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Magazine and author of "hurting donkeys." was this covered as mainly a political circus? >> absolutely. it was a bizarre world last week with the countdown clocks and everything. >> it's hours ago. >> it's hard to forget at this point. >> there was all this news about no news which was kind of astonishing. it was all about who was up, who was down, who would win politically? >> there were so many news conferences staged for the cameras win wonder how he had time to negotiate. wasn't it like the fourth quarter of a basketball game? >> the media hyped this, they played it at worst a sporting eve...

Now that the threats have subsided and the countdown clocks will be turned off, the media are trying to assess who won and who lost the great shutdown scare of 2011. much of the coverage seemed like espn at the olympics. all about the games. >> shutdown showdown. >> shutdown showdown. >> it's a race against the clock right now. >> the clock is ticking towards a government shutdown. >> countdown to shutdown. >> i can tell you a source here at the white house says they are more optimistic now than they were four hours ago that a deal will get done. >> the latest news we are hearing from chuck to...

This eastern, stand by! about roman polanski's extradition to the united states for a 1977 sex case. the film director has been held in switzerland since last september on an extradition request made by u.s. authorities. in december, he was allowed to move from prison to house arrest. do you think that we ought to do one of those countdown clocks? cable countdown clock? roman polanski, extradition, tick tock, tick tock. not done and not done. chris said done and done like any producer would. we're not actually -- >> how about a series of countdown clocks? 30 minutes. >> don't forget the palin ...

There was a big disconnect. i watched this thing with my mouth open. the press, this is the sorriest time in my lifetime. and jim demenint said that thiss obama's waterloo. the press has sacrificed their professionalism, ethics, it is all gone. their total reason is to prop him up. they are not reported the details of his plans, his policies. they're looking at it as a horse race. they have some countdown clocks for the press conference. these people sit around with the tingles up their legs all day, they marvel at how obama is so smooth and elegant.

Thursday, but before thursday, this tone of a white house in crisis. there was a cnn program late night for a few days called "white house in crisis." it's been a banner on the bottom of the screen. you can hear it in the tone and tenor of some journalists' articles and stories. is it accurate and is that overplayed or underplayed that this is actually a white house in crisis? >> first of all, the overplaying of stories has long since been the default response, forgive me, of cable news networks. there is no event that can't be overcovered. the countdown clocks, the graphics. but in this case,...