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>> bret: howie, this tone, this tenor, this news conference, fired up his supporters of social media. and what does this say about the president to be and his interaction with the press going forward do you think? >> obviously, it has been a contentious relationship during the 18 month, continuing during the transition. boy, buzzfeed gave the president-elect a big, gift wrapped president. they didnt try to use dismiss this defensively. this was teed up with vice president elect pens, sean spicer...

You know this well. that we dont publish because we are not certain if they are true and the bar is higher when they are personal, damaging to peoples reputations. isnt it our job to verify that? isnt that why we have reporters in the first place? >> sure, buzzfeed is working and has been working for months according to ben smith to verify the things that were in that document. its not that by publishing they are saying we accept all of these things as true. what they are saying is that the docu...

A finger at cnn. you can make your own call as to whether or not you think he is right or wrong, but i think this is the kind of confrontational press conference that i just have not seen from either a president-elect or a president of the united states. >> greg: buzzfeed wrongfully published the entire salacious unsubstantiated reports, so they discredited themselves all on their own. but cnn did not do that. they simply reported that this had been presented to the president-elect and a meeting...

Something that wasnt proven true yet. >> martha: what do you think about ben smiths point? >> what buzzfeed did was the core principle we dont publish or air things until we can prove them and watching him justify it saying the elitists know about it. i have gotten bogus rumor and conspiracy theories about public figures. you dont dream about writing about it or putting it on the air unless you have substantiation. ben smith called trump a racist. the core thing here is this document which cnn s...

Not you. your organization is terrible. as far as buzzfeed -- which is a failing pile of garbage -- writing it? i think they are going to suffer the consequences. they already are. >> tucker: the news organizations published untrue information all the time, but buzzfeed -- even buzzfeeds editors could not verify the information published today. the report contained errors. many are arguing their decision to publish that piece was justified. joined now by mathew ingram, thank you so much for comi...

Question. you are fake news. >> bret: well, that gives you a flavor of the news conference in new york today. lets bring our second hour panel. tim farley is hosted managing editor of the morning briefing potus on sirius xm radio. mollie hemingway, senior editor at the federalist. and tom rogan, columnist for national review. an opportunity lives. your thoughts first on what we learned. we should point out there was a lot more than just the rush of back-and-forth with the media. we will talk abo...

That aside a lot of folks wanted to ask a question i understand that whether republican democrat i would be here saying same thing, if someone addressed president obama or president clinton or any president that way. it is disrespectful rude, childish, unacceptable for anybody to treat -- ainsley: especially for the highest honor president of the united states. >> thats right. so i think that at some point, this should be a lesson there were plenty of journalists, majority of which who act with ...

Ago. we were either listening to the discussion on this network about president obamas speech or staring at things on social media that we couldnt really believe with our own eyes. last night at this hour, when the tv news audience was still in the grip of the emotional aftermath of witnessing president obamas last speech as president of the united states, social media was buzzing about buzzfeed. specifically a document released by buzzfeed yesterday that alleged russia has information about don...

He is an asset all right. he may in fact be an asset of vladimir putins, who apparently has gotten him to the point where he cannot say anything or criticize him at all. very interesting. and certainly moving on from, you know, serious to suspicious. >> john schindler, your reaction to the totality of the story so far, including director clappers written statement tonight. >> well, i think jim clapper has said what he had to say, which is that the president-elects tantrum today on twitter and at...

Susan, the pushback from the president-elect from the transition team could not have been stronger to these reports. >> yes, absolutely. a lot of criticism today by journalists of the decision by buzz feed to publish salacious, unsubstantiated versions of that report. cnn, with their reports. in any case, the pushback i met could not have been dear sir, i. he used a four letter word in describing it as outrageous and at medical, democrats try to ask a question, he wouldnt let them ask a question...