Feel the president was right. I want to underscore the same president the president made. I felt the same as the president did. I think romneys leaning obama. [ laughter ] but where on earth is the serious press coverage of their exchanges on libya, on afghanistan, on terrorism . Plus, obamas media blitz from Brian Williams to jay leno to mtv. What are you most worried about . Malia getting a drivers license, malia going out on a date, or malia being on facebook . I worry about facebook right now even just for security reasons. You know, she doesnt have a facebook page. Are the media giving the president a friendly platform . Im howard kurtz, and this is reliable sources. Did you know that mitt romney engages in spraytanning before major events . That is what buzz feed is reporting and mass conjecture in social media despite a denial from the Romney Campaign. This is ephemeral stuff thats been coloring the campaign challenge, a challenge from media organizations that ought to focus on
Amazon on the potomac. He visits his new property at the Washington Post and the staff tweets everything he says in realtime. We will look at why he thinks he can revive the paper. New yorks mayoral primary is upon us and the National Press still obsessed with Anthony Wiener despite his flame out. As they say in the city, whats up with that . And digital download, an ambitious profile of melissa mayor. It is time for the buzz. First a few words about this program. We will hold the media accountable in a fair, aggressive and unbiased way. We will look at how stories are covered and framed and not shy about calling people out for mistakes, conflicts, sensationalism or our own errors when they happen. And a guide to cut through the static and fingerpointing and focus on the facts and have fun in the process. Whats more . We will continue the conversation online and we want your feedback. Send me a tweet about our show during this hour. It is at media buzz fnc. Perhaps we will read some of
Plus, a white house official for tweets has nasty things to say about journalists. Big bucks into journalist, the ebays founder launching, can these billionaires boost the News Business . And sixsecond videos have become all the rage and turned one 15yearold boy into a star. How did that become so popular . Im howard kurtz and this is media buzz. You know the drill, send us a tweet about the show. Well read the best ones at the end of the program. Conservative xhen taters have been bashing obama care for a long time. But this week, it was the Washington Press core that led the rollout. The problem here is that its one false promise after another and that could be a big problem. Thats just like after katrina, the big problem president bush had was to say, hey, way to go, brownie. Maybe they were at war is a better analogy. Katrina, a rock, that tells you all you need to know. And it seems tos can late after president obama promised to fix the program and recited that 800 number. Insuran
President obama had kinds words for chuck hagel as he announced the defense secretarys resignation. As i read the acts in the New York Times, Washington Post and elsewhere, i read these the white house lost confidence in him, he was never up to the job, he was the wrong man for the job. Why do journalists publish these disparaging comments when the officials wont put their names to it . I think thats a really good point. I think if you want to say those things, you ought to be man enough to attach your name to them. The situation with chuck hagel was complex. Was he the wrong man for the job the whole time or did the job change and he became the wrong man for the job . He was hired to down sooiz the military, sequestration, budget cuts, get us out of iraq, out of afghanistan. All of a sudden, were fighting war necessary all these places against all these other people and that wasnt what he was hired to do. Theyve been doing all along in d. C. As we all know. We are the enablers. We are
And with journalist necessary ferguson facing tear gas and attack theres tear gas just dropped right near us. Its going to get very bad here if we dont have masks. Theyre throwing it back. Did all those tv cameras exacerbate the coverage . President obama dumps chuck hagel at pentagon chief while his aids anonymously trash the guy in the press. Plus, fun talking about sexism with the ladies of outnumbered. In our line of work, we feel like we are criticized more as females in the business than the men are, especially with the way we work and dress. I wore that two days in a row on twitter. Im like, really . Im howard kurtz and this is media buzz. It was an extraordinary split screen spectacle, president obama appealing for calm and right alongside his image the interruptions of violence in ferguson. I think the media is going to have a responsibility, as well. There is inevitably going to make some negative reaction and it will make for tv. Good tv. As fires raged and stores were loote