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You have people applaud over something like that. do you know what i love about the buzzfeed thing? the transparent excuse. they ran it because it was interesting. when we did the anthony weiner story we didnt do it because it was about politics. >> its because you want to say it on tv. greg: exactly. >> its interesting in its wackiness like an urban legend. you want them to be true. everyone wants this to be true but lets be real, come on. greg: its like the richard gere story. theres no indica...

Howie: cnn, donald trump, and the unsubstantiated dossier. the deputy pin editor of the washington times and juan williams. buzzfeed admits the allegations are unproven and had serious doubts about it. did it hurt the reputation of buzzfeed and journalism. >> journalism for sure. it makes all of our jobs harder. they said it its unverified ad potentially unverifiable. those days are tough but you have to let it go. howie: did donald trump go too

Holding it in would be criminal because buzzfeed are such hard-hitting journalists. yeah right, go to buzzfeed homepage. youll find some examples of fine reporting like these selena gomez posed kind of and its pretty hot. 12 amazingly delicious ways to eat more mango. 19 practically impossible questions for every kardashians fan. you must admire the bravery in their pursuit of truth about mango. in a tribute to buzzfeeds brilliant method of framing garbage in its stories here are seven reasons w...

They didnt stop to think thats trumps lawyer. there are probably 100,000 michael colins in the world. there is a little bit of hypocrisy here we have to point out and even though buzzfeed is trafficking in this innuendo so to trump. lets be honest "the national inquirer" was on his side the entire time publishing stuff. >> but that was all true. greg: he sent her birtherism so what is good for the goose is good for the gander however i still think its hilarious. >> it will go down as hilarious. ...

President obama, they said it was unsubstantiated information they could not verify. donald trump con glad it with what buzzfeed did to what cnn did. they thought they better stick together as donald trump comes forward. you could divide cnn from buzzfeed. it looks like the house of card is coming apart on the press side. >> i asked sean spicer about that. you can criticize cnns decision. i wasnt comfortable with it. but i didnt do it. buzzfeed didnt put the allegations out there. ben smith doin...

>> good morning, we have sean spicer talking about his criticism of buzzfeed and cnn over that unverified dossier, and congressman john lewis a remarks about trump being president, and covering first 100 days, and a deep dive on media effects surrounding coverage thiso this president on the eve of the inauguration. maria: all right well you in about 20 minutes. >> a civil right icon, said he is going to miss the first inauguration, saying that president-elect is not legitimate. well get into tha...

Todd. >> i know this was not your intent. but you just published fake news. >> we published a dossier. >> why is that an unfair description? >> i think people like to throw fake news around with stories they dont like. howie: what do you make of ben smiths argument that elites all knew by the and we are just sharing it with the masses. >> i think what ben smith did was make a business decision. i know ben smith, i like him, hes a good journalist an get a lot of information. buzzfeed has had quit...

Be funny. it went from being funny to just bad. they are not jokes. they turn off a lot of people its not what you are tuning in for. it used to be funny and lighthearted. its over the top. if someone has done this to the obamas there would be outrage. now everyone laughs by the on the left. its not funny, it shows "saturday night live" has gone from being funny to being a left wing hit piece. howie: a closer look at buzzfeeds role in publish a dossier full of rumors. ♪ everything your family ...

Wow somebody has something on donald trump. i have something on donald trump everyone in here has something on donald trump. he says the same thing every time. he probably threw the sheet back , oh yeah? greg: if you are running buzzfeed would you have run this dossier? everybody could see it. without a been an excuse? >> no. people at seen it and dont publish something if while you were saying it you say there are serious reasons to doubt that this is actually true. it doesnt really matter and ...

President, monday president-elect trump in effect challenged decades old laws against nep tich by hiring his son-in-law. embarrassing but unverified accounts of donald trumps accounts are published by buzzfeed. thursday, the justice departments inspector general announces a review of how james comey handled the hillary clinton e-mail investigation and lewis doesnt consider donald trump to be a legitimate president. ill talk to reince priebus. but with john lewiss comments making headlines all we...