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>> sandra: president trump about fed up with the mainstream media and the coverage of the coming firing now threatening to cancel future white house briefings to get more accuracy. it appeared he may be onto something. according to a new study by the media research center, the three big networks spent 62% of their nightly broadcast coverage on wednesday pushing a comey conspiracy theory. suggesting the president fired him because the russian investigation was closing in. so far, there is absolut...

Yourself. the public can. and you can follow the conversation, you can follow the questions and the answers. but the problem isnt -- with accuracy is that his staff people, his surrogates are unable to give an answer that will hold for more than a couple of hours because he keeps changing the message. i dont know how much -- i dont know how he can claim as you say that hes great at controlling the message and directing the message. that may work in the rally scenario, but working with the media ...

President trump this morning defending a series of confli conflicting acts on james comeys firing saying as a very active president with lots of things happening, it is not possible for them to stand at podium with perfect accuracy. maybed best thing to do would be to cancel also future press briefings and hand out written responses for the sake of accuracy. >> joining me now, elise jordan, and jorsh ernest. the whole notion of channelling the white house press briefings, whether or not they sho...

27 dinner between the former fbi director and the president of the united states? >> im not aware of that. >> i have one follow-up question for you. what can the administration do better when it comes to communication? today the president tweeted out that he felt from behind that podium its not always possible to present the information with perfect accuracy. >> so, look, i think we come out here every day and try to do the best job we can communicating what the president has done and the accomp...

That was press secretary sean spicer being asked about president trumps tweets about james comey, whether there were tapes of the dinner conversation between the two, and the fate of future white house press briefings. he has said that maybe they would stop having press briefings for awhile and instead just issue typed statements that could be picked apart, checked for accuracy. you saw the back and forth there. a somewhat subdued on a relative basis. sean spicer ended with a smile there. the cr...

Tweeting is a very active president with lots of things happening, and is not possible for my surrogates to stand at a podium with perfect accuracy. maybe the best thing to do would be to cancel all future press briefings and handout written responses for the sake of accuracy. okay, its a very busy morning. thought i had my talking points on order, woke up this morning and i was like, all of the window. i do new ones. there is a so much to unpack with this. i guess we should start with the tweet...

The nations capital because of his sort of no-nonsense style and clearly a guy who is well connected. i want to just throw one more thing at you as we continue to take a look at the podium, i dont see shawn just yet, i want to talk about fake news. for. jo. the president has been adamant he feels this administration hasnt gotten a fair shake when it comes to media coverage in general. today he floated an idea that i think really caught a lot of people by surprise. this idea yesterday you heard a...

Accuracy. for more on this, lets bring in tonights "hardball" roundtable, nick conva sorry is a political reporter with "the new york times," katherine rampell, an opinion writer with "the washington post," and former democratic congressman from tennessee harold ford is an msnbc political analyst. so thats the question. do they have a credibility problem? do you trust anything the white house says whether it comes from the president or the spokespeople? is there a point to those press briefings?...

Think in this case, it is interesting how the story has changed. he made those comments several times over several courses of action. and to say the director of national intelligence, who stated what his position was on multiple occasions before today. and now suddenly is saying, i wasnt sure about it. the burden seems to be on him, not us. >> he said he wassnt sure. >> youre acting like im a clapper spokesman. >> no. im interested in the discrepancy. >> i think thats a great thing to ask him. >...

He was not seen as someone that was political. he is not someone like attorney general sessions who is a senator and an early supporter. he was a prosecutor in the sense that comey was a prosecutor, and had been there for a significant time at the justice department. so for the idea that he was used politically is shocking to people. >> and then you have the president going after his favorite target, the media. as a very active president with lots of things happening, it is not possible for my ...