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Tell about his personality, i get that. i don't get why you have an opinion writer contributing a news story. howie: the coauthor is a liberal op-ed writer for the paper. she is a lecturer at yale and makes no bones about it. she says he's a fifth vote for a hard-right turn on voting rights and so much that will harm the democratic process. she occasionally writes op-eds. in retrospect editors should have used a news room reporter for that assignment. sara: there is never answer incident where an opinion piece

Assaulted. or if he thinks it was fun. but the president of the united states thinks it's appropriate. >> you are attacking victims, you don't have any empathy. no, he's making a series of common sense conclusions about ford's very shaky claims and differing accounts. howie: given that's sexual assault victims don't remember the details -- mollie: people kept saying he was taunting or mock or ridiculing christine ford. what he was doing was pointing out what anybody could see when they watched her testimony. there were major flaws and contradictions. i thought the media should have been pointi...

Mollie: it's an admission he had a side. but there is no question journalists are picking a side. howie: this was the first question he asked kellyanne conway. >> how concerned are you given the way this went down, that brett kavanaugh will be seen as a tainted justice by half the country? >> justice kavanaugh should not be seen as tainted. howie: kavanaugh won and we are hearing words like tainted. susan: that's a fair question. it was slanted against him in the media. and he does walk away fairly or not, kavanaugh walks away tainted from this in the same

Turn public opinion against brett kavanaugh. >> not only is it healthy, but it's critical. this remind me of the first wave of #metoo. it took so much strength for so many women to share. the prevalence of this problem is what was originally spotlighted by #metoo. the second point, i think every woman has a right to do what she wants to do with her own story. a lot of women who came forward probably don't support brett kavanaugh's nomination. i don't care. that's perfectly fine. howie: karen, you made the point you don't remember some of the details. talk about the reaction you got on twitter ...

Howie: why is there such a misrepresentation of a chunk of conservative opinion through the opinion media outlets. it's not represented in much of the rest of the country it's overwhelmingly represented here. he's a disruptive force not just for d.c., but for the conservative women as well. howie: that's it for this edition of "mediabuzz." check out-my podcast. mollie comes on one day a week. you can subscribe. let's continue the conversation on twitter @howardkurtz. i hope you will like my facebook page. the last few weekends it's been pretty raw.