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>> i did the same thing in the bush administration. he invited a bunch of bloggers and things. i kept saying i want to go to the white house. >> you didnt make the cut? >> the bush administration, i certainly didnt. >> got to go. i should mention charles -- was also included in one of these gathering. thanks very much for joining us. this is a fox buzz alert. katie couric is about to cut a deal for a new interview show on yahoo! and the title of global news anchor that would make her the bigge...

Dallas, the weather was so stark and gray and somber. it really was one of those sort of the heavens wept moment. and the way to cover that in the u.s. naval academy glee club, the way to cover it was to back up. let the pictures, let the sounds speak for themselves. almost no one did that. people had to talk. producers had to throw montages of images up there on the screen. fox really did the best when they backed off and let it breathe. they really did a nice job with that. cnn, second best. t...

I would rip anybody who made these kind of despicable comments about anybody regardless of political coloration. you have to say there hasnt exactly been a huge uproar in the mainstream media about this. other than perhaps on fox. as opposed to, lets say, somebody said that about, i dont know, hillary clinton. >> exactly. lets go to the can you imagine segment part of this particular talking point. if rush limbaugh said this about sarah palin it shailin -- sorry. hillary clinton. what would we b...

Because they have no journalistic function. they have no rep pratorial infrastructure anymore for business reasons. once you go down the road they have gone down of nothing but hosts sitting in front of a camera doing opinions, you have to keep turning it up and turning it up and turning it up and be more and more extreme. this is what we got. and no one cares. thats whats outrageous. whatever you care about, whatever you feel about sarah palin doesnt matter. the don vconversation of democr you ...

Working, all that, he had a bunch of pundits over for one of those off the record briefings this week. they included about half the staff of msnbc. al sharpton. lawrence odonnell. howard fineman. ed schultz. foxs juan williams was included in that liberal gang. whats the point of pundits going when they cant report on what the president actually says because its off the record? >> it doesnt matter they cant report on that specific instance. what it does is try to shore up the base and say, hey, ...

Hr about whats going on in his head when he says this kind of stuff. more importantly, what about the culture of msnbc? somebody put those graphics up. is there no editorial backstop on this thing? >> thats right, david. >> its outrageous. >> these were scripted comments, howie. >> exactly. theres a vetting process that goes into this. before it goes to a tele prompter, copy editor, senior producer, saw that. their boss says, were trying to be provocative. ratings went up 60% from friday to mond...

Said. my words were wholly unacceptable. >> that part, i wholly agree with. joining us now here in washington, david zurich, television and media critic for the baltimore sun. and joe concha. msnbc has put out a statement saying martin bashir has taken responsibility public for his offensive commentary and it kind of pushes it off on bashir. were harndling this mat earn intern -- matter internally. >> they couldnt have handled it worse. after that apology was made by martin bashir on monday, hou...

Working, all that, he had a bunch of pundits over for one of those off the record briefings this week. they included about half the staff of msnbc. al sharpton. lawrence odonnell. howard fineman. ed schultz. foxs juan williams was included in that liberal gang. whats the point of pundits going when they cant report on what the president actually says because its off the record? >> it doesnt matter they cant report on that specific instance. what it does is try to shore up the base and say, hey, ...

Said. my words were wholly unacceptable. >> that part, i wholly agree with. joining us now here in washington, david zurich, television and media critic for the baltimore sun. and joe concha. msnbc has put out a statement saying martin bashir has taken responsibility public for his offensive commentary and it kind of pushes it off on bashir. were harndling this mat earn intern -- matter internally. >> they couldnt have handled it worse. after that apology was made by martin bashir on monday, hou...

Hr about whats going on in his head when he says this kind of stuff. more importantly, what about the culture of msnbc? somebody put those graphics up. is there no editorial backstop on this thing? >> thats right, david. >> its outrageous. >> these were scripted comments, howie. >> exactly. theres a vetting process that goes into this. before it goes to a tele prompter, copy editor, senior producer, saw that. their boss says, were trying to be provocative. ratings went up 60% from friday to mond...