columns. reporter: it s a way to deflect tough, unwelcomed questions. and it s a way to show strength but in the press is on the defensive. i ve seen 20 other people follow up. it was at the moderator s did i discretion. rand paul and others showed how effective media bashing can be. the democrats say it s called the mainstream media. this has been a staple since the 1960s. she says it came to her at a time when you were having an affair, she says you asked her to enter into an open marriage. would you like to take some time to respond to that? no, but i will. and i am, frankly, astounded that cnn would take trash like that and use it to open a presidential debate. most journalist also tell you
shared the stage and several of them traded jabs but the biggest punching bag was the media and audience seemed to eat it up. more on a battle tested tactic. reporter: a shield and a sword. to a lot of people in the media, this is a great big game and we re the players and we come out here and we do our thing and sometimes we re held up in contempt by people who write columns. reporter: it s a way to deflect tough and unwelcome questions and it s a way to show strength putting the press on the defensive. how do we decide who used to follow up? i seen 20 other people. at the moderator discretion. reporter: on cnbc stage, they showed just howfective media bashing can be. democrats have the ultimate super pact called the mainstream media. this has been a staple of republican politics since the
side and one of the weakest presidents we ve ever had. i agree. and, by the way, i think his successes are the way he thinks. the successes in his foreign policy. in ukraine and the way western leaders are trying to fight a comprise. they re making him even more arrogant. don t forget germany putin is a bully. bullies only back down when they re challenged. he doesn t think he s being challenged by the united states or nato. he has nothing to fear. there s clearly no challenge coming from the u.s. on this. stay us with, everybody. we want to get a look what is coming up media buzz. check with howard. before we move on to u.s. issues. good morning to you. good morning to you. good morning, maria. an interview with david axelrod. we ll talk about the cozy relationship with the press in the campaigns. we ll look at the media bashing that took place at the c pac conference. how the press is treating some
him because he s been getting beat up by the press. if msnbc doesn t like him, he must be okay. maybe. but he showed up this year, didn t show up last year because he wasn t invited. i read he got one point higher in the poll for showing up, but he s something like 7%. the guy isn t a favorite of the right and the republican party. but, you know, i think it s of his own doing. even the republican governors that he visited those states in the last few months, the governors didn t want to see him. there was all this media bashing at cpac, but it s the media that have turned this into a major event, have taken this conference and given it all this coverage. and the message that i ve seen coming out of cpac is the continuing divisions within the republican party. that s going to be the message, more than whether or not the press is popular with these candidates. i suspect you are right. judy miller, john, thanks for joining us.
him because he s been getting beat up by the press. if msnbc doesn t like him, he must be okay. maybe. but he showed up this year, didn t show up last year because he wasn t invited. i read he got one point higher in the poll for showing up, but he s something like 7%. the guy isn t a favorite of the right and the republican party. but, you know, i think it s of his own doing. even the republican governors that he visited those states in the last few months, the governors didn t want to see him. there was all this media bashing at cpac, but it s the media that have turned this into a major event, have taken this conference and given it all this coverage. and the message that i ve seen coming out of cpac is the continuing divisions within the republican party. that s going to be the message, more than whether or not the press is popular with these candidates. i suspect you are right. judy miller, john, thanks for joining us.