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A set designer said she got it cheap in california. >> another example tonight of what many consider a double standard from the main stream media, it involves the contrast in coverage of two political aides who talked or typed their way into trouble. there is fox news media analyst and host of fox newss media buzz, howard kurtz. there is no question that elizabeth lawton made a mistake after president obamas acted bored at the annual turkey pardon. try showing a little class, dress like u you de...

I think karl is a good correspondent second only to ed henry, our guy. but, you see it at cbs and even nbc. i mean, when nbc starts to pound the president, you know something is going on do you feel that there is a disintegrations of the administration? >> i think this a lot of it attracts public support. less cynicism and trust of this president certainly before his election than even when there was a year ago. when you add to that a volume of things. if you asked the president throughout his f...

I think karl is a good correspondent second only to ed henry, our guy. but, you see it at cbs and even nbc. i mean, when nbc starts to pound the president, you know something is going on do you feel that there is a disintegrations of the administration? >> i think this a lot of it attracts public support. less cynicism and trust of this president certainly before his election than even when there was a year ago. when you add to that a volume of things. if you asked the president throughout his f...

It devoting 112 minutes in the situation the first week, 112 minutes. when the v.a. scandal story broke, there was no coverage on the nightly network news broadcast for almost two weeks. no coverage. when the lost email story broke three and a half minutes. combined on all the network newscasts. unbelievable. that is a news blackout. issue "new york times," l.a. times, "the washington post" printed 56 stories and commentaries about governor christie in the first week. 56. first week in the v.a. ...

If i were cynical, and you know im not. but if i were cynical i might think that since the media covers so many stories the way barack obama wants them to cover stories, that theyre playing this one down because as you say, its another surprise for barack obama. that doesnt make him look good. its another example of the border being out of control. that doesnt make him look good. you see all these kids in what amounts to relocation camps, that doesnt make him look good. if i were cynical again, ...

Black. it doesnt fit the liberal narrative. the liberal story line. i will give you just one quick example. lets say george zimmerman in the trayvon martin case, lets say george zimmerman had tweeted a message saying he hates black people and then went on to kill trayvon martin, that would be proof all the proof you need that is he a racist and the media rightly would have been all over that yet, one of the thugs in oklahoma, allegedly, supposedly, im sure its true, tweeted that he hates white p...

Black. it doesnt fit the liberal narrative. the liberal story line. i will give you just one quick example. lets say george zimmerman in the trayvon martin case, lets say george zimmerman had tweeted a message saying he hates black people and then went on to kill trayvon martin, that would be proof all the proof you need that is he a racist and the media rightly would have been all over that yet, one of the thugs in oklahoma, allegedly, supposedly, im sure its true, tweeted that he hates white p...

Black. it doesnt fit the liberal narrative. the liberal story line. i will give you just one quick example. lets say george zimmerman in the trayvon martin case, lets say george zimmerman had tweeted a message saying he hates black people and then went on to kill trayvon martin, that would be proof all the proof you need that is he a racist and the media rightly would have been all over that yet, one of the thugs in oklahoma, allegedly, supposedly, im sure its true, tweeted that he hates white p...

That. i think thats why rush limbaugh has 30 million listeners and the network newscasts have declined. >> at the end of the day, though, you balance this with an overall sunny optimism about america. how? >> its fundamentally a very powerful country. its a rich country. theres nothing wrong with it in my opinion that some leadership wont deal with. and the habit of american history is when it needs leadership, it gets it. very few people expected great things of abraham lincoln or either of the...

Abcs chief white house correspondent jonathan call broke the story that created a storm today. >> he did create a storm. the abc report on friday caused all three network newscasts to report on the scandal of benghazi. its not just for fox news anymore and talk radio. its abc news and cbs news and nbc news. its all of cable news. that was friday. and then sunday morning, oh, boy, it was all four sunday morning talk shows -- abc and nbc and cbs and fox news sunday all leading with benghazi. thank...