Someone said 11 times i cant breathe, and you dont stop. Are some mixing the places into an antipolice narrative . A woman file as suit against bill cosby saying he sexually assaulted her when she was 15 but that was 40 years ago. The public deserves do know if mr. Cosby is a saint or a sexual predator. Are the media turning his downfall into a circumstance cut . A congressional staffer loses her job for using pace book to rip the first daughters, a terrible mistake, no doubt, but are the media unfairly piling on . This is media buzz. The eric garner case did not get much Media Attention outside of new york but after being on the edge after ferguson, a far, far different case, the video of garner surrounded by Police Officers being grabbed in the chokehold that killed him is relayed again and again with commentators across the spectrum agreeing with the new york coverage we are breathless. I will say upon seeing the video you just saw and hearing mr. Garner saying he could not breathe, i was extreme troubled. I would have loosens my grip. I desperately wish the officer would have done that. Outrage is Simple Police officer was caught on camera killing an unarmed black man and got away with it. There are not Many Americans who think garners kill was justified. Again, the media are debating whether there is a racial pattern. Im no longer shocked by these things. I expect when a Police Officer is if a situation like this they not be indicted and if indicted they are not convicted. A white grand jury puts themselves in the shoes of a cop and a black grand jury puts them in the victims shoes. That is the reality. They say that a prosecutor can indict a ham sand wish but clearly a black plans life is not worth a ham sand wish when you put the stories together. Analyzing coverage of crime in america is author of stonewalled my fight for truth against the forces of obstruction, intimidation and harassment in obamas washington. And matt lewis at daily caller, and richard foul her. Where are the media is united in the kay of eric garner when ferguson is divisive . The evidence is different. There is a video tape. This is where people are criticizing the people saw from ferguson, saying we are not just going to treat every indent involving a white Police Officer and a black victim the same but we are looking at facts and this is the opportunity to distinguish the two. This morning the Washington Post has a front page story of the ferguson case, two lives collide and the nation divided because of the debate but a difference is that the prosecutor explains whether you gray or not, why there was no unindictment released the evidence and the new york prosecutor has not explained anything about why there were no charges brought in the garner case. Does this explain why some of the people on this side of the spectrum are being so critical of handling of eric garner . I think. But you could assume that the reason they have not explained it is they dont have much good to explain. This video if you watch it, it is almost impossible to justify what happened. We can talk about being a liver is incredibly difficult. I believe the vast majority of Police Officers are good people trying to do what is right but if you watch this provide and you are intellectually honest, i dont see how you can justify. I have been very heartened to see a lost conservatives proactively speaking saying it is wrong. And he was committing a petty crime of shing loose cigarettes adding insult to injury. A lot of conditionive conservatives are inclined to give the benefit of the doubt because not here. The video was so. Daing video was so. So damming. Sometimes in this case and ferguson before there was a grand jury decision, i think the media took the side that the police did more than they should. I am proud people are speaking out again the eric garner case. What if there what no video that makes this usual. Ferguson bill a 24 7 party partly because of the riots and of course after the nonindictment but the Staten Island case has sparked nightly demonstrations in new york and in washington and across the country but there have been arrests and blocking of traffic and going into macys on 34th but it has been peaceful. Is that affecting the tone. Maybe. Maybe because people are on the side of the victim in the second case versus the first. I disagree people gave the police the bit of doubt, but if this case they thought something was wrong based on the tame. The protesters did not feel as though no one was listening, their viewpoint wassing heard. Interesting, so, share ton sharpton is among those expressing outrage but, again, playing the role of being a participant in the case and going to the press conference with eric banners widow and interviewing him on her hour on msnbc. The job is to protect the people in that neighborhood. I is not to make a statement that makes rhyme time people on msnbc fowl better about america. That was the wrong side bite. Here is Joe Scarborough saying a Police Officer has a tough job and when he talks about the prime time pundit he is talking about sharpton. That was probable responding to energy sob, before the garner case which is entirely different. I think scarborough has a valuable role to play at msnbc and this is a time when his network was almost universally taking sides in this case going to the respective corners. Honestly, when you look at ferguson i recommend the Washington Post story. It is not clear at all what happened and if. With one exception there is in dispute that Michael Brown went into the police car and attacked officer wilson and there was a struggle for a gun. We know that. Right and we have evidence that shows. Look, what Joe Scarborough was saying is standing up to his own network and saying, look, Police Officers have a very difficult job. They go out every day and put their live online. I have been critical the police in the case of the garner incident and rightly so. But do not bash the police universally. Here is the thing and i respect the rule of law and what Police Officers do but you cannot look at ferguson base or the eric banner case in a advantage vacuum. Next we will be talking about the 12yearold shot in cleveland. You look at this in a larger vacuum there is a problem to the point where the next is weighing in. Is that problem reflected adequately in the Media Coverage . With the continues between majority white boulevard and some communities that are minority . It is starting to. That is because you have the endless consistent protests, not 115 daze of peaceful roasts. The more protest you have the more the media is forced to focus on this. Because of that, we are making steps in the right direction but we have to have a larger conversation and the media has pushed this forward, is there, indeed, a problem in the country between africanamerican men and police . One problem and he talk about sharpton getting involved, right now we have a situation where we are almost all united in terms of what happened to eric garner was wrong, the grand jury should have indict asked there are solutions such as body cameras, the mandate that is going forward. If this becomes, if al sharpton makes it original about race we could have the unfortunate effect of whites retreat to the corner defending police and blacks assuming every time that the police are wrong and it is not that way. I will lay that soundbite in a few minutes. Can i Say Something about problem as a journalist with covering this story to me and maybe i am alone in thing this, there is a difference between Police Officers who may have made pad mistakes and proof they made those mistakes bawd they were racially motivated. In both cases maybe i missed it but i have not seen evidence of a pat are on the part of the Police Officer accused evidence they shouted racial slurs or had something to hang on to that proves why they did what they did or the mistakes made. There was no evidence but there is a gut feeling that if eric garner, if Michael Brown were white, would these tragedies have unfolded . That is a fair question to ask. Advocates can ask but as a journalist, you have to be careful to understand what the evidence does and doesnt say. Let me play this, it is part of the story appearing with the widow of eric banner. He saw we have been working together since the tragedy happened, me and your motherinlaw, explain how you feel tonight. You have not talked to anyone. I feel now after the verdict, of course, i was disappointed, angry, you know. We saw this in ferguson, sharpton the activist and sharpton the msnbc commentator . We know who he is and that is an activist show. That is where the industry is headed. Im okay with it because we know what it is. Im okay with it too for the same reason. You cannot cover yourself this is what he too often is doing. But the point on no explicit racial slurs or overt evidence and how it influences the coverage of the cases. Do you need that kind of evidence . In your view is there a pattern on how it plays out . My mom says where this is smoke this is fire and all the cases you have seen some legal of smoke. Maybe not racial slurs but smoke. It is a job of good media reporting to say, well, is there a problem . Look at the statistics and what the broad brush staff advertise ticks say. Is there a problem between africanamerican men and police and if there is, how do we get to the bottom of it . We want to hear from you and you can join our conversations. Ahead, we will look at latest charges and counter charges over bill cosby now that Gloria Allred is going after him. And more on the gang rain by a practice turn by the there have been claims of an explicit gang rain at a major college. They are investigating Sexual Assault claims. Now a crisis on campus after a disturbing Sexual Assault allegation and one of americas most prominent colleges. Now the story is falling apart amid mounting criticism of the. Their. I thought it was important to tell the story in as graphic a way as jackie, the main character, tells it. When we talk about rain and Sexual Assault we have become mired in euphemism calling it Sexual Misconduct or assault. What does that mean . I thought i was important to show this is not a misconduct but a violent crime. Interesting she called jackie, a character. New reports blew holes in the story, Rolling Stone, apologizeds and now there is new apology admitting to mistakes. We should not have made the mistakes and should have worked harder to convince her the truth is better served by getting the other side of the story. How significant is this that it appeared in Rolling Stone. It matters. I cannot think of a straight publishing this, suchwould as newsweek or time or fox and i looked at the reporters background and she has written great pieces for cosmo, new yorker, mother jones, and mens health, no News Organization and i point out that even News Organization with the most rigorous controls make mistakes so this is something that is another story. In secret Rolling Stone, is a liberal the original to back president obama. Do you have sense that the magazine or reporter was committed to a narrative of itening a big problem. It is a big deal it took down general mcchrystal, for example. That story had an editorial questionable technique used off the record potentially off the record information and i say that would have been done differently at a straight news outlet. You could be right on that. Look, the Rolling Stone, agendabased and narrativebased media. Jay rosen said it could be the biggest since dan reactgate about george bush and National Guard confirming narratives that the mainstream libya believe, what they believe about southern universities and what they believed about george w. Bush and confirming what they suspected. We do and there probably is a problem. I went to a Major University and i get that. However, they made a mistake trying to put failure the narrative and found a character to tell the story through it and that is bad journalism. You feel the magazine was committed to the cause and a lot of shortcuts were used which the magazine admits. I agree and now they have trivialized rain if the next victim and made it worst for the next victim and now the victims in this case, that is fraternity you have identified an important point about the fall out for those who are sexually assaulted or rained, and for the university. We will look at the reporting mistakes in the Rolling Stone, piece and at look at charges and counter chaz over bill cost difficult now that Gloria Allred is going after him. Were back talking about this Rolling Stones article on gang rape. What would you have done if you had accused the acuters of rape and you said you believe her, but i dont want you to talk to any of the seven men who she claimed brutally did this at the university of virginia . Believing the source is only party of the step. You have to, for the sources protection, for the storys protection, sxlaj to them if they are trying to limit what youre doing as a reporter that you just cant. If someone like that suggested to me that you cant contact the people that ive accused of this, i would have state from the start, your story wont be believed if we dont have the other side. Once it comes out, stuff wouldnt have been including that should have been included. When the criticism first dug in and said no, we believe our story, they started backtracking today, completely different apology which is acknowledging more mistakes and taking the tonus off jackie. But at the same time, this is such an egregious journalistic train wreck, i wonder if you think people should lose their jobs over this. Thats up to them to decide. I want to read some of the statements they put out. Rolling stone said because of the sensitive nair nature of jackies story, we agreed not to contact any of the men she claimed participated because of the sensitive nature . That doesnt make sense. That explains makes no sense to me. The more sensitive the allegations, the greater the obligation to contact those who are accused, not less objection. I dont even understand the allegation. Having done a lot of investigative reporting myself, i think there is a tendency, a danger, you might say, to fall in love with the story, with the source, the point where you minimize conflicting elements to it because you want to story to be true. Whether or not this was idea logical driven, i think Rolling Stone wanted too much for this story to be true. There are all this graphic details about shattered glass and she was supposedly bloodied been. If you look at all the regular flags that were thrown up, from what the washington po post found out after the fact, things that didnt match up, she said there were shards of glass in her back, she was beaten about the face. But folks at the Washington Post that were talked to said she didnt appear to be injured. She turned down a chance to file any claim with the university. These things even though something probably did happen to jackie, whatever it was, and even though you may believe her story to be true, you have to say to yours, these are perils with the story. And eem not saying nothing happened. One of these friends interviewed say she had told him she had been forced to perform oral sex of a group of men, but thats very different than being brutally attacked and having to go to the hospital. And sometimes as a reporter you have to back off what you think is the truth for the sake of the facts that you have. And there are certain elements that you think are probably true, but you cant quite nail it down. Right. And that should make you have, whether you believe it or not, they have other characters in the story that were air tight. She could have made a story centered around one of them, but she clearly wanted this story to be the centerpiece and it was a sloppy decision especially in light of toward the end jackie was asking not to be included in the article. If someone southward that to me, i would be very worried about that. That is the biggest red flag of all. A lot of credit to the New York Times reporter. But interestingly, the journalist of secretmy here was triggered by a little known blogger, a former editor of the magazine who had been burned by steven glass. He wrote an essay saying this doesnt seem right and that woke up the Mainstream Media which had run with it to say some of us need to take a second look. I looked at the coverage to see was the Mainstream Media correct in picking up the story. I concluded this is just an aside, by the way, that once the University Made it a news story by suspending the fraternity and inviting a criminal investigation, it did invite mainstream coverage. Right. There were now official reactions that you had to cover without knowing whether jackies story was true. I think theres more. Thank you. Ahead on media buzz, a congressional aid who lost her job for trashing the president s daughters. Have they gone overboard . But first, gloria alred wave his right and allow himself to be sued. Really . P. M. South america. Here is howard cursed with more media buzz. Bill cosby has basically been drummed out of the television business. A woman named judy hough surfaced saying he sexually assaulted her at the playboy mansion in 1974. Celebrity lawyer gloria alred pulled a press conference, as she is one to do, with three cosby accusers. It could be advantageous for mr. Cosby to gi