trump because the administration is so much less careful. that is absolutely true. that s my point, yes. which is another reason why more sobriety is called for. jack shaffer had a great peace where he said these journalists saying we re going to gird our loins, time to fight the trump administration, how about buckling down a little more? you know the serious work of journalism is boring. it s checking facts. i agree there is a certain kind of part of it, too, is plausibility, part of what is screwing with the thermostat of journalists is that there are certain kinds of things an straight might do that would not scan as plausible and you would say, well, they re not going to take the mlk bust out. but then your plausibility and you know this as a journalist. enough gut check sense of like does that story seem like it scans? and i think everyone s judgment of that has gone haywire precisely because therare so
conservatives with this racist label without considering the facts, for example, that the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is himself in an interracial marriage and the politicians who were trying to use it against him are democrats in kentucky. let me take a moment to pup put up on the screen what he had to say about this whole controversy in the huffington post. the word racist is truly hurtful. it is not who i am. it s not who i ever was. i could have picked a better word, but it didn t ring any bells with anybody. if he is going to use that wording, he has to expect to take the heat. i don t think he s shocked by this. the media critic jack shaffer said he wrote his retirement better by saying that. then there was a takeout that said dear washington post, please fire this man. so i think that people are starting to liken him to helen
0 about him and his personal trust and credibility. and now it s front page news everywhere. the wall street journal, slate, the huffington post, the washington post all saying something about his credibility. in obama we trust, question mark. is that justified? it is justified given the mistake that he has made. and once a president loses this kind of credibility, it is tough to get it back. the health care rollout has been a disaster. even the president would not deny that. but is the press being unduly personal in not making this about a policy fiasco, but about whether he personally is untrustworthy? well, he did make those campaign promises over and over again. two weeks ago on the show, i said the emperor was wearing no clothes. i think it s fair to say he s getting a colonoscopy from the press. that sounds painful, amy. i think it has been painful for the president and that is why in large part he had this press conference on thursday, which i think across the bo
label without considering the facts, for example, that the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is himself in an interracial marriage and the politicians who were trying to use it against him are democrats in kentucky. let me take a moment to pup put up on the screen what he had to say about this whole controversy in the huffington post. the word racist is truly hurtful. it is not who i am. it s not who i ever was. i could have picked a better word, but it didn t ring any bells with anybody. if he is going to use that wording, he has to expect to take the heat. i don t think he s shocked by this. the media critic jack shaffer said he wrote his retirement better by saying that. then there was a takeout that said dear washington post, please fire this man. so i think that people are starting to liken him to helen
label without considering the facts, for example, that the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is himself in an interracial marriage and the politicians who were trying to use it against him are democrats in kentucky. let me take a moment to pup put up on the screen what he had to say about this whole controversy in the huffington post. the word racist is truly hurtful. it is not who i am. it s not who i ever was. i could have picked a better word, but it didn t ring any bells with anybody. if he is going to use that wording, he has to expect to take the heat. i don t think he s shocked by this. the media critic jack shaffer said he wrote his retirement better by saying that. then there was a takeout that said dear washington post, please fire this man. so i think that people are starting to liken him to helen