then the ring around it. At . Thats what i said. Katie said she thought it was about. I never heard it said. Ive seen the mark. There it is amfeedback. Com. What is the internet anyway . Do you write to it like mail . Can you explain what internet is . Now katie and bryant reunited to help sell a new bmw electric car which is a tad unusual for journalists of their stature. But hey the commercial was funny. Well thats it for this edition of media buzz. Im howard kurtz. We hope youll like our facebook page. We post a lot of original contlent and videos in responses to your questions. Were talking this week about blogger Andrew Sullivan a pioneer in the businessing giving up daily blogging after 15 years. And what it means for the business. Were back here next sunday 11 00 and 5 00 eastern. Check us out with the latest buzz. The fox news alert. Right now more than 3 Million People sfwr from des moines to cleveland are in the path of another powerful winter storm that is on its way east. The storm is expected to leave behind more than one foot of snow or more. And could affect super bowl parties planned for tonight and make for another messy start for the work week. Hello everyone and welcome to americas news headquarters im eric shawn. And im arthel neville. People in the midwest are expected to see the worst of the storm around game time. Gusts of winds up to 40 miles per hour. And visibility and snow drifts. After that the storm moves towards new england, potentially delivering