juan: i thought about andrea: i thought of a better comparison between plumbers and the media but it s gross. dana: academia and the media partly because of chuck todd of the nbc says a geographical bias where people are concentrated. that s why academia couldn t understand the tea party. they were racist and they were this, that, and the other thing. because they are not willing to hire people who might have a different view from them, they are not enriched with a lot of different thought. so something new comes along and they re conventional wisdom is wrong. it s wrong on ryan in particular. they have the election wrong. greg: which is why they embrace occupy wall street. their assumption it. eric: more inn line with their assumption. dana: i just brought even together. eric: yes, you did. we can go. juan: let me say on the occupy wall street thing. this is another example i think everybody says oh, well, this is what it means to have one side and the other, when in f
damaging medicare for seniors. you have seniors now who say i m a strong republican a i m going to back paul ryan. paul ryan, by the way, pick up on dana s point is adding intellectual heft to the fact that mitt romney doesn t have any. he doesn t explain himself. he doesn t have any about lowering taxes, dealing with the economy. andrea: you come out you make the statems like paul ryan is danieling medicare. and then you move on. you never explain them. you never explain why. just just this morning there juan: this morning there were report from brookings and the center of public health leadership, we don t understand. what is going on at romney headquarters? do they not understand how medicare works? why are they doing this? they would haitien insolvency and hurt seniors. dana: paul ryan knows exactly how medicare works. that s why people are responding well to him. i remember what i was going to say. remember when they introduced paul ryan on the romney ticket on 60 minutes
shocked there is gambling in a casino. when you have a guy in press why are you laughing at me? greg: i don t know. dana: i saw, you are laughing uncontrol establishment greg: you worried that maybe viewers thought it was real. dana: i don t want to people to think president obama was holding up i blame the producers. seriously, not a joke. when you have reporters, do self-reflection and looking back, do you take it seriously? greg: you said, may have given a pass. it wasn t a pass. it was a pardon. you talk about how the media is in the tank. in the tanks used to mean taking a dive. it was a boxes term that you actually tried to lose. but now being in the tank is actually a career enhancement. if you are not in the tank for obama you will destroy your career because you both agree on the same things. these are no longer reporters. they re lobsters. dana: interesting point. lobsters in a tank. thank you. obviously, that is a joke.
see what he says about media being susceptible. i think the press likes the story a lot. the media is very susceptible to doing what the obama campaign wants. dana: interesting thing about that is the access point. which is the thing that troubled me is he the other day with the local media, the white house put out rules of the road for like, how you are supposed to interview the president. don t do that. greg: why are we susceptible? this is a scientific point. i have three older sisters and i grew up with the beatles, osmonds and garrett. all obama is justin bieber without the bangs. the difference between the media and young girls, young girls grow up. the media stays the same. eric: where are obama and biden and the rest of the senior cabinet members? they re on cbs. hanging out at cbs, abc. they are not coming here, juan. dana: they are doing entertainment tonight and people magazine. andrea: there seems to be a revolving door we forget