Desantis as the man who could prevent their future National Nightmare of a return trump trip to the white house. Now the media consensus is that trump should be the nominee because he would be the easiest candidate for joe biden to be. That is up to question giving democratic doubts of the president s age and fitness the nap spill he took at the air force academy. Media favorite to media pinata. I am howard kurtz and this is media buzz. We will look at why Kevin Mccarthy dominated the Debt Ceiling Coverage over biden and how it is being spun. Ron desantis had indicated finally taking some swings at donald trump. Much of the media is peddling the florida governor. If you say cuomo did a better job with cuomo than kobe did, first of all, that is not what he used to say. His whole family moved to florida under my governorship. You dont think they will play dirty with ron desantis. They will burn this man to the ground. Somehow desantis would be part of it by lacking. Ron desantis coming off as a spoiled brat and running around iowa acting spoiled. Joining us now to analyze the coverage in new york is editorinchief of national review. Rich, you broke the now famous New York Times column with the headline he is not dead yet. You acknowledge it was not exactly [laughter] what is your take on this sharp shift towards negative reporting and negative first of all, it is bizarre. The media hates donald trump. Here is this guy at least based on current indications has the best chances stop donald trump and they hate him, too. A lot of the Mentality Reporting and commentary where polls have shifted over the last few months overwhelmingly because of this which gave him such a big boost. Name calling card, media cannot stand that stuff. As you alluded to, he makes it clear he wants to go around the media in the media does not like that either. He will get negative coverage here up here on out. I think you made some good points. Lets take a quick look at our reporters interrupting question. It rather annoyed the governor. What are you talking about . Are you blind . Of course the aggressive scrutinizing of a candidate. Does that also seemed like many journalists have written off desantis before a single vote is cast . Absolutely. I think they have written them off. Back in 2015 around this time, donald trump was not even an announced candidate yet. A lot of people that did not see that coming. I think of desantis as kind of flopping right now. He came out of the gate swinging. In all wanted to see, this screening is deserved. He is someone who naturally believes he can fight against and leave the cultural wars that will be able to have the same voters that voted for trump. Why would you take a watereddown version of trump . Facing a lot of difficulty because of the way he represents himself. Theres a lot going on here that just does not make sense. He could pronounce his name however he wants. Republicans should not elude themselves as an incumbent potus biden is perfectly capable of winning this race. Commenters convincing themselves that donald trump cannot win the general election. That is absurd. He obviously can win a general election. We saw evidence of this the past week. Joe bidens increasingly frail. Everyone realizes that. You see it in the polls. Anyone can trip if we dont see something, but he has a stiff shoveling. I hope it does not happen. He could have a terrible fall into really bad fall. October 24 i think democrats should be thinking long and hard with her biden is really the most electable. There clearly are a lot of doubts. Democrats who liked bidens record but too old. You wrote about the possibility. You said earlier Desantis Sort Of Flopping around through iowa, New Hampshire and north carolina. Is he flopping around or is he being portrayed as flopping around. If he came up in the polls either naturally or just in iowa, with the press go back to plan a routine for him . I think that the conversation in the press would be different. It is not helpful because as we know they are not the best indicators of how voters are actually going to feel when they go in the booth. Yes. But he has some work to do. The methods he has done in florida have been highly successful in florida. To be able to become palpable to a General Electric outside of the state of florida, outside of The Deep South he will have to position himself much differently. He recognizes this. It is part of the reason why he has allowed his wife to be as much of a mainstay in his campaign as she is. I think that it could help his campaign for their going. He will have to develop a strategy just beyond culture war attacks. They are in the stratosphere. In some cases marginally better than trump. This is an issue, the missed position. This focus on desantis, if he smiles awkwardly it will be a sign that he is not a natural guy. This reporter who said he has not interacting with voters enough. That is absurd. He did not does she did 10 pull aside interviews. He opened it up for questions. I think there are a lot of false narratives about him and they will discontinue. He is not the most natural warmest campaign. People growing campaigns and he has never run for National Office before. Policies, he is very good. Retail politicking, not so much. There will be a focus on it. He is not a natural back slapper. Not an off the charts charismatic guy. He is very hardworking. Every interaction with every single vote there will be under the microscope to see how long do shake their hands, how long do you look into their eyes, what did he say in the idols chit chat back and forth. It looks a lot like the trouble that jeb bush had. Did a lot of great work. However, putting that man on the campaign trail, it was going to take jesus and probably multiple more disciples to try to make that thing happen because it was not within his brand, not within his personality. He is not jeb bush. Jeb bush raised 100 million. Sometimes if you have not gotten it, whatever it turns out to be, it does not matter how much money you have raised. Chris christie, mike pence, even though the media considers them both to be pretty long shots. They are longshots. Interesting charismatic guy who loves the camera. He will be going also after desantis, mike pence will be largely written off. I think prematurely. I think he has a chance to get traction in jersey where those are important. Many people view what he did on january 6 as heroic. Many other people view it as a betrayal. Chris christie told me an interview a couple months ago that whatever else tiptoeing around trump or alluding to a but not by me name, key can land punches on the debate stage but will he ever make it there. And he is a onetime trump loyalist. Absolutely. Be mindful of how his campaign played out when he ran in 2016. In addition to that there is nothing Chris Christie can say about donald trump that he is not already said. We see him on sunday shows all the time. He has been railing donald trump for quite some time now. He is not in this race to win. He knows what the polls look like. He is here to basically try to offer up a contrast to donald trump and help some of the more moderate republican candidates, potentially those that may announce in the future. Nobody gets on the debate stage unless they have 40,000 donors. That is in august. Donald trump has suggested that he is still ahead by 40 points. He will not elevate them by showing up for the first couple of debates. There will be a drama about it until the very end. Into whether you see hey walks on the stage are not. Showing up, standing in the middle of the stage because he is ahead in the polls again he is the biggest story. If he does not show up, he is the biggest story. Regardless of what people think, he knows how to drive the news agenda. Let me get a break. When we come back, i how the media is covering the debt deall that finally adverted ayo catastrophicu default. Covered intensively and breathlessly as the governor came within days of a devastating default. Before President Biden held and signed yesterday. Joining 149 republicans passing the compromise. The pungent worship at the altar bipartisanship but many others were quick to declare their side the winner. Speaker mccarthy really shepherded this. Joe biden is absent from the negotiations. This tells you all you need to know. More democrats supported this bill than republicans because this was a win for democrats. That is what it was. The press generally likes the Biden Mccarthy compromise. In contrast the hardliners in both parties that were shouting and screaming about how awful this was. Yeah. Coverage both for mccarthy and biden has been favorable. I think the problem with the favorable biden coverages it tends to memory hold the fact that he said he was not going to negotiate and there would be no deal whatsoever and it had to be clean. He was really sincere about that. That became unsustainable once the house passed its measure. Mccarthy, the readjustment in the coverage i think is appropriate. Everyone is kind of laughing at him, held him in contempt. All the votes he had to go through to get speakership. This was a threat to his speakership and he came out of it just fine. Often underestimated by the press. Days away from a government default tomorrow. Has the media kind of cast the president and the speaker as the grownups in the room . Absolutely. I think that it was necessary. Joe biden has had a longstanding history of compromise. He has done it for decades now. We have so many people who, honestly thought that this was not possible. That we were on the brink. We have been on the brink president after president regardless of the political while they come from. He was able to negotiate. He was also able to do it without Chastising Media about what they were doing they wanted him to take this victory lap, chastised republicans and that just did not happen. This is a bigger win for Speaker Mccarthy who really had a lot to prove because many people did not think youd be able to get his caucus in line. Biden, when he gave his oval office speech, he began with the bipartisan grid. Now that it is signed, he kind of talked about preserving democrat priorities and criticizing republicans. Look, this was a manufactured crisis. It could have been settled that any time. What does it say about the medias reward system. So much air time devoted to the people that hated it. The hard left progressives in the hard right conservatives. Of course it would be resolved at the last minute because that is always what happens. I think it is appropriate to give both sides of their time. If you are progressive, you wanted a clean deal. You did not get it. If you are a fiscal conservative you want the country on a different trajectory. It is relatively modest. You are right. If you have been around the block several times, sometimes your experience can miscue you and you can be too conventional. There is going to be a deal. Satisfactory to both sides. That is exactly what happened. Always referred to as looming default. Technically, the treasury would pay our Debt Obligations first and then cut back or delay other spending. There would be economic turbulence. The stock market would go down. Of course, it would have led to delays in Social Security checks and so forth. May be the press should emphasize a bit more that this is a free shop for all the people on the left and right that did not like this bill. Now people saying, even in some of the post it is kind of just modest. The claim that it was really a big deal. Those people did not have to worry about it before. Those people could just have a completely free shot and they did not have any responsibility for worrying about the impact on our economy. Of course. If you dont like compromise you probably should not be in d. C. The frustration is at the end of the day that is how the founders set it up. Once the democrats lock the lost the house you can still push big ideas, you can still push for the more Progressive Left but silva and understanding all the things they want they will not get because elections are won at the ballot box. Many of those were not elected or at least their views were not elected so you do not have enough people to actually make that happen. The houses republican lit. The biggest change has been the compromise becoming a dirty word. You build your brand. I think cooler has prevailed and gotten enough votes for both parties. Rich lowry, thank you very much. Good to see you. What is up with all of these boycotts . Corporations or critics say are too woke up. The day you get your clearchoice dental implants makes every day. A lets dig in day. Mm. A chow down day. A take a big bite day. A perfectly delicious day. Mm. [ chuckles ]. A love my new teeth day. Because your clearchoice day is the day everything is back on the menu. A clearchoice day changes every day. Schedule a free consultation. Hi, im jill and ive lost 56 pounds on golo. Hi, im barry and ive lost 42 pounds. Jill and i are a team. If she tells me to do something, i usually jump on board. Golo was doable, its realistic, and its something we can do the rest of our lives. It seems like every morning i wake up and there is some new company under attack for being excessively woke. Anyone who wants to boycott because they dont like its actions or policies is perfectly free to do so. Lululemon fired two employees for calling the police when robbers took a bunch of clothing and they were arrested. That is insane. These folks bravely did the right thing. Most of this seems driven by Political Agenda. Bud light sales have dropped 17 since conservatives denounced a Marketing Campaign since transgender campaign. The Mid Western Module brand target has also been boycotted by some on the right for selling lgbtq merchandise. Most people go into target because it is convenient and they go there without any Political Agenda whatsoever. As so many brands have gone left wing decide they have to wait their politics in front of everyone out here. When journalists take a closer look at is a little more complicated. A female bathing suit described as talk friendly. That was a mistake to have a place to and the kids section. Target said they sold these swimsuits only to adults. There was no targeting children. The company has received threats its market cap has dropped 9 billion. And then we have the Los Angeles Dodgers who have angered many christians with a tone deaf move. Clayton kershaw threw a high hard one at his team and an Los Angeles Times interview for including in its upcoming Gay Pride Night Sisters Of Perpetual Indulgence which describes itself as an order of queer and trans nuns. A reputation for insulting or poking fun at christians. Why is it that christians are now singled out as the prejudice that is now accepted. These corporations have bowed to some of the more extreme elements of the gay rights movement. The sisters say they use humor to highlight sexual tolerance. No wonder many christians were upset. They were disinvited after a backlash and then re invited with an apology. Read launch a Christian Faith that day at dodger stadium. The protest i find most difficult to understand is against chickfila whose founder was a southern baptist. The companys purpose is to glorify god, but biblical quotes and stay closed on sunday. There was backlash when they said they wanted to do their work with humility. It yields a buzzards words diversity equity and exclusion. It would just be routine corporate rhetoric. The power of corporate social media that instantly drives these boycotts. Each case for yourself. Now, just moments ago we got word that chuck todd will be leaving Meet The Press as moderator. Replaced by nbc kristin who got a lotta praise for her handling of the 2020 president ial debate. Whatever the criticism of chuck, he has always worked hard to be a news man and an increasingly polarized environment. He will become a political analyst auntie cecis family more. That sounds nice. Next ill media buzz, how did Kevin Mccarthy become the face of the debt ceiling talks just by talking to reporters far more than joe biden. The Media Phenomenon that is succession. torstein vo when you really philosophize about it, theres only one thing you dont have enough of. Time is the only truly scarce commodity. When you come to that realization, i think its very important that you spend your time wisely. And what better way of spending time than traveling, continuing to educate ourselves and broaden our minds . woman vo viking. Exploring the world in comfort. Whenever you think of the Debt Ceiling Deal there is no doubt that Kevin Mccarthy out placed joe biden. Talking to reporters every day while the president , while he spoke only occasionally. Im not sure what in the bill people are concerned about. [inaudible] went to bed last night without finalizing the language. Things are looking good. Very optimistic. The two sides finally cut a deal last saturday night. Biden put out a statement. Mccarthy talked to reporters at the capital. Passing the largest cut in history. Just a small step putting those on the right track. At sunday night after a full day of coverage of president. On camera. Got a bit testy with reporters. One of the things i remember you guys saying is what i did buy did not say what a good deal it was. You think thats going to help me . No. Joining us now is robbie. Kevin cork who covers the white house for fox news. Robbie, when it comes to dealing with the media as we just showed, Kevin Mccarthy out there every day, joe biden really spoke in each of these statements. Do you agree that the speaker became the face of the successful negotiations. Sure. I applaud the speaker for being more accessible than the press. President biden speaks to the press less often. Taking questions in the rose garden type of things. Does Kevin Mccarthy want to be the face of this . Conser