Farm workers, activism. That s what we all witnessed in 2020, activism. People rising up to declare black lives matter day after day. That s saying a lot. 2020 was the longest year in civil civilization. Oregon. Descended on the city in 2020. It turned into the battle for a soul of our nation. Democracy fundamental civil rights as americans. Portland, oregon. We have been here before. Remember? gentrification. When you were a kid, they weren t telling kumbucha on tap? that seems very portland. Embarrassingly portland, yeah. Whacky bike riding. Simpler times. The question is how did a city that s 70% white become the epicenter of 2020 black lives matter activism. Honestly, where else but portland? portland is a bright blue dot in a state surrounded by red. Activists have been fighting here for years. Since way before it was cool. Add to that the killing of george floyd and a president set on making an example of liberal cities. We could take care of portland in 45 minutes. It is no surp
See here. That story got an editor s 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. It s a difficult thing to investigate given beijing s tight control over chinese society. Most news organizations didn t buy. Nobody s buying wuhan s lab theory the guardian declared last year. That s the reason, if president trump said it, the media dismissed it. This just speaks volumes about our media establishment. Now, nothing s been proven. But the circumstantial evidence is growing. Will there be any soul searching about what amounted to media medical practice. Malpractice. Don t hold your breath. I m 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 que
did they do? bill: they were traveling under the nation. dana: three young guys. bill: 21, 20, 24 finish. dana: that s pretty good. bill: we had them on friday and you asked them about valentine s day and the guys said i am single as a pringle. dana: the best new line. let s get to the white house now where president biden is focusing on his progressive agenda as the impeachment trial comes to a close and the senate heads to recess. very excited to have our white house correspondent peter doocy. the president has a targeted timeline for covid relief. tell us about that? we re within a month. march 14th the senate leadership wants a vote on the american rescue plan. today they ll start a new healthcare push even without a new law. get people insured during the pandemic. a special open enrollment period at healthcare.gov. we don t know when congress will vote on another healthcare package or the biden immigration bill that would shorten the pathway to citizenship
[music playing] the baltimore ravens select michael oher, offensive tackle, mississippi. when the nfl draft came around in 2009, michael oher brought the tuohys to his introductory press conference and introduced them as kind of his parents, which he thought they were. they meant a lot to me. i don t think i d be here without them. they showed me a lot of things. they taught me a lot. so i owe them everything. michael, do you want to introduce them? sure. you got my dad, sean tuohy, on the first row seat. mom, leigh anne tuohy, brother sean, and collins, older sis. there s always 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 truths in every story. if i looked at this story, i would say, it s about a young man who had his voice taken from him early on. do you have any place to stay tonight? don t you dare lie to me. the blind side told this story in a very boiled down way of michael oher, a young black kid coming from the projects of memphis, from a dysfunctional family, who is embraced and eventually adopte
[music playing] the baltimore ravens select michael oher, offensive tackle, mississippi. when the nfl draft came around in 2009, michael oher brought the tuohys to his introductory press conference and introduced them as kind of his parents, which he thought they were. they meant a lot to me. i don t think i d be here without them. they showed me a lot of things. they taught me a lot. so i owe them everything. michael, do you want to introduce them? sure. you got my dad, sean tuohy, on the first row seat. mom, leigh anne tuohy, brother sean, and collins, older sis. there s always 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 truths in every story. if i looked at this story, i would say, it s about a young man who had his voice taken from him early on. do you have any place to stay tonight? don t you dare lie to me. the blind side told this story in a very boiled down way of michael oher, a young black kid coming from the projects of memphis, from a dysfunctional family, who is embraced and eventually adopte