Plus, the story that everyone is talking about this morning, the ravens holding on to beat the 49ers in the super bowl after the lights went out for 45 minutes at the superdome. Were going to try to keep the lights on. Squawk box begins right now. If you like it then you should have put a ring on it if you like it then you should have put a ring on it good morning, everybody. Im becky quick along with Andrew Ross Sorkin. Joe kernen is on vacation today so were joined by Steve Liesman. Were happy to have him here. Our top story this morning, the market. We have assembled a trio of wall streets most respected voices to join us for the next hour. We have a lot to talk about this morning. Plus, there is that issue of the lights going out at the super dole last night. Officials say an abnormality in the power system triggered an automatic shutdown forcing backup systems to kick in. But they werent sure what caused that initial problem. 34 minutes that the lights were out. Brian shactman wil
Plus, a white house official for tweets has nasty things to say about journalists. Big bucks into journalist, the ebays founder launching, can these billionaires boost the News Business . And sixsecond videos have become all the rage and turned one 15yearold boy into a star. How did that become so popular . Im howard kurtz and this is media buzz. You know the drill, send us a tweet about the show. Well read the best ones at the end of the program. Conservative xhen taters have been bashing obama care for a long time. But this week, it was the Washington Press core that led the rollout. The problem here is that its one false promise after another and that could be a big problem. Thats just like after katrina, the big problem president bush had was to say, hey, way to go, brownie. Maybe they were at war is a better analogy. Katrina, a rock, that tells you all you need to know. And it seems tos can late after president obama promised to fix the program and recited that 800 number. Insuran
Immigration with the white house leaking news that obama is delaying his promise to issue an executive order before the election. Is the press buying into the white house . Political coverage kicking into high gear as the fall election season getting under way with republicans still favored to catch the senate. Which side won the week . Well take a look at our new segment, midterm media madness. Chuck todd making his debut at meet the press with a president ial interview. Can he revive the damaged press after the damage done by David Gregory. Plus, the hackers that leaked the nude sebly photos. Excuse me, what about the endless media that run stars with topless sun bathing or who have wardrobe malfunctions . Arent they exploiting women . Im howard kurtz and this is media buzz. President obama getting hammered by the media told reporters overseas this week that he wants to degrade and destroy isis. But he also used this language. We can continue to shrink isils sphere of influence, its
Immigration with the white house leaking news that obama is delaying his promise to issue an executive order before the election. Is the press buying into the white house . Political coverage kicking into high gear as the fall election season getting under way with republicans still favored to catch the senate. Which side won the week . Well take a look at our new segment, midterm media madness. Chuck todd making his debut at meet the press with a president ial interview. Can he revive the damaged press after the damage done by David Gregory. Plus, the hackers that leaked the nude sebly photos. Excuse me, what about the endless media that run stars with topless sun bathing or who have wardrobe malfunctions . Arent they exploiting women . Im howard kurtz and this is media buzz. President obama getting hammered by the media told reporters overseas this week that he wants to degrade and destroy isis. But he also used this language. We can continue to shrink isils sphere of influence, its
Leak news that president obama is delaying a promise to issue an order before the election. Is the press buying into the spin . Political coverage in high gear as the fall election season is underway with republicans still favored to capture the senate. Is the press playing up certain issues and playing up others . Our new segment midterm media madness. And a president ial interview on meet the press, and outrage over the hackers would leaked the nude celebrity photos. What about the Media Organization that run images, endless images, of the stars . Arent they exploiting women . This is media buzz. President obama getting hammered by the media and told reporters he wanted to destroy isis but he also used this language. We can continue to shrink isis sphere of influence, effectiveness, financing their military capabilities to the point where it is manageable problem. He is drawing plaque for words like manageable. Liberal Washington Post columnist accusing president obama of happy talk