debates and discussions how could you trust a man like that how could you work again with a man like that she seems to be saying if facts all of us and we just don't know or care enough. winning programs take you on a journey and ground the. al-jazeera . either there or a call with all special extended coverage of the results of the us elections and democrats have secured a majority in the house of representatives off to a gap of eight is meanwhile republicans retain control of the u.s.

senate in midterm elections they're expanding a one seat majority and president trump is climbing the mix verdict a tremendous success. well it's six hours g.m.t. that's one am wednesday on the u.s. east coast eleven pm in california were still being counted in many places the result however is clear donald trump's republican party has kept control of the u.s. senate but it enters a new era in january because the democrats will be controlling the house of representatives now this means that they will have the opportunity to block president tom's agenda over the next two years let's give you a little reminder of the numbers in the house that we're seeing house of representatives the democrats on one hundred and ninety seven the republicans on the one hundred and eighty two the democrats predicted as we've said to take the

house of representatives to reach that magic number of two hundred eighteen and perhaps beyond. that you know on the results that we're seeing for the race for the senate and we have seen the republicans sitting on that number of fifty one for quite a while now democrats also sitting on that number of forty two seats there's a number of seats still to be called in the race for the senate but it does go come to the to the republicans this is short time ago we heard from nancy pelosi as he is now the democratic leader in the house. today is going to be there are democrats and republicans it's about restoring the constitution's checks and balances to the campaign finance five. it's about that thing the g.o.p. and like mitch mcconnell is this also on medicare medicaid the affordable care act and the health care of one hundred thirty million americans living with preexisting

medical conditions it's about the only wealthy special interest free reign over washington more than anything it's about what a new democratic majority will mean in the lives of hardworking americans let's go live now to capitol hill keeping a close eye on the numbers as they've been coming in throughout the night and in the polls all right we've got the senate is being held by the republicans meanwhile the democrats taking control of the house of representatives. exactly right most of the races when the way that the polls were predicting that we're now hearing that the democrats on course to win a majority but thirty seats that a very good night for the democrats the people point to the results in the senate there's always going to be much more difficult because there are more democratic seats up for grabs and therefore less chance of them of stealing a few away from the republicans when it came to the gap the tauriel races they've

actually done pretty well as well so even though initially people were saying that is nor blue we are certainly been a significant swing to the democrats joining me live now here is just nickels from the university of maryland jason looks as if he could one thirty odd seats to use the words barack obama used when he lost a pile of seats in the his last midterms this is a bit of a shellacking for donald trump no i absolutely i think there's a lot to be excited about if you're a democrat in this country we've seen you know a diverse amount of people. being elected to public office with the youngest woman ever a hundred women have been elected as you stated two native american women two muslim women this is really something to be excited about energized people going into two thousand and twenty and i think you know we're taking the right wing narrative here that this is a big loss and i would certainly don't agree with that is it one earring for the

republicans that they put up a lot of white middle aged men who did pretty well but that's no longer reflective of what america is a when america's going it simply doesn't reflect the population in the country anymore doesn't it doesn't and i think they want to change that i think that they're trying to go after younger people and try to bring them into the republican party it's just that their values are really reflective of what young people want and what young america that young people want to build so i think that the democratic party is still going to be strong among young people america is getting younger and i think this bodes well for the democrats in the future do you see it is when donald trump can work with the democratic house of representatives i do not i don't think donald trump wants to work with anybody i think that donald trump in many ways views other members of government employees we've already seen rhonda santas essentially say that he is not really going to think for himself that he's

going to be someone who listens to donald trump for direction i think so you know donald trump is not really looking to for compromise he's looking for people to listen to donald trump he's in the real pleasure having you with us live here tonight thank you very much for joining us live here on. interestingly enough even though jason doesn't see is when donald trump can work with a democratic house of representatives the white house is saying he might be able to do some sort of deal on infrastructure so rebuilding the roads and really something donald trump has talked about for the last two years and also they could do something about. crisis remember when on the campaign trail said vote for republicans will help us push through your agenda but of course what this result means is that there is no longer single party control in washington it's no the republicans in the senate and in the white house and the democrats very much in control of the house of representatives on the democrats i'm very happy about that allan thanks very much for bringing us that update there from capitol hill well

defeat is texas democrats beta rock has called for cooperation between parties and us players to work with his opponent senator ted cruz for the good of the country that at this time of division the country's been as polarized as i can remember it in my life all this bitterness that defines so much of the national conversation today if there's anything that we can do to help him in his position of public trust to make sure that taxes helps to lead this country in a way that brings us back together around the big things that we want to achieve. castro joins us live from tucson arizona that race there in texas it was a very close one wasn't it even though. why why were the democrats showing so strongly in such a red state. that's right because you know texas is

a state that has not elected a democrat for a senator in thirty years i'm betto roar came within three percentage points of breaking that streak tonight democrats of course are nursing their rooms this is a race that they had a lot of hope in despite polling showing that they took over work was always trailing the incumbent senator ted cruz however there are also counting this as a great sign of progress in the number of people who turn out to the polls which broke records for a midterm in texas and it's also significant of a demographic shift in texas where more and more hispanics are moving to the state and and more becoming eligible to vote and for this time in this election it appears that more have actually cast a ballot which is the challenge that democrats have been facing in these southwestern states where there has there there is very mixed population but usually less enthusiasm on the left and shift your focus here to arizona the night is still young for the senate race here where the two candidates with voting

returns coming back are separated by fewer than ten thousand votes that's very significant this is also a red state and the republican candidate martha kathy sally was endorsed by trump he was here campaigning on her behalf using immigration as his tool to try to get his base here to vote or make sally now that the question of whether that is a back to it is what's being determined now because to make sallies opponent and cinema is one it's still neck and neck tied with her in this race in this red states and it's a test of whether that rhetoric which indeed her and out base may have in fact turned off the moderates and the independents in arizona who number themselves one in three among voters and that large group of latino's so. again this race is still very close and democrats are still holding out hope that they can still salvage at

least this one yes they didn't they did not take over the majority in the senate but perhaps they can still count arizona as a win for ok well we'll certainly be seeing more of you as the night progresses for the moment thank you all present trump has been tweeting about the elections i am to he has been a tremendous success tonight thank you thank you all and kellyanne conway is senior adviser to the president so the president's last minute campaigning and a focus on the issues helps republican candidates but i think the president really made competitive so many of the senate seats i'm we're up against forty three retirements and we're up again which include the speaker of the house and that was that's really difficult for us to keep the house under those circumstances even though speaker ryan is out there raising money and campaigning for candidates as well so we think about digging out of a hole like that from the beginning forty three retirements and the trends

historical trends against you and the president emerges with gains in the senate and some key governors' races having been won not all but some it's pretty mark i think is a testament to him showing up. in actions are seen as a referendum on the incumbent president this year is no different our white house correspondent joins us live from trump we have heard from kellyanne conway called way also the press actually sarah saunders and she's been sounding pretty upbeat. yeah essentially it hasn't just been the president who has been tweeting he's also been making telephone calls congratulating the senate leader mitch mcconnell the republican for hanging on to that chamber when the president were very hard to make sure that that happened and that's kind of the message that the white house has been delivering whether was kellyanne conway whether it was sarah sanders the white house press secretary speaking to reporters here at the white house earlier

this is there's no question this is a loss for this white house they are not going to be hanging on to the house of representatives so they're trying to spin all of this in terms of why this is still a victory so sarah sanders is essentially saying that look wherever the president went to campaign for senate candidates they did well and now she says there is a choice ahead in terms of whether or not democrats want to work with this president on his legislative agenda she also tries to get a little dig in by reminding us voters that democrats have promised some sort of a tsunami of support in terms of. democratic wave to capture control of the house of representatives and it wasn't quite that tidal wave take a listen to what she had to say got a long night to go a lot of races left and at the end of the day the president's going to work with whoever comes into office we have a lot of things on our agenda and we look forward to getting them all done and anybody that was into supporting

a blue wave tonight it's not going to get it maybe you get a ripple but i certainly don't think that there's only way or behind them look i think so far most of the races where the president is gone and those candidates are doing extremely well you also have to look at the fact joe manchin is one of the few democrat the only democrat to come out and vote for brett kavanaugh i think that's a moment that's probably helped him in some cases people that are embracing the president embracing his policies are doing well. so sarah sanders talking about the agenda moving forward characterizing it as a choice for democrats whether or not they want to work with this white house as the president continues to pursue his legislative agenda which she says includes keeping taxes low raising wages creating jobs defeating eisel combating the open crisis in this country and also combating illegal immigration but as we know the democrats have a very different set of priorities and that includes investigating this president we know already there are plans in the works to have at least some of the

committees in the house issuing subpoenas potentially calling for investigations that means that this one west wing will be doing a lot more than just pushing a legislative agenda they also may be having to answer a number of inquiries that could be very time consuming process so expect that you could also see moving forward not just a shift in terms of the leadership in the house he could also see a bit of a shift in the staffing here in the west wing very very interesting time india the next coming days and weeks kimberly thanks very much or we have plenty more still ahead on al-jazeera on the u.s. midterm elections not that much against her will be explaining the implications of the results on foreign policy. the nice pink sky spy the times. are is the sun sets in the city you think.

how there was predictably flooding in kuwait and iraq and probably here and there in iraq with this act system's going as far north now almost as bashar but it's weakening so from a full cost point of view we'll see a few more showers in the mountains of iran posted little bit more in iraq but not a huge amount in kuwait to you at least on words it looks like a draw a picture that's true as far west. asked as beirut twenty three degrees so that hasn't changed very much so it's fairly settled but to be honest for the next few days for the next week showers are likely to show themselves in the north society ranks you ate so can pass of iran as well and they could be pretty poky particular as you get towards the weekend and that's the case right through this northern part of saudi arabia pops possibly as far west as the red sea though that's not a certainty science it's all looking finalities isn't too strong terms come up to thirty one hundred thirty two from abu dhabi up towards doha and the breeze is relatively light active weather again in south africa this is the forecast for

wednesday so more of the circulation is about which way it is if the wind circulating something's happening and the greatest significant rain the eastern side of south africa sudden mozambique gold after a day. there with the sponsored by cats on. a journey of personal discovery. more american here and then more. al-jazeera as a mirror. highlights the struggles and resourcefulness made to the mask. trying to preserve their way of mind. your money from your. al-jazeera correspondent we are still here.

there again you're with al-jazeera the mind of only a story that we've been covering for the last few hours the diverging verdict in the u.s. elections the democrats have taken control of the house of representatives for the first time in eight years and this means they will now have the opportunity to block the president trumps agenda over the next two years but chunk of the body has maintained control of the senate some democratic incumbents running improved from states of being defeated in the republicans so that current one seat majority. many of present signature foreign policies all still in development in the outcome of these elections could have an impact on how he proceeds on the international stage. james. the world is watching these elections very

closely and we'll be watching in iran there were fresh searches in the last twenty four hours most of those that were lifted under the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal and. place iran's. already suffering a great deal of economic damage it's going to get worse they'll need now to make a political decision in tehran and in part it will depend on these elections perhaps they'll get an early indication if trump is going to be a one term or a two term president and whether they can wait him out the investigation into the death of jamal khashoggi may also be affected by the elections saudi arabia's not cooperating on handing over the suspects or on helping to find the journalist body so they could now be other legal steps if turkey requests it that could perhaps even be an international un led investigation in congress watch for efforts to take action against saudi arabia under the magnitsky act or the possibility of new

congressional investigations next yemen with saudi arabia under pressure look for congress to take renewed interest in the devastating war there's already a new push for a ceasefire by the trumpet ministration and i can tell you at the u.n. in new york the u.k. is starting efforts to draw up a security council resolution on the ceasefire the plan is all of this would lead to peace talks in sweden at the end of the month highly awaited too is the trump administration's middle east peace plan the u.n. has recently been warning of fresh conflict particularly in gaza but the palestinians have already written off the still to be unveiled plan being devised by trump's son in law jared cushion and i'm also hearing whispers that the international criminal court may soon make a ruling on whether to pursue investigations into israeli actions in syria there could be a final military push by the assad regime and its russian allies efforts by the u.n. to get talks going on a new constitution have been making very little progress as a new u.n.

special envoy pederson from norway prepares to start work afghanistan is another key priority for the administration and for the new congress after seventeen years of war the taliban has been gaining ground on the battlefield there's a new effort by the u.s. to talk to the taliban being led. top diplomat zalmay holy but there's very little immediate prospect of progress because of afghanistan's own political calendar with presidential elections due in april next year particle heinous been discussing the impact from the midterm verdict also on foreign policy in a short time ago she was joined by bret brehon former obama white house official and republican strategist adolfo franco. the midterm elections are usually all about foreign policy and twenty eighteen is really no exception but it is still a factor we've heard many voters say they are voting in order to put a check on u.s. president donald trump and that could have huge consequences for his foreign policy priorities so really take a look at that a little bit of

a deeper dive joined right now by brett virtue and he is the former director of global engagement under president barack obama so democrat and franco you're the forward visor the late senator john mccain so the republican have to be fair here a duffel first i want to talk to you about saudi arabia after the killing of jamal khashoggi there was universal bipartisan condemnation the president seemed to be the one dragging his feet for maybe put it in that way dragging his feet a little bit and trying to sanction or point blame at the higher highest levels of the saudi government if democrats do take the house as is widely expected does that change the equation knowledge of how the president responds to saudi arabia i don't think so and you're absolutely right there has been bipartisan outrage to say the least but you know recently secretary pompei oh i think expressed the president's views and that is this is a serious serious matter and we will continue to press the saudis on it but not willing to risk the relationship with saudi arabia over this even horrific incident

but you hit the nail on the head one chamber is likely to shift but the other chamber is and it takes two to really do anything effectively will be in republican hands in all likelihood in the senate so i don't think that will be much of a change and most importantly of all in the united states of course the conduct of foreign policy the actual conduct not the sort of the appropriation of course of money is in the hands of the president states and not the congress that has evolved that way i don't think the framers expected that to be the case but but let me ask you there's been a lot of reporting especially in the new york times that the treasury ministration has decided that they have to stay with mohammed been some on the crown prince but in exchange. for their support and in a way to try and exact some concessions from him they are going to try and force him to either and the war in yemen or the gulf crisis either do you think likely actually it goes beyond that in fact while pump a year when trump may try to sweep this under the rug and move on i don't know

that the congress both sides of capitol hill the house and the senate are going to let saudi arabia off that easily we've also seen clearly how turkey is playing their hands very carefully and skillfully in this i think the consequences are going to go beyond just a slap on the wrist the other that i would point out is there is more agreement not only on saudi arabia but on world issues like russia even china on capitol hill and we've seen with the white house so foreign policy while it's traditionally been run by the administration may not continue to be so well the results have returned one of the most diverse group of politicians that the u.s. has ever seen in american russia to tell i was elected to the house unopposed from michigan she along with ileana omagh have become the first muslim american women in

congress i was forced to flee from civil war in somalia as a teenager twenty nine year old. cortez has become the youngest woman elex it's to the house of representatives and sherry's that david's is the first native american woman elected to the house after her win in kansas and while in colorado jared polis has become the nation's first openly gay man to be elected as enough that gray is with us his associate professor at texas a and m. university is let's just focus little bit on that has been what's cooled a cultural wave this election is a good side the direction america's going in. it's always i think it's a bit varied so for instance looking at some of the examples of firsts one thing we have to keep him on is sort of the framing that's going on here in some sense in terms of especially from both parties in terms of what these sort of things mean i mean there was another historical race as memory serves i think tennessee just elected its first woman senator but she's

a republican. so with that that necessarily fits into a larger cultural differences kind of an issue but i think this may also be reflected was on one hand demographic changes so for instance the refugee smally candidate from minnesota part of this reflects larger demographic changes there's been an increase mali population in minnesota just they say with cuban americans say twenty thirty years ago you're starting to see more of these populations now getting into politics so in some ways it's just sort of a delayed response to something earlier another significant portion though is simply beyond the democrats have put such a heavy emphasis on for all of his purposes identity politics that really especially given say the comparatively white and old the senior leadership of the party just in order to kind of maintain their legitimacy with their base they need to find candidates of this type now whether this is reflective of a larger change or if this is more just

a happenstance of what's politically salient right now that's something we'll probably see in the next two to four years as they have the next two what areas do you think is going to be willing to work with democrats and have i mean my suspicion is so on things like the opiate crisis and infrastructure i suspect that would be an area where both one for both but ideologically and also in terms of their constituencies these are two areas that's the bases for both parties are interested in and most likely will want to have some support. many other years i'm not seeing the going to be much likely trump is probably not going to be inclined to do too much compromising to democrats the democrats do not seem to be very soon with trump. vision what we might see instead is. we might see the pen and phone come back the trust me just start working much more exclusively through executive orders few new legislation through and we'll have

a president from the previous administration which could make the two thousand and twenty one thousand quite interesting in many ways it's unavoidable it's let's talk about twenty twentieth's time when doing that plenty more throughout the morning for the moment thanks very much well the election is also of course on the line and has more from all social media producer they're heading we're seeing tens of millions of tweets with hashtags like i voted midterm twenty eighteen and just simply hash tag vote people literally all around the world are talking about this election especially young people now people are tweeting their shock as well the good and the bad kind about how this election has been playing out especially when it comes to the female candidates there's lots of excitement for the youngest woman to be elected to congress alexandria cacio cortez still represent new york and she's just twenty nine years old democrat pressley she becomes the first black woman to represent massachusetts and democrat david is the first native american

woman to serve in congress and the first openly l g b t person to represent kansas one man tweeted saying i don't care what your politics are it's refreshing and exciting to see our nation embrace diversity now people have been posting on instagram and twitter and facebook sharing pictures of themselves with their famed i voted stickers as usual celebrities are also using their influence to support candidates but no one has had an impact quite like singer taylor swift. good morning america it's taylor swift has one hundred and twelve million followers on instagram and has asked all of them to vote just to put that into perspective the white house only has four million followers and according to a polling site called target smart there's been a seven hundred sixty seven percent increase in young voters compared to twenty fourteen many are calling it the swift effect. and again once you voted take a picture of the tag me in your photo hashtag just voted and i'll be looking for

you how people in you guys like taylor we've also been asking you to send us your election thoughts here's what some of you had to say. the release of. change the. of this country in the only ways i can do that wish to hurt a lot of people walking around with i voted stickers on sorry for me i got some circumstantial evidence but it seems like a lot of people have been going out and getting their votes interviewing people seem to be proudly wearing their stickers today as you can imagine social media has been pivotal in the selection and twitter and facebook know it twitter blocked over ten thousand accounts that were being used to discourage voting facebook says it's blocked thirty accounts in eighty five accounts on instagram that's hardly anything though really compared to the millions of accounts that were deleted for spreading misinformation in the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election now we also want to hear from you if you voted send us

a video telling us what issues were most important to you you can send it to me on twitter my name there is that we are hard a.j. we'll continue to monitor the conversation online but for now back to you and of course you can find much more analysis about the elections online on dress al-jazeera dot com. well with al-jazeera and this is our latest coverage the democrats have taken control of the house of representatives for the first time in eight this means they will now have the opportunity to block president trams agenda for the next two years. we have from nancy pelosi the democratic leader in the house. this is written about democrats and republicans it's about restoring the constitution's jackson balances to the campaign and very. it's about

stopping the g.o.p. and might mitch mcconnell is the source on medicare medicaid if one of them care act and the health care of one hundred thirty million americans living with preexisting medical conditions it's about the only wealthy special interest free reign over washington more than anything it's about what a new democratic majority will mean in the lives of hardworking americans but comes republican party has maintained control of the senate so some democratic incumbents running in pro trump states have been defeated helping the republicans to the current one seat majority kellyanne conway senior adviser to the president says the president's last minute campaigning and his focus on the issues help republican candidates. but i think the president really made competitive so many of the senate seats i'm we're up against forty three retirements and we're up again which include the speaker of the house and that was that's really difficult for us to keep the

house under those circumstances even though speaker ryan is out there raising money and campaigning for candidates as well so we think about digging out of a hole like that from the beginning forty three retirements and the trends historical trends against you and the president emerges with gains in the senate and some key governors' races having been won not all but some it's pretty mark i think is a testament to him showing up as his bring your minds of the numbers that we're seeing in the house of representatives there is coming up democrats cruelly pairing up with two hundred and six republicans trailing with one eight eight the house right senses to win two hundred eighteen at least as the senate how the senate. democrats with forty three seats and the republicans comfortable taking that with fifty one. oh midterm election coverage will continue on

al-jazeera after the listing price thanks for watching. and. york city. by. hiring they have a credit on my record and. alan wake. me up. hello i'm richard gives birth and you're at the listening post this coming tuesday november sixth americans will be voting in midterm elections which will be seen as a referendum on the trump presidency so it's fitting that one of the major issues before voters is the institution president trump cannot stop talking about the news media consider the stories monopolizing the us airwaves recently the coverage of that migrant caravan from central america the pipe bomb sent to c.n.n.

amongst others and the president's incessant tweets all developments with significant media aspects to them this week we're breaking format focusing on the u.s. in the second half of the program we examine a christian broadcasting network that somehow backs a president who is nobody's idea of a saint we'll also talk to jay rosen an academic who's been studying the u.s. media for more than thirty years one of the most authoritative media critics out there will discuss donald trump's attacks on the mainstream media why it is that they work how c.n.n. became a hate object and the larger crisis of credibility that american journalism faces today but first a look at some of the stories that have made headlines and produced sound bites as election day approaches. the latest now on that aromatics migraines now with the midterm elections approaching and the political stakes rising as the new lows just . keep on coming a caravan of migrants on route from honduras in search of

a better life but on rightwing outlets like fox news it was something more sinister a looming invasion traced the kara family's fact heavily male and highly dangerous and the president went even further say happens all the time from the middle east to study even saying bad or good but some real bad ones but you know they intercepted and they could very well be. there's no proof of anything there's no proof of anything election or attack yesterday last weekend in pittsburgh a gunman opened fire inside a synagogue killing eleven worships his social media movements were traced to get a platform popular with the ultra right that features a particularly nasty brand of anti semitism. and there were the pipe bombs mailed to various truck critics including the channel that is his bet was the one he loves to hate c.n.n.

all of the perpetrators were trump supporters however the president accepted none of the blame for his rhetoric let alone their actions putting it instead on the media to set a more civil tone and to stop the angelus hostility and constant negative and oftentimes false attacks still accusing c.n.n. and the opposition democratic party of exploiting the attacks ahead of voting while trump supporters like blue dogs who hosts a show on fox business suggested the bomb scares including the ones against his journalistic colleagues at c.n.n. have been fabricated as the president doubles and triples in quadruples down america's media eco system now resembles a battlefield of their chairs and it raises the french south of our border words are the weapons you. want to shoot em the spirit and hyperbole are the currency somebody is going to get hurt or so at that border and the false flags are flying.

jay rosen thanks for joining us of the listening post today why don't we start with this question how has donald trump two years into his presidency turned the media into such a useful enemy perhaps the most useful political enemy of them all well let's start with some basic facts about donald trump as president of the united states one is he doesn't know anything about the issues that he must deal with he isn't good at the job nothing he says can be trusted and when you have a president like that what's going to happen they see generates a lot of bad news for him self and he has managed to convince his supporters that this happens because the news media hates him as the far left media once again. judy just so. and he's gone one step further to say

to them when they criticize me it's because they hate you and so he's not only turned the press into a hate object but he's made it the foundation of his support when trump was elected you used a seasonal metaphor to describe political journalism in the us you talked about the establishment media having entered winter what did you mean by that how did political journalism fail its public describe the disconnect. well i meant first of all that about a third of the country had exited from the press system meaning that they mistrust the product on principle presented unique challenges to the press and our press corps is not very good at rethinking its routines on the fly so for example the spectacular fall down in the run up to the iraq war as well as

the failure to alert the country about the financial crisis in two thousand and eight weren't followed by any deep reflection of reform and we saw the same thing after the two thousand and sixteen election and a set of trying to fix what had gone wrong in political journalism our press corps simply moved on to the next story which in this case was a very big story donald trump as president on the recent migrant caravan story fox news has plenty of answer for but there were some other news organizations that also bought into the narrative the trump and the republicans were trying to push to what extent do you think news outlets from the center even from the left or near left are also giving this particular story outsized attention once again allowing trump to be the media's assignment editor or can they just not help themselves. just yet very difficult for t.v.

producers to resist that even something as simple as showing us on the map where those people were and how close in fact they were to the u.s. border which at one time was like thousand miles away or hundreds of miles away even something as simple as that was too difficult for cable news producers so that was a case where trump and his propaganda. outmaneuvered t.v. news and simply capitalized on some of its weaknesses there's this ongoing battle between president trump and c.n.n. trump screams fake news c.n.n. responds with a robust defense of its journalism for those of us on the outside this would seem to be an easy argument for c.n.n. to win it seems like a slam dunk why hasn't that been the case well i think what you have to understand here is that for this portion of the public trump is the

major source of news about trump which is to say that for that part of the country and authoritarian new system is already up and running. and in that sense nothing c.n.n. could say would make a bit of difference to the core of trump's supporters who have now assimilate is c.n.n. as a as a symbol of everything they hate it's a symbol of cultural elites of the people who are in control of the system and the paranoid style of politics that trump practices and the conspiracy thinking that it often produces are all bound up with this mistrust of c.n.n. you recently returned to new york after spending four months in germany you wrote extensively about the media there you offered some criticisms but you have mostly positive things to say is it possible to boil down what it is about the culture of

journalism in germany the way it's structured the way it's regulated that exposes areas where the us media are failing and perhaps regulators have failed as well well one of the first things that struck me in germany was no fox news there's just nothing like that in the german system. the way that a story can go from the fever swamps of the extreme right wing to the white house in twenty four hours that just doesn't exist in germany part of the reason it doesn't exist is that the public broadcasters occupies such a large cultural space it's very professional. and it's a huge part of the media system but that's not the only thing there's a culture. of in german journalism that makes it pretty explicit that both public broadcasters and the profession of journalism

exist to defend german democracy that and to prevent extremes of left or right from overtaking in the public sphere we don't have anything like that any united states the existence of a state broadcaster in germany in countries like the u.k. and right across europe is significant but what about the rules of the game forks news was created only three years after the fairness doctrine was scrubbed that was the u.s. regulatory requirement that compelled broadcast news organizations no matter what story they were covering to show both sides of that story how in your view has the end of that particular requirement which still exists in countries like the u.k. and germany change that well i'm not sure why the fairness doctrine gets the attention it does on this issue i don't think it would have had much of effect in preventing the rise of fox news and then there's nothing really in the

fairness doctrine especially with the weakening of the federal government as a regulator of everything not just that that occurred in the eighty's and ninety's that would have stopped i think the growth of fox news or the growth of conservative talk radio. it's not just that countries like germany and the u.k. have some sort of fairness or impartiality with choir and that is part of it but the thing that really makes a difference is that they have a dedicated finance system that makes those organizations strong we have nothing like that that there are countries in europe to spend one hundred dollars per citizen a year on public broadcast and we spend like five well you may not think that the end of the fairness doctrine had anything to do with the start of fox news rupert murdoch who owns the channel would beg to disagree when he was asked why it is that

he hadn't turned his british news channel sky news into a faux news he said because the regulations don't allow it now i get that the fairness doctrine may not have been the perfect regulatory measure but it was written in one thousand nine hundred forty nine it was forty years old when it was dispensed with by the reagan administration in most countries when they have a regulation that isn't doing the job they rewrite it they update it so why this approach well because we don't have a congress that works at all we don't have a regular regulatory regime that works for hardly anything and a third difference that you didn't mention is that. the first amendment in the united states is is much stronger than the equivalents in germany and the u.k. so for example in the in germany it is against the law to practice holocaust denial you are allowed to. make particular ethnic groups

into hate objects and so there are rules that we would never tolerate any united states and there our understanding of the first amendment final question and one of those pieces that you posted back in two thousand and sixteen after trump one is election you made all kinds of observations about the american media you issued a few warnings you. offered a few bromides but i went through the comments under that piece and one reader left one saying good luck getting the genie back in the bottle does he have a point can what ails the american media be fixed yeah he had a point. i think we're in a cycle where it's not obvious how we change it except through political change the fusing of the media system and the political system has proceeded to such a degree that it's very hard to imagine the how just by changing practices our

press changes its status mean after all fox nudes and the white house are in a way the same operation right now so i think this cycle that we're in is going to have to run its course somehow it's going to either have to burnt out or meet with massive political change before we see any real change in the dynamic between the press and the president ok jay rosen thanks again for talking to us here at the listening post to that thank you for having me. there are a select few broadcasting networks and president trumps good books fox news is one of them but the president also has time for the christian broadcasting network c.b.s. over the past two years c.b.s. has had exclusive interviews with donald trump as well as many of his officials and advisors this is a relationship built on joint interests evangelicals especially white evangelicals

are a big part of the republican party's core vote and heading into midterm elections they're among trump's most stubborn supporters he needs to keep them onside c.b.s. provides the perfect go between and c.b.s. executives have a religious vision for the united states that the pans on a president willing to champion their beliefs even if he himself is not exactly pious listening posts flow phillips now on donald trump and c.d.n. a political match made in have. a good afternoon everyone thanks for coming out to our first official briefing here in this very room january twenty third twenty seven the first white house press conference of the trumpet ministration question number one goes to you can you how do you see. the second question jennifer wish.

jennifer wishing not a name from c.n.n. c.b.s. . the christian broadcasting network we were watching that first press conference in the newsroom. when he called on the c.b.s. so jenny what was that like you're in the briefing room and oh by the way sorry associated press jenny from the question. why it's remarkable david that was a signature for us because we never get called. we've been in that. first first time was nine hundred eighty so it's been a legitimate. news outlet it recognizes them and it does something else to trump is basically saying i see you none of those other people sees you i'm going to overturn the system that says i have to call on c.n.n. i have to call on c.b.s.

i called the new york times so i'm going to call in c.d.n. because we're part of this anti-establishment. radicals overthrowing the system. that is nothing compared to giants like c.n.n. and fox news. division is small. but it plays a very specific strategic role shaping the political interests and voting behavior of many evangelical america. the network stated mission is to prepare the united states of america for the coming of jesus christ its method the strategic use of mass communication a global ministry relying on t.v. internet and social media to spread good news. according to the network c e o c b s flagship show the seven hundred club that's roughly five to six hundred thousand us as a day not exactly the more than three million viewers sean hannity gets every night

on fox news but that content is then trends. slated and transmitted around the globe hitting a monthly reach of up to fifteen million c.b.s. is the most influential evangelical christian organization in the world without a doubt it's not so due to the size of their audience though it's due to the fact that all of the other leaders in place even christianity pay attention to what pat says and so it's a matter of not only influencing masses but it's influencing the influence servers and that's what c.b.s. does so well. terry heathy was the executive producer of the seven hundred club for much of the one nine hundred eighty s. the parties talking about his pat robertson robertson is central to the c.b.s. story he founded the network in one nine hundred sixty and at age eighty eight still hosts the seven hundred club and jesus like he's a hugely influential figure in the evangelical community like the fundamentalists

here of christianity. but it's not just his faith that guides his father was a u.s. senator and he himself ran for the republican presidential nomination in one thousand eight. through his blood and i've always said that he is first a politician and secondly a minister i think he's brilliant he really years he's especially brilliant when it comes to politics and marketing you could think of him almost as a precursor to trump a t.v. personality running for president right he laid the groundwork for someone who is not necessarily a political person running for president and using the mobilization of conservative christian voters as the driving force behind their presidential run pat robertson believes in the end times and he believes that before the second coming of christ

can happen there has to be. kind of apocalypse and so our politics of chaos actually fits in very nicely with his religious beliefs and that's going to be a great thing for christianity so to the extent that donald trump is an agent of chaos pat robertson embrace of that why shouldn't know this thousand people pray for because he sees this is getting us closer and closer to the end times and the second coming. evangelicals was central to trump's election victory in twenty sixty five more than eight hundred ten voted for him more than six in ten still think he's got the country headed in the right direction and has the country gears up for the midterms trump needs to keep conservative christians on the sun cv end influence and weak provides the perfect platform for that transcend c.b.s. and have developed a relationship over the years long before most people thought he was running for president he did an interview with c.b.s.

and with david brody that seemed like perhaps is thinking about it in two thousand and eleven you have to pick somebody that's going to win i think he's interviewed trump at least a dozen times one on one who is god what are your thoughts on this post so that has enabled c.b.s. and to position itself as the inside baseball network that is the ultimate real god created this the tight relationship between a seemingly ungodly president and his evangelical base appears in congress doesn't exhibit the traditional christian principles that the c.b.s. promotes so i've come here to the network's headquarters in virginia beach to ask the c.e.o. if this is just an alliance a political convenience. the trump doesn't come across as the most devout president of the us of a b. and b. . and you know you are outwardly christian broadcaster in the country and

yet you still support him. do solemnly swear i think i join with a lot of people waking up the day after the election going what just happened. so he's he's an unlikely president and it's unlikely for him to be of such appeal to evangelical voters that said i think president trump is an absolute master me master of emotion as a master politician he made very specific promises to the evangelical community about supreme court justices about the johnson amendment about christian persecution christianity is under siege unlike other politicians who make promises in the campaign and then do something different in office he's fulfilled his promises he's he's come through a lot of what white evangelicals have had to do since trump appear on the scene is to figure out kind of how he fits in their theology and in their religious

commitments the office is so powerful. that you need even more a c. b. an interview says donald trump cares about us nobody has done more for christians or evangelicals or frankly religion that i have he's going to sit down and talk to us even though he won't talk to the washington post or the new york times or to c.b.s. i'm so donald trump values you will continue to believe in donald trump because trump believes in you. trump may value c.b.s. and c.d.n. may value the access to press but that doesn't mean has any value in the news it's produced and that's coming from someone who should know ten years before fox news came on the scene we wrote the playbook for conservative news we call the t.v. news with a different spirit and all it was was an attempt to insert conservative

propaganda into the news i am convinced this is a nation under god in the end right wing news is only a profit center it's not news and there's no attempt to be for unbiased and i think it's gone so far now that the public isn't aware of that but that's still what we create blame me i'm the one who is is saying i don't want to play gotcha journalism i think there's plenty of place in the news space today where you're going to hear that what is missing i think in the landscape is well what is it that they're really trying to say what is that an edited version. last month that on that is had version came from pat roberts well just days after the killing of saudi john as. he was only asking not reminding his evangelical viewers of god's commandment thou shalt not kill or defending

a fellow journalist he was echoing the president of course you don't often hear mashaal i asked one question i mean robertson has since changed his rhetoric lights off. the president changed his course the saudis are telling the truth of i live live live and while we certainly can are well planned to go scot free he's a he was reaffirming the c.b. and it's about political relationships and one relationship in particular. that's our especial edition on the american broadcast media on the eve of the midterms so many channels so many voices consumer spoiled for choice but lacking in trust a distinct lack of regulations and a vital institution left abandoned to the corporate sector to do with journalism information and truth what they will as the late c.b.s. anchor walter cronkite used to say when he signed off each week night that's the way it is we'll see you next time here at the listening post. disease

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