>> and it's the super bowl and super sunday every sunday on housecall. media buzz with howard kurtz comes up next right here on the fox news channel on this super bowl sunday. >> as you look at super bowl boulevard and there's the stadium. big game. on the buzz meter this super bowl sunday, barack obama is suiting up for a game day face-off with bill o'reiley. why is the president playing ball with a network he clearly resents? a former chris christie appointee claims the governor knew about the george washington bridge closures and isn't telling the truth. and christie hits back tt "new york times" for reporting it. are the media overplaying this latest charge? and with the big game just hours away, i talk with michael strahan, now kelly rippi's co-host about what players really think about the media circus surrounding the super bowl and the treacherous terrain facing black athletes. >> have you ever, as an

african-american player, gotten that kind of abuse? >> heck, i still get it now. i don't think that ever goes away. i think there are a lot of ignorant people out there, the best way to put it. a lot of ignorant people who look at people for their race instead of them as a person. >> and erin andrews speaks candidly about her handling of that postgame ran by seattle aes richard sherman. >> what everyone in america wants to know is what was going through your mind when richard sherman was getting rather emotional on the sidelines with you? >> i better not mess this up. >> i'm howard kurtz and this is media buzz. the denver broncos and seattle seahawks aren't the only ones heading for a showdown today. president obama faces off with bill o'reiley. besides the president's obvious

distaste for fox news, which was clear at their last sit down, three years ago. >> do you think you're being treated fairley by fox news now? >> i would say that the news guys, i think, try to do a good job, although look, let's face it, fox news has a point of view. >> one of the stakes when they go toe to toe today. joinings us now, lauren ashburn. jim pinkerton, contributing editor at american conservative magazine, both are fox news contributors and fox news analyst, juan williams. president obama keeps complaining about fox. so why is he sitting down with o'reiley? >> howie, three words. bill o'reiley, bill o'reiley and bill o'reiley. there are other reasons, of course. how many people watch the super bowl? 108 million. >> so you're saying it's that he can't turn down o'reiley? it has nothing to do with the huge football audience? >> it's the audience and he can't turn down bill o'reiley. bill o'reiley in the last two presidential interviews gave him a really fair shot. last year, 2011, he called him a

big name liberal who has intrude on your personal freedom, but he allowed the president to talk. it wasn't a hatchet job. and he's trying to reach out moderates. he has a lot of policy issues he wants to sell. if he's seen as sitting down with bill o'reiley, better chance for him. >> the president spoke with tepper this week. clearly, fox gets under his skin. why is he consorting with the likes of o'reiley? lauren seems to think it's because they get along so well. >> i didn't say that. >> i know. >> he is president obama and you do have to reach out and show popularity, but it was interesting. he does try and take a dig at -- part of the fun of him going on and to say i think fox is bias against me. i don't think that is fair. i think the real reality is when the president says i don't like fox news, he really doesn't like reporters as a general species. if you listen to what jill

abramson has said about his secrecy and lynn downey, the former editor of "the washington post" has said, and mark sanger saying this is a control freak administration, his real beef is with the media in general. he still has to go on. >> i wonder whether the president secretly enjoys the combat with o'reiley or at the very least thinks this kind of an interview, if it's a combative interview, can help him. >> no, and typically i don't think it has been. i don't think bill o'reiley has been combative. the last time he got the president to agree to do something for wounded warriors. and you have to try and keep in mind, i don't think there's any question the president doesn't like fox and i think that fox has been, at times, especially in our opinion journalism, very antagonistic towards the president. i mean, but the part that's interesting here is you go back a little ways and you get people like anita dunn, when she was the communications director with the white house, the idea was to

delegitimize fox as a new o outlet, that people like -- i know this personally, that i came under pressure, why do i work there? why do i legitimize fox news? the answer is fox news is legitimate news. we do news here. and i get to say what i want to say. i think in the interview today, what they want to say to bill oh rye olympic. says to them, i don't discriminate against fox news, so you liberals and you moderates and independents, guess what? i do business with everyone. >> i think fox news permits like shawn hanady, for example, are so strong and frankly polarizing. but look, ed henry, the white house correspondent in fox was elected president of the white house correspondent's association. most of them are probably liberals unless they think you're favor. >> these interviews coming after the state of the union which draw a 14-year low in the

ratings, it got tepid reviews. but since we're talking about something that's going to take place, the super bowl being in new jersey, i'm going to pivot to another new jersey story, since a member of chris christie's inner circle turned on him on friday in the george washington bridge scandal, his claims getting very different treatment in the media. christie said that he was angry at david wildstein. now, wildstein's lawyer says evidence exists, as well, tying mr. christie to having knowledge of the lane closures during the period when the lanes were closed, contrary to what the governor stated publicly in a two-hour press conference. the "new york times" which broke the story, nightly news cast, msnbc and cnn have been all over it. fox news has been more restrained and more skeptical. >> the state's leading newspaper has said if this is true, the governor must resign. >> the former official saying tonight the new jersey governor

knew more than he has said and there is evidence. >> the potential blockbuster in the chris christie bridge scandal. the evidence exists tying him to -- what does that mean? he knew? what do you mean? why don't you just say he knew? >> is this story, these charges, is it a blockbuster for the media? >> no. and here's why. i think that it came out late friday afternoon. i was on twitter and everybody went, this is it, smoking gun, it's over for christie and he's going to have to resign. all of a sudden you took a step back and said, wait a minute, let's parse the language. david wildstein was trying to get money out of the port authority to pay for his legal bills. he is somebody who is really trying at this point to save his own skin. >> he's clearly trying to get immunity and he didn't provide any of the evidence that his lawyer says exists. at the same time, he could be very damaging to the man he worked for. doesn't that make it a pretty important story? >> it could be.

and the "new york times" had to amend their story originally. this is the new york city media market. that's one of the reasons christie got so famous in the first place is in the new york city media market. he rose in the buzz and now he's sinking on it, as well. the media markets there have turned a traffic column into a mountain. thank you. and i think that, look, the level of exaggeration here that he should resign over a traffic cone? i mean, it's a little overkill and i think after a few days, the media are kind of realizing maybe they overbid on this story. >> let's dwell for a second on the "new york times" role. the initial story said that wildstein -- let me get the quote here -- had the evidence -- claimed he had the evidence to prove it and then this sort of was rewritten online and it stuck to the evidence exists formulation. but the times posted the letter

for everybody to see. so that everybody that was writing and talking about it could have on their own interpretation of what wildstein was saying. >> right. i think that's not legitimate. i think the headline was an overstatement. but to think that people now perceive the "new york times" as having an adversarial relationship with christie is interesting. they've had the reporter who has been out in front in breaking these stories. but over the course of christie's career, the "new york times" i think has treated him fairley. christie has been the darling of that new york media that you guys were referring to. the bigger point here is that this is now death by 1,000 cuts for christie .it's not stopping. this is likely to get worse. there are other people that christie said he fired, his top political adviser, his deputy chief of staff. when they do their interviews, there's going be more allegat n allegations tratd truth is tied to chris christie. >> he is also very much still showing his feisty side, right?

that e-mail that came out -- >> it was reported by politico. this is an e-mail that christie sent and was leaked, probably was intended to leak, a media firestorm was set up by sloppy reporting on the "new york times" of how to describe the evidence or alleged evidence. sure. and i think anybody would see here that he's going on the absolute defensive here. or offensive, actually, because he's trying so hard to win over the public that he feels that he's losing by this. >> it was kind of hilarious, the christie memo was saying, and by the way, he was a bad guy in high school. however, what we're all saying here is that the media can now say there's an appearance of impropriety, a barrage of allegations every which way. surely, folks, there must be some fire under the smoke. well, it might just be smoke. we don't know yet. >> the media polling and were intently dropping now across the

board, including among republicans and, again, i think this is sort of too early. but that's what chris christie is up against. and you look at msnbc. he was their darling. >> it was said in a tweet, show us the evidence. >> and we all have to not rush to judgment here and see what the evidence is. i think it's significant when a guy who is so closely aligned with the governor announced to the world through his lawyer, i'm going to turn on him and this could get more ugly. >> i was just going to say, the point is -- there are two words in there that make this not as bad as everybody thought it was in the beginning. and it's evidence exists. it's not him saying i have the evidence. it's that it exists and he may know that it exists. whether or not it's going to come forward is another story. >> yes. even on days when it too happen to you in this story, it seems to lead to many of the prime time shows. but on the other hand, do you think that fox news, especially

in light of this latest allegation especially from this guy, wildstein, has underplaying this charge? >> that was the charge, somehow fox news was ignoring -- >> not ignoring it, but -- >> well, no, when it first popped. but if you look now at the body of coverage, fox news has come on to this story in a very aggressive manner. i was on camera when we did the press conference. i thought i had lived here. let me say this to you. what you see is i think it's msnbc that's overreacting. i think if you watch their coverage you're like, are they still on that story? don't they have anything else to talk about? >> last thought, jim. >> the press conference, january 9th, went on for almost two hours. after an hour, i was bored. there's such a thick as being television interesting and christie going on and on again it just got dull. >> i think the consensus is this story is not going away anytime soon. send aus tweet about our show during this hour.

@howardkurtz. when we come back, rand paul goes there bringing up the issue of monica liewinski. and erin andrews on how they dealt with richard sherman. >> i was feeling a lot of pressure because i knew i'd be crucified if i asked a stupid question. hey, buddy? oh, hey, flo. you want to see something cool? snapshot, from progressive. my insurance company told me not to talk to people like you. you always do what they tell you? no... try it, and see what your good driving can save you. you don't even have to switch. unless you're scared. i'm not scared, it's... you know we can still see you. no, you can't. pretty sure we can... try snapshot today -- no pressure.

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own used a democrat's war on clinton to attack his awful conduct back in the '90s. >> and i think, really, the media seems to have given president clinton a pass on this. he took advantage of a girl that was 20 years old and an intern in his office. >> gist pinkerton, when david gregory asked whether hillary clinton should be judged on what happened 15 or so years ago. he said, well, i'm not saying that, but with the clintons, it's hard to separate one or the other. why bring this up now? >> in fairness to paul, he said your wife did this interview with vogue. paul in some sense was defending his wife's point of view. >> he could have criticized it like all -- >> the country probably thinks hitting on internals in sexual harassment is a bad thing. in d.c., it's old news. i think paul brought up a legitimate issue that at the clinton's conduct over the last 40 years is a genuine issue to the country. >> but we're talking about

hillary clinton. hillary clinton did nothing wrong in that instance. she got up, she defended her husband on matt lauer by saying the right wing media conspiracy was something -- >> because she was lied to. >> because she was lied to by her husband. what are we going to say to her now as she's running? how did you feel when that happened? i just feel like there are a lot of other substantive issues that we should be talking to hillary clinton about. benghazi, syria, a lot of them. >> the next day, joe scarborough said the republicans shouldn't bring this up because of backlash. but perhaps the media have the responsibility to bring it up in terms of a hillary clinton campaign. do they? >> no. we've had this argument as a nation. we've impeached bill clinton over this. >> we didn't do it. >> the american people, right. bill clinton is now one of the most popular elder statesmen in american life. >> which suggests the country -- >> the country is over it.

>> terrible, excusable, and the country -- >> but you just heard from lauren, right? which is that the democrats always want to make out the war on women issue. this comes back to you are now blaming the wife for the misbehavior of the husband? again, that is not good. let me just say the larger issue here is hillary clinton being the inevitable candidate now on the democratic side, the polling leaks at 72% of democrats basher? and republicans not only want to keep the lewinski thing in there, they would like benghazi to come back to life to bring her down from her tremendously high numbers. >> senator paul says the media gave mr. clinton a pass. that was certainly not true, we talked about this basically every day on television. >> and having chased monica lewinski's car everywhere. >> but it is true it almost never comes up today. you're saying man it should and lauren saying maybe it should preveal how about hellry?

>> rand paul did a horrible gaffe by letting himself get dragged into this because the political window has closed on this particular issue. paul made a mistake. i think he did speak to a concern of people and if hillary is the inevitable county and the inevitable president, we should be scrutinizing everyone about her life. >> what did it have to do with hillary? >> well, it's unclear what it had to do with hellry, except that she continues to work with him closely on, travrm, the clinton foundation with the "new york times" shows to investigate thoroughly in may of last year. then the media dropped that story. but i think the whole relationship, how they raised several hundred million dollars at least with -- >> but that's a different issue. >> it is a different issue, but it's history. >> and it's his character, is what you're saying? >> it's the couple. >> i think we can say that they're married .they are a team. all right. juan williams, jim pinkerton, that's coming coming by.

before we go to break, if you haven't seen this, the weather channel's jam cantore was doing this and he had a vigorous response. >> we have not gotten into the worst part of this storm yet. that is to come a little bit later on tonight. so, obviously, here at the college of charleston, they're already having a good time. >> ouch. did you see that knee? don't mess with jim. next on super bowl sunday. michael strahan, the problems that he faces as an african-american xhen taim tater and working with kelly rippa. too big. too small. too soft. too tasty. [ both laugh ] [ male announcer ] introducing progresso's new creamy alfredo soup. inspired by perfection.

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bowl in new jersey. i grabbed the big guy for an interview. >> michael strahan, welcome. >> thank you. thank you. >> when you were with the giants, you played in two super bowls. what did you make of this media zoo? >> you know, to me, it was never a zoo because you're playing in new york city. it's the media capital of the world. it was a normal day. >> media capital of the world? all the tabloid guys? yeah, well, you get -- that's new york city. football and entertainment are all in one now. so the tabloids are just like sports illustrated at some point. they all fold in and mold in to be the same thing. >> but this is what they were trying to do. michael, michael, over here. weren't they trying to get you to make some news, which means say something -- >> of course. they want a sound bite and i think it all depends on the player you handle it. if you understand that going in, you won't be goaded into making a comment that's going to come back to bite you. >> you never did that? >> no. i had fun with it. i was singing. i controlled the interview. that's something you can do, which a lot of players don't --

>> even when you started as a player? >> no. as i player, i would answer questions and get myself in trouble. but then i realized years later that you are only asking me questions and you can only get out of it what i give you. you ask the questions, but i control the answers, i control whether it's a funny interview or serious interview. the player has more controls than i think guys understand. >> can you be pun funny in this interview? >> of course. >> because we need the ratings. a lot of these guys are with you, have played again. do you pull your punch us because you know what it's like to be down there in the dirt? >> no, no, i say what i feel bauk because i don't like any of them, anyway. there you go. i already got you laughing. no, you don't pull your punches. if you're being honest and if a guy is being honest with himself, he'll respect your opinion and still have a relationship with you on a good

level. if you're being malicious or if you're saying something because i don't like this team or i don't like this player personally, that's the wrong way to approach them. you don't always like someone personally, but you have to respect what the guy does on the football field. that's what our job is. it's all in the way you say things and all in the way you present it. i don't think any player has had a problem with it when it's handled the right way. >> why is it in so many of you you see the athletes say, well, just taking it one day at a time. we just beat a very good football team. i'm just trying to keep my focus out there. in other words, it's like they're trying to be boring. >> guys are trying to be boring because no one wants to have the coach say come into my office, son. why would you say this? why would you do that? you don't want to be the sound bite guy. you're almost scared into not being yourself. and that's the hard part about dealing with the media is to be yourself and not be afraid of that, but also being smart enough to know how to craft your

answers to not get in trouble. and those are the typical answers. >> is it drilled into you you? >> we've all watched tv, we've all watched these interviews. it's the safe way to do it. >> one guy didn't do that -- >> exactly. >> richard sherman, very emotional after his team won the championship. a lot of people hated it and a lot of people loved it. what did you make of it? it was so different. >> you know what? i had no problem with it. they grab a guy right after making a big play that sends the team to the super bowl and people are so fired up because he was still pumped up. and everyone loves to ask the football player, what goes on out there on the field? what's happening out there? what kind of smack talk do you -- well, there you see it. so don't be afraid of it when you see it. don't characterize a guy because he's emotional. that's how it is.

you have to be a little crazy. you have to be a little arrogant. you have to be able to talk smack in order to survive. and for people to finally see that, it scared them. and i don't know why there was such an adverse reaction to it. >> i've got my new york headline, strahan football players are crazy. >> of course they are. >> as you know, the reaction to richard sherman online, there was a lot of racist junk, a lot of nasty stuff. you've had some controversy in your career. have you ever had had that kind of abuse? i still get that you no. >> really? >> yes. i don't think that ever goes away. there are a lot of ignorant people out there who look at people for their race instead of them as a person. that is one thing i learned growing up on a military base. you have to learn how to get along with each other because you nooud need it to survive.

you learn to look past color. you look at the person. and it's sad in this day and age, but is it something that will ever end? i hope. but it was sad to see it in the context of this richard sherman incident. >> but when it's been directed at you, you say as a public figure you get it. is it depressing? >> you can't let the opinion of someone who doesn't know you affect you. >> that's right. >> yeah. and you can't let the opinion of someone who doesn't know you really affect your attitude, how you go about your day. the fact that they acknowledge you and know you probably says a lot right there. and i look at a lot of things right there as frustration on the part of that perpendicular. if someone has a problem with you, that's their problem, not your problem. >> when you were playing, you might have thought about a broadcast career in the future, but did you ever think you would be the new regis? >> no. well, yeah, actually, i did throw that out there as the first time i went on a guest. >> the first time you went on with kelly ripa? >> the first time i went on,

regis was still there. but i never thought i would get the job and take over for regis. i'm a little taller, a little darker. but i take it as a compliment. >> but was it a big adjustment to do that kind of daily talk show? lots of topics, not having to do@of xs and os? >> no. it's more similar than people would be led on to believe. and i love them both the same. and i have such an interest level in football, obviously, but also in what's going on every day. the only real adjustment for me has been my flying schedule and my sleeping schedule and my vacationing schedule because i don't have a lot of time now. >> and you're constantly on the airplane. >> i fly back and forth during the football season every week. >> so no matter what you're talking about with kelly ripa, you say it's more entertainment. >> yes. but i think it was a bigger surprise for everybody else that

here is this football player who can get on here and talk about other things outside of football. and athletes -- and not just football players, but athletes in general or people in general are diverse. this is not the only thing you can do. and football was not the only thing i can do. and i hope that people realize that. just because you've done one thing and you've done it and what people may consider well, it doesn't mean that's the only thing we can do. we need to stop page from pigeon holing people into thinking that's the only thing they can do. we can do other things. i never get it mixed up where i go hey, teary bradshaw. that's not happening. >> all this build up has become such a cultural event in american life, the media, isn't it designed to sort of juice the ratings and build up interest in the big game? >> of course. >> it's almost like the game is over-shadowed in a way, the commercials. >> yeah. they build it up. and the great thing about football is this. there aren't 82 games, there's

not 140 something games. there are six team regular season games. every week is important. we build up every week like it's the last time he ever see your team play. now, this is the last time for the season, for these teams to watch their favorite teams play, of course there's a build up. and of course it's for ratings. of course sometimes you look and go, okay with, enough is enough. but at the same time, i think it's a great opportunity for us to learn more about players, learn more about teams, about coaches. and it gets me excited for the game. >> you've got me excited. michael strahan, thanks very much. >> thank you, man. >> and michael strahan was voted yesterday into the nfl hall of fame. congratulations. more from super bowl media day in a moment as we talk to aieri andrew he about her confron at a timetation with richard sherman and those who say are picked for the sidelines for their looks. of back pain...

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hi, everyone. we're live from america's news headquarters. i'm jamie colby and it is game day. just hours away from kickoff for super bowl xlviii, the denver broncos taking on the seattle seahawks at metlife stadium. the parking lot, a little different from other games because there's no tailgating. all part of a security ramp up in preragz for the big game. dozens of law enforcement agencies are keeping a very close eye. is it looks like the weather won't be a factor in the game. there won't be a repeat of the historic ice bowl, that was s 1967. nfl championship game 15 below. forecasts today, a lot milder conditions especially for winter. a storm is moving in after the game, though, but everyone will be out of metlife stadium before. i'm jamie colby. see you at the top of the hour after media buzz.

it was the rant seen around the world when seattle's richard sherman went off. that presented quite a challenge for fox's sideline reporter, erin andrews. >> final play, take me through it. >> well, i'm the best corner in the game. when you find me with a -- receiver like crabtree, that's the result you're going to go. don't you ever talk about me. >> who was talking about you? >> crabtree. don't you open your mouth about the best. i'm going to stand up on you real quick. >> i spotted the sportscaster at the media day in new york and we ran over with our camera. >> erin around rues. >> yeah. >> what everyone in america wants to know is what was going through your mooild mind when richard sherman was getting rather emotional on the sidelines with you? >> i better not mess this up. >> were you feeling a little pressure? >> yeah. i was feeling a lot of pressure because i knew i would be crucified if i asked a dumb

question. seriously, i was dish knew who i was talking about because he had alluded to it in our private meetings with him, the broadcast crew. but i thought the people at home maybe wouldn't know who he was talking about or do i go the other way and ask him about you're going to the super bowl. and then i was thinking i have to listen to what he was saying and lienlly he screamed don't you ever talk about me again and that gave me the perfect in about who was talking about you? >> i don't think i've ever seen a postgame interview like it. >> i don't think it was bizarre. i think it was great. i wish mor like that. that was pure -- >> usually you're going through what? >> take me through that play of the game. we're just playing seahawks ball. this is something we practice all the time. we just take it game by game. this is what we tell each other. we want someone to lose their minds like that. obviously, he didn't threaten me or make me feel uncomfortable. it was all -- it was very -- you know, it was phane. it was tasteful.

there was nothing wrong with it, in our eyes. but that's why it vent viral. that's why people are going bananas with it. you don't see athletes doing that. you see them very composed. i always tell people i want to come back as -- i think i would be an amazing linebacker. the hair flowing out of the helmet. no, i'm kidding. i'm really not. >> for you, as a television performer, this was gold. >> it was great. >> and you've talked to richard sherman since? >> several times. >> what have those conversations been like? >> it was great. i reached outd out right away when it started on twitter just to let seattle know i was fine because i saw people were saying i was scared and it wasn't and i felt it was necessary for them to know i was okay. and then he reached out and i saluted seattle a couple days later to do a sit down, we hugged, we made fun of a lot of people and their comments and we had a good time and you could see that on fox's pregame show. >> good plug. >> yeah.

>> since that went viral, a debate has been rekindled about these sideline reporters, do they have to be so beautiful? you seem to be the poster girl for that. does that bother you? >> i don't care. are you going to tell me all the announcers we have in this room aren't good looking guys? really? just because i like to work out and get my nails painted and wear makeup? our guys are just as handsome and good looking and nobody says anything about it. so girls can be cute, too. >> but is it a job requirement to have the nice hair and -- >> our executives are over there if you want to go ask them. i have no idea. i have done this since day one because, you know, you want to look nice. i don't know what they're looking for. i always tell girls if they want to do this, it's nothing about what you look like. i say study, study, study dwri. lesl leslie, who is wonderful to me and is a pioneer in this industry said to me, being a

female and what you look like can get your foot in the door but it's not going to keep you there. >> you got more than your foot in the door. >> appreciate it. thank you. >> thank you. everyone on television wants to look nice. coming up, the tweet that led to an uprising and led to a firing. follow us on facebook. give us a like. read my daily column there and give us your thoughts. hey kevin...still eating chalk for heartburn? yeah... try new alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on heartburn and taste awesome. these are good. told ya! i'm feeling better already. [ male announcer ] new alka seltzer fruits chews. enjoy the relief! afghanistan, in 2009.

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in our press picks, this is so far over the line, that it's incomprehensible. msnbc spewed pure hatred about a serial bowl ad featuring a racially mixed family. they tweeted maybe the right wing will hate it but everyone else will go aww, the adorable new cheerios ad with biracial family. msnbc's disgusting message with a live and fighting hate with loving images. msnbc deleted the tweet. that didn't stop others from saying they would boycott the network until they apologized. what is going on with the culture at msnbc? after melissa harris-perry aapology for mocking mitt romney's adopted black grandson,

this is the last thing that network needed. coming up -- what is coming up? the white house launches a social media blitz around the state of the union, but is that another attempt to circumvent the press? digital download is next. age yo. that's not much, you think age yo. except it's 2 peent every year. go to e*trade and find out how much our advice and guidance costs. spoiler alert. it's low. it's guidance on your terms not ours. e*trade. less for us, more for you.

time now for our digital download. the white house launched a social media campaign before, during and after the state of the union, enlisting twitter and posting behind-the-scenes photos on instagram. >> president obama even made one of those six-second videos on vine. >> tomorrow night, it's time to restore opportunity for all. >> the president also answered video questions in a google hangout. but critics say all this social sharing obscures the fact that this white house is the least

transparent in history. >> before we get to that. not only did obama relentlessly promote this on social media they put up charts and bells and whistles during the speech so people could watch on the so-called second screen. >> look at some of these pictures. coffee cups that jay carney drinks. there's the presidential statement. you've got him looking over it with somebody. i mean, this -- the instagram campaign is something that we really never have seen before. it was called inside the state of the union. and the problem is, with all of this kind of behind-the-scenes white house push out media is that the regular media believes, and the committee to protect journalists believe, that we are not getting, the media are not getting a fair shake. >> first of all, the white house doesn't have a monopoly on this. the republicans also use social media. in fact, more than speaker john boehner. >> that's right. he also did a six second vine and that came up immediately after the state of the union. >> i appreciate what the

president has said tonight but i'm with those americans who are asking the question, where are the jobs? >> okay, so there's no question that the white house and the press is up in arms about this, as limited access to beat reporters and photographers and this is a real problem. but it doesn't mean that the white house and the administration shouldn't use all the social media tools. >> i'm not saying that. >> it's like saying in 1960 oh, they shouldn't go on tv. >> no, that's not true. and what the white house is saying is thats influence of social media right now is just as important as the speech. let's look at some of the statistics of the speech. last year president obama had 33 million people turning in on television in a fragmented, fractured media environment. this year, better, 48 million. but the trend from 20 years ago is down. >> okay. >> and it's not that -- it's not as interesting, because new ground isn't really broken. this is constitutionally mandated. >> okay. the president after the speech goes on google hangout and answers questions from ordinary citizens. i think reporters resent that a little bit. but, why is it a bad thing?

i mean he's taking questions from americans. >> i'm not saying it's a bad thing. >> i'm just saying rhetorically. >> but i think you also have to, it's not a bad thing but you also have to give access to the reporters like ed henry, our fox reporter, who is in the room. it's equally as important. and i would like to start a twitter discussion about this, follow me @laurenashburn and i may put it into my top twitter talks column. >> still to come the congressman who threatened to break a reporters in half for daring to ask an uncomfortable question. hey kevin...still eating chalk for heartburn? yeah... try new alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on heartburn and taste awesome. these are good. told ya! i'm feeling better already. [ male announcer ] new alka seltzer fruits chews. enjoy the relief! too small. too soft. too tasty. [ both laugh ] [ male announcer ] introducing progresso's

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♪ ♪ president obama talks about his critics. his controversies, and his world, you and me. you'll see the interview and reaction on the next factor. and we hope to you see you then. here are a few of your top tweets. blogger johnny dollar on the super bowl interview coming up with bill o'reilly. the super bowl x&a has become tradition. it would be too obvious a snub of fox to skip it like he avoids

bret baier and chris wallace. it would become cable news fodder for weeks. i've always liked you as a football player and a man and after the howard kurtz interview you are my friend my new hero and on the chris christie latest charges, it's just an allegation, no proof. media words it like it's true already talking impeachment. >> it's totally true, howie. one of the things i saw right away was, that's it, he has to resign. it is just an allegation. >> and we need to treat it that way. this has got to be a minor miracle. pope francis on the cover of "rolling stone." a magazine generally devoted to hot musicians and celebritiecel. guess he's now a certified rock star. covering politicians can be risky business. michael scotto was interviewing staten island congressman michael grimm before the. after the usual questions about the president's speech, scotto had the temerity to attempt to ask about a federal investigation of campaign finance allegations involving the new york republican, and

grimm, boy, got in his face. >> we haven't had a chance to kind of talk about some of the -- >> -- anything that's off topic. [ bleep ] >> what? why? [ inaudible ] >> you couldn't see those subtitles, grimm threatened to break him in half and throw him off the balcony and scotto was stunned. >> i was taken aback. i'm used to people giving me pushback for questions. i was not used to something like that. >> grimm issued a statement saying he was doing new york one a favor by rushing to do the interview but that the reporter insisted on taking a disrespectful and cheap shot. here's the thing, congressman. the process is called journalism.

you don't have to answer but the reporter gets to ask whatever he wants. and it is not a favor for television channels to televise an interview with you. grimm finally realized he looked like a thug, i'm sorry that's the word that fits when you're talking about breaking someone in half, and apologized for overreacting. now they're supposed to have lunch. lunch? i were michael scotto i'd bring a big friend and have somebody taste the food first. >> and make sure there wasn't a balcony anywhere around. i don't think that word is appropriate here. i actually think that yes he was a bully and he got caught and that's the good thing about bullies when they get caught. >> whatever word you use it is amazing to me that the congressman came back, knowing there were cameras there, microphones there, and used the kind of language of which we had to bleep against a reporter whose only sin was asking a question. >> true. >> that's it for this edition of media buzz i'm howard kurtz. thank you for joining us. let's continue the conversation on twitter. mediabuzz-fnc. facebook you can talk to us there and check out our home page foxnews.com/mediabuzz.

we are back here next sunday morning at 11:00 eastern at 5:00 p.m. eastern with the latest buzz. hope to see you then. hi, everybody, i'm jamie colby and welcome on game day to america's news headquarters. >> it is super bowl sunday. topping the news right now, new jersey governor chris christie is filing back against a former top official and political ally whose lawyer claims evidence exists the governor knew about those controversial lane closures as they were happening. we'll add governor christie's sharp and scathing response. and president obama's vowing to go over congress' head if lawmakers don't go along with his latest agenda. is he overstepping his bounds?