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Turn mainstream journalists, whose job is to simply report the truth, into the opposition party. and when reporting the truth becomes a political act and is seen as an oppositional act, weve got a real problem in helping our fellow citizens understand, wait, these are facts and these are not facts. >> if we can just put up the split screen again of the two crowd sizes, because its a trivial thing, joan, but its also a thing where theyre almost gas lighting you into trying to think that youre ins...

So-called mainstream journalists handle this with respect to hillary. are they going to go after her, since she headed the state department? or will they cover for her? >> because so far, bernie, the bridge scandal is not tied directly to christie, it is the people who work for christie. so far the state benghazi thing has not been tied directly to hillary clinton but people who work for her. so should not there be an equal approach in going after it with fervor on both sides? >> there should, b...

Did, that would get some play in the media you and on television. >> and i understand, obviously, were talking about president obama and his administration. but were also talking about chris christie and hillary clinton who we believe are the likely frontrunners for the next presidential post. so chris christie gets a lot of coverage for bridge gate. but what about hillary clinton and how this reflects on her? >> that is a very important question. and im not so sure, i agree with your previous g...

So-called mainstream journalists handle this with respect to hillary. are they going to go after her, since she headed the state department? or will they cover for her? >> because so far, bernie, the bridge scandal is not tied directly to christie, it is the people who work for christie. so far the state benghazi thing has not been tied directly to hillary clinton but people who work for her. so should not there be an equal approach in going after it with fervor on both sides? >> there should, b...

Mainstream journalists. but now here comes david kirkpatrick in a stunning, multipart piece, absolutely taking a sledgehammer to the central cornerstone that the entire benghazi cathedral of scandal is built on. >> months of investigation, you write, by "the new york times" centered on extensive interviews with libyans in benghazi, who had direct knowledge of the attack there, and its context, turned up no evidence that al qaeda or other international terrorist groups had any role in the assault...

A concussion? >> but i have obtained 12 different versions of those talking points that shows is that they were dramatically edited by the administration. >> he started walking towards me. >> and as he was coming closer -- >> as i got closer, i just hit him with the butt of the rifle in the face. >> and? >> he went down, yeah. >> he dropped? >> yeah, like a stone. >> and each of these, unless youre a full-time expert covering this day in and day out, have to be debunked, which they were, leading...

Pass out and hit her head? was she pushed? how did she hit her head and get a concussion? >> but i have obtained 12 different versions of those talking points that shows is that they were dramatically edited by the administration. >> he started walking towards me. >> and as he was coming closer -- >> as i got closer, i just hit him with the butt of the rifle in the face. >> and? >> he went down, yeah. >> he dropped? >> yeah, like a stone. >> and each of these, unless youre a full-time expert cov...

Scruples. its really amazing now. theyll just lie at a level in this campaign that i really havent seen, you know, politicians have distorted the truth since time immemorial. i understand that, but kind of the lies that are coming out of this campaign are really amazing. and then the level of irresponsibility. i mean, this is a really -- this is a tragic situation. it is still unbelievably dangerous. and these comments coming out from mitt romney and others in the party are undermining the presi...

Havent seen, you know, politicians have distorted the truth since time immemorial. i understand that, but kind of the lies that are coming out of this campaign are really amazing. and then the level of irresponsibility. i mean, this is a really -- this is a tragic situation. it is still unbelievably dangerous. and these comments coming out from mitt romney and others in the party are undermining the president at a time when the united states really needs to be putting its best minds together to ...

>> a big topic of last week still getting attention this week. journal list, an invitation only chat room in which reporters could swap their thoughts. then, some of those e-mails were published and we learned a lot of the journal listers were actively trying to promote a presidential candidate named barack obama. and to his credit, vice-presidential candidate sarah palin. and it brought this response from nbc chief news white house correspondent chuck todd. journalists were offensive. those of ...