way and shaping intelligence in a political way or in relationship to not doing investigations. howie: amy, did that get enough coverage? amy: i think it was pretty explosive when it happened and there was coverage. but there was so much of the buildup to the james comey hearing where the media was hoping to get the smoking gun to indict president trump. howie: i have got to jump in. jessica. jessica: right. howie: james comey, that was the big highlight of the week, but we need to hear more about why they didn t want to talk about that and were dodging questions there. and we if need follow-up. howie: after the break, stunning
i never talked about this. the russians claim that the president might have been involved with hookers on a visit to moscow. you see todd levin, one uncomfortable phone call. comey opened the door for the media coverage. edrequire was an unforced error by president trump when he talked to i m and threw that out there. when you deny something that s salacious you put it out there. this gives critics like lemon to pile on the president. on may 25 wetter reesea may was going down when we theresa may was going down. has he forgotten week and a half ago theresa may was
or his associates leak out? he answered not to my knowledge. the idea that grassley asked him if he aloud others to leak, he said no, no, no. now the play book according to james comey, i can use somebody over at columbia. do you believe it was the first time james comey did that? as f.b.i. director you are not supposed to be doing that. howie: you spent a lot of years at the white house trying to ask tough questions of the president and other officials. let s look at this. shall i take one of the killer networks that treat me so badly as fake news? should i do that? go ahead, john. be fair, john. absolutely.
remember how nice you used to be before i ran. howie: dow how much does it get you off balance? ed: president obama would do that to me sometimes, he will needle you. i think john karl doesn t fall into this category. i think john karl is one of the folks who tends to give him a fair shake. he asked a tough but fair question because the president offered up testifying under oath to the special counsel. howie: we mentioned this unverified dossier that buzzfeed printed. comey in his written testimony which he put out the day before the hearing which is an interesting move worked something in about this allegation.
fact that director comey felt like he was being pressured to stop the flynn investigation, that he called him a liar several times in the testimony. it allows the media to pick and choose their narrative. but they need to own their mistake immediately. howie: the new york s daily news, you can see the word in big type, liar. amy, did you find the coverage to be rather one-sided. amy: if james comey showed up in spandex in a wrestling match they couldn t have been happier. there has been reporting on conservative blogs that showed james comey may have been misleading the senate intelligence committee when he said donald trump is the only