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Has been remarkable. yes, there was an hour-long special from fox news owned by rupert murdoch but the book was released early to "the new york times" and "the washington post." they expanded on some of the books allegations which fed the media beast and prompted ""the times"" to observe the book had more impact because the"the times" had given it more impact. compared to other anti-clinton book clinton cash is potentially more unsettling both because ever its focused reporting and because major...

"the new york times," "washington post" and "politico." theyre doing very good reporting leading into this. i think part of the reason that she is going to move up her announcement to run for president, she wanted to do late summer. yesterday they said she is more likely to do it in april. i think it is because they need to have a formal organization. they will have to feed the media beast. every day a reporter has to file a story about the hillary clinton campaign. if there isnt a campaign for ...

Where. >> still saying marco rubio, ted cruz, rand paul. did you get a sense of what their preerts were as they were saying this in terms of their answers. >> i think people know with 24 hour media cycle and media beast that hes going to have a really hard time as some of the things that come out of his mouth are not pc and that will be hard to overcome. >> there were texans in 2000 who voted for pat buchanan, steve forbes, didnt vote for bush. its true scepticism from the left and right will be...

President to get his kudos from things he did in the last couple years when people are just on last weeks news cycle and mitt romneys not feeding the beast. hes refusing to feed the media beast in his mind any bit of raw meat. >> as you wrote in your "rolling stone" piece, doug, president obama used some rather saucy language to talk about romney. he said, quote, you know, kids have instincts. they look at the other guy and they say, well, thats a bser i can tell. we dont use the word here of co...

>> thats the absolute strategy. hes able to claim everything. i had mentioned hes like a chameleon on plaid. i can be whatever he wants to with whatever crowd hes in. theres nobody to call him out. i think the short attention span is a problem. i thought when osama bin laden was killed it was such a defining moment for our country, but that was in the spring and you dont feel it resonating in this election. people questioning libya because it was much more recent. its very hard for a sitting pre...

>> im welcoming a great panel. this past weekend, you have bill crystal, george will saying mitt romney, get those tax returns out there, obviously getting hammered for it in the late-night comedians, hes talking about know now. >> whats the number? what will feed the beast? >> whats wrong with five or ten? >> it seems to me if its two, its five, if its eight, its 10, if its 10, its 15. its all noise because this is all about the president not having to talk about the jobs report, its all about ...

right-wing revolt against romney? the "politico" reporter who lost his job after making racially charged comments on more than. well talk to joe williams about what happened. plus, we all thought we knew the story of barack obamas early years. but thanks to four years of relentless reporting, david mariness has cost it in a whole new light. >> what obsessed me were two things to start with -- the world that made him. sort of the randomness of his existence, and the ability to write...

They could pick early. theyre trying to make a case. it seems this could be one half feeding the media beast. what are the upsides of going early? >> its about fund-raising. its such a starkly different landscape than we were in four years ago these candidates are spending more time raising money, vastly more time raising money. >> essentially you need more principle. >> as someone put it last week, this doubles the number of principals you have to scoop up money. at a time when money is the dri...

producer clive davis. this is the beverly hilton hotel. piers morgan is helping us out as well. as well as our folks who were there at the beverly hilton tonight. before we go to piers, i want to go to drew pinsky helping us as well. dr. drew, we want to pay tribute to whitney and remember the good things about her and the extraordinary voice and talent that she did possess. we would be remiss if we didnt talk about the possibilities, just the possibilities of what might have happened ...

a grammy party for legendary producer clive davis. this is the beverly hilton hotel. piers morgan is helping us out as well. as well as our folks who were there at the beverly hilton tonight. before we go to piers, i want to go to drew pinsky helping us as well. dr. drew, we want to pay tribute to whitney and remember the good things about her and the extraordinary voice and talent that she did possess. we would be remiss if we didnt talk about the possibilities, just the possibilities...