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office? look, i didn t overpromise. what i have probably outperformed what anybody thought would happen. do you need to be more realistic and scale down these priorities now that a legislation appears to be hopelessly stalled? can you now lay out your strategy to protect voting rights? i spoke to a number of black voters who fought to get you elected, and now they feel as though you re not fighting hard enough for them. why are you trying so hard in your first year to pull the country so far to the left? if. howard: there were plenty of neutral issue questions and some softer ones. cnned asked whether biden had done enough to restore faith in the confidence of government. can you imagine such wording for president trump? and there was none of the personal hostility that marked the trump years. but for the most part, white house reporters stepped up and did their job. i m howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz . howard: now we ve come to expect an ideological div ....
rebranding effort, insisted to nbc that the white house could get it done, but anchor craig melvin wasn t buying it. why has the administration not been able to get democrats onboard? we are not giving up. yeah, but the question is wh- but you re acting as though it s over. well, i mean, it s it s not over. howard: except it was over a few hours later. rather than waiting for biden to meet with senate democrats on the hill, kyrsten sinema slapped the president of her own party saying, yeah, voting rights is important, but i m not dropping hi support for the filibuster, same position as joe manchin. when you hear commentators say it s the evil republicans who are stopping voting reform, remember, it s joe biden s party or who s not getting it done. i m howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz. howard: ahead, glenn greenwald joins us on coverage of the latest charges in the january 6th probe. joe biden and kamala harris drew a whole lot of coverage for th ....
now, the polarizing media environment means pro-trump people will feel offended by the attacks, pro-biden feeling the harsh words were justified. i m trying, as always, to stick to the facts, but i get the deep level of distrust. none of this moves the ball or helps solve a single problem facing the country starting with covid. it s just more finger pointing that some folks may well be tuning out. january 6th remains a double tragedy. the violence two blocks from here, a year ago and the toxic politics that have led to a more divided america. i m howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz. howard: ahead, brian kilmeade joins us on the media coverage of this emotional week. the 46th president devoted much of his speech in the capitol rotunda to denouncing the 45th prime minister. we didn t see a 45th president. we didn t see a former president who had just rallied the mob to attack sitting in a private dining room off the oval office in the white house watching it a ....
85-90% of viral transmission happens in those first fife days which is why we really want people to stay home during that period of time and then mask for the rest of the time. howard: okay, sure. and on the today show and cnn, walensky dodged the questions. so from what you re saying, it sounds like this decision had just as much to do with business as it did the science. why should americans trust the cdc? my job right now is to take all of the science and the information that we have and to deliver guidance and recommendations to the american people. howard: the jig was up when anthony fauci admitted on msnbc that there was a strong economic motivation behind the move. that might have a negative impact on our ability to maintain the structure of society, of all the essential workers that you would need if you keep them all out for a period of ten days. howard: look, there should be a media debate over these strategies. but whether it s mandates or masks, reme ....
president jay wallace while not condoning the antagonisticking tone said we do support open exchanges for the american people. and fox announced it would file a friend of the court brief in the case in which cnn won. i have been extremely critical of acosta, but i said the white house shouldn t revoke his pass. fox has been under fire this week over january 6th texts from three of its hosts, and here s what don lemon had to say about this network. why does jen psaki even continue to call on fox in the briefing room? your network is promoting bs and lies about what is actually happening in the country and helping to inspire and incite an since protection, why should they be able to take part? howard: i m sorry, but this is a really low blow. if he wants to score cheap points by pretending fox doesn t have a news division, by ignoring the fact that peter doocy often generates news by asking important questions, he has lost sight of what matters in journalism. by tha ....