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More than a year, that had serious allegations against -- about incompetence and misjudgments at the cia because we were afraid that the story might compromise the lives of certain people involved in the story. so, news organizations are normally very meticulous about that. i assume "the new york times" was meticulous. >> indira, after the 9/11 attacks, cnn said it would be sensitive to releasing any information that could compromise lives or ongoing operations. thats how it was articulated. at ...

And it gets played over and over in this endless loop on cable television. i understand cable television has 24 hours a day to fill. and so, they have to use footage. but there is a way in which how are we advancing what the public needs to know? what are we doing that is actually adding to the conversation, other than giving isis and other terrorist organizations what they want? which is a platform and notoriety and fame and it is a way that it has been proven this helps them recruit. >> but it...

Back in d.c. and how will the media cover a president if they cant get to him? i have the perfect panel to ask. joining me now, michael rescu is the former "new york times" washington bureau chief. plenty of experience with this thing. april ryan, the washington bureau chief for the american urban radio networks and political analyst for cnn. michael, let me start we asking you this. in previous presidential trips, the u.s. press was all over the president. and the president was all over the pre...

Professional people in law enforcement and professional people in intelligence. each with their own need and their own service, all of whom believe they are serving the public interest. and the inability to talk with each other and discuss what the right solutions are is helping to create these situations and making it harder to bridge these cultural gaps. >> i want to point something out that the public should understand. and that is just to the point that youre making, michael, that in most ca...

Something new and something that adds to the context or understanding to the light, not the heat. >> i like that. slowing yourself down and taking a breath. that could be advice that we all should follow. >> we can all use. >> and very much in the news business. thank you both very much. michael, by the way, happy holiday birthday to you. i understand youre celebrating a little bit. >> thank you. >> take five. thanks much to both of you. a rare retraction at fox news. but not from shawn hean h...

Reflected what was happening on the trip. and it was really something that, you know, trump had this robust schedule. he could have made time to talk to the press. this is unprecedented for a president not to talk to the press on his trip. and they would have been more effective at really telling the american people what trump was doing because all they can see are images and all they can read are stories. and they dont hear the presidents voice. >> this was less about trying to set the storylin...

And it was misconstrued in a way and there was translation issues. and i felt like the americans, they didnt really -- they werent able to use the event to really push their message at home because the foreign officials, they were able to get the message to us first. >> okay. i want to come back to, michael, to you. but i want to come back this way. sara murray asked the top adviser, gary cohen, just mentioned, if he thought it was, quote, bizarre for the president not to take questions on the t...

Will deliver statements because theyre concerned about issues if its not accurate. so, frank, theyre really trying to come to terms with how the president feels about the press. how they want to move forward. but the question is, what will the public do? because if the public cries out, things can change. >> all right. >> you know -- >> michael, hang out one second. i want to bring in white house correspondent for politico, and cnn political analyst. shes on the ground covering the first interna...