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Decided to change the meaning of the english language in a very important way, and that change was created -- created what was being called a scandal in washington today but is really just the irs doing its job. >> i said repeatedly that the fake irs scandal was fueled by a compliant and lazy political media. >> when one of these things comes up, the very first thing you do is say let me see the law, let me see the statute. you go and read the statute. which apparently is against the rules for the political media. >> salon's blow-by-blow account of how the media fell for the fake irs scandal d...

Media's poor coverage of this story. here, then, is an example of where he did get it right." come on, salon. you could have said here is one example out of 24 where he got it right. but of course i wasn't actually distressed at all to find the weaknesses in salon's reporting. i was actually kind of delighted by it for two reasons -- number one, it gave me something to talk about in this space tonight, which is always a chore to fill. and number two, it is an exquisite proof, exquisite proof of the weakness of the washington media. here is salon, accusing the washington media of being lazy and...

Of course having the largest audience of all. to accuse msnbc of getting it wrong, salon had to ignore the very existence of this program, which has the second largest msnbc audience. in fact, more people heard this program, getting the irs fake scandal right, every night than heard anyone else on the network getting it not so right. but salon, just like the rest of the washington media, didn't hear a word of what was said on this program. absolutely no one in washington took their guidance. no one in the washington media anyway took their guidance on the irs story from this program. and i nev...