journalists don t like that. they like to think they are the smart ones in the room not unlike if we are going to get to fire and fury some of the people slinging mud at the president of the united states. griff: being journalists, peter is pointing out taking the book for what they want. book actually has has some falsehoods in it that s originally what we were going to talk to but it the premise being that the president didn t want to win. this. didn t think that he would. griff: all that stuff. and even i believe we have michael wolff talking what he did to get the story. let s quickly take a listen to him. former editor at vanity fair said he wasn t surprised you written this explosive book he was surprised they let you in the door at the white house. are you surprised? no, i m a nice guy. did you flatter yourself in. i did whatever was
the coverage of this book really underscores that point. the problem is there is no concern for facts anymore. the fact don t matter. as long as something proves a narrative that the media want to believe whether it s sexism, racism, whether it s russian collusion, now president trump is mentally unfit. whatever the issue is, as long as it proves a narrative that is a negative for president trump, the media goes along with it we have seen that with brian with abc brian ross report that was so categorically untrue. had you cnn not too long ago after that messing up a major date which would mean something entirely different for the report. it didn t matter to them though. they ran with the story because they wanted to believe the narrative. the facts didn t matter. and i think we are seeing that with the coverage of this book again. pete: now they are all psychologists diagnose the mental health of the president. take a listen. i think dr. lee and other psychiatrists who have been u
behavior on the part of the president. think the president is dangerous and unable to successfully mete the powers and duties of office. we interviewed trump half a dozen times maybe a dozen over the course of the year he would often tell the same stories over and over again. he has issues of mental fitness and questions of intellectual capacity. you know trump s father died after having alzheimer s for six years. going to talk about that because is he reportedly unraveling over. this he is yelling at staffers. he can t stop watching all the bad press about him. he repeats these terrible things people say. over and over again. lisa: i didn t know joy behar was a pathologist. i guess she has a degree i didn t know about. griff: if you look at this book, i haven t read it i was reporting on it yesterday, the gist of the book seemed to be that this revelation that president trump and his team didn t actually want to win it. and a lot of interviews to that effect clearly whether he
case number, weissmann, have you peter struck and lisa page. and big one in this and i want americans to pay attention. the coming name in this bruce and nellie ohr. bruce ohr who resigned from doj and wife nellie who worked for fusion gps. add to that that something was very smart. devon nunes didn t give up his subpoena power. it was that false ethics charge. he was cleared. that subpoena power mattered because then nobody, republican, democrat, or bureaucrat could stop him from subpoenaing. now we have the unredacted document and that s key. not redacted. unredacted which are due by the 11th of next week. pete: this whole narrative that the president is unfit. how insulting is that to voters of president trump or who see him as the disruptive leader that they want. if he is unfit, then you voted the left has to say you are crazy. he s crazy not maybe there is a strategy here. they are driving it to their base. the fact is when you go to the rest of the country. the people that s