16-year-old intern about federal protection for zimmerman and his fami family. is the president going to take any action? the president has called for echoing the statements of trayvon martin s family, for calm reflection in the wake of the verdict. so no? you can editorialize all you want, i have no doubt you will. but that s a ridiculous statement. joining me now is joy reid and eric bowler, a senior fellow on media matters for america. i have to talk about this. the black on black crime thing, there s something about the invocation, the phrase that just really greats. it s cringe inducing, i think what s cringe inducing is the injustice of it. liberals and black writers, commentators, journalists, pundits of all stripes are
to stop politician and president obama and others from capitalizing on u.s. national secrets is about the leaks that many accused the administration of doing for political benefit. this navy seal organization wants to stop that. they have conservative and liberal people part of the organization. media matters called them gutless. brian: no one in the group was in authority to speak. really, the navy seal can t speak with authority? really? steve: and eric bowler had this particular tweet. he said former american seals don t have the guts to run they are running a gop, anti-obama campaign. it is interesting how the left is framing this as a partisan issue.
white house because they have written songs about people convicted of murder. time now to call in media senior fellow eric bowler. great to have you with us tonight. i ve never heard o reilly so quiet. that was a long stretch. let s go back to the controversy. did they really manufacture a story that would be negative for president obama when it was such a huge story that the country s military was able to take out osama bin laden? absolutely. i think the right wing media the last couple weeks have been a bit of a disaster. we had the birther story fall apart, the bin laden killing, last week an ap poll that had the president at 6 o%. they were sort of desperate and grasping at straws. who won the debate tonight? i think stewart made all the valid points. you know, common inches not celebrating a cop killer. he was saying he thought a couple people were innocent. that is not celebrating. it is interesting how o reilly was talking about how
hurricane carter. he s been to the white house. why are you drawing the line at common? there is a selective outrage machine here at fox that petty-fogs only when it suits the narrative that suits them. this guy is in the cross hairs in a way that he shouldn t be. whether you agree with him or not, you may think he is ignorant in believing that shakur is ignorant but guess what? then bono can t go to the white house. springsteen can t go to the white house. bob dylan can t go to the white house. you got a lot of people that aren t allowed to sit in the white house because they have written songs about people convicted of murder. time now to call in media senior fellow eric bowler. great to have you with us tonight. i ve never heard o reilly so quiet. that was a long stretch. let s go back to the controversy. did they really manufacture a story that would be negative for president obama when it was such a huge story that the country s
to repeat, block and undermine president obama s policies. today, trying to take down the health care law, even though it will save lives and a ton of money for this country. commentary on that and live reaction from congressman joe crawlie and katrina vannen hubl of the nation. democrats are vowing to stand up to the new republican majority. rachel maddow sat down with pelosi today. rachel will join me live here tonight to talk about the democrats and their plan to fight back. and sarah palin says she s not going to shut up. isn t that good? in a rambling and bitter interview, she lashes out again at her critics, and took no responsibility for her words. eric bowler will be here to bra ecit all down. the john boehner cut-and-grow agenda kicked into high gear today. at this hour, congress is debating the repeal of what they