pretty dumb for making such a big issue? absolutely, they better hope that they get the goods that donald trump himself as an agent of the russian government which is what we have been hearing for six months. using leaks that never seem quite to work out in a way we don t actually have the goods. howie: you re not saying there shouldn t be an investigation or other people associated with trump might have had contacts like mike flynn? what we were told about russia actually meddling in the dnc emails and john podesta emails, we know that. we know that trump has people who he s hired who had some affiliations with russia. we don t have evidence of the conspiracy that the media have put forth and hammered day after day. the only way make sense of the media hysteria this week if you accept the conspiracy idea. we don t have the evidence for that and that s a very serious problem and it s going to make
spokesperson were being hammered. the surrogates exploded a story that trump that rosenstein wrote a memo and gave backing for him wanting to get rid of comey. howie: comey mishandling of hillary clinton e-mail. right. there was so much on record about hillary clinton that that was so phoney you couldn t believe it for a second and rosenstein wasn t going to back up the president that he was the motivating force. howie: there was still this question, the whole got you game here and maybe it s unfair to character ice it that way, we all know this was really about donald trump being uncomfortable and being a hoax and he got rid of comey. there could be a multiple reasons. as you said, what if the russian investigation doesn t lead to anywhere, will the press look
control howie: what about the coverage? has trump put all on himself? you have two people hysteria in coverage, do you disagree with that? the way one story was put out and then the next day it s completely erased by trump giving an interview, yes, that was a very poor way to do it and it s self-destructive. by the way, trump would have been a perfect foil for trump. howie: is there a degree of media hysteria as molly have said? there s media hysteria. howie: let us know what you think, mediabuzz, are the media overreacting that there might be tapes of his conversations with james comey and later jimmy kimmel delights that he s an elitist freak. constipated? trust #1 doctor recommended dulcolax. use dulcolax tablets for gentle dependable relief. suppositories for relief in minutes.
not going to talk about that he could be taping. howie: right. when i saw sean spicer deflect the question, i knew that they were going to leave it out there for the press continue to talk about, another distraction, possibly. howie: okay. how can you talk about health care when you have why aren t we talking about health care this week when you have the president putting out this. one of the ways you can respond to this not deny it s explosive or even problematic, is thinking about how we don t actually have good answers from james comey about whether he did or did not start an investigation of leak that is came out from the fbi which is really not just bad but criminal in some cases. he declined to answer whether he even done an investigation. that would be a good line of inquiry for the media to pursue, is there an investigation, what s happening there, why aren t we getting leaks if it s real. howie: i hope everybody is writing this down. it was a weird situation this wee
you can find in your heart to forgive me. howie: it is a real newspaper and with lawmakers citing kimmel , while interviewing republican senator bill cassidy. i would like to make a suggestion as to what the jimmy kimmel test should be. i will keep it simple. the jimmy kimmel test i think should be no family should be denied medical care or emergency because they can t afford it, can that be the jimmy kimmel you re on the right track. howie: heartfelt moment about his son. let s put the new york cover-up. we had it up a moment ago as you see, jeff sessions dragging james comey off the plane, donald trump is looking on. that s it for this edition of mediabuzz. i m howard kurtz.