I didnt like it, i didnt appreciate it. It was the rude, it was illmannered. I think it was factually incorrect. Howard and should the network be embarrassed that the jorge ramos was denigrating President Trump . John bolton is out with leaks on both sides about the two men clashing on Foreign Policy. John bolton is reported to have been maybe the key player in stopping the taliban visit to camp david, and that frustrated the president , and now john boltons gone. This is what happens if you do tell the president the truth. It is great news for america, especially for the large number of young people who would have been killed in wars if bolton had stayed on the job. Howard im howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. Howard fox news alert, the New York Times began by deleting a tasteless tweet by two of its reporters. Its an odd opinion section piece that waits until the ninth paragraph to describe whats called new information about the allegations by Deborah Ramirez, the woman who took six days to assess her memories before telling the new yorker that kavanaugh exposed himself to her at a party at yale, which he flatly denied. The authors say they spoke to seven people who heard about the event many years ago, and they published a second allegation about another Drunken Party where kavanaugh supposedly pulled down his pants, and friends pushed a woman into touching him. They talked to two officials who communicated with the man who claimed it happen. President trump now the radical left and the Mainstream Media are after Brett Kavanaugh again. He is an innocent man whos been treated horribly, such lies about him. They want to scare him into turning liberal. And the president said Brett Kavanaugh should start suing people for libel. Joining us now to analyze the coverage, ben domenech, founder and publisher of the federalist, Susan Ferrechio and gene zano. Is it fair for the New York Times to have the appropriators drop this into an analysis piece, a charge of this magnitude against a sitting Supreme Court justice, without the backup that ordinarily is required of a hard news story . Absolutely not. Theres a number of things that, frankly, they leave out, things that are in some cases included in the book in a very quiet way. They just kind of go right past the point that you made in your open that this accuser, the supposed second accuser is not someone who actually is making this claim. This is being claimed by someone associated. They also dont make clear about who ben styier is, mainly that he and Brett Kavanaugh have been on opposite sides in the past, the Clinton Lewinsky battle where they clearly had, you know, an experience of opposition. Thats something that should be included in any story of this magnitude. Howard if the times says that a foreman classmate is making this allegation about another Drunken Party remember, this is more than three decades ago and he refuses to talk and they talk to two people that talked to him, is that secondhand information enough to go with . Its not enough. You need two sources. The second allegation is the one i have the problem with. They say there is this allegation, but the person whos making it we havent been able to talk to, but we talked to officials who talked to this person. That is not enough to print it, particularly in the newspaper. If theres an excerpt from a book that they are advertising on behalf of these reporters sticking it into the newspaper in the opinion section and using that as a basis to make these allegations, i think both of those things are problematic journalistically. Howard susan, these may be lies, but we dont know. Its two journalists reporting a book. Is the president on solid ground in saying, first of all, these are lies; second of all, they are trying to intimidate kavanaugh into making more liberal rulingsing, and finally, in suggestion that he sue for libel . Well, hes a public figure the, kavanaugh, so i dont know about i suing for lie libel. But the president makes a point that the New York Times is trying to say he was a drunken sexual offender in college. Its not backed up even in the book, and i think that why, you know, you and i are reporters, why did they write the story this way, maybe its so far down in the story because its really not backed up by facts, its just implied. Can you really make that kind of accusation against somebody without real facts, saying witnesses saw this . Its not there. So i dont understand why they framed it that way other than to back up what the president is saying, which is that they want to portray kavanaugh as some kind of sexual offender. Howard i reached out to kavanaugh for comment, his team is deciding not to comment for now. They dont want to fuel this story, although the president s kind of done that for them. I obtained the Relevant Pages from this forthcoming book which is the education of brett caf nawmpleght an investigation. The woman, the allegedded victim here at this longago yale party, she is named, by the way, although according to this telling shes a Sexual Assault victim. She refused to discuss the incident, though several of her friends say she does not recall it. Now, that was left out of what the New York Times published today. If this happened, wouldnt she be very, very likely to recall it . And how do you leave that out of an account about a Supreme Court justice . Ben . I just think this is so irresponsible on the part of the times. I mean, we kind of skipped past one of the things, this was not a good week for the New York Times social media team who had to delete and apologize a couple of different tweets. I think what youre talking about is to be essential to be included in it, you cant just, to susans point, make this kind of implication, this massive kind of claim without including all the necessary facts that people need to know in order to make a Fair Assessment of it and to know what they dont know about the claim and what details howard this woman, im not going to name her. The times does identify her for by name, the alleged victim here whose friends say she does not remember this longago incident, the book has a, quoteunquote, written statement by her. Its about vouching for her friend Deborah Ramirez, saying shes honest and has integrity. Yeah. And, you know, i think that, again, is part of the problem that we havent had the benefit of reading the entire book. Obviously excerpts, we havent read it. The times pulled out sections of this book which to all of these points is the problem. Because you have allegations that are unsubstantiated. I do think we have to differentiate between the first allegations for which there are apparently seven people corroborating and the second for which there is no corroboration. And to bens point, the tweet is absolutely despicable. To describe, if it end happened, to describe it as harmless fun, to do that to a young woman is absolutely unacceptable. Howard Deborah Ramirez did not testify in the hearings. The seven people, according to this book, said they had heard about it, but theyre not eyewitnesses. So im left thinking they dont have the classmate directly who is claiming this, and they dont have an on the record comment from the woman herself and her friends say she doesnt remember it. What do they have . Okay. So its the way you package the story you write it as though its fact, and then you put the lack of facts further down the story where nobody reads it. So the Public Perception is that its fact. I watched it all unfold last night on social media. People are looking at this as if its another likely true allegation against kavanaugh backed up by zero facts. Its changing the narrative, and its really about the medias own accountability here. Are we going to keep reporting stories like this based on our own political biases . To target people or support people depending on whether we like them or hate them . Reporters need to write about facts, and thats what they were supposed to do here. Howard obviously, many of us will have more to say after weve seen the book. Let me turin now to john turn now to john bolton, former Fox News Contributor. Heres what the president said, he made pretty clear in speaking to reporters that he was unhappy with bolton. He made some very big mistakes when he talked about the libyan model for kim jong un. That was not a good statement to make. Hes somebody that i actually had a very Good Relationship with, but he wasnt getting along with people in the administration that i consider very important. Howard ben. Com niche, theres obviously been domenech, theres been commentary about this is his Third National security adviser, almost everybody in his orbit flames out eventually. Has that overshadowed their fundamental differencens on differences on several fundamental policy issues . Someone will join the White House Team and immediately be criticized as a terrible choice, you know . John bolton is this warmonger coming in howard the wild man. Hes a wild man thats going to lead us into war, and as soon as he leaves, oh, strange new respect. Its, oh, no, he was a strong hand at the wheel, you know . The now the president s going to be even crazier. To me, t kind of ridiculous. The president clearly has differences with a lot of people that he brings around and adjudicating those differences is something thats very important for a managerred to do. In this case i think the problem wasnt just that john bolton didnt see eye to eye with the president , its that he had a difficult relationship with secretary pompeo and with other members of the president s team, and that made things more and more difficult to function. But the way this was depicted whenever someone leaves always cracks me up. Howard in particular, liberals were outraged by john boltons appointment because he does have this very hawkish record and all hed say on fox over the years, and now many of the same liberals are saying this is a terrible thing, that trump pushed him out. Yeah. You almost get whiplash, right . When hes appointed, its bemoaning the fact that he would make this appointment, somebody that is such a hawk, is and all of a sudden its become being fired by the president is somehow a hallmark that you have moved up your status or retiring or resigning, however this came out. But, you know, to me, its really nonstory. The story here should be a story about the impact on our Foreign Policy and Donald Trumps approach to Foreign Policy and leading the nation. That should be the story, not the comes and goings of bolton. Howard well, in fairness, some have tried to deal with that. Look, the president has a lot of turnover in this white house, fact. President does like to hire tv commentators, larry kudlow from cnbc. But on iran, on russia, on syria and, of course, on the afghanistan summit at camp david which got canceled, it cannot have been a secret to donald trump. I was surprised when he joined the Administration Just based on what the president campaigned on; getting troops out of afghanistan, more focus on the United States versus trying to change the world abroad. I was surprised. I didnt think he would last long, and i knew once they got to afghanistan, things would start to clash. But the president said im really easy to work for because i make all the decisions. Warning to whoever takes boltons place. Howard a little more on this after the break, and well also look at the coverage of the democratic debate. One of the benefits we as a country give our veterans is eligibility for a va loan for up to 100 of your homes value. Thank you, admiral. So if you need money for your family, call newday usa. I p u ]÷ug< enterprise car sales and youll take any tradein . Rom thats right great here you go. Well, it does need to be a vehicle. But i need this out of my house. vo with fair, Transparent Value for every tradein. Enterprise makes it easy. Here, hello starts with hi mple. How can i help . A data plan for everyone. Everyone . Everyone. Lets send to everyone [ camera clicking ] wifi up there . Ahhh. Sure, why not . Howd he get out . a camera might figure it out. That was easy glad i could help. At xfinity, were here to make life simple. Easy. Awesome. So come ask, shop, discover at your xfinity store today. Howard the democratic debate in a moment, but just to finish up our conversation here with the panel on john bolton leaving the white house, the final straw, ben, was bolton being opposed to president inviting taliban leaders to camp david to sign a peace deal in afghanistan. Of course, the president canceled it in the wake of a car bombing. At the same time, there were a lot of tensions about leaking to the press, and when President Trump met with the kim jong un at the dmz, bolton disputed a New York Times story about an interim deal with north korea. He said this publicly, some were trying to box in the president. Then bolton was accused of leaking reporters notes from an off the record leaking. You know, i think that the president is certainly someone who dislikes people on his team leaking, and i think that, you know, john bolton, you know, whatever you think of him, is someone who has somewhat of a cozy relationship with a lot of people in the media. Hes been in the media for years, and you tend to talk to people like that. I think this is something the president needs to be cognizant of when hes hiring people from the media to go into his administration. Howard just briefly, why shouldnt he have somebody who agrees with him on the major Foreign Policy issues and someone who hes comfortable with . Its not like other president s havent had various top aides for political and policy reasons. Brookings has done a fascinating accounting of the turnover, and it is higher in the third year, its even lower than obama. President s turn over fast, they turn over appointments. That is their absolute right to do that. Howard now, the press is often accused, susan, of palace intrigue. Theres a lot of stories about tension with bolton and the president and others. Washington post on august 30th that the white house had sidelined bolton on afghanistan, and an Embassy Spokesman at the time said this was a biased report based on unconfirmed leaks and theres more truth in the national enquirer. Ten days later, hes gone. This happens a lot, doesnt it, where the white house denies something only for it to be confirmed later through the president s actions. I think the big problem is so many leaks occupant of the white house. Out of the white house. Howard i want to get to the debates. Jorge ramos of univision was on the panel, take a look at a couple of the questions that he asked the candidates. Are you prepared to say tonight that you and president obama made a mistake about deportations . Why should latinos trust you . We didnt lock people up in cages, we didnt separate families. President trump has called mexicans rapists and killers, do you think people who support President Trump and his immigration policies are racist . Anyone who supports this is supporting racism. Do you think Trump Supporters are racist . How was he able to sit on that abc panel and crusade . Is that an embarrassment to the network . You know, in 2016 i think everyone would agree that the most embarrassing debate moderation was done by john harwood of cnbc. It was insulting. He talked to nowPresident Trump saying he was running a comic book campaign. Jorge ramos, i think, on the scale of 10 being harwood, he was a solid 8. It was a situation where he was saying all of these things that are so opinionatedded and so aggressive and suggesting, offering all these different defenses up. You cant i put someone who is that strong of an advocacy role on a debate panel and expect it to go well. Howard abc certainly knew what it was getting with ramos. I dont see anyone in the main stream media saying hes supposed to be neutral. Remember, fox cant host a dnc debate because its so biased. And, you know, my problem is having networks at all host these debates. There was a time when the league of women voters was hosting debates. And when they were pushed out of that position, they said this is a charade and pushed on the American Public by institutions that are designed to make money. That is the problem. You need independent organizations running these debates, not networks. Howard my point is that bret baier, martha mccam lumbar would be a lot more solid. Let me ask you, super, i thought maybe hed make an attempt to tone it down. You know, how dare the Obama Administration enforce the law by deporting people who were here illegally, three million of them. Your take. I think they wanted that. I think abc was looking for some sparks, and they got them. I think the debates for the primaries, its okay to have someone like him doing that. They dont hide it anymore. They dont hide the bias in these debates anymore. I say it all the time, its fine when youre just talking just to democrats. My concern is whats going to happen when we get to the general debate. Thats when we need to be very careful who we put up there. I know there were accusations of bias last time. I say let cspan do it this time. We need a real neutral person howard its a great suggestion. I dont see it happening. We have more to say about this. Of course, the decision was made to put him on. Back in a moment. Howard the most buzzedabout moment at the democratic debate in houston was Julian Castro taking on joe biden. Were going to play the exchange, and well talk about it on the other side. Are you forgetting what you said two minutes ago . Forgetting already what you said just two minutes ago . I cant believe that you said two minutes ago that they had to buy in, and now youre saying youre forgetting that. Anyone who has [inaudible] youre automatically enrolled. Howard this was a dispute about what biden had said about his medicare option proposal and, in fact, the unanimous verdict, susan, of journalists was that castro got it wrong on the facts. We can debate that the, but what also happened is that, as we plaid at the top, pundits just completely came down on castro for what was described as a low blow. Is this an example of journalists blowing the whistle as referees . I dont think they should have blown the whistle on this one, because i thought it was right for him to question what really is in his plan here. Do they have to buy in . You just said they didnt, but now youre saying they did howard thats not exactly what he did. By saying are you forgetting, are you forgetting, each though cats troh said later castro said later he wasnt he was trying to imply that the Vice President cant keep his facts straight. The media have been writing endlessly about bias, mixing up facts, forgetting stories, all these blunders along the way, questioning his age, so why shouldnt one of the candidates . Howard all right. Maybe because he denied that he was doing that very thing the. Ben, id like to hear you on this but also in a broader sense. And, again, i think stephanopoulos did a good job, but with abcs heavy focus on racism, universal health care, not even a challenge to beto orourkes hell, yes, well take away your guns was this conducted in the left lane . It was entirely conducted in the left lane. I feel there were so many questions that were extremely important that werent asked, we didnt get a question about the economy, about how a lot of these ambition plans that they have are ever going to be the passed or come to fruition given the makeup of the congress, how would you make these impossible dreams a reality . Those are things that are practical and real and completely ignored by the debate that focused on the most hot button issues, trying to create the most hot moment, trying to create television as opposed to answers for the voters. Howard in fairness, they only had three hours. [laughter] and then joe biden was asked about a 40yearold vote, essentially about slavery reparations. Ill be damned if i feel responsible to pay for what happened 300 years ago. Jeannie, i think the consensus was that this was joe bidens best debate. He had missteps, but isnt it clear that most reporters and commentators are not fans of this 76yearold winning the nomination . Yeah. Of course, because hes been leading in the polls most of the time howard despite next week hes going to implode because this bad debate happened or he made this mistake, and im not saying we shouldnt cover his misstatements and gaffes, but the media seems to think that hes going to slip on a banana peel any moment. Well, i thinks what theyre waiting for. And to bens point, this is how you get ratings. You cant write that, you know, hes the frontrunner, and hes made no unforced errors. The more mistakes he makes, the happier they are to report it which is fine, but its not in the interest of democracy. Howard democrats told politico they think i any of the 20 or 30something reporters covering biden think hes just not cool enough he talked about record players [laughter] those are cool again. Howard i dont know, i like mine. Jeannie, super, ben, thanks finish for kohing so much covering so much ground. Nfl star Antonio Brown ready to to debut with the patriots today. But first, the ouster of john bolton leads [inaudible] sean spicers up next. Howard joining us now from los angeles, sean spicer, former White House Press secretary and Senior Advisor to the America First pact. Welcome. Youre talking good morning to you. We were talking about john bolton being pushed out of the white house and you had the experience of resigning from the white house with the president was unhappy and after bolden and mattis and shutins and asked to listen and others the media verdict seems to be the president loses patience with almost everyone who works with him. Your thoughts . I think in this case is different. Ambassador bolton has served his country well but at some point the president needs people started him with his agenda and not theirs. Theres clearly right now the divide between what ambassador bolton thought was the correct Foreign Policy particularly with respect to syria and other libyan or hot spots. Secretary pompeo and the president think otherwise and the president clearly deserves to have people around him that agree with his foreignpolicy. They may challenge him to bring up ideas but dont fundamentally have a different way of thinking. Howard Washington Post analysis is the president sometimes has a kafkaesque management style which he does not want to get bad press but does not want to get too much good press and demands fealty in the words of this article. Again, this is a policy thi thing. John bolton was not on the cover up to any magazines or out in front of it but what press there was was talking about the divergence they had on the hot spots currently exist particularly in north korea and syria and other places, i ran where ambassador bolton showed a difference of what he wanted or what he thought the right president wants. The president deserves to have people around him that understand his agenda and ready to implement and not go in a different direction but its one thing to challenge them to bring up new ideas and another thing to not follow through in the direction what the president hears you out and makes a decision. Howard lets turn to breaking news. New york times story today to reporters written a book about pets, not nomination saying there is a second all legends, 35 years ago drunken dorm party which the now Supreme Court justices he has exposed himself but the problem is with the story that we talked about earlier is that the former classmate who made this claim didnt talk to the porters but they talked to two people who talk to the classmates of a woman who allegedly was the victim of this was an incident did not talk at all and her friends that she doesnt remember. Howard and they did talk to Brett Kavanaugh either. Howard they did asked to speak to kavanaugh but he declined. Corrects. But there are two sources in the spring one is cap not in one is mr. Ramirez and neither one spoke to the times. That seems problematic on its face than either person who our primary sources in this particular story were spoken to. I, howie, i know its getting lost in the coverage for the tweet the times but out was unbelievably well beyond the word insensitive and i dont know what even words come to mind right now but the idea that there is not out rate on the left where is Kristen Angela brandt or Hillary Clinton in the idea to use the language that they did and i will not repeat it here on television but in that tweet and theres no outrage from these people who stood up and talked about fighting for women and these inappropriate remarks is disgusting. The idea that other colleagues at the New York Times who sit there and watch this happen arent speaking out and say not acceptable. Time and time again the New York Times has a pattern of doing inappropriate things but last week we thought the Political Editor reveal all these antisemitic tweets and everyone in the New York Times that that there lets it go by is complicit. For all the talk about what donald trump says and does coming from the New York Times they need to mind their own house first. They have a problem with antisemitic comments from their own staff and this was clearly a highly inappropriate tweet put out another example of the folks online doing stuff and the idea that everyone washes it away. New york times has a serious problem in the idea that every one of those journalists the work there and other colleagues and folks on the left the claim to have this holier than thou attitude are silent just shows you the hypocrisy that goes on. Howard let me jump in and clarify. The time to delete the tweet. The way they thought it was hold on, hold on, they said it was poorly worded then they got hit again and then they deleted it and then they finally said they apologized. Howard without repeating it had to do with being woman confronted with someones genitals and it was utterly tasteless. The comments from the editor were from ten years ago but i agree with your overall point. Let me turn to andrew mckay, former fired director of the fbi. He was seen as a hired at a cnn contributor and hes facing the likely indictment what position does it put cnn in which put them on the air and colleagues as a his great colleague but he could well be facing, charges . , im about to go on dancing with the stars and Brian Seltzer is the online pr person for cnn literally had a meltdown that i was doing a dancing show and yet they hire a guy thats about to be indicted for lying and they sit there and make excuses over and over why thats acceptable. Lets call it. He lacked candor and was faulted with all the buzzwords except for lying. Everyone in the trump world is a liar but when they hire someone that lacked candor or werent all these other buzzwords. Cnn has two standards. One for everyone against trump and one for everyone who works with trump. They cant have it both ways. They want to excuse everybody that supports this president but as long as you lying to go against the president for this greater good they brought in on that is okay. Howard we got to go but tomorrow with dancing with the stars, will you win this thing . Its life. Howard actually boost expectations, are you going all the way . The odds are 15 to one so if youre looking to make box you might make a few shows. Im going for that mirror ball and the campaign starts. Howard ill save my money. John spicer, thank you. After the break cia flatly devise a story blaming the president in part for having the u. S. Yank a kremlins buyout of moscow. 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Cia flatly denied the story as it is former chief. Secretary of state, mike pompeos practicing that report and that is material and inaccurate but you should know i dont talk about things like this often and its only the occasion when theres something i think that puts people at ri risk. Howard joining us now, steve hayes, Fox News Contributor a former editor of the Weekly Standard with is launching a new Media Venture with john and. Welcome back to what you make of the single store story with two major newspaper saying the part about it being trumps fault is in true. Not just the fact that the times of the post knockdown the story or it seems it was in the beginning but how they did it. You read the comment from the New York Times knocking down from the story and Washington Post reported that the x filtration is not the reason for the decision to remove the cia source. Thats a pretty categorical reputation of what jim reported. The question to me anyway is a timeframe. The original asset was originally offered out of russia in late 2016. Howard that was before trump was president. F, six months before the meeting in the oval office were Sensitive Information was disclosed by President Trump to russian. Howard but jim says in the story that in the end of the Obama Administration officials had expressed concerns about the safety of the fight but he doesnt mention he was the political appointee it does not mention on air or online version but does this cast a shadow over the report came back. Its an interesting question. One of the most interesting questions we deal with as a journalist on one hand i think its tremendously valuable to have someone with the kind of experience inside the administration the gym brings to reporting. On the other hand you want to disclose that is often as is feasible or possible to let his consumers know that this could be shaping the way you are delivering the news. Obviously, [inaudible] i think its a fairminded answer. Let me turn to the Foreign Policy the president this was a bombshell from last weekend revealing that he canceled this plan with the taliban leaders at camp david days before the 911 anniversary to basically sign a peace deal with the taliban and that was vigorously opposed by john bolton and was the triggering reason for the final straw and leaving the white house and even fellow conservatives were highly critical of the president for even considering this. Its an incredible story in fact the president had kept this a secret suggest that this is a different way of operating for this president. The news media was blindsided. Most people including intelligence folks that i have been talking to did not have any idea. Howard raising the question how did not leak . They did not tell people it is a demonstration to correct the security enough important. As i think if you look at history of the president s decisionmaking like i ran its an ad hoc decision. He changes his mind a lot and will do last minute height dra drama, highstakes. Ten minutes from bombing iran and the present without that he gets criticized for this but he just has a different i think they dont like his management style and they dont like the last minute with things like trade negotiation back and forth but maybe its time to stop parading in the way traditional previous presence have run that office let me ask you about the bolden situation because it was such a huge new story. John bolton very high profile guy with hawkish views that were no secret and do you think the story overall was overplayed . All these people on the other hand the argument is that hes a formal National Security advisor and there was a messy exit, i would say disputing i resigned, no you were told to resign. Actually, it was probably underplayed honestly. If you look at this in Historical Context that this wasnt the Trump Presidency and something unfolded like one unfolded it would be the only story. It would be the thing that we were talking about for a week but in this case. Howard why was it underplayed . As he said, this is way the president makes a decision but it such a different highlevel turnover, 51 very senior and ministration officials have come and gone at a rate much higher barack obama or george w. Bush or bill clinton. Its significant that it tells us about the way the president makes decisions and im a reporter i want to know or provide as much insight as i can to help the president makes the decisions. What is most interesting in the media missed on this is the president s suggestion that he did not know what john bolton believes but john bolton has made the same arguments for three decades. Howard in fact, the president publicly joked about me have been in for wars now and i have other voices and i think he wanted them in as a dissenter but maybe the dissent got to be too much and it became abrasive overtime. Thats a plausible theory but if you look at what the president tweeted hes basically saying this guy did not agree with me but he did not agree with you before you came in for donald trump is one whose views have changed more than john boltons. Howard steve hayes, thank you for joining us. Still to come, controversial for the new England Patriots to sign receiver Antonio Brown. Howard it was controversy over the new England Patriots find Antonio Brown. Best wide receiver in nfl but off the field clashes with coaches and team it for the last two teams dumped him but suddenly it became far more than a sports story. We begin with a bombshell in the world of sports. One most prominent Wide Receivers in the nfl Antonio Brown has been accused of rape and a lawsuit with the complaint from this woman against Antonio Brown is explicit in graphic and sounds violent. Howard joining us now, former espn reporter, Britt Mchenry how should the press recover this former trainer Freddie Taylor and says she habits that happen in 2018 that happen to be filed the day after he joined the patriots and brown, of course, denies these allegations and his lawyer says there was one account that was consensual. They need to stick to statements that have been set to the facts of this case as they unfold. I would like to believe in what i have noticed from several of my former colleagues in sports media is they have done a good job up to this point but i was not satisfied with pregame Coverage Today on the nfl network was talking about how much of a great target he will be for the new England Patriots and the team that won six championships. Espn got right when they said is a former captain of the patriots i would not be happy with this man coming onto the team and still playing and being in that locker room. I agree with them. Howard nfl is about getting and they are waiting on that litigation surround is eligible to play today. Is a quick bite of coach belichick dodging the question. Were you aware of the lawsuit when you signed Antonio Brown . I will not make a statement. Its already been given. When we know more will say more. Howard famously taciturn. What about the way in which the whole saga has been covered with all the past problems and altercations but now this very serious allegation of rape and other forms of Sexual Assault . Its been nothing short of a circus sent what now seems to be campaigning actively to leave oakland with juvenile antics. I think the press as a whole could have been better at the time it was an example of twitter journalism work each insider wanted to break the neck story and will he stay there but i think in this case as i said theres been thoughtful reporting about allegations but she speaking to the nfl tomorrow and their fast tracking that. Howard the lawsuit includes pretty ugly tax sent by Antonio Brown to his former trainer with Washington Post sport columnist says its hard to give brown the benefit of the doubt when he texted this woman that she was a week pitch and a fake hope. This includes shoving him to the ground and its hard for the press to separate his controversial history with weather these allegations are true. He set himself up to have a wrestling heel persona in the worst kind of weight leading to a serious situation now. Yes, i agree with you, howard. He is not put himself in a great light. Its disappointing. I think, personally the patriots could have decided to sit him for the game today at least until the woman is able to testify in front of nfl officials. He wont get the benefit of the doubt in the media and has not so far but again i think it supported for people not to speculate one way or the other and report the facts. Howard good advice. Not sure everyone will follow it but great to see you. That is it for this addition of media buzz but im howard kurtz, check out live Podcast Media buzz you can subscribe at foxnews podcast. Com. Apple or itunes or google play with will help you continue the conversation on twitter at howard so no one we had a lot of breaking news and thats what always is challenging about the Television Business but we are back your next sunday, you know the time, 11 00 a. M. Eas heather it is monday, september 16th. Happening right now at 4 00 a. 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