See here. That story got an editors note this week. Now, more than a year later, finally the press is taking seriously about the origins of covid19. The headline from the Washington Post, how the wuhan Lab Leak Theory suddenly become credible. Its a difficult thing to investigate given beijings tight control over chinese society. Most News Organizations didnt buy. Nobodys buying Wuhans Lab Theory the guardian declared last year. Thats the reason, if President Trump said it, the media dismissed it. This just speaks volumes about our media establishment. Now, nothings been proven. But the Circumstantial Evidence is growing. Will there be any Soul Searching about what amounted to media medical practice. Malpractice. Dont hold your breath. Im Howard Kurtz and this is Media Buzz. Howie as the media are abruptly acknowledging the seriousness of the wuhan Lab Theory, some conservative commentators are pointing fingers. They covered up for china and smeared those of us who asked questions. All because they wanted to hurt trump politically. Your abusively biased colleagues in the media mob, you hated trump so much that you were willing to push chinese problem began Da Problem began da from the World Health Organization propaganda from the World Health Organization. Howie three researchers were hospitalized with covid like symptoms in 2019. Some pundits are following up skeptically or tying it to conservative politics. All of this could fuel speculation that the disease originated in the chinese lab. This theory that it was from the lab is gaining traction, especially here. Especially in political circles on the right. Howie here for instance is msnbcs Chris Hayes Last May and this week. A lot of people love the phrase, escaped from the lab, because it sounds like something from a comic book. The Lab Leak hypothesis, its not completely insane. Its indicative of this strange narrative first a approach of so much of the conservative Medias Coverage of the virus. Howie joining us to analyze the coverage, mollie hemingway, Senior Editor at the federalist and leslie marshall, Radio Talk Show host. Mollie, why were most of the media so intent for so long on dismissing and ridiculing the wuhan Lab Theory as being some cockamamie idea. Its an example of what plagued the media throughout the trump presidency. They viewed their jobs as not reporting facts but doing whatever it took to oust Donald Trump from power. For them, they viewed the entire Coronavirus Pandemic which was a global pandemic that came out of china as trumps fault. So when trump or other people like Mike Pompeo or even people who werent in the administration were Talking About the troubleing facts surrounding how the virus was unleashed upon the world, they felt it was too close to blaming china. They wanted to blame trump. They couldnt have any coverage, any reporting of the facts that would of do anything to move away from their hatred of Donald Trump and desire to blame him for a global pandemic, however insane that was, and to most importantly get him out of power. Howie a New York Times reporter who covers covid tweeted and deleted, some day well stop Talking About the Lab Leak Theory and maybe admit its racist roots. Journalists who think this is just antichinese racism, not exactly going to keep an open mind. Theres so much i have to say on this. First of all, one of the reasons i believe had that the media was reporting that this didnt come out of a lab was twofold. Donald trump was saying without scientific evidence when he was president that it came out of the lab. But the international, not just dr. Fauci, International Scientific Community was saying quite the contrary. In addition to that, how you howey, both the Father And Grandfather of covid19 were animal born as most viruses are. So that would seem scientifically the most logical. Were finding out it might be the lab. I dont think this was to take Donald Trump down. I dont think coming out of the Wuhan Lab or coming out of china is racist. I feel that the rhetoric, and weve seen an increase in attacks verbally and physically against the aapi community, based on some of the rhetoric that came out of the president and former administration which you dont want. The government of china was to blame, not the people of china. Howie President Trump didnt say flatly he came from the lab, he said he believed there was a strong likelihood. New York Magazine ran a lengthy piece examining these questions last january. You have liberal hosts and pundits saying this is being pushed by the right as if that invalidated the theory all together. Yeah, this is i think people are pretending like we have growing evidence now. And there is a little bit more evidence. But actually, what were dealing with when people are Talking About this theory, we knew a year ago. And so the change is in how people are covering it and it is clear had that it was done for partisan political reasons and thats not good. I think even the fact that the media are admitting they got it wrong now is a reflection of how they want to be able to keep pushing propaganda and theyre worried the more people realize they manipulate story, one of many they manipulate for political gain, it decreases their credibility and makes it less likely they can push their propaganda in the future. They need to emphasize the importance of putting facts first and politics last. Youre not seeing that with the New York Times where the reporter is saying its racist to investigate facts which is absurd is elevated and they fired one of the reporters who was Working On who has worked more recently with the Lab Leak Theory, they fired him because they claim he said something racist on and a 16yearold got upset. They need to he focus on journalism, not politics. Howie in february, Tom Cotton said we should investigate this because china has a history of dishonesty. The New York Times and Washington Post accusing the senator of pushing a Fringe Theory and Conspiracy Theory and facebook has now flipped and said okay, you can post something saying you think it might have originated in the lab. Before that it was actually banned as unthinkable. Dont the media have to do some selfreflection here . I have always said when i was a journalist back in the day, journalist 101, i would agree with mollie on this, dont faint, mollie, i know, sunday morning, were agreeing on something. But facts first. Facts matter. Its most important. I was always told that a journalist doesnt make themselves the story, they report the facts and then they let the viewers, the readers, the listener form their opinions based on that. We have a blur between opinions and facts now. Sadly, thats the world we live in. I want to speak to the politics. Its not just the media that made politics and not just out china or wuhan, the lab was the origin of the virus but the virus itself, how dangerous it was, whether we wear a mask or dont wear a mask and quite frankly with a medical epidemic, shame on us. Left or right. Anybody, because it really harmed not only individuals who were sick and may have p longterm effects or died but certainly our Healthcare Workers and the healthcare community, this is not and never should be and it still should not be a t political issue. This is a medical and social issue. Howie it all became so entangled in politics and that was heartbreaking as so many were dying. Its hard for the media to say this is bs because President Biden comes out and says he ordered a 90 Day Review by intelligence agents to redouble efforts on whether or not the Lab Origin Theory has he credence. Pretty abrupt shift in tone from this white house. Absolute scandal that Joe Biden canceled the investigation which is the actual story here. He first canceled the investigation into what wasp happening in what was happening in china and this is outrageous. This is our greatest adversary, this is something that has affected the entire world and has been one of the most dramatic events to this country in its history and the idea that he would cancel the investigation, not want to find out the facts, is such so alarming. He got a little bit of Media Pushback when he did that. Thats why he started a new investigation. This is a much bigger story than they let on. Howie let me play a clip from former New York Times science reporter, nicholas wade, who says that most journalists are leftleaning and therefore oppose this because trump gave the theory credence. I think it was just the blindness, if i could put it that way, of our media. Were too polarized to see scientific issues for their own sake without putting a political gloss on them. Howie so your thought on you were alluding to this earlier, if journalists are putting a political gloss on scientific and international questions, it makes It Heart to ged to the real story or to look at possibilities beyond what the conventional a wisdom is at the moment. Facts, President Biden never stopped any investigation. He stopped the State Department Investigation because he didnt think it was thorough enough. He continued the Intelligence Committee Investigation and put more people on that, more money on that actually, the investigation has been going on from one administration to the next for over a year and quite frankly the reason hes even putting more into this within 90 days soys we goat the truth. Like you alluded to, its very difficult when the chinese arent going to let us into the lab. We may never know the truth. Regarding the bit that you played and the politics surrounding that, look, i said it before. The Media Shouldnt politicize this but the media also in the Supply Demand Kind of way is a reflection of what theyre given. Howie let me jump in. Thats what wade was saying, was that Science Journalists accept whatever theyre told by sources. Mollie, i have a half a minute for you to weigh back in here. Thats the entire problem with so much of what our media are doing. They Unconsiderate Callie accept and reto the best of your regur. Early on, they had so many false things they were saying. That did so much to destroy Peoples Trust in the World Health Organization. But we need our reporters to not just regurgitate, whether it was that Donald Trump is a traitor with russia to steal the election or if its insane to wonder from the wuhan instituted of virology may have had a Lab Leak. Howie the media are on fire over prosecutors impaneling a jury in the Trump Organization probe. Later, John Oliver versus local tv news. I wish that i knew what i know now when i was young. 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This is par for the course of a lot of our media. Under Rule Of Law, youre supposed to start with a crime and then investigate the crime. What you see with these type of things and New York is a great example of this is starting with a decision that someone is guilty and working backwards to find a crime. You had this experience with the Special Counsel and how the Department Of Justice handled it. The Attorney General of New York who is part of the probe literally told people to elect her and she would go after trump. This is not american. This is not how youre supposed to do things in this country. The media love it. I think 80 of the country looks at this and says are we really doing this, havent we done this enough and thinks this is not how Rule Of Law should be handled. Howie its not a great thing for Donald Trump. Its a twoyearold investigation. What many are missing, sometimes you get into Real Estate transactions and loans and Tax Liens and, its complicated stuff. It might be other executives get charged or no one gets charged in the end. Theres so much to say on this, howie. I think just some of the headlines just show how ignorant our nation is on a Grand Jury. First of all, not easy to assemble. Second of all, two functions for a Grand Jury. One is, accuse accusatry. The second is to investigate. Its not Donald Trump theyre going after. It is the Trump Organization. There is an individual that could potentially allegedly serve some jail time so it doesnt necessarily come down to Donald Trump. I do howie hes the cfo, just to clarify. Thank you. In addition to that, i would say, look, theres certainly people that hate Donald Trump. From where i sit as a democrat, i certainly saw a lot of hatred toward bill clinton, hillary clinton, barack obama. Its wrong either way. You cant just convenes a Grand Jury because you dont like someone that was a former president. Howie you have the manhattan district attorney, Cy Vance Junior and the state Attorney General, Latisha James. Its reminiscent of Trump Versus Bob mueller. Are the media giving credence to trump arguments that these are partisan New York democrats that are investigateing. The media are part of the investigation. They wont do a good job of emotionally distancing themselves to cover it. The Grand Jury that is investigating the Trump Organization isnt the same as going after trump. Like with the special Counsel Probe, its one in the same. The idea that certain people have, they dont just need to destroy trump, they need to destroy anyone who had any support to him or were tied to him. There were a lot of people that had their lives destroyed by the special Counsel Probe even though no one found a single American Who Colluded with russia to steal the election. Likewise with here, im sure if you dig long and hard enough you can find anybody has committed any number of crimes. Thats not how were supposed to handle things. The fact is, the establishment won. Defeated trump. They dont want any part of this movement survive. Its a scary moment. The media are contributing to the problem. Thats why there will be a backlash against the media and democratic party and the raw abuse of power that were seeing. Howie i thought trump scored a point when he talked about la at Latisha James calling him an illegitimate president before he took office. She opened herself up to media, saying she had gone too far. That has vanished from the coverage. There are many people that say that. They may not say it on national television. There are some that say that and that feel that. I want to point out that a Special Counsel to impeach versus a Grand Jury to potentially indict are two very different processes and two very different platforms. Howie on that point were out of time. Mollie hemingway, leslie marshall, thank you for joining us. Up next, republican leaders repud. 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Here is the media question. Are journalists encouraging Marjorie Taylor greene by giving so much coverage to remarks that even some top republicans find to be outrageous and thats how she gets attention . Well, republicans and democrats are engaged in what i call Labeling War. Each side try to identify the other as an Extremist Party and the media loves that kind of conflict. They love it. And those make great stories. You talk about conflicts between parties and within parties and Marjorie Taylor greene is a case of both. She has divided the republican party. There are few there defending her and saying that no one should be telling her what to say or do when she tries to talk about social ofist policies. She thinks democrats are pushing forward. There are many people within the party that say people like Marjorie Taylor greene are making the gop look terrible and that she should be punished, silenced, some say she should be pushed out of congress. She has lost her committee assignment. Assignment. She is receiving a lot of democrats, as you quoted Mitch Mcconnell and Kevin Mccarthy, top leaders. That is a danger to the party to have them identify with someone who tried to bring up the holocaust and compare it to anything in the united states. Howie is the media helping her in any way. The press is looking for anything she says, not defending the holocaust analogy. She can punch back against the press. She said she is blaming the controversy on the media and the democrats. Certainly with some of her constituents she comes across as a Pop Lift and goes after the media which is something that a lot of people praise because they think the media is unfair in certain parts of the country. Depends what party you belong to. Youre never going to scare the media away from a story like that. The Media Gravitate to conflict and controversial lawmakers like Marjorie Taylor greene. Theres going to be a lot more coverage in the future, depending on what she says. I think there will be more of it as we get closer to the next election. Howie the Cnn Report that Mccarthy And Mcconnell were pressured into condemning the congresswoman after initially staying quiet for several days. Does that sound plausible to you, that they would kind of read the political Tea Leaves and felt like they had to come out and issue those condemning remarks . What i know the republicans loathe to do is react at something that makes it look like theyre reacting to something the democrats want them to do. Everything is like i say, theyre engaged in a Labeling War now. The republicans were all too happy to point to the squad for remarks they made, supporting palestine versus israel with the latest Rocket Battle in the middle east. They want to identify each other as a an Extremist Party. Theres a reluctance among republican leaders to condemn one of their own. Nobody likes to do that because you have inner Party Conflict we will see you a little later be in the program. Next, is there a double standard between the Marjorie Taylor Greene Saga and noncoverage of members of the squad making questionable attacks on israel. A lot of people think dealing with copd is a walk in the park. If i have something to help me breathe better, everything will be fun and nice. But i still have bad days flareups coughs , which can permanently damage my lungs. My lungs need protection against flareups. So its time to get real. Because in the real world our lungs deserves the real protection of breztri. Breztri gives you better breathing symptom improvement, and flareup protection. Its the first and only Copd Medicine proven to reduce flareups by 52 Breztri Wont replace a Rescue Inhaler for sudden breathing problems. It is not for asthma. Tell your doctor if you have a Heart Condition or high Blood Pressure before taking it. 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Howie israel launched a Bombing Campaign in response to Hamas Rocket attacks from gaza, such congress women as Rashida Tlaib systems of oppression in the united states and globally, palestinians are being told the same thing as black folks in america, there is no acceptable form of resistance. Palestinians arent going anywhere no matter how much money you send to israels apartheid government. Howie joining us now, gayle trotter. Why are members of the squad not drawing much Media Scrutiny in contrast to Marjorie Taylor greene. Whether people agree with them or not, you would think that would draw serious coverage. Theres theyre the media darlings. They have this protection that run cover for the Democrat Party and its a study in contrast to see how cnn, for example, selectively denounces rhetoric and the Mainstream Media seems like they want to go after antisemitism, perhaps, except theyre not willing to denounce antisemitism from the left. And we see this over and over again with the vile, reprehensible, antismoteic antc regards. The left dont want to be tied to the comments by the squad. Instead, they want to bury them and not hold any democrat politicians accountable for what members of their party are saying and its typical. Its not something thats unusual from the Mainstream Media but here is yet again more evidence where the Mainstream Media run cover for the Democrat Party. Howie theres nothing wrong with legitimate criticism of israels actions. It was a couple years ago that house democrats passed a Resolution Denouncing antisemitism and other forms of racism, aimed at congresswoman ilhan omar. So gayle says the media theyre media dancer, Talking About media darlings, Talking About members of the squad. How do you view it. I wouldnt call them media darlings. You have to understand the media oftentimes when Talking About israel and palestine, they have a myopic Black And White view. Its actually 50 shades of gray. You can be pro israeli and pro palestinian of. I think because its all about ensuring that israel is a state and it should be athrowed be a state. Allowed to be a state. There has to be Self Determination and Human Rights for palestinians that live in the region. Thats not where the squad is. To say the media treat them like media darlings, i wouldnt go that far. I think this particular issue is really a shade of gray, not Black And White as many in the media try to make it out to be. Howie when Marjorie Taylor greene talks about the holocaust or the lasers controlled by jewish families, reporters say whats your reaction, do you condone that. I dont see the press asking Chuck Schumer or Nancy Pelosi to respond to some of the squads harsh rhetoric towards israel. No. This is an example of professional malpractice by the Mead Y theyre not fair and balanced. They dont make sure they hold sides to the same value and standards many you couldnt have said it better. Theyre not asking the same types of questions as Democrat Leaders like Schumer And Pelosi and not hamminger them with headlines hammering them with headlines about this all the time. They run headlines to try to deflect from it. This is the latest example of this professional malpractice by the Mainstream Media. Howie the other day four house democrats released a letter condemning rhetoric by some of the Squad Members. Quote, these statements are antisemetic at their core and contribute to a climate that is hostile to many jews. It was a blip, hardly got any coverage. Im wondering if theres just a natural tendency to shy away from taking on members of the democratic left, particularly on the volatile issues of the middle east. Oh, listen, i dont think theres an effort to shy away. I think the media is missing the story on how they cover israel and palestine. Let me say this. We must reject antisemitism in every form it comes in. We must rejects xenophobia and islamophobia. When Marjorie Taylor greene releases information about the holocaust, its inflammatory and wrong. Theres a distinction between that and the Squad Members calling out. I think when we mix that together, we make a big mistake and i think the media oftentimes does that too much. Howie when you see coverage, is when you have Bernie Sanders pressuring the biden Administration Talk about the palestinians. This was talked about on cnn. I want to play for you an exchange with Dana Bash and Wolf Blitzer that shows for some people this is a personal subject. My grandparents were nazi refugees. My great grandparents perished at auschwitz. Im a son of holocaust survivors. My grandparents were murdered during the holocaust, two of them at auschwitz. Howie when have you that kind of family history, its impossible not to i think its a good thing to share it with the audience. 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Com howie the media have utterly embraced the democratic push to create an independent commission to investigate the capitol riots. Most journalists were clearly disappointed when it failed with the senate failing to overcome a republican Filibuster Threat despite six gop lawmakers defecting. Gayle, look at the Way Cnn covered this, on anderson coopers show, gop to choose between trump and the truth. Now, given that there are other investigations, including by the justice department, why have the media turned the January 6 commission into such a crusade. Its an attempt and impeachment 3. 0, to create headlines that will go through the midterm elections in 2022, an effort to push a narrative that they want to continue on and on and like you said, the media cheered the first two impeachments and everything was breathlessly reported and they want this impeachment 3. 0 so they benefit from eyeball thats Go To Media Platforms but also to push for the preferred political preference as well. Howie what happened on January 6 was utter attack on our democracy. I want to find out everything i can about it. And i get that its become politicized and republicans want to move on. Shouldnt the coverage reflect that some degree creating the bipartisan commission would benefit republicans by keeping a spotlight on Donald Trumps role on in the violence on January 6. I think you can only have that view if you dont see January 6 as a day that lives in infamy. An angry mob broke into our capitol. Just like the 9 11 commission, when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center and pentagon, a report an bipartisan commission should be something thats like a bible to how we do national security in the country. The fact that republicans are putting politics over this ideal of getting to the bottom of what happened and ensuring it never happens again. Howie im asking you about the coverage and whether they should acknowledge theres political benefit for democrats. Its reprehensible to compare it to 9 11. All the families of 9 11 victims are so upset about this. Wheres the Media Coverage of that . That is outrageous. The capitol should be one of the most protected buildings in the condition tri. Were country. Were you here in 9 11. Did have you to find your loved ones. Did you have Police Officers coming to your home, telling you your loved one passed away. The best way to answer your question is, i think the Media Coverage has been fair. This is not about political party, its about ensuring that the capitol is safe and protected and, yes, will there be political implications for the republicans, absolutely. But has everything to do with the fact that the president , former president , rather, has had terrible rhetoric and incited some of the insurrection, thats not my words, thats the words of Kevin Mccarthy and Mitch Mcconnell. Howie i dont think anyone can watch the coverage and not conclude that most journalists are in favor. Another headline, trump is flying toward online irrelevance. If you ban his from Facebook And Twitter and instagram, online interactions go down. The idea that hes not at the center of republican party politics, that the Media Narratives dont revolve around him, seems pretty far fetched. They protest too much. They want to make him irrelevant. Their effort is to either make him irrelevant, to prove that hes irrelevant or to push people towards that. But the fact is, The Hill reported last week that a majority of republicans want President Trump to run again in 2024. So their effort to push President Trump out of the headlines and to drive, this is another narrative theyre trying to drive. The headline should have been despite being banned by Social Media platforms, by the cheering of the Mainstream Media, donald President Trump still has a majority who want him to run for president. Howie Tens Of Millions of supporters stopped using platforms because theyve become boring and nasty, your thought . Listen, trump is the Elephant In The Room for the republican party. The reason why we can do a segment on Marjorie Taylor Greene Or Matt gates has everything to do with the fact that Donald Trump still runs the party, whether or not hes on Facebook Or Instagram or twitter, he is the leader of the party. His rhetoric controlled the party. Anybody who says theyre trying to silence Donald Trump is missing the fact that every single story about the republican party circles around Donald Trump, whether or not hes in the headlines or not. Howie i think the Media Kind of like that i dont know about Tens Of Millions of people leaving the platform. Gayle, richard, thank you for joining us. After the break, andrew cuomos curious defense of his brother advising him after rick cuomos apology. Stay with us. Dry eye symptoms again . Inflammation might be to blame. 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Howie Rick Santorum is not happy about cnn dumping him as contributor after controversial comments about Native Americans caused an uproar. He showed up on fox. I think it shows the left is intolerant. Theyre worried im sure that their viewership which is obviously very left, theyre going to pay a price. I hear from a lot of liberals, many cnn contributors who talked to me afterwards who were very concerned about the cancel culture thats now hitting them at cnn. Howie were back with susan ferrechio. Wouldnt cnn likely have kept the former senator if he apologized rather than saying he misspoke. Later he did say he misspoke, essentially saying he shouldnt have said what he said and he didnt mean to be insensitive to Native Americans. I think its a case of selective outrage where if you say something and youre conservative, youre canceled and if youre liberal youre excused and its okay. I think thats what hes saying about cnn. If you get rid of all the conservative voices on cnn, can you describe yourself as being impartial. Enn is losing that cnn is losing that reputation. Howie lets move on to Governor Andrew Cuomo who addressed the thing that caused his brother to apologize for privately advising him. Lets roll that. Conversationses with my brother, because hes my brother and best friend. Sometimes i follow it, sometimes i dont. Howie the governor went on to say, i talk to journalists all the time, they tell me thoughts and advice. Even if thats true, i dont know if it is, theyre not related to him and theyre not joining Damage Control calls with the governor and top staff. Who is surprised by any of this . Cuomo appeared on his brothers show regularly. You know they have a close relationship, they must talk constantly about everything. I for one was not the least bit surprised to hear that cuomo was talking to him about this absolutely critical issue, where he could be forced out of office, frankly. People are calling on him to resign over these allegations of sexual harassment. So doesnt surprise me at all. Who knows what hes Talking About, whether the media are giving him advice or if theyre interviewing him and talking to him and he interprets that as advice, well never know unless somebody in the press steps forward and says, yeah, i also consult with cuomo. Journalists should not be doing that. Its a problematic situation with the cuomo brothers. Howie cnns president said Chris Cuomo made a mistake and hes human. A Tennis Star said she wont Talk To The Press at the u. S. Open because she says its better for Mental Health and she doesnt like the questions reporters ask. Excuse me. Hasnt positive Media Coverage made her a worldwide celebrity, who earned almost 50 Million last year. She has completely circumvented the media. You can use your Social Media accounts to communicate with your fans. It raises the question, how important is the media to the Sports World anymore if they can conduct their own interviews and talk to fans through their own Social Media outlets and of Course Connection to the fans is through the media and these interviews as well. So she makes Tens Of Millions of dollars a year. Now she is facing 50,000 fine. She is citing Mental Health as part of the reason. Shes laying the marker down for other media Sports Fans and sports stars to think about skipping past the regular Press Interviews and just communicating with fans themselves through Social Media. Howie she mostly got positive coverage. She makes so much money because the media made her famous. Susan ferrechio, great to see you this sunday. Thanks so much. Still to come, John Olivers expose on how to buy off local news. Its totally hilarious. Youve got to see this. If youre 55 and up, T Mobile has plans built just for you. Switch today and get 2 lines of unlimited and 2 free smartphones. Plus youll now get netflix on us. All this for up to 50 off vs. Verizon. Its all included. 2 lines of unlimited for only 70 bucks. And this rate is fixed. Youll pay exactly 70 bucks total. This month and every month. Only at tmobile. Howie its a long Running Scandal that some local Tv Newscasts are paid for Product Segments that they dress up as news. Hbos John Oliver exposed it with a hilarious scam, creating a bogus product called a sexual Wellness Blanket and paying for segments on abc stations. Heres Utah 4s chief medical correspondent. Im excited to talk with Erica Hernandez with the venus veil, a new product on the market. Its the worlds first sexual health blanket. Its using the magnetics i was Talking About, a technology that was pioneered in germany about 80 years ago. This is full of Cutting Edge technology. It just looks like a blanket. Yeah, it does. Thats because it is. It is just a blanket. Howie heres the austin, texas station. The idea behind the veil is that with the right blend of proprietary magnetic fibers you can create a self contained Magnetic Field that resimulates Blood Flow and gets you feeling like your normal self again. Really interesting. Is it interesting . Or is that Obvious Bull [bleep] that shouldnt have been on in the same hour of coverage as the Cease Fire in the middle east. Howie the newscast sold their integrity, all a for a comedian with a ludicrous idea. I hope youre enjoying this weekend. Check out the Media Buzz meter podcast, you can get it on Apple Itunes for example. Well be back here same time next sunday with more of the Media Buzz. Arthel we begin with a manhunt underway in South Florida for three shooters who opened fire on a crowd outside a Banquet Hall overnight in miami. At least two people are dead and more than 20 are injured. Hello, welcome to Fox News live. Im arthel neville. Hi, benjamin. Im benjamin hall. Im in for eric shawn. The gunfire broke out after midnight. No arrests made yet. Law enforcement asking anyone with information to come forward. We had last night a billid