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>> molly, you have an issue talking about how -- no one at this table. but you feel some of the hand wringing that were seeing in some in the press about how we need to be truth tellers and we need to batton down the hatches, slow and steady straight ahead, you find it basically hypocritical because you didnt see that same determination under the obama years. >> its very important that we do our jobs, that we do tell the truth and hold people accountable but that has to be in the context of bein...

Can you imagine in benghazi happened on the watch of a trump? do you think the mainstream media would be willing to dismiss it? >> that was an excuse to put our first amendment values on the table. we had them questioning the first amendment, whether you should be tree to say what wu want about a religion. videos going out saying we dont disparage other religions. >> we do all of the time. >> you make it a point of pride that youreble to do that. and there wasnt a hand wringing about the dangero...

>> molly, you have an issue talking about how -- no one at this but you feel some of the h wringing that were seeing in some in the press about how we need to be truth tellers and we need to batton down the hatches, slow and steady straight ahead, you find it basically hypocritical because you didnt see that same determination under the obama years. >> its very important that we do our jobs, that we do tell the truth and hold people accountable but that has to be in the context of being what wev...

Can you imagine in benghazi happened on the watch of a trump? do you think the mainstream media would be willing to dismiss it? >> that was an excuse to put our first amendment values on the table. we had them questioning the first amendment, whether you should be tree to say what wu want about a religion. videos going out saying we dont disparage other religions. >> we do all of the time. >> you make it a point of pride that youre able to do that. and there wasnt a hand wringing about the dange...

Can you imagine in benghazi happened on the watch of a trump? do you think the mainstream media would be willing to dismiss it? >> that was an excuse to put our first amendment values on the table. we had them questioning the first amendment, whether you should be tree to say what wu want about a religion. videos going out saying we dont disparage other religions. >> we do all of the time. >> you make it a point of pride that youre able to do that. and there wasnt a hand wringing about the dange...

There are two realities in washington these days. you already know the first one. its actual reality. where we use information and evidence to reach conclusions about whats happening, where one plus one, look at that, it equals two. and then theres that other reality where you start with a conclusion in your mind and look for anything to confirm it. that may not literally include unicorns, look at that. but it is a place where reality is a conclusion often uninterested and unmoved by new evidenc...

There are two realities in washington these days. you already know the first one. its actual reality. where we use information and evidence to reach conclusions about whats happening, where one plus one, look at that, it equals two. and then theres that other reality where you start with a conclusion in your mind and look for anything to confirm it. that may not literally include unicorns, look at that. but it is a place where reality is a conclusion often uninterested and unmoved by new evidenc...

With one thats not really about pursuing the facts at all? >> you say what elijah cummings and others have said, that this is a political mugging. frankly, i have had my own experience with darryl issa, the committee chairman. he put out a report about housing a few years ago, with a very blatant error. and i saw him in the hall and said, let me prove to you how wrong this is. and he shrugged his shoulders and he said, well, that happens. no regard for the truth. you talked about a double standa...

There are two realities in washington these days. you already know the first one. its actual reality. where we use information and evidence to reach conclusions about whats happening, where one plus one, look at that, it equals two. and then theres that other reality where you start with a conclusion in your mind and look for anything to confirm it. that may not literally include unicorns, look at that. but it is a place where reality is a conclusion often uninterested and unmoved by new evidenc...

Reporting on, how do you deal with one thats not really about pursuing the facts at all? >> you say what elijah cummings and others have said, that this is a political mugging. frankly, i have had my own experience with darryl issa, the committee chairman. he put out a report about housing a few years ago, with a very blatant error. and i saw him in the hall and said, let me prove to you how wrong this is. and he shrugged his shoulders and he said, well, that happens. no regard for the truth. yo...