now. goodbye. >> back to you. >> special thanks to andrea, bill schulz, jimmy mcginess, sandra smith. i'm imreg gutfeld. >> this mr. romney can't stand up to extreme voices in his own party? then we know he will never stand up for us. >> laura: sandra fluke gets a speaking role at the dnc begging the question are democrats going overboard with their war on women campaign? we'll take a look at that. >> i apologize for the misuse of that word. at the same time i don't apologize for the fact that i'm strong in my belief of pro-life. >> laura: embattled republic senate candidate todd akin defies party leaders refusing to drop out of race.

will the situation really have any impact though on the presidential election? dick morris will be here to analyze. >> if i had one piece of advice for this administration would be shut the [bleep] up. >> if someone uses the uniform, whatever uniform it is for partisan politics, i'm disappointed. >> a group of military veterans under fire for speaking out against president obama. but is this divisive rhetoric or valid criticism? we'll have a debate. >> you can't handle the truth. >> laura: caution, you where to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. >> laura: hi, everyone. i'm laura ingraham in for bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us. no talking points memo this evening. so let's get right to the top story. the failure of the media to cover both parties in a fair and balanced way. now, as i pointed out

yesterday in my talking points memo, the media has done a magnificent job doing the president's bidding. and a new rasmussen poll shows that 51% of likely voters think the media will try to help obama win re-election. just 9% think the media would help romney. today on my radio show, i called out nbc chief white house correspondent chuck todd on the bias issue. of course, i raised the media's obsession with the latest diversion in the presidential race. the republic congressman todd akin's rape comments. now, to his credit, todd actually admitted the media has done a quote, terrible job covering the economy. >> the entire political community should be held accountable for. this including the romney campaign. they have lost some traction on the economy. and i don't know why. >> laura: but you don't think the fact

>> laura: meanwhile todd akin is ignoring calls including mitt romney and paul ryan to get out of the senate race. today he continued his apology tour. >> what i understood that i have been offensive to people and that i had misspoken, then i first off apologized. i think that's appropriate and that's because that word just doesn't belong. there is no rape that is legitimate, it's a heinous crime. one of the most serious and i understand that the victims

are harmed for a long time. and i take that very seriously. but, while i apologize for the misuse of that word, at the same time, i don't apologize for the fact that i am strong in my belief of pro-life. >> laura: with the media refusing to let this story go, how does the mitt romney campaign get his messages out there? >> joining me now to discuss all of this and the political implications from new york dick morris, author of the best seller screwed. dick, a couple interesting things here. let's start with the chuck todd comment today. he said, look, we have done a terrible job covering the economy. it's more about stories than about stats. but, it's everybody's fault that we do this. and i don't really know why mitt romney can't get his economic message out. what's your take? >> well, it would be wrong to overexaggerate the impact of the media you are quite right to talk about its bias. it certainly is. and everybody knows that. that's why they are dropping

in ratings every week. at some point you are going to hear a sonic boom when o'reilly passes the networks in ratings which will be soon. the point is you have to play the media coverage to get your message out and the akin thing is a perfect example of that i think that story is a big plus for romney right now. because the not that some kooky republic congressman running for the senate said something stupid. that was the first story. now the story is that the responsible leaders of the republic party, romney and mcconnell and all of them are piling on akin's withdraw and he won't. that really sends a message to pro-choice women that they don't need to be afraid of mitt romney. that they don't have to vote for obama because of that. and i think romney is spinning this beautifully and it's

defanging the fear motivation in getting democrats out to vote particularly democratic women out to vote for obama. >> but now you see democrats coming forward and saying well. up in until a few days ago. paul ryan and akin agreed on these issues. they worked together on that human life amendment to stop funding abortion, defined forcible rape vs. rape. they said if he was with him then. how can we trust him now. they are taking that nugget and exploding it. divide the voters. >> all of this makes it clear that romney is not there. all of it makes it clear that the republic party did, in fact, nominate romney, not gingrich or santorum. and obama would much rather run against gingrich or santorum because is he use them unfairly to scare women. but he can't use romney that way. and i think that this is a

very effective move by rom anymore. sometimes on defense you can score points you couldn't possibly score on offense. >> now, i get what you are saying. dick, one thing that happened today on the radio, a number of people called and emailed in who are pro-life. and they were beginning to feel like they are being dumped on a little bit. and look, you throw this guy to the dogs so quickly. that's going to give the left a further impetus to jump on every comment by every republic to try to pro-life person after pro-life person out of the party. in other words, blood out of the water. you gave it to them so it's going to embolden the left. what about that concern? >> i see it the exact opposite, laura. i think that there were large numbers of americans who are pro-life who oppose abortion. who want it to be illegal as a form of birth control. but, in cases of rape or in cases of incest would support allowing an abortion. i think that probably the polling reflects that the vast majority of pro-lifers agree

with that position. and by casting. >> laura: but it's in the republic platform. >> and by casting the possibility of one being a moderate pro-life candidate, who supports -- hospitals to outlaw abortion but understands there are certain crucial exceptions, life of the mother, rape and incest, you make clear that this is a spectrum and that romney is an acceptable place on the spectrum. let me also say about the economy, the reason the economy hasn't been the number one issue is because medicare has been the number one issue. and ryan has done a spectacular job of using the piggy bank metaphor. you are robbing -- you are using it as a piggy bank. medicare as a piggy bank to fund obama care. that metaphor makes everybody understands it really well it takes republic vulnerability and makes it into a tremendous strength. and it takes the aspect of obama care that is most offensive, that it's going to lead to rationing of

healthcare totaled derly and it puts it front and center. so, i think the coverage of the last two to three weeks. and the things you have to cover, have been very pro-romney. i sense an momentum for romney and i would willingly. >> laura: last few hours have been dominated by this akin story. we have the cbo report that came out today that says we could have 9.1% unemployment next year and further degrading of our g.d.p. if this fiscal cliff is allowed to happen. i mean that is a startling warning from the cbo. and i just think the longer we are talking about akin, the less people will become focused on that understand and stand the severity. madeleine albright was talking about who should be blamed for what is going wrong in the country. let's listen. >> i am friends with the truman foundation and i was in

the missouri speaking on behalf of the president truman and the foundation. and so i kind of assumed it was a democratic audience. and. [ laughter ] i would say many things about the previous administration. [ laughter ] some of which i said here. and also this man gets up and says so how long are you people going to blame the previous administration? and i said forever. [ laughter ] >> laura: kind of hard to hear but said forever. we can blame the previous administration forever. i actually expect better from madeleine albright. i'm actually a little surprised about that that just seems so weak. >> i understand that there are plans afoot, laura, to rename the san andreas fault, bush's fault. >> laura: that's a really bad joke even for you, dick. it's a bad one. it's lame. not the joke. >> he we don't need the coverage of the economy to make us understand there is a bad economy.

we know that. obama would not be in the desperate trouble is he in if it weren't for this economy. and the playing other issues out like medicare. and like rationing of healthcare and obama care make a lot of sense. and by coming across as moderate on abortion, romney is doing obama more damage or defense. >> laura: interesting. >> than he ever would be on offense. >> laura: we appreciate it next on the run down. have democrats gone overboard with this war on women theme? we're going to take a look at that situation. later, the to top military official in the united states says is he disappointed by anti-obama campaign by some vets. is there their criticism valid? stay tuned please for tho

>> laura: in the impact segment tent, the so-called war on women reignited. and as we discussed last

night, some democrats are trying to use the todd akin remarks that most people found offensive to paint the entire g.o.p. as anti-women. and today the dnc announced 9 additional democratic women as convention speakers, good timing, including planned parenthood presidency seal richards and georgetown law student sandra fluke. the question: are dems going a little bit overboard now with this theme? joining us now from new york tyra dowdell and democratic strategist that she is and fox news contributor sally cone. all right, ladies, let me have it, tell me why one congressman's comments in missouri, that have been now roundly either ridiculed or denounced by pretty much every republic on the scene is now indication that republics are, quote: anti-women? i'll start with you, sally. >> well, you know, look, republics wisely distance themselves from what todd akin

said. they didn't distance themselves from what he believes. in fact, they doubled down. in fact, paul ryan and akin co-sponsored two incredibly extreme antichoice measures and we saw just out this week the republic party platform would ban, would constitutionally ban all choice and take away all control women have over their own bodies including. >> laura: all control? >> not having any -- this is -- they want -- the republic party wants to tell women who are raped that they have to have the baby of their rapist. that's not a war on rapist. >> laura: lots of stuff in there, sally. but, number one, the republics do not eliminate all, quote: choice for women's healthcare in the republic platform. the republic party is, you are right, a pro-life party. and 51% of america, according to the the latest pew survey, gallup survey describes themselves as pro-life. so, say that's out of the

mainstream, it's it like me coming back and saying well, barack obama, a lot of his people are for partial birth abortion. that's wildly unpopular in the united states. so he is against babies. okay? we disagree on this fundamental issue. butera, you can pick it up there. the republic platform has been pro-life for the past, i believe, you know, several platforms. i don't think the language has really changed all that much on the human life question. but go ahead. >> well, i think the problem here for the republics is that it's not just akin that are saying these things. the republics keep claiming that they want to have a serious conversation about the economy. but they are talking about everything but. you have donald trump running around as romney surrogate talking about obama's birth certificate. you have congressman degraff. >> laura: when is the last time. >> all the time. congressman degraff says women should plan ahead for rape. this is a pattern of extremism which is turning women off. president obama has a double digit lead over mitt romney according to the latest "wall street journal" poll because women do not like this kind of

talk. blaming them for being raped. no, that's not how any party should be talking about any kind of women's issues. >> laura: well, as you just said that the republics have disavowed congressman akin's comments, which they have, so, they are not blaming women who have been raped. i would put the republic's law and order credentials against rapists, against the democrats any day. and i think most of the country would. you are right about that single women are overwhelmingly in favor of barack obama. it's a big double digit lead. among married women romney leads 50 to 44%. most of those married women actually have children and they are -- they are fairly solidly for romney. those numbers are incorporate thatting. >> i think the gap is going to get bigger. >> laura: let's talk about other issues, other than the right to abort one's off spring. because i don't believe. and i'm looking at the "wall street journal" lineup of the most important issues facing the country, the right to abort is not in the top ten, i

don't believe it's in the top 20 of pretty much any poll out there. and that's really at the bottom of all of this, we have to ask what is this debate doing to help a single woman get a job, educate a child, make sure their children are protected in a culture that pollutes their minds? i don't think this so-called war on women debate does a darn thing to help a single woman out there. sally, go ahead. >> you know, laura, where i agree with you this wasn't going to be the primary issue in this election. we were going to be talking about jobs and the economy and each party's plans. republicans threw repeated legislative and rhetorical efforts of their own part have put this issue in front of american voters. and let me just clarify. 77% of american voters think that abortion should be legal in some or most cases. so, this wasn't on the table. it's now on the table. people are going to want to know where romney stands. this is yet another issue where he keeps flip flopping saying that he is pro-choice and telling mike huckabee is he against abortion in all

cases now saying he believes in some exceptions. he has got to stand where he clearly is and stop running from his own party's extremism. >> laura: let me get this straight. sally and tara, for the most part you believe that president obama wants to be talking about his economic record but it's mitt romney and paul ryan who are dragging the conversation to talk about rape and incest exceptions for abortion? is that what you guys are saying? >> no. what i'm saying is that no one is holding a gun to any of these republic politician's heads who are talking about everything but the economy. >> laura: you guys that's all paul ryan has been talking about the budget and the economy. >> the reason why the press. >> laura: what are you talking about. >> the press has picked up on these comments because people are making these comments. that's why the press is able to pick up on them. if they didn't make the comments, there would be nothing to pick up on. >> the press isn't fabricating ryan's voting record and mitt romney's flip flop on abortion they aren't fabricating the republic party platform.

>> laura: 51% of americans today believe that the media are working to help barack obama. i think they think that for a reason. i think this coverage of this one comment being blown out into this big proportion is being done for a enradio. i appreciate both of you joining us. thanks so much. >> always a pleasure, laura. >> laura: new pentagon saying alarming number of -- new -- new polling saying that alarming number on track. who is winning the political ad wars. analyze the latest spots coming up.

>> laura: in the campaign 2012 segment tonight, new polling from the associated press has president obama ahead of mitt romney 47% to 46%. so it's within the margin of error. a new nbc "wall street journal" poll has a wider gap. 48% for obama and 48 for

romney. it doesn't appear that the former governor of massachusetts got much of a paul ryan bump. both polls show that about 60% of americans think the country is headed in the wrong direction. so what is going on here? with me here to explain democratic pollster margie omero and republic pollster david winston. david, a lot of people i talk to say how can president obama with this report that came out by the cbo today about where we are headed next year, g.d.p. where it is, unemployment where it is, how can this nbc/"wall street journal" poll show him up in this case by four points. >> well, nbc "wall street journal" poll has a bit of a problem in the sense that i think it oversamples democrats a little bit too much. they had party i.d. margin of 7 points. that's it what t was back in 2008. i don't think there is anybody who real his certificately believes the electorate is the same as t was in 2008. having said that, one of the reasons that the president seems be hanging in while the president is really dissatisfied in terms of what he has done in terms of this economy. they aren't really to play 52

card pickup with the economy. they want to hear what governor romney has to say. that's the exciting paul of paul ryan being able to interject set of ideas building a coalition. >> laura: going into the republic convention virtually tied in ap poll. among seniors i find it interesting. among seniors obama a disadvantage to romney. so i think it's at about last time i looked 8% in the latest poll. so, the paul ryan is going to scare old people deal doesn't seem to be playing out as it perhaps would have played out in previous elections. >> well, i think it's too early to really tell the effect of paul ryan pick is going to have on this. i think here in washington we want to have immediate gratification when it comes to these polls. and i think it's too soon to tell. but when if you look at the ryan plan itself, that is incredibly unpopular. a poll released today. polls over the last couple years that show a lot of the different proponents of ryan's plan whether it's medicare or cutting food to hungry kids,

aid to the poor. housing and head start. all that unpopular. >> shepard: ryan's plan isn't what they are running on now. ryan has set this consistently. mitt romney last time i checked is at the top of the ticket. >> sometimes is he more clear about that sometimes he isn't. he has gone back and forth. it took a few days in my view for him to be really cleared. >> laura: by that analysis, joe biden having last century should be tagged to obama. i mean, i'm sorry, i hear what you are saying. >> thought ryan's plan was marvelous. >> laura: right, i am sure he agreed with a lot of different things, when you run for president you have to bring a lot of different people together and have a different approach. that's i believe the approach romney is taking. i'm not saying it is perfect. i am saying romney i think has tried to. >> with the mention ryan means is there is a big strategy shift. rather than this being a referendum on the president. governor romney decided we will get this battle of ideas and go at it having said that, they have been very clear this

is still governor romney's candidacy and paul ryan has been very clear about that moving forward though, okay, the challenge there is given the fact we are center right country what this campaign is bang,ing on and i think it's good odd is the fact that they're center right party. >> laura: margie, finally, if i'm a democrat and look at this economy, and i see some of these polls where they are, i'm pinching myself and i can't believe it if i'm a democrat that's what i'm thinking. but rasmussen has a very -- tells a different story. margie, you can close it. >> well, i would direct, i know a lot of your viewers want to look at the data. i would direct people to huffington post pollster. look at all the past data. all the past polls to see how these numbers have been consistent except for two points where those wrong track numbers really spiked higher than they are right now. during the debt ceiling showdown and waning days of the bush administration. >> laura: approval for obama on the economy is terrible. we appreciate it plenty more as the factor moves along this

tonight. battle of dueling ad. both campaigns without new spots. who is more effective. military veterans critical of president obama are now accused of using their uniforms for partisan politics. we hope you stay tuned for all those reports.

>> laura: in the unresolved problem segment tonight, we are just about two months away from the election. the political ad war is a take

no prisoner situation. both obama and romney teams put out new ones today. take a look. >> some thing obama care is the same as free healthcare but nothing is free. obama is raiding $716 billion from medicare changing the program forever. taxing wheelchairs and pacemakers, raising taxes on families making less than $120,000. free healthcare comes at a very high price. the romney/ryan plan will restore medicare funding and protect and strengthen the program for the next generation. >> some of our children's greatest experience have been in the smaller classrooms. >> but mitt romney says class sizes don't matter. and he supports paul ryan's budget which could cut education by 20%. >> you can't do this by shoving 30, 35 people in a class and just teaching to some tests. >> these are all issues that really he personally cannot relate to, to be able to afford an education. to want the very best public

education system for your children. >> laura: how do we know that both campaigns are telling the truth? who is winning the ad war overall at this point? joining me now to analyze from l.a. anthony home the author of the book 52 reasons not to vote for obama and from south carolina dick harr harr boot alan. look i see the obama ad as fairly effective and i see that it's trying to keep mitt romney over here. he doesn't understand people or he doesn't understand your financial concerns and these poor kids how does that play with folks in the middle who are trying to keep a job or get a job? >> well, you know, laura, i am also chairman of the state democratic party and here in south carolina, and had the opportunity to go to north carolina on saturday and go door-to-door with a bunch of south carolineans independent

voters. i talk to 50, 60 independent voters many of whom were committed to barack obama, many of whom are committed to mitt romney. almost an even split. then there were people in the middle. the ones i talked to said two things about what they're seeing on tv. one, i'm convinced that most of them don't believe either side. so, i mean, when you say it's effective, it's effective to the partisan i'm not sure that either side it's effect except to this extent. mitt romney's ad is, you know, the death panel reminiscent of the death panel allegations. obama's ad is about specifically what is romney's plan on education since romney has to defer to paul ryan. he says i have got a plan or i have got a budget or i have got this. we don't know what it is. it's probably a lockbox in the kay men's or some bank. >> laura: that's such a lame -- [ laughter ] >> laura: dick, again, i think those kind of cheap shots are what people are tired of,

really. i mean, if you want to know the truth. lockbox in the kay caymans, you know that paul ryan is number two on the ticket. mitt romney has an enormous amount of specificity. both what he talked about on the trail and on his web site. but we also know what's in obama care and what it does and you can pick up on this, anthony. we know that obama care raids $716 billion from medicare. that is a fact. that's being hammered home in the ad. i think that's equally as effective as the education ad. >> thank you, laura. and that is spot on. i understand that dick has in a situation where he can't defend the last three and a half years of the president. it's a very tough spot to be in. the reality is that distinction between the two commercials is we can look back and see what obama did, he raided medicare for a $700 million. that's very very tough to swallow if you are a senior in florida. senior in ohio or even in south carolina. and then obama's ad is a projection of what may or may

not come from a romney presidency. so it's speculative. i would run from the past if i were on their side as well. i mean, the really tough ads are yet to come. for example in south carolina went out and cut a spot that said in 2008 we elected him. we had 6.5% unemployment in south carolina. today we have 9.6. that's 50% increase. everybody understands the unemployment rate. dohow does dick sit there and look south carolinians in the eye and say he deserves another term when we have had unemployment go up 50%. see that throughout the country in swing states, north carolina, florida and ohio. >> laura: dick, you can answer that look i think obama is a master politician, i have thought that from the very beginning. i think is he brilliant, masterful at commanding the stage and so forth. but he does have a record, does he not? he said if you are not better off than you were four years ago that's an important barometer. he said that four years ago. is that not the case for you in south carolina? southsouth carolinians are not

seeing their life better off today than they did four years ago. isn't that the case, dick. >> absolutely when barack obama took office he could not in any way know in 2008 that we would be hemorrhaging 80,800,000 jobs a month with what george bush left us. i'm not blaming george bush. this is not about blaming george bush this is understanding what the situation was. we are not hemorrhaging 800,000 jobs a month. congress has the lowest approval rating its ever had. and i think the people understand barack obama casts pass law. it has to be congress. totally rejected every plan. >> laura: let me get this straight. so barack obama is powerless to deal with congress now with a democrat controlled congress. he can't do anything? is that what you are saying. >> now? no, no. the republicans have a house. he has a bill sitting there. >> laura: why should we reelect him if he can't do anything?

>> he was very successful in increasing the debt from 10 trillion to 15 trillion. he was very successful in forcing through a mandated healthcare that he said was not mandated healthcare in the primary there in south carolina. >> laura: you have to deal with the congress that you have. right? the congress now is divided. that means you have to compromise with congress. you can't wish it away. >> congress will not -- this republic congress. >> laura: he hasn't talked. [everyone talking at once] >> laura: got to go. when we come back factor debate. should military veterans use uniforms as political platform. group critical of obama have come under attack for doing just that we'll bring you the latest. stay with us. we asked over 3,000 doctors to review 5-hour energy and what they said is amazing. over 73 percent who reviewed 5-hour energy said they would recommend a low calorie energy supplement to their healthy patients who use energy supplements. seventy-three percent.

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martin dempsey expressed concern over the veterans' anti-obama campaign. >> the american people don't want us to be another special interest group. i mean, they just don't want that. in fact, i think it confuses them. but if someone uses the uniform, whatever uniform it is, for partisan politics, i'm disappointed by that. because i think it does erode that bond of trust we have with the american people. >> laura: so the question is, are these former servicemen doing a disservice by getting political or do they have any right like everyone else to speak out? joining me now from boston is colonel david hunt fox military analyst here with me in washington patricia, a senior fellow at the world policy institute. patricia, let's start with you. i understand when you are active duty servicemen or woman, you don't want to speak out about politics and that's pretty much standard procedure and that makes sense. but these people are retired and seems like if anyone has earned the right to speak out about leaks or special

operations, you know, a bunch of former navy seals and other special op.s guys probably have the right to do. so what's the problem here? >> this is the age old discussion about the soldier in the state, right? how do we want to see our soldiers and what type of capacity and then what is their role? and within the constitution they are subordinate to the role of the people and therefore under the representatives of the elected individuals there. so, we want to see our soldiers as protect of americans, all americans, not partisan and not being politicized basically where they are self-identifying as to a party or candidate or specific. >> laura: i don't think they come out and endorse anyone necessarily. they are critical especially of these leaks. colonel hunt, patricia raised the point we want to see our soldiers as nonpartisan. servicemen. this group called the op. seq. >> some of them are friends of

mine. and the truth is that who better can speak about stuff like operation security than people have done that, had the t-shirt and the hat. the problem with this ad for me is it goes a little bit too far. on obama absolutely accurate on the op. sec. this operation as have the previous six have been leaking sifs. giving information out highly classified nature. and what bill cowen, one of the best marines ever to serve, serious combat experience, is he talking about just that. during this raid for bin laden, we have had the secretary of defense and others say this administration and others is giving out way too much detail. that's a fairly hit. when obama is taking credit for it over the line politically. no question in uniform you don't say anything. out oof uniform you have every right and should and i'm glad i think we should do more of it. it's a segment of society that just suffers dies quietly.

i think it's time to hear us. >> i think and a lot of former military members patricia they run for congress. john mccain run for president and become president. they become partisan when they become candidates. so, to say well, it's bad for them to, you know, put out these ads, mrs. obama does all this great work for military families. she is out there and i know people criticize her for you are politicizing the military you are doing that to get reflective glory or get votes from the military. i don't know. it seems to meet military is here for all of us and they should be respected in their views even if we disagree with them should be out there. >> they're here for all of us, i think that's the bottom line and the point. so we have to, you know, basically the idea of having in the military is for the entire. >> laura: they think they are doing it for everybody. they think it makes safer when we don't have insaudi arabialy political leaks that makes the president look better. that's why these leaks were done to make obama rough and tumbler. >> i'm not sure they were done

to make him look rough and tumble. >> laura: did they hurt him politically. >> we don't know where they came. >> from if they came from the top level security. they came from the white house. >> they also. >> absolutely. >> they also came from congress. >> laura: from congress? >> yes. >> laura: could they have come from congress, colonel hunt? i may be missing this. >> there is a level of we are talking about special compartment intelligence. the congress doesn't have that clearance. there is no question where the leaks are coming from. that's why the secretary of defense was so upset. the operations who prepare 10 years intelligence special operations guys and pilots don't want that kind of credit. what they don't want also is supreme talking about the name of the dog -- >> laura: the agent and all of that stuff. >> exactly. >> doesn't have anything to do with that at all. >> burnishes credentials and gutsy call kind of deal looks like grandstanding. i appreciate it colonel hunt and ms. de janeiro, thank you very much. more evidence that the mainstream media are in the tank for obama?

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>> laura: in the back of the book segment tonight, media bias in overdrive. as we mentioned earlier, a new rasmussen poll finds that a majority of likely voters believe that most reporters will work to reelect president obama. 47% believe that media bias is a bigger problem in politics today than big campaign contributions. 42 percent said it the other way around. so i asked nbc political reporter chuck todd about the pervasive view that the media establishment is in the tank for obama. >> real media bias is geographic. i have always believed that. it is because the media industrial complex is located

in new york city. that's why there are cultural biases built into the media. i have always believed that but it's a less political than people think it is. >> laura: joining us now from alexandria, virginia, rich noise from the media research center a conservative media watchdog group. okay, rich. chuck todd was a standup guy to come on my show today and discuss these new poll numbers and also this growing sense that the media, they are all going to vote for obama and all going to try to help him. 51% in thats are muffin poll believe that what did you think about his answer? that's really a fact that all these media people live in new york that causes the bias. it's no political deal. >> well, i think living all together in new york is part of the problem. but it is almost as if he thinks that's not under the media's control. they can decide where to put their headquarters, cnn decided to headquarter years ago in atlanta just to get around that problem. no, the real problem is the media, by and large, are staffed with liberals far and excess the way the country looked.

the last time pew did a survey and this was 2004, they found 34% of journalists describe themselves as liberal versus 7% who said they were conservatives. a 5 to 1 advantage. by then journalists were wise to those polls and they were all calling themselves moderate. if you look at the country, the country is 40% conservative. 20% liberal. the news rooms of america, the newsrooms of new york do not look at all like america and the journalists don't think like america. they don't have the same political values and attitudes that's why the news is so skewed. >> laura: look at the gallup survey from may shows that 51% of americans identify themselves as pro-life. i mean, a i think a lot of those think there should be some exceptions to no abortion rule but nevertheless call themselves pro-life. you would never get that in reading so many of the so-called mainstream journals out there because most of the reporters are for abortion rights, he they are for gay marriage. they are for raising taxes on the rich. and on a whole host of issues

where the country is either skewing slightly to the right or evenly divided the, they are like 90/10 the other way. when you are 90/10 you are not going to engender a whole lot of confidence you are going to hold both sides accountable. >> that's right. the public sees. this slate did the poll they are the only ones that polled 96% voted for obama. rasmussen last time around found massive majorities of the public understood journalists were trying to help barack obama. this time around by a 5 to 1 margin, more than 5 to 1 margin. people understand the media are out there to help barack obama in this campaign, too. even though it's not the hope and change campaign of 2008, they are still getting behind his fear and smear campaign of 2012. i thought t was interesting that people are split on whether media bias is worse than campaign cash or not. you know, you pick up papers, you read -- you pick up the papers, you watch television news. you always are hearing people talking about how evil

campaign cash is. but you never hear editorials about media bias except on, you know, we put it out. this network talks about it from time to time. it's something for people to bring that out on their own, they must really be seeing it. >> laura: yeah, 47% believe it's a bigger problem than political kicks contributions. when you look, rich, at the new democrat attempt to deviate away from the economy, and get back on this war on women narrative. very divisive, trying to stoke gender discontent with the republicans. i think the media bias lens is very important. i think a lot of folks look right through this and look to wait a second my pocketbook issues. how am i going to keep my kid's television bills paid. i think they're worried about those bread and butter issues but you would never know it by watching some of our friends on the other cable channels. >> the economy, chuck todd in the same interview talk about how they really don't do a good job of covering the economy. it's under cover but you deal with the campaign, you know, you have been handed.

i remember back in 1992 when the economy was in better shape than it is now, unemployment was lower, g.d.p. was stronger, the debt and deficits were much much lower. the media went to town hammering george h.w. bush on that. >> laura: it's what they choose. they choose to cover these things for a reason. that's where the bias comes. in choice of topics. rich, thanks so much. coming up late night comedian jay leno zeros in on the white house press corps. we will bring it to you