they re the enemy of the people, only becausethey know it s true. i m providing a service by explaining this to the american people. they purposely cause great division and distrust. they can also cause war. they are very dangerous and sick . ambassador, what war is it that we ve started? i think the issue of press bias has been a long time. i supported barry goldwater in 1964, i thought the press had was biased against him. chris: absolutely. there is bias and people get things wrong and they should be called out for it. cause war, six, this is taking it to a completely different level. that the presence of you based on the attacks the media has made on him. there have been other administrations that have been highly critical of the press as well. i remember john kennedy cutting off the white house subscription to the new york times. chris: it was the herald tribune but close enough. i think this adversarial relationship is typical.
take a listen. i think the president s entire point is this. that we do have a news media that includes some reporters. it really refers to those who aren t always telling the truth, and who are giving emotion over information. i think the issue of press bias has been around for a long, long time. there is press bias. people, you know, people get stories wrong, and people are called out for it, and we should be called out if we make a mistake. this is taking it to a completely different level. that s the president s view based on the attacks that the media made on him. there have been other administrations that have been highly critical of the press as well. you can go back, i remember john kennel kennedy cutting off the white house scription it was the harold tribune. but close. i was much younger then. what can i say? this adversary relationship is typical. is it typical? reporter: no.
status quo in clinton incorporated as maureen puts it. boy, we re talking about press bias. the press really turned on hillary in 2007. are they going to i mean what s your gut? do they do it again in 2015? i don t know the answer to that. i hesitate as great as maureen is to assume the future of journalism based on one maureen dowd column. i think that she i do think they lays out the basic tension. hillary is a transformational figure and hillary is a return to clinton incorporated. that s the basic tension. i m also astonished, as much as i love horse race stuff, as much as i love presidential politics, we re seven or eight months into we re only seven or eight months into president obama s second term and we are way into the presidential race. i ve been around a long time, joe. this is more quickly than i ve ever seen it happen. why is it that clinton ink is moving as quickly as they are. partly because there s a vacuum.
is the press bias in america? you think there is bias in the press at all? bias in the press? i have no idea. i don t know. no! bias? the weather channel goes right down the middle about what the forecast is. what do you think? i think it s a little left. i hear you, i ll go right then. do you think there is bias in the media? probably both sides, yes. you think overall the media title a little liberal? no, i wouldn t say that. this is a stupid exercise or people who work at all of these places who are bias? absolutely. bias as a whole. that s just dumb. you seem a little angry. i m not angry. i think it s silly. you still look angry. you guys think there is bias in the mainstream press? yeah, i m biased toward