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1 in 88. im jamie mcmurray, and my niece has autism. learn more at autismspeaks.org/signs. >> the newtown shootings borne four months of heavy media coverage and a failed congressional effort of expanding background checks. a vote that president obama called a shameful day, but has the press been rooting for congress to pass legislation on gun control and other social issues? i spoke earlier with ross douthat a conservative columnist for the "new york times." >> ross douthat, welcome.

Lets have an honest conversation about that. when you talk about deciding who gets to be in the conversation and where it goes i think thats where you lose me. because now you are kind of using code words to say journalists are cooking the books so to speak in leading the conversation. >> on immigration. i mean, again, it is tricky, right, but because as you say there are republicans in favor of immigration reform as well as democrats. but its also the case if you look at where it is a bipartisa...

You choose as the issue where you choose to crusade on, right? so press looks at newtown and says, well, this is a moment when we need to lead a national conversation on gun control. the press is less likely to look at the goznell trial and say lets have a national conversation on abortion because its an issue thats more likely to make the press a little bit uncomfortable because i dont think it is any secret that most people who work in our profession lean pro choice and lean liberal on social ...