and not exaggerate is a fair i think a responsible thing. we debate this all the time and all the volume we use. thank you all for being here. up next, james rosen on whether the media s coverage, differs from the add motion fear of the bush/cheney era. and is gawker getting into media, does that meet gossip is over?
i think it s an overreaction and twisting what it sounded like he said to me. first of all, the media has been known to stoke fear. if all i did was watch the news, i wouldn t leave the house. they also glam rise occasionally villains. we saw that with the both many bomber on rolling stone. if he s encouraging them to be responsible, what s wrong with that? wushl but commenting on whether people are fearful of another attack. it s no question that it feels like the press went way over on a few cases of ebola. i think you re job is to cover events truthfully, accurate lid, and nothing more. you can t listen to a president tell you to alter or shape your coverage. our role is to cover it as we see it. obviously the news has been focused on terrorism, on his
footage. state official sayi not true, but he cites the paragraph about whether there was an investigation of some that he s right. you re entitled to your own pin. you are not entitled to your own facts. donald trump, it s hard to hold him accountable, because he has this reality distortion filter. he s going to say i saw it, there are thousands of people cheering. it doesn t happen, and he is lying, and i think it s a responsibility of the media to hold politicians accountable even if they are republican or conservative. even if liberal bias does exist. simon, what except this story alive is this piece in the washington post, in 2001, which by the way didn t say the reporter had seen it, just an investigation that said they found nothing about this allegation.
this. i just want to say it, but one of the things that has to happen is how we report on this has to maintain perspective and not you know, empower in any way those terrorist organizations or elevate them in ways that make it easier to them to recruit or make them stronger. so therefore we should judd play down these stories? really c mon, what do you say? hi hit the bottom of the barrel. president obama now sounding more like a community organizer than a commander in chief, as he trying to defend his approach by blaming the media for the disastrous results of his policies. mr. obama tried to blame the media for empowering the islamic state. do you think president obama was blaming the media or saying not at all.
in talks pledge, therefore failed president. wall short-sighted by the media? not short-sighted by the media, but did that feel that way to you at the time? sure. i had sort of the dana carvey view of him in my head. it was only after meeting hem and then the passage of time we can come to better historical judgment adjustment. there s a rule that it takes 20 to 25 years after an administration that you can judge it whole. i think that s true. from your book, news week alluded to rumors that he had had an affair by a longtime aide. george w. bush asked his dad about the rumors and then did what? he called howard fineman, evan thomas, and the answer to the big-a is n-o. that shut it down.