cocaine addict. republicans hoping for so much more blamed the justice department. there continues to show a two-tier system in america. if you are the president s leading political opponent, the doj tries to literally put you in jail. if you are the president s son, you get a sweetheart deal. howard: and donald trump likened it to the a traffic ticket, but president biden who has often said his son has done nothing wrong was tight-lipped after announcement. [inaudible conversations] i m very proud of my son. howard: now, you can find similar cases where defendants drew hard hard harsher punishment, but this is no hunter biden has been an embarrassment, and this is hardly the end of the story. i m howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. howard: ahead, my sit-down with chris christie and my interview with conservative firebrand marjorie taylor greene. the pundits immediately clashed over hunter biden plea deal coming just a week after donald trump was formally charge
[laughter] i think politically howard: just a small matter. yeah, a small matter, right. as long as he is out there and run and win the gop nomination, i think he will, but there s a long time between now and then. a lot can happen. we ll see. howard: well, we ve got to fill up our program even if it s a long time from now, long time from now. [laughter] but then he s also got, you know, a negative media that s largely against him, and republicans know that pretty well. and, look, again, two things being true at the same time, people are really against him. establishment is against him, particularly just the federal government establishment and these investigations and also the press. but he has to understand that, that s been the playing field for a long time, and he needs to be prepared to battle on that field, and and he does not seem willing to do that. howard: all right, mary katherine, kevin, great to have you on the set. ahead, my sit-down with with chris keysty, but up ne
media in a democracy is freedom of the press, right? we want to make sure voters are informed of issues so they can actively participate in democracy, and i believe that. in this way that we re already looking ahead at the elections, are we serving our purpose as journalists? are we productive members of this freedom of the press and democracy, or are we playing a role in politics that maybe we should not be playing? that s the real problem, jenna. there are a lot of issues facing the country, but they re complicated. cbo reported how many jobs would be lost under obamacare, but speculating about hillary clinton and is she going to run against jeb bush or chris keysty, it s christie, it s cheap, it s easy, it s fun. jenna: it s sort of cheap like a news anchor that doesn t know what year it is, you know what i i mean? [laughter] thank you, again, for correcting me on that. howard, it s great to see you, as always. howard covers the coverage of