>> report back to the folks, absolutely. >> so nothing was said. afterwards, nothing was talked about as far as what went on in that meeting. huffington post afterwards said president obama met with rachel maddow as part of his campaign to sell the public to extend the bush tax cuts. four words stick out. campaign, and sell the public. when i hear that, i don't hear journalism, i hear infomercial. >> bill: professor, that is fact that he put out. that shows there is powerful national media advancing the cause of one political party. i think the founding fathers would be zun that had that is happening? >> i think the founding fathers would be disappointed because they wanted an i7bd press to be a watchdog. it has happened when the white house has invited reporters to visit and talk and they call