college girls. these are young girls. their mind is not there yet. albeit they should start to be a little more respectful at a certain point, but you are straight out of high school and into college. their minds are not respectful of what? it is them. who are they uh fending? it is them. they are having a great time, right? julie, you seem to think an overlord was overseeing this. first i am immensely jealous because i am not 21 and as new as they are. and that is the best hair and make up i have seen. there is the black guy. oh. i missed him. you blink and you miss him. there wasn t a single couch at uc santa barbara as nice as the couch they showed in that video. there was a single anything. there was no cigarette stains and no vomit. i m sorry. i m listening to you. what is that swan for?
rick, would you say the underlying tone of the coverage of story that most of us did not see coming was that this was a historic, strong, diplomatic break through? it was a travel story for most of these reporters. look, this was a prisoner swap. and you saw peter baker in the in, times go out of his way twice saying the white house line, which is allen gross was not traded for a prisoner swap. however, barack obama said, when he was talking to castro, that he was working out the details for allen gross. so the prisoner swap story was completely missed by all of the reporters and, actually, pushed as a positive thing. you saw tracy wilkinson in the l.a. times say that the prisoner swap was enormously dfl to both sides. there was really no discussion of the seriousness of a prisoner swap. and julie, the story of the prisoner swap, i think, soon
dulcolax, for relief you can count on. it was a foreign policy bombshell. president obama announcing the u.s. will establish full diplomatic relations with cuba. after an exchange of convicted spies that included the release of american contractor allen gross. it is a beautiful and blustery night here in havanna where almost no one is talking about anything else other than today s diplomatic break through. making history, the surprise announcement by the president, the u.s. and cuba agree to normalize relations after more than half a century. op opening up the flood gates for travel and commerce. president obama s move starting off a political and media storm. joining us now, rick brunell and in new york julie roginski.
the washington post, their editorial board surprise. the washington post, which you would argue was part of the mainstream media opposes it. the miami herald opposes the tampa bay times and miami supports it. this is really not something you could point to and say, oh, look, the liberal and mainstream media is in steps with the president because they re not. that contrast was interesting. julie, rick, thanks very much for joining us this sunday. after the break, an indictment of the ebola coverage and politifact s lie of the year. whether we all went to far, a media microscope, up next.
rick, would you say the underlying tone of the coverage of story that most of us did not see coming was that this was a historic, strong, diplomatic break through? it was a travel story for most of these reporters. look, this was a prisoner swap. and you saw peter baker in the in, times go out of his way twice saying the white house line, which is allen gross was not traded for a prisoner swap. however, barack obama said, when he was talking to castro, that he was working out the details for allen gross. so the prisoner swap story was completely missed by all of the reporters and, actually, pushed as a positive thing. you saw tracy wilkinson in the l.a. times say that the prisoner swap was enormously dfl to both sides. there was really no discussion of the seriousness of a prisoner swap. and julie, the story of the prisoner swap, i think, soon