they didn t exist. what we got out of that was a 2016 cycle where people didn t have an answer on whether the iraq war was the right thing to do. howie: the new york times because of the jill abramson book, the former executive editor. does that help donald trump or is it background noise? ben: i think it s background noise. there are a lot of media entities that benefited. in the absence of these attacks people might be asking about their ratings. the president is making a significant critique but he s not targeting the right place. there are a number of organizations that reside in silicon valley. the most of powerful organization in america is facebook, not the new york times.
debate. it s as opposed to pretending they didn t exist. what we got out of that was a 2016 cycle where people didn t have an answer on whether the iraq war was the right thing to do. howie: the new york times because of the jill abramson book, the former executive editor. does that help donald trump or is it background noise? ben: i think it s background noise. there are a lot of media entities that benefited. in the absence of these attacks people might be asking about their ratings. the president is making a significant critique but he s not targeting the right place. there are a number of organizations that reside in silicon valley. the most of powerful