no. reporter: some significant fatal aviation crashes presumed 239 people called in the malaysia airlines case and 298 people killed in the malaysia airlines crash in ukraine. even before the airasia jet went missing, 762 people lost their lives in fatal air disasters. 2014 will have a record number of low crashes, seven despite the nature of this year s disasters, eight if airasia confirmed to gone down. in 2005, there were 24. laura engle thanks very much. jon? jon: 2014 a very big year for news coverage from the midterm elections in this country to international stories like the fight against ebola and isis. so what did the media get right and wrong in the past year? joining us now with their scorecards, a look back at the biggest stories alan colmes host of the alan colmes show and tammy bruce radio talk show host and fox news contributor.
alan colmes show, tammy bruise is also with us bruce, is also with us, fox news contributor. is there a media role? only about us covering it. we have to cover the demonstrations, the actual story. the people who are protesting deserve coverage as well in addition to what the main story is. but to say that the rhetoric of the people who are protesting is responsible for a dastardly act, the tragic killing of police, is playing politics and absurd. jon: but when the media point up the folks streaming through the streets of new york city chanting what do we want, dead cops that s horrible. that s horrible. but is the media supposed to not cover it, supposed to be quiet as if somehow by covering bad speech which is still protected under the constitution that somehow is responsible for the killing of cops? there are going to be bad actors that happen. you don t shut down the media or demonstrations because some crazy person might react horribly. jon: what should the poll
really be in danger of breaking up. how long have you been married? 12 years in april. our hashtag one lucky guy montell williams will be packedo weigh in on all of that and more. shannon: you are kicking u cooka lot of fun for a monday. thanks. jon: new analysis of the rolling stone article on a gang rate alleged to have taken place in a fraternity house in virginia, some conservatives blame a liberal narrative for driving that story as a magazine issues and no apology accepting blame for the flawed recording. alan colmes, host of the alan colmes show. and radio talkshow host and fox news contributor. you say okay, the magazine got
jon: protests nationwide over the ferguson grand jury decision not to indict national review editor rich lowery causing a stir with comments he made on nbc s meet the press. take a look. what i really object to you can discuss all the problems but let s not pretend this particular incident was something it wasn t. if you look at most credible evidence, the lessons are really basic. doesn t rob a convenience store. don t fight a policeman when he stops you and trito take his gun. when he yells at you to stop with his gun drawn, just stop. whoa. jon: well, the panelists got really outraged at rich over those comments. joining us alan colmes, host of the alan colmes show. radio talk show host tammy bruce. welcome to both of you. talk about the way this has been covered in the media. tammy, you say that this is, well, the op ed piece that you wrote suggests for president obama and his cronies,
absolutely. he has been criticized so many times saying that given prosecutions of whistle-blowers and other steps. yeah. you all still stick by that line? absolutely. absolutely. jon: joining us jim pinkerton, contributing editor and writer for the american conservative magazine and alan colmes, host of the alan colmes show, author of the thank the liberals for saving america. both fox news contributors and both quite transparent. that is why i m wearing a light suit today. what do you think, jim, about josh earnest s claim that yes indeed this is the most transparent? well, you can begin with the letter last week from the society of professional journalists urging the president to be more transparent and saying this is a secretive administration. this is, society of professional journalists what is sound like a trade association that has been around since 1909 for journalists. they were joined in signing that letter by 36 other media groups