is a choice between two equal members of congress and one is a looker and one not so much i speak of barney frank, he gets on a lot. please. that television is doing what it does with anchors and reporters. hooks are a factor. looks are a factor. sure. look at fox. everybody says, there s a fox babe. people like to get information and news from people who are good-looking. i think it s self-selecting in society. it s just a problem with television news. no. not what about presidential candidates, michele bachmann, sarah palin? i wasn t thinking about women, but i do think that, yes, you have to look presidential. it s harder for people to hire or to vote for somebody who is not of a certain weight and cut and i m going to get myself in trouble. unlike you, i was thinking about women. right. thank you very much for joining us here in new hampshire. after the break, the political director of new hampshire s biggest television
contributor again. santorum has traveled all of iowa, and he s still gaining no traction. there s a reason for that. then of course, santorum finished in a virtual tie in the iowa caucuses. how could news outlets make this mistake again and fail to scrutinize santorum s record in the process? mitt romney faces skeptical questioning despite winning iowa because his margin was a measly eight votes. what does did say about your candidacy that you actually won fewer votes than but in 2008, and you fought rick santorum to a draw? perhaps the press is just trying to keep this race alive? plus, we ll talk to the political director of the dominant tv station, wmur, about covering the nation s first primary as a local story. i m howard kurtz and this is the new hampshire edition of reliable sources. the media narrative here in new hampshire is set. mitt romney wins easily, everyone else fights for second place. sounds right, but remember four years ago when everyone in
rick santorum s political career will be ending soon. he will go to the republican convention next year not as a candidate but as a fox news contributor again. santorum has traveled all of iowa, and he s still gaining no traction. there s a reason for that. then of course, santorum finished in a virtual tie in the iowa caucuses. how could news outlets make this mistake again and fail to scrutinize santorum s record in the process? mitt romney faces skeptical questioning despite winning iowa because his margin was a measly eight votes. what does did say about your candidacy that you actually won fewer votes than but in 2008, and you fought rick santorum to a draw? perhaps the press is just trying to keep this race alive? plus, we ll talk to the political director of the dominant tv station, wmur, about covering the nation s first primary as a local story. i m howard kurtz and this is the new hampshire edition of reliable sources. the media narrative here in new