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Be in somewhat of a disfunctional relationship, they get a lot out of being hostile. but what happens in the end is a lot of america loses. the poll that came out, the fox news poll is not good that were only in the 40% believing trump or the media. theyre both unreliable nar raytors. its the medias job to tell the truth, their only job. the fact that they have such big credibility problems, were aware that politicians lie, were used to it. the media has a problem is a crisis, a cries thais only...

Be in somewhat of a disfunctional relationship, they get a lot out of being hostile. but what happens in the end is a lot of america loses. the poll that came out, the fox news poll is not good that were only in the 40% believing trump or the media. theyre both unreliable nar raytors. its the medias job to tell the truth, their only job. the fact that they have such big credibility problems, were aware that politicians lie, were used to it. the media has a problem is a crisis, a cries thais only...

Politics, jennifer jacobs. david gregory, i want to start with you if this weekends press conference at the white house, what are we to imagine for the next four years about the relationship between the press core and the white house? >> its going to be rocky because the press is going to be tough and the press is going to call out credibility problems. undermining his credibility as white house press secretary hes going to have a hard time because credibility counts. credibility counts for the ...

Worked for a terrible news organization. he said that he alone was able to stand up to bullying media because he has a megaphone. i think this is a point that its really important for understanding the 2016 election. a lot of people think that our media are just treating them, their views, their way of life, the things they care about, with utter disdain. lacey and donald trump, someone who is willing to push back. they also see that this is in a context of a lot of republicans and risked on my ...

So the person who youre referring to had to recant his testimony after the 1986 hearing. he had sworn under oath that he was remembering a conversation with jeff sessions. it turned out that they were able to fact check that, and the case that he was referencing in that conversation happened years before senator sessions had taken that office. so he had to recant under oath. and hes had numerous credibility problems since then including during his legal career, and the democrats did not call him...

Public and for members of the committee. here is what we know. we know what wikileaks said, and we know what the intelligence community has said publicly. we also know that julian assange has real credibility problems. we know that vladimir putin has real credibility problems, and we know that, though wed like to be friends with the russian people, were not particularly in a position to be friendly with president putin. those are things we know. now, exactly the motivations and what intelligence...

Enterprise has serious credibility problems. politifact is a great example. not just because they are so partisan as theyve shown through what they covered but they dont necessarily cover facts. facebook says theyre just going to be looking for the worst of the worse. but politifact has such mission creep. they check opinions, predictions, analysis. and thats subjective. and people who dont know the difference between objective truth and subjective analysis should not be in the business of deter...

Have real credibility problems as -- anyone in the media has real credibility problems and there are good journalists and not so good journalists but everyone that weve worked with were people who worked hard, who were smart, trying to get smarter about the presidency and their particular president they were covering. its really important i think to get off-the-record access to the leader of the free world as a candidate or as the president. >> david, april, ann. stick around. ill bring you back...

Not true? >> the entire fact checking enterprise has serious credibility problems. politifact is a great example. not just because they are so partisan as theyve shown through what they covered but they dont necessarily cover facts. facebook says theyre just going to be looking for the worst of the worse. but politifact has such mission creep. they check opinions, predictions, analysis. and thats subjective. and people who dont know the difference between objective truth and subjective analysis ...

Responsible, careful job as we have always done, uncovering not only the policies but the personalities in this presidential administration. and we have to show our viewers and listeners and readers why those presence there is valuable to them. so the press has to step up now as well with clear, good convincing coverage and the pressure will always be on for more access but we have to do it in a responsible way. >> and we have to recognize that weve got our own issue, right? and weve got credibi...