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To comment. The president cheering on a 250 million lawsuit against the Washington Post by nicholas sandmann, accused of liable. Jussie smollett was charged with staging an attack against himself to boost his career. The attack received coverage for weeks. News commentators and even president ial candidates weighed in. Why would reporters fall for this before everyone else. In spite of the evidence, its not true. He had no reason to do Something Like this. Howie how did the media embrace his hoax. Lara logan says the media are mostly liberal and negative of donald trump. Thats a political position, not journalism. We have become propagandists. Howie r. Kelly indicted on sexual abuse charges. Why did media exposes fail to derail his career. Im howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. The New York Times in a lengthy story on the russia investigation reported that President Trump asked the acting attorney general to put an alley, the u. S. Attorney of manhattan who already recused himself in the case and Matt Whitaker apparently ignored the request. Did you ask acting attorney general whitaker to stop the investigation into your personal attorney, mike kohn. President trump no, i dont know who gave you that false news. Howie joining me, mollie hemingway, sara fischer and richard fowler. Mollie, what did you think of the times story. Mollie i covered the russia investigation for 2 1 2 years but even in the sea of stories this one was riddled with errors. They said the uranium one story was written by them and theyer in debunked it. They said human informants were outed. It was the New York Times and Washington Post who revealed all the information about the human informants. They lied about something devin nunes said. They said he said he was trying to buttress claims of wiretapping. They said trumps claims of wiretapping had no basis in fact. It was almost written in a panic, very sloppy. The language its bad to say this about the media that they are the enemy of the people. But we need the media to stand up and do a good job. They attack not just the president , but average american citizens. Howie in a followup tweet the president said the writers dont even call for verification on stories that have no basis in fact. The paper said they repeatedly called the white house for verification and got no comment. Sara they reached out plenty of times and didnt hear back until a few days ago. Its like the president wants everyone to call him on his personal cell phone. If they are going through proper communication channels, thats their job. I havent seen the white house debunk it. Why isnt the president taking to twitter and addressing that. Hes not explaining what exactly is wrong. Howie the president just two or three weeks ago put out a statement saying President Trump is retreating from american principle. Its dangerous. Richard its very dangerous. We as journalists and commentators are real people with real lives. When you say things like this, it can stoke people to do things like this. Like the miami bomber sending fake bombs to cnn and other people. I read the story. I saw that the white house had the chance to comment and they did not. Maggie is a journalist the president has talked to for years. She called on his cell phone and he had an opportunity to debunk it and say this isnt true. He did not, because there is some truth to this story. Mollie journalists are claiming their lives are in danger but at the same time they are directing public hatred against citizens in a time of public turmoil and they dont seem to have a problem with that. They keep falling for hoaxes like the covington kids. Howie a 250 million suit filed by nicholas sandmann. The Covington High School 1yearold. His parents say he the 16yearold. His parents say he was smeared and bullied. What this young boy had to deal with at 16, when the entire world saw him the way the media portrayed him, as the face of evil. Its reprehensible conduct by the media and the Washington Post led the way. Howie they relied on the video and the comments of the native american activist. It was not the papers finest hour. It translated into a huge libel judgment. Sara i dont know if it translates into a 250 million figure. Of that 250 million they say is due to the libel. They say 200 million is to teach the post a lesson and give retribution. Rushing into the story might have had damaging impact on this story. Whether its libel might be hard to push for. Howie the suit makes the point that it was meant to hurt trump. But the reports were from three political reporters on deadline. Richard the other point is i think journalists tried to get it right. As soon as they got more information, they retracted the story. Howie they didnt retract the story, they updated the story. Richard they saw a 30second video and made assumptions. To say these papers are pushing out hate in their stories, reporting on the facts is not pushing out hate. Thats not the job of the journalists. I wonder, where was the student side. The students own school and the Catholic Diocese . Kentucky say we condemn this behavior. They were doing that based on the false reporting. They are not one figures. They were people coming into town for a right to life rally and they had no expectation it wasnt just that they had the expectation of privacy. Its the general atmosphere at the post. It led to the children being targeted with Death Threats and celebrities were threatening to dox them. Howie well see what the courts do. They sort of ruined these kids lives for now. The lieutenant was arrested for plotting Mass Shootings against Top Democrats and tv journalists viewed as antitrump. A huge cache of rifles and ammunition. Joe scarborough was on the list. And others criticized trump for not tweeting about this. The federal government carried out thankfully this arrest. Sara you would think he would do Something Like that and other republicans as well. But when people try to tie Something Like this to the president creating a culture of distrust in the media goes too far. The president shouldnt call the press the enemy of the people, but his comments arent, i would say, inciting this level of violence. Howie the followup question do you bear responsibility for your language . He said no my language has been very nice wrich w richard we created a washington culture thats us versus them. Howie you saying we are complicit and the right goes over the left and the left over the right. Richard people in other parts of the country think thats how we operate and there should be civility and respect. Howie Nicole Wallace said trump ignited a war in this country around race. I am not saying the president bears no responsibility at all. But arent you responsible is connecting the dots too quick. When we come back, longtime cbs star lara logan unloads on the medias liberal bias and says she is facing a you. All of you. How you live, what you love. Thats what inspired us to create americas most advanced internet. Internet that puts you in charge. That protects whats important. It handles everything, and reaches everywhere. This is beyond wifi, this is xfi. Simple. Easy. Awesome. Xfinity, the future of awesome. [ ] howie lara logan, the former 60 minutes correspondent has taken on another dangerous mission. Challenging the press. All the coverage on trump all the time is negative. Thats distortion of the way things go in real life. Although the media has his torically always been leftleaning, we have abandoned our pretense or at least the effort to b to be objective. They cant go after the things that matter so they smear you personally. They go after your integrity and reputation as a person and a professional. And they will stop at nothing. Howie joining me, charlie gasparino. She risked her life around the world, and she was assaulted by a mob in egypt. But when she says the media is onesidedly liberal, does it carry weight. Charlie she is saying it and the former editor of the New York Times is saying it. People used to laugh at me as a diversity hire because i was right of center and didnt tow the liberal toe the liberal line. You see it in the Jussie Smollett coverage and the Covington High School kids coverage. Particularly when it comes to race and gender issues there is an immediate kneejerk reaction to find good guys month fit this motif. Its always been there. You know and i know. Howie it seemsmore more agree it seems more egregious in the trump era. Maybe more voices of the people steeped in the business are feeling compelled to speak out. Charlie when you see mainstream liberals saying its getting crazy. I was on vacation just watching the coverage raw it was pretty runsided. Why didnt someone try to reach out to the parents and the kids. It was not about the other side. Howie nicholas sandmanns father chose not to speak out in the beginning, but then he put out a statement. We saw the clip. Lara logan said it was a smear campaign. She says journalists get hammers for not repeating the same talking points. And the implication is repeating the same antitrump talking points. And if you dont you are accused of carry water for the president. Charlie we carry all kinds of stuff on fox news. Im not attacked when i write something good or bad about the president. I think she was on the strongest ground on that general media criticism, the cran the trais coming off the track in the advocacy we see on the coverage of trump and the other issues that are alarming. This needs to stop now. Howie cnn hiring sara isker. She was the top spokesperson for jeff sessions. She is smart, she has been on his report a couple of times. She was hired to be a Political Editor for its 2020 coverage. Cnn is getting hammered because she doesnt have any experience in journalism. Charlie as a journalist, i have got to give jeff zucker some credit. At least hes recognizing what lara logan pointed out. You need some degree of diversity in th the newsroom. But thats not in her wheel house careerwise. Here is where it gets back to the point that the train is coming off the tracks. If you need someone from the left, some journalists who take their professional responsibility seriously. We all have opinions, but we strive to be professional and fair. Well always have opinions. Howie cnns jeff zucker may bring more balance to the network. But according to the wall street journal, he said shell be making decisions about political matters. Charlie then why hire her. Howie Bernie Sanders makes his 2020 debut. The networks were quick to criticize politicians for appearing in black face but not their own entertainment stars. 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In an Arizona University yearbook were two blackmen in black face and it was edited by usa todays editor. Nbc signed julian huff for americas got talent though she used black face five years ago. She apologized and said she hadnt meant to be disrespectful or demeaning. Ted danzen used black face in a roast for his then girlfriend whoopi goldberg. But when megyn kelly asked a question about black face it was used as an excuse to force her out. I look like a beautiful queen la tougha. Howie but the comedian said im horrified by the and i cant erase it. Joy behar joked about blackening her face during a party. The media world should ngd engage in double standards. The publisher of the democrat reportered wrote an article calling for the kkk to ride again going after democrats and republicans, and add this, get the ropes out and loop hem over a tall limb and hang all of them. After numerous calls for his resignation he has turned over the paper to an africanamerican woman who had been the office clerk. R. Kelly is facing a 10count indictment for alleged sexual context with under aged girls. [ ] especially an africanamerican man used the symbolism of a noose to make false accusations. Howie Jussie Smolletts character has been written out of the last two episodes of the hit show empire after he was charged with staging a raition attack against himself. Claiming two Trump Supporters assaulted him on a chicago street. Washington post Global Opinion editor said regarding the heinous attack on Jussie Smollett, the climate of hate means lives have been at stake since 2015. What just happened to Jussie Smollett is a hate crime. Its absurd. This isnt a debate. Howie when smollett was charged with an outrageous hoax, his supporters were resnraind their remarks. If jussies story isnt true, he squandered the goodwill of a whole lot of people. He even lied to a lot of people if its not true, including me, and thats not cool. Howie we are back with the panel. Mollie hemingway did some people embrace this narrative because it fit the notion of protrump thugging roaming the streets looking for a black man to beat up . Mollie of course. They immediately understood that it wasnt something you just accept out of whole cloth. Im happy to see some of whats shown. For them it was about the narrative it was them saying people who voted for trump are bad people. They need to make sure they understand the harm that was done to trump voters. There are victims of fake hate crimes and the group they said committed this didnt commit it deserve apologies. Howie richard, we saw cnns don lemon said he privately called Jussie Smollett every day. He said now that its been exposed Tucker Carlson and sean hannity will eat smollett for lunch. Richard the reason they are having a tough time criticizing him is because of this. Every day, lgbt crimes happen. Howie nobody is disputing that. It hurts their cause. You undermine the credibility. Richard when you hear a crime like this as part of the Lgbt Community we have an obligation to support and defend our own. Howie without all the facts . Richard a lot of times you are not believed. Its heartbreaking when you find out its a hoax. Its heartbreaking to see that because every day, there is one murder every single day and nobody is talking about it. Its not on the top of the headlines. When you see cases like this we have an obligation to stand up and thats why people responded the way they did. Howie i turned down a chance to talk about this on fox because i said it was too murky. The Chicago Police were taking this seriously and investigated. And they reported the red flags. Why didnt he call the cops immediately and turn over his phone. Then he goes on good morning america. How do you not cover it. Sara it should be covered. It does have highprofile implications if it were true. But media has to look at every detail and provide enough information so no one is going to rush to judgment. The media is not an activist. Journalists have to be unbiased here. Even if you feel a certain story isnt getting enough coverage, its not necessarily your role to be calling someone every day involved in a story. Howie another tweet saying anyone supporting you know who, meaning trump, is providing artillery for weaponized bigotry. Mollie this is the second fake news story related to maga hat wearers supposedly attacking people. The media think bad things about Trump Supporters and they feel fine some say it. Its why hes able to get away with saying what he says against the media. You see how the media feel. Relationship jussi richard when he came out and talked about his allegations, especially after he sat down with robin roberts. Then as we found out some of these things might not be true, thats very hurtful. Its one thing to blame the journalist. But if you have a first account of what his narrative was, we have the obligation to believe him as a survivor. Howie he said the two assailants that he hired to stage the attack were shouting this is maga country. You say we have an obligation to believe somebody when they come out and say that. Isnt that going to lead to more and more of these incidents if other people are making false claims. He deserves the presumption of innocence. Richard jussies case is the exception, not the norm. Howie i hope so. Richard there are cases of where lgbtq people are assaulted. And in this particular case, given the circumstances and we have the Chicago Police Department Investigating it, people are saying there is a lot of reasons why you should believe jussie. Mollie there have been dozens of attacks on trump voters and they dont get this kind of coverage. Its true these attacks happen all the time and they happen against all people. Richard there are attacks of gay black people who arent covered. Howie the night smollett was charged, nbcs primetime didnt cover the case at all. I found that to be unbelievable. Sara i think the media has to respond to its coverage of this story. Here is what happened. We apologize if we didnt necessarily cover this from the getgo with the facts. A lot of populations in the United States feel their crimes arent being covered. Richard fowler. Sara fischer, mollie hemingway. Thank you. Is Bernie Sanderss press coverage changing . Howie Bernie Sanders kicked off his second president ial bid leading into widespread scepticism that he can generate the same excitement he did in 2015. We are going to win. Are you doing things differently . Yes. And we take those criticisms to heart when they say we were too white and too male, think were right. Howie joining us, kat timpf and jessica tarlov. Bernie prospered as the antihillary candidate. He never got tough scrutiny because pundits figured he wouldnt win. Kat last time he was the underdog. America loves an underdog. His Campaign Raising 6 million in 24 hours has people looking at him a little more seriously. The media wont be as nice as they were last time around when he was facing Hillary Clinton who everybody assumed would get the nomination. Howie is it fair to mention hell be 79 on Inauguration Day and age is a factor . Jessica im not into the ageism factor. But it is important to look at his policies which werent under the microscope like Hillary Clintons were. Everyone said free college, free healthcare. There are a bunch of other candidates run hog have put out plans like Elizabeth Warren. He says his campaign is learning from the mistakes of 2016. And the media is learning from its mistakes in the way it covers the candidates. And look at the policies put out. Howie the liberal lane is crowded with free healthcare and college and all that. Is the media also playing up the recent developments that Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris say they are in favor of reparations for slavery. That doesnt leave as much options, it seems to me. Bernie sanders was against that last time when he was asked. Kat one of the main problems with bernie is he doesnt do as well with nonwhite voters than white voters. This is going to not help that in terms of having warren and harris saying they are in favor of reparations. Even if they hadnt said that they would be doing better with voters. Some of the advantages bernie had saying hes the only one saying free healthcare and free college. Hes not the only one. Hes not the on one drawing these huge passionate crowds. Kamala harris had drawn a huge crowd. The advantages he had, they are not unique to him anymore. Howie there was a New York Times story building, amy globe charm is running for president. Very similar. Unnamed staffers are saying she is a tough boss, abusive to the staff. Fast doesnt like her. One killer anecdote she has got, getting on a plane, the aid forgot her fork, and she had to eat her salad with the comb and she told the sued and she toe aide to wash the comb. No names were used. Jessica you would think there would be someone willing to use their names. I am not saying shes not a tough boss. She talked about it with bret baier. She says she demand a lot and gives a lot back to her staff and constituents. A story like this is great fodder for twitter and entertaining. In such a crowded field it can work to her advantage to have her name continue to come out because she doesnt have the role Kamala Harris has. Howie the times did get some internal emails. Do . Kat i dont know. Shell show up at your house and say, wash this egg salad off my comb. I think someone would be able to go on the record. I disagree with jessica. This is probably the most of Media Coverage she has gone the since she announced. Its not a good thing. Its not so much that she used the comb to eat the egg salad its that she allegedly rudely forced someone to clean the eggs off her comb. Howie she did tell the comb story on herself. Thanks for spending sunday with us. R. Kelly indicted on sexual abuse charges. Why does the Music Industry look at other way. t easy. 12 hours . 20 dogs . Wheres your belly rubs . After a day of chasing dogs you shouldnt have to chase down payments. vo send invoices and accept payments to get paid twice as fast. danny its time to get yours vo quickbooks. Backing you. What do you look for i want free access to research. Yep, td ameritrades got that. Free access to every platform. Yeah, that too. I dont want any trade minimums. Yeah, i totally agree, they dont have any of those. I want to know what im paying upfront. Yes, absolutely. Do you just say yes to everything . Hm. Well i say no to kale. Mm. Yeah, they say if you blanch it its better, but that seems like a lot of work. No hidden fees. No platform fees. No trade minimums. And yes, its all at one low price. Td ameritrade. Howie r. Kelly was indicted friday on 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse with four girls, three of whom police say were under the age of 17. A music journalist mass been chasing these allegations for two decades. He did a disturbing expose for buzzfeed in 2017. What is different here from allegations dating back to the mid 90s is these women are being held against their well is what the parents and other sources are saying. Howie that documentary prompted rca records to drop kelly. So you wrote about the lifetime documentary which revived interest in this. A lot of celebrities were interviewed and only john legend had the guts to speak on camera. Britt he said its no issue to address a serial child rapist. He had the courage to come forward when jayz, while he had charges in 2002. He was acquitted of 14 counts in 2008. This has been going on for two decades that the industry knew about this. Howie spotify bans r. Kelly. Do you think given the fact there were certain journalists and organizations saying with this for two decade, a bunch of the Mainstream Media shied away from this story because they got bored with the r. Kelly story because they found it distasteful. Britt credit to the Metoo Movement there is a harsher light on any man violating underaged children. One one of which met him and wanted an autograph at the 2008 hearing for these charges. Its good that its being taken care of. Howie i say how come no reporters knew about this and where was the press. There were people who stayed on the r. Kelly case but it didnt seem to get much traction. Britt he was a star and raking in money. There was a lot of confusion if he was hair dwroid someone underage. Thin found out he was in one of his music video. They know he made money and had talent so they excused his despicable behavior. Howie new England Patriots owner robert kraft has been charged with a misdemeanor for soliciting sex in a florida massage parlor. Dumb move for a multibillionaire. Hes 77, his wife has died. Is it worth this 24hour coverage . Britt i think this could be much more expansive. We need to wait for more details how involved the sex trafficking is. Howie its driven by the fact that kraft has 7 super bowl rings. He has a lot of money and a lot of people are enjoying this. You dont think its overplayed . Britt i dont because he allegedly went twice. They have video footage of him. We need to remind ourselves of that bigger picture. Howie i am not diminishing the crime, is it because hes an nfl owner there could be repercussions in the league . Britt he is the owner of the most of winning team in the league. Howie great to see you. Thanks so much. Thats it for this edition of mediabuzz. Did. You can subscribe to apple itunes. 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