We have to find out whats going on. The level of dishonesty is out of control. Howie did trump store points against what he calls the failing media. What about the commentators accusing him of being unhinged. Michael flynn raised questions about the trump campaign. Michael flynn, general flynn is a wonderful man. I think he has been treated very unfairly by the media, as i call it the fake media in many cases. Howie how can trump complain about fake news when he fired the guy. And are leaks from inside the administration fueling these stories . The New York Times reporter who called the first lady a hooker and got called out by a hollywood star. This pills r this is mediabuzz. If you were watching that 77minute president ial News Conference the other day you could not turn it off. The public doesnt believe you people anymore. Maybe i had something to do with that, i dont know. Tomorrow you will say donald trump rants and raves. But im not ranting and raichg. I love this. Im having a good time doing this. Howie joining us. Mollie hemingway and ruth marcus Editorial Page Editor at the Washington Post. He did predict the headlines about ranting and raving. The media are playing right into his hands, because top of every newscast was about donald trump going after the media. Hes making every single white house correspondents a media reporter. And that means we are not getting to the more important to news. We need to know what hes doing and ask questions unrelated to the media. We may be playing into our hands, but isnt he maybe putting himself at war with the media . What people are worried about is jobs and safety. What people are worried about is him fixing the mess he says he inherited. I think we are seeing that both donald trump and some of his top aides dont want to answer questions about anything else. Sean spicer a week ago deflected a question about sending more troops to afghanistan and said i defer to the pentagon. Howie lets look at the media reviews which i would say were apocalyptic. Trump losing a grip on reality. Unhinged, unmoored, unglued. A man about to goinds. You could say the press took the bait. These objections are failed and old. You heard them throughout the campaign. Yes he goes off on tangents, and yes he exaggerates. If you have keep saying the same thing and expecting a different result, they say donald trump is crazy, isnt that what the media are doing . Howie in many peoples view, including mine, this crossed the line. The fake media is not my enemy, but the enemy of the american people. When he goes enemy, we need to gopr we need to go professional. The constitution doesnt just talk about freedom of speech, it talks about and of the press. Not that we are perfect and dont make mistakes. When he did that, you are exactly right, it crossed the line. The important thing is to not let him push us into crossing lines. Howie there is that part of the country that agrees. There is a reason why it resonates with people. When big media come of anies go to small town Pizza Companies and try to destroy them because they dont have the same sexual doctrines as the media do. When they have to be shamed into covering it. And if they say any criticism of barack obama no matter how good faith it is is racist. You feel like you have no voice. I have agree, the best way we can handle it is by not doing such a bad job. Howie trump also went after cnn anchor don lemon. Lets take a look at that. And the response from jake tapper. You look at your show that goes on at 10 00 in the evening. Thats a constant hit. The panel is almost always exclusive antitrump. The good news is he doesnt have good ratings. But the panel is almost exclusive antitrump and the hatred and venom coming from his mouth and the hatred coming from other people in your network. It was unhinged, it was wild. President trump you are the president , you legitimately won the presidency. Get to work and stop whining about it. All he is doing is elevating cnn and giving them a free rating. Howie this is helping cnn. I think it is. I think its difficult to go on air immediately after a press conference where the media are being insulted. But we have to take a moment to collect our thoughts and think about how we want to respond and whether we want to take the bait. Thats an intimidating statement to say hes not doing his job. It speaks to the need to have diversity of thought in newsrooms. I dont think many people in newsrooms had a positive response to the News Conference and that puts them out of touch with the people who loved it. Howie Reince Priebus was upon Fox News Sunday and other shows today and he said media shouldnt use Anonymous Sources because white house people and Campaign People do. Trump said in the speech in florida that the press sometimes makes up Anonymous Sources. Reporters would prefer if all the Time Campaign official and politicians and their aides would speak on the record. But that doesnt happen. The question i would ask back to Reince Priebus and the president. Were the Anonymous Sources that helped woodward and bernstein during watergate, were those helpful or hurtful to the country . I think they were enormously helpful. Howie jim mattis was asked if he agrees the press is the enemy. And he said they are a constituency that needs to be dealt with. The president says its the for you was given. Thats his style. That is style. And we cant keep asking him questions like what do you think its doing when you are damaging your own credibility. We know how hes going to answer this question. We should ask him other questions that get down to the bottom of it. I couldnt disagree with you more. I thought that was the most important moment of the press conference it was realtime Fact Checking. It was just saying you say this is the largest since reagan, this is not true, he said it was republican, no, thats not true either. I think he seemed between deflated and rattled. He kept going back to peter saying, is that correct, peter . When you have realtime Fact Checking it should be important. The media is not in a good position to be Holding Trump accountable. When you look at the numbers and facts, it helps you. Its an important thing to push back and anything thats not true. And its important for us to do that with our own stories of. We need to focus more on our own stories so we can hold him accountable. I disagree. I think the most important moment in the press conference was Major Garrett asking him about all the russian provocations, saying not good, not good, then saying im not going to tell you what im going to do. Howie there were a lot of important moments. A couple i jotted down. When the president talked about the New York Times story about previous contacts with by campaign aides. Trump said that was discredited. There was an f. B. I. Investigation sow it remains to be seen. When the president criticized the wall street journal piece about spies allegedly withholding Sensitive Information about this president , he said they never called me. And the last point is we are talking about this and we are not talking about Michael Flynn. Well talk about him in a minute. Or the labor nominee that went down or the repeal of the travel ban. Krauthammer, one of the fiercest trump critics reportedly quoting him. How can the president fire mike flynn but still say the press treated him unfairly. You wouldnt want your painter to quit part way, i think you missed a spot. So when it comes to pain relievers, why put up with just part of a day . Aleve, live whole not part. You want this color over the whole house . New girl, huh . Yeah, im i couldnt help but notice you checking out my name your price tool. Yeah, this bad boy gives you Coverage Options based on your budget. Oh oh, not so fast, tadpole. You have to learn to swim first. Claire, heres your name your price tool. Oh, thanks, flo. Mmhmm. Jamie, dont forget to clean the fridge when youre done. She seems nice. She seems nice. [ door closes ] shes actually pretty nice. Oh. Yeah. Howie after the president fired Michael Flynn following reports in the Washington Post that he lied to the white house about his preinauguration talks. They cant pretend they picked on poor Michael Flynn out of nowhere. When you start blaming the leaks and not substance, there is a question. The leaks were wrong it would be different. But there is something much bigger and darker going on. Thats the part of the alt radical left to destroy donald trump and as collateral damage, anyone connected to him. Howie if the substance of the Washington Post reports were true and the president fires him, asks for his resignation, how can he turn the press for unfair treatment of the general. This is one of the things i thought were so interesting saying the leaks were real and the stories were fake. If you cant understand how thats possible, you shouldnt be in journalism. You can cherry pick any information and give it a journalist who will paint any picture you want to paint. Chuck todd says this is the worst scandal since lawn can d n extra. We dont iran contra. The on thing we have on record is mike pences person saying that flynn wasnt totally forthright. Howie flynn apologized and said he had given incomplete information. Thats not illegal. Im sitting here thinking whether i should get out of journalism. I know all the tweeters will tell me its time. He gave inaccurate information to David Ignatius of the Washington Post and others about the conversations he had with the Russian Ambassador. Then he repeated that in his considerations with Vice President pence who went out and inadvertently because he had been misinformed and spread that misinformation on face the nation. He has two defenses. One is way was overwhelmed by press event and i forgot because it wasnt the central aspect of the conversation. Either he was incompetent or deliberately obscuring what he said. The notion that this is some kind of failure of the media with that there were nine sources in the Washington Post story. Not a single allegation is specific. But flynn is gone. Flynn, pence and trump all tell the same story about why flynn is gone. They are on the record. Flynn is gone for two reasons. One is he gave it wrong information to the Vice President and the second is the Washington Post came out and made that clear. People are claiming all sorts of nefarious things. Again, it was considered a firing offense. And im not saying the general did anything illegal. Doesnt the president have a problem when he talks about illegal leaks. He has people in his government leaking against him. But he loved wikileaks. He said in that press conference he directed the Justice Department to look into it. We are missing a piece of the story that the day before the inauguration clapper and brennan and sally gates went to jim comey, they wanted to tell the president that day who was not yet the president , that flynn had misled expires and pence. Because he didnt want to compromise the investigation. There are a lot of details we dont know. It could amount to not much. But we dont know yet. Its a bunch of former obama officials who have been participating in a monthlong leak campaign. 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Who was our greatest National Security threat. What a lot. People didnt hear was the president s answer to my question it was like wow, another conservative reporter got a question. He brought up north korea in his answer. Howie you have said you wanted something of substance. But given the huge controversy surrounding the National Security advisor that within hours would lead to his firing, why not work flynn into the question. He didnt resign until much later that evening. Kellyanne conway went on tv after that press conference and said he enjoyed the full confidence of the president. Howie wasnt that a big story. It became a bigger story later on. I think my question was more important to regular american people. The People Living outside the beltway care about our National Security concerns. No one will remember mike flinls name in three years, but they will remember if we get into a war with north korea. Howie on the. If the fix is out. Howie of the 8 american reporters called on at the four pressers with foreign leaders, one was reuters, a local d. C. Station, three were news stations owned by rupert murdoch. Town hall and you. What do you make of all this grumbling that the president is trying to avoid major questions. The question i got was did the white house tell you what to ask . I dont know whether thats offensive or laughable. I dont think he should only call on conservative outlets. I think he should call on the whole room. I dont think there was this pandering when barack obama only called on leftleaning outlets and didnt call on fox news. No one was going on tv saying the fix was in. They are not used to the daily caller getting a question. I wasnt aware we were all supposed to go in there and ask the same question. Whats the point of me being there if im going to ask what others are going to ask. During the first week trump was in office, i was the only one to ask about the muslim immigration ban and when they were going to sign it it was one of his Major Campaign promises. Howie ahead, some brandnew fox poll numbers on trump. Picking u. Here you go. You wouldnt put up with part of a pizza. Um. Something wrong . So when it comes to pain relievers, why put up with just part of a day . You want the whole thing . Yes, yes live whole. Not part. Aleve. Like finding new ways to be taken care of. Home, car, Life Insurance obviously, ohhh. But with added touches you cant get everywhere else, like claim free rewards. Or safe driving bonus checks. Oh yes. Even a claim satisfaction guaranteeeeeeeeeee in means Protection Plus unique extras only from an expert allstate agent. Its good to be in, good hands. Howie the media are in a selfcongratulatory mood. They boast thanks to donald trump the media has a new sense of mission. I spoke to dan abrams. Welcome. Good to see you. Howie did donald trump help or hurt himself at the News Conference slamming the press, and is this toxic cycle going to go on indefinitely . If you want to ask the 25 or so of people who are big donald Trump Supporters they would say donald trump helped his case. He stuck it to the media. Good for him. You have got the 30 to 40 of people who dont like donald trump, and that reeven forced their view of him. The question is, what about everyone else, the people who voted for obama and switched to trump. I dont think hes helping himself with those people. I dont think constantly obsessing over the minutia of Media Coverage is helping him in any way, shape or form. Its not going to help him get his policies passed, it wont reinforce a sense of stability. It wont help him with republican senators who are having questions. Before it counters what he seize as a negative media negative. Isnt the distaste much deeper than that. Dont most of the journalists dislike this presi they think some of his policy positions like immigration are extreme. Maybe. Lets agree that the main Supreme Media tend to lean left. When george bush was elected and started in 2001, lost the popular vote and won the electoral vote. We didnt have anything like this sort of acrimony between the media and bush. Cough say they were tougher on bush than obama . Sure. Maybe they were. But nothing like what we are talking about now. This is a whole different level and its created by donald trump. Howie you dont see it as a twoway street. There is absolute an ms. Ity towards donald trump because the media likes facts, they dont like to be told things that arent true. For donald trump to be in that press conference this week and to state oh about the Electoral College win. Things that are simply factually inaccurate then say i dont know, somebody told me that. From a media perspective where the Mainstream Media in particular focus a lot on whats true and whats not. You can say there is some bias in that, fine. Lets agree to that. But we can all agree the president of the United States cannot be holding a press forensic and just spewing facts that arent true. That will lead to major derision by the media. Howie after mike flynn resigned there seemed to be a lot of journalistic back slapping, comparing it to watergate. Is there a danger the media are applying. Tougher, different standard to donald trump . They are being tougher on donald trump. I dont know that they are applying a different standard. Donald trump is creating a situation for himself and his administration that is much tougher than it needs to be. If it was just about lets talk about kneel gorsuch, a conservative Supreme Court justice that one can expect from any conservative president of the United States, the type of appointment you would expect. Has the media gone bananas, saying oh, my goodness . There are leftwing outlets saying no way, no how. So my point is, if the claim is about policies, gorsuch is a great example of appoint someone who is within the norm, yes, hes very conservative. But you are not going to get a major media attack. You may get some lawyers, different groups attacking him. You are not going to get the media attack. Howie the politico writes steve bannon is right. The media is the Opposition Party. Your thoughts . I think that may be a sound strategy. I think it many a pathetic way to view the media. I think steve bannon always viewed the media that way. He always viewed breitbart as the place you can go to take on the corrupt Mainstream Media. And now hes taking that to the white house. Here is a leading journalist saying we are the Opposition Party. My question to you is are we falling into a trap if many of us come to view ourselves that way. We have to save the republic from Donald Trumps excesses because thats not role of journalism. Really . Its not the role of journalists if the president of the United States isnt telling the truth . Howie Opposition Party suggests we are against him no matter what he does and he cant get it right. The media shouldnt be the quoteunquote Opposition Party. But trump made it clear thats how hes going to view it. I dont think that it should shy away any way, shape or form from being incredibly tough. What they want to do is they are trying to undermine everyones faith in the media. When they get called out on things, when untruths are point out, they can say its fake news. Howie coming up, Charles Krauthammer gets a president ial shoutout. The New York Times reporter thought it was just fine to call the first lady a hooker. At old dominion, we ship everything you can imagine. And everything we ship has something in common. Whether its expedited overnight. Or shipped around the globe,. 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Howie it seemed like a good time to call in the indicated columnist and fox news contributor. Hell has frozen over. First kellyanne conway, sean spicer, then the president quoted you favorably. I was gratified when trump referred to me as doctor Charles Krauthammer. When i left medicine to be a journalist my father was sceptical. I was on night line, my dad called and said you were great but why did you let him call you mister. Howie you said it was fine to be aghast at flynns contacts with russia. I werent beyond that. I thought it was normal and reasonable. The case i made this morning is that hes the National Security advisor. Hes coming into office. Three weeks to go. I would expect him to have contacts with ambassadors of every sort. Logan act which is private citizens are not supposed to deal with foreign ambassadors, 1799. No one has ever been prosecuted. He was doing his job. It wants just that it was illegal it was perfectly reasonable. But my question is if it was, why did he lie by the. This is the case of a coverup in search of a crime. Howie lets remind people of some of the things the candidate said. I think krauthammer is just absolutely a disgrace when it comes to me. He was a big war hawk going to iraq. He was wrong on so many subjects. It wouldnt matter if i were abe lincoln during the debate, krauthammer would be negative. Howie now you are thinking hes not so bad. Its simple. I call them like i see them. I had a view of trump when i was campaigning. I dont make any secret of the fact i thought he shouldnt be president. But that doesnt matter on the day hes sworn in. He is president. Whatever i thought about him is irrelevant. I want the country to succeed. I want him to succeed. Im a patriotic american and i call them as i see them. Some things he will do right and some things he will do wrong. He can flatter me, praise me all he wants. It wont change a bit. It wont alter what i say. Howie as a conservative you often said and continue to say trump dnt come into this election with a conservative agenda. Here he is purposing an infrastructure program. Have you changed your mind about his credentials on that score or is he redefining conservatism . The answer to that will be given by history. If he has a successful presidency he will redefine conservatism and the republican party. Reagan came into a party that was right of center. He turned away conservative parties. He turned conservatism into the aseasoind intothe ascendant idee country. How did the necessity do and is the country stronger when he leaves. Howie trump brought this up at the News Conference and made fun of it. I didnt know what to expect because the man is suigeneris. Of course its chaotic. This isnt stuff coming out of a leak from inside the nsa. These are people talking to the press about the chaos inside. Hes lost his National Security advisor. He offers it to somebody else who turns him down. Thats pretty unusual. It many a very important job. There is conflict between the cabinet and the white house. Howie do you think that the press portrayal of an administration in chaos is largely on target . Yes. Howie you gave me a short answer. Im leaving you have hanging with 17 seconds of dead air time. While see how you handle it. Howie i meant President Trumps trillion dollar infrastructure plan. Will Americans Trust reporters or donald trump. Howie who do voters trust to tell the truth. The pres a sobering finding by the press. Are the media tougher on trump than obama . Would it be better for the country if journalists cover the president aggressively . Journalists who think they are far more credible than this president bert rethink it. There is a tie. So for who is the enemy well go back and forth for a long time on this one. Howie i think a lot of reporters think our job is to deal with facts. Independents, 5226 in favor of trump. Thats not a good thing. We havent gotten a chance to do the introspection after the election. When i say the media are playing into trumps hands webs not allowing that introspection to go on. Howie even democrats say the coverage of trump is tougher. I dont think there is any question about that. I dont think the media we keep doing the same thing maybe expecting a different result . I think we do. We have seen so many news organizations say now we are going to bring on the investigative journalists. We need to go after this administration. I dont think thats the message the public wanted to hear. Its cover the president fairly. Another more journalists ram up special ramp up special teams, do you think they are playing into the president s hands in his war on the media . Absolutely. We need to ask the president tough questions. But we need to stop asking him about being mean to the media. Howie the labor nominee withdrew, andy puzder. There were questions about his undocumented nanny and his exwife saying this on oap rap. On, on oprah. Once i made that public, she said i will see you in the gutter. You will pay for this. It had to do with him. Its not that he just once worked for a law firm that prior to him joining the law firm they represented a company that did business in china and there were human rights abuse. This concerned him and thats why it was fair game. Here is a cliche. If you cant stand the heat get out of the kitchen, and thats what i did. Howie the New York Times reporter who ordered that terrible slur about Melania Trump and was outed by a hollywood across trets. Um. Something wrong . So when it comes to pain relievers, why put up with just part of a day . You want the whole thing . Yes, yes live whole. Not part. Aleve. G new cars. Youre smart. You already knew that. But its also great for finding the perfect used car. Youll see what a fair price is, and you can connect with a truecar certified dealer. Now youre even smarter. This is truecar. Howie promotion people created bogus websites and they shared it on facebook. This was a blunder. Im buds off about this after an event last weekend. I sat next to a journalist from the New York Times last week who told me Melania Trump is a hooker. Times editors save they have sphoangt reporter. The reporter is jacob bernstein. My editors made it clear my behavior was not in keeping with the standards of the times and i agree. Bernsteins apology was welcomed after that gossipy bit of slander about the first lady. The new era of playboy getting rid of nude pictures lasted one year. I guess too many people didnt want to reefd it just for the articles. Thats it for this edition of mediabuzz. We hope you will like our facebook page. We post a lot of original content there. Our twitter has been blowing up this fast hour. Let me know what you have think. Tough miss our program, dvr it and watch it whenever you want. We are back next sunday, see you then. Arthel President Trump back to work at the winter white house fresh off his big campaignstyle rally in florida. Im arthel neville. Eric hello, im eric shawn. President trump is making call to the three foreign leaders today. And interviewing four candidates for National Security advisor following the resignation of Michael Flynn