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Disagree with this. >> many journalists say absolutely not. not a war against trump. >> its just like preposterous. and also the interesting thing is then you can follow them on twitter where they are having a very personal war with donald trump. >> or a war against lying and falsehood. >> very clearly at the center of this is this new grail that we have. how are we going to take this guy down? >> jon: one member of the media they are seeming to take president trumps side, michael wolf, a column...

>> jon: lets me read one of the points that michael wolf made in a piece that he recently wrote, jeff. i want her reaction. he writes of course the medias inability leaves it to try all of the more paired with a list of attempts is long, the dossier, the tax returns, the countable dilemma conflict over interest, et cetera. and the media believes that this ultimately brings him down. in turn, the more stuff that is piled on the trump team believes, the more it is all diminished. what do you think...

Ability to do that at the white house. that is not a war, that is doing our work. >> jon: let me play a little bit more of the michael wolf wolf appearance on the media show for you right now. >> journalists are in many cases having a nervous breakdown. a good example of the new yorker, the new yorker has 100 years, one style of journalism. very detailed. very close reporting. since the election, david remnick, the editor of "the new yorker" has gone off in fits. it never seen in its before. no ...

We need to educate ourselves about what this looks like and what it means for our basic rights and our system of government. >> some of the things trump has said about the press, calling the press fake news. it is troubling. michael wolf would say youre being hystericalhysterical. how do you persuade people this is a different issue? >> i know its difficult for people who havent livered under authoritarian regimes to identify them. this is part of the problem all countries face when an authorita...

>> come on the program, debate michael wolf. let me channel him for a moment. he said to me this is an emergency. journalists have to act differently. sounds like you just disagree with that. >> totally. what is the emergency other than the fact that he is personally offended and upset and worried? >> you also made the point about reporting. youve been doing reports on this administration, interviewing kellyanne conway. what did you take away? >> i think that one of the things about this new cir...

Interesting, someone who has given a lot of thought to everything hes now saying. so this is not a situation in which we have someone who has some -- some dark force has blundered through the door and we dont know how this guy got here and what hes doing here. he is someone who you would find, if you sat across the table from him, recognizable, interesting and a compelling figure. this is not -- what im saying is this is not a mistake. >> then, michael, thats fascinating to hear your depiction. ...

Steve bannon. you know the name, but probably not much about the man. as plchltd trumps chief strategist, hes emerging as a controversial figure. telling the press to, quote, shut their mouths and being elevated to the national security council. who is steve bannon? lets discuss with julia jones, steve bannons writing partner in hollywood for nearly 20 years. and michael wolf who interviewed bannon before and after the election. great to have both of you here. you will help us paint a much bette...

I think that steve liked the strategy. he liked the -- im going to ask -- >> think about it. let yourself get absorbed in the conversation. michael, help us out here. bannon has a lot of bad things ascribed to him now as hes coming into this controversial mode of this. how much of it in your own reckoning of him is worthy of criticism? whats the fact and the fiction? >> let me do it this way. i probably dont agree with anything that steve bannon agrees with. were on die metric opiniposite sides ...

Feel, or at least vis-a-vis the electoral college, most feel that this is a legitimate way of looking at these issues. >> were allowed to talk about whats right and wrong, not just what a majority of people feel, right? >> he did say "who said that" as if he didnt know who said it. maybe his messaging has been similar all along when he said, who said that. and the reporter said, you said it. >> does that make it okay because he got elected? that doesnt make any sense. >> it does make a great dea...

Well, he won, so he can say whatever he wants to. that is not a valid argument, actually, michael. >> well, it is partly a valid argument, of course, it is. he won. >> im going to punch michael in the face, but it doesnt matter because i won. thats what youre saying. >> its a worship of power, is what youre saying. >> its a worship of democracy. >> and part of a democracy is for the press to ask questions regardless of what you think of them or not. >> you said he could punch me in the nose. >> ...