what was said. ure reaction? this is the incentive structure for his staff. i m sure hogan is a mid level staffer, and got a high five from the president for saying that. whether they are unwitting or witting they are being tools of the russian propaganda machine because they have an audience of one in trump and future career prospects at fox news and that is what is driving this. it all goes back to the president because this is what he wants from his staff. these are the kind of staff he wants, and you re doing what he wants them to do. to that point, the most interesting devoquote i read wa from vanity fair. 2 it was an interview with steve bannon and let s put on what he said. he says, the democrats don t matter. the real opposition is the media, and the way to deal with them is to flood is zone with you know what.
she did a thing, and she believes this exposes a system of contracts to keep women quiet through trusted intermediaries like the national enquirer and this company, ami, and there are security implications when that system works in the favor of the president. they say that your assertion is laughable, and the idea that the enquirer could have any assertion over the president is laughable. what do you say? we gave them ample time to give their input, and those are in our story, and people with judge those as they wish. we quoted six ami stories and they are quoted on the record on this piece, and they say this is a common tactic and the way it plays out, brian, is when this company has dirt on a celebrity or in this case, the most powerful man in america, it is used for leverage. was a term they used over and over again. it is used to influence those
in order to affect change. that s a conscious by a journalist. if you are anchoring coverage to of this, or you re involved in live rolling coverage, it could be for hours after the event, you keep it straight. you present information. we know legacy values give citizens information. it has been verified that they can make decisions about their own lives with, and, you know, if you are a parent or anything, you need this information. keep it straight. later, you can go into opinion. i see a lot of anchors right in the middle of it going into opinion, and that troubles me. keep it later, and this is the crisis we had with this election. remember the piece in the new york times during the 2016 election that said, if you are a journalist and you feel trump is bad for this country, should you remain objective or become an activist, and a lot of journalists have decided in a way to become activists.
from the white house. you re one of the beneficiaries of those leaks. what do the aides say when he goes on these unhinged tweet storms? it s exhausting for folks in the white house, people in charge trying to keep the president in the white house on message. it s not just exhausting for journalists, but for them too. us too. i think a lot of chief of staff john kelly had been fairly successful in tamping down on some of these leaks. obviously they haven t stopped completely, but, you know, taken together with some folks leaving the white house who are known to be good sources for reporters, there was a bit of a stemming of the flow of leaks for a few months, but lately it feels like we have sort of gone back to the early days of the trump administration when it was a free for all. everyone against all, you know, people just sort of trying to win favor and improve their standing in the white house through selective leaks to the press, and a lot of that was
obvious reaction is to look at what the indictment says, and then to say, how are we going to deal with theris and address th? you look at the president s tweet, and you think about if f.d.r. got on the radio saying that tokyo was laughing at us. that is not what a president is called upon to do right now. you know what will happen, and someone will say, how dare you compare this to pearl harbor? it is an attack on our country. it is an attack on our country with use of 21st century means and it is definitely a national security threat which is something that the commander in chief is supposed to be dealing with. and it is ongoing, which we ll get into later this hour. what are you hearing from your sources in the white house? what i m struck by, we see every single day, new, shocking leaks