caitlin collins had asked a single question, these people were saying that trump, a former president and the leading candidate by far for the republican nomination, should be barred from tv, banned, exiled, silenced because they just don t like him. but that s ludicrous. this wasn t a rally where he just gets to pop off. and whatever you think of trump, shouldn t journalists question him as part of the campaign? as it turned out, the town hall turned into an absolute train wreck, even many people at cmn being sharply critical. but the alternative, banning trump from the airwaves, is suppression of speech, and that is not journalism. i m howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. howard: ahead, george santos versus the media mob as he is indicted for fraud. the first 24 minutes of the cnn event was spent on two of donald trump s true curing subjects recurring subject, the 2020 election and the capitol riot, and that insured a clash from the start. it was not a rigged election
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just this new york. obviously, washington, los angeles, it s happening nation wild, and i think that s another element where from a press perspective, people end to move gingerly around the issue rather than attacking it head on. yes, you can be someone who needs help, but we can also point and say bad behavior is bad behavior, and we as policy makers have an obligation to protect the citizens and protect those who obviously don t know how or don t have the capacity to protect themselves, howie. howard: yeah. if this tragic death gives rise to a real debate in the media and elsewhere about mentally ill people, this guy knew the top 50, somebody who couldn t help himself, i think that would be a positive outcome involving a very sad story. and i hope we don t just sort of, you know, do sensational part and move on. kevin corveg, always good to see you. thanks so much. you re welcome. howard: that s it for this edition of mediabuzz. i m howard kurtz. happy mother s day to all the
modes of public transportation. i can breathe. yes. reporter: the justice department is appealing the ruling by a federal judge who found the mandate exceeded the cdc s authority. just hours before doj filed, the white house said any appeal would be about preserving the cdc s ability to respond to health crises. we expect there to be ups and downs in the pandemic and we certainly want the cdc to continue to have this authority. reporter: public health experts say that authority is critical to keeping the public safe. when we under power public health decisionmaking we put ourselves at risk, our families at risk in the long term. reporter: but the doj as move follows days of confusion from passenger goes nation wild. as the tsa and most local transit systems made masks optional. one minute wear them, one minute don t wear them. hey, i m keeping mine on. reporter: complicating things some jurisdictions have their own rules like philadelphia, san
is on the way, despite a record-setting number of cases nation wild. no, i don t think nationwide. no, i don t think covid is here to stay, but having covid in the environment here and in the world is probably here to stay. but covid as we re dealing with it now is not here to stay. the new normal doesn t have to be we have so many nutalls that we re developing new disease tools that can contain covid. reporter: of course, that s not what we heard in the runup to the 2020 election. i m going to shut down the virus. i ll shut down the virus, not the economy. i m not going to shut down the country, but i am going to shut down the virus. reporter: earlier this week the u.s. recorded over one million new covid cases in a single day, shattering the previous record amid a testing shortage. the white house has signed two contracts with the industry to boost the number of tests workinging towards the president s goal of procuring
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