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Jillian: and here now to walk us through some of the media missteps of 2018 is the president of district media group and fellow at heritage foundation beverly, happy new year to you. >> happy new year. jillian: lets start off with the headline from the new yorker which reads, quote, senate democrats investigate new allegation of sexual misconduct from brett kavanaughs college years, what did you make of this? >> well, there are many inaccurate stories related to the kavanaugh hearings, i think t...

Facts on your side. not with the magnetometer that stops the crowd from getting in and the secret service says that didnt happen. >> reporters were tweeting picture out, and there were some side stories. but then trump and spicer made it the main coverage the following day. its very clear that president trump wanted the same coverage that barack obama got in 2009. but this is a different story. so he has the chance to create his own stories. howie: this is what obama did throughout the campaign ...

Facts on your side. not with the magnetometer that stops the crowd from getting in and the secret service says that didnt happen. >> reporters were tweeting picture out, and there were some side stories. but then trump and spicer made it the main coverage the following day. its very clear that president trump wanted the same coverage that barack obama got in 2009. but this is a different story. so he has the chance to create his own stories. howie: this is what obama did throughout the campaign ...

Muster a defense. >> prisoner exchanges are common place in armed conflict. ronald reagan gave 1,500 missiles to iran in exchange for prisoners. what do you think? you do the calculation, folks. do you think 1,500 missiles are more dangerous in hands of those folks than five guys on probation in qatar? >> it just kept coming back to bergdahl and his family. we saw red news/blue knnews pla outside in one network. >> any good father who would tell their son to father their conscience and leave men...

Government over this is a central dereliction of your duty. >> mainstream media just like last time and this time already torquing it up that its the republicans to blame. you know, theyre arsonists, extortioni extortionists. >> bullies. >> anarchists. >> well examine the coverage from all angles. that bizarre confrontation outside the capitol that left a disturbed woman dead. well look at the media missteps once again. cnn and nbc pulling the plug on those television projects starring hilla...

>> youve got 20 seconds. she opened the door. >> she -- in truth -- >> how? by wearing a white t-shirt? >> no. greta van susteren by asking -- greta van susteren about it. greta van susteren essentially acknowledged this is going to make ratings, this is going to make news so, were going to ask about it, and its going to overshadow everything, and she was right. which goes to our point earlier, which is the media does have a bright shiny object tendency to it. obviously. and thats playing the ga...

Facts on your side. not with the magnetometer that stops the crowd from getting in and the secret service says that didnt happen. >> reporters were tweeting picture out, and there were some side stories. but then trump and spicer made it the main coverage the following day. its very clear that president trump wanted the same coverage that barack obama got in 2009. but this is a different story. so he has the chance to create his own stories. howie: this is what obama did throughout the campaign ...

Answer that question. we have a jam packed program with limited commercial interruption to cover this from every angle, starting with a week full of media missteps, mistakes, and opportunities. joining me now, an all-star panel of top editors and journalists. michael oreskes, lynn sweet, a bureau chief for the chicago sun times, karen tumulty, for the "washington post," and jeffrey goldberg, editor and chief of the atlantic magazine. we all have to start with the security scare in reno last nigh...