>> not allowed in new york in a public place. >> this is a study. >> that does it for us. thanks. >> on the buzz beader, the missing i.r.s. e-mail sparked confrontation and coverup charges on capitol hill. >> would you please rise to take the oath and raise your right hand? a little higher. it is not front-page news and conservatives cry "foul." >> this is a scam. this is why conservatives don't trust national newspapers. it is why they don't trust broadcast news. it is because you can see a double standard. you can see it on every broadcast newscast. >> with republicans calling many

hearings should the media treat the i.r.s. mess as a part land slug fest or a scandal? >> hillary clinton and her husband may have made $100 million since they left the white house but she says they are not like a lot of people truly well off. are the media starting to obsess on her health? >> diane sawyer stepping down after a remarkable career including an endless series of high-profile interviews. >> does it make you feel clueless? like what was wrong with you? >> i wonder if people are looking for a sentence from you: i should have... >> as george stephanopolis and david muir split up the duties is the anchor job what it used to be? >> and why are we back to three white guys? >> the media sink their teeth

into the world cup. what about the folks that just don't like soccer? this is "media buzz." >> the i.r.s. scandal is back in the news big time with republicans roughing up a defiant commissioner in hearings over what on earth happened to the e-mails of lerner. >> that is the first time anyone said they don't believe me. >> house republicans held another fiery hearing on capitol hill of the missing e-mails, the third hearing in five days. >> coverage has varied and pundits have pointed fingers at the obama administration or issa and the g.o.p. colleagues. >> tonight at 7:00 the house of representatives oversight reform

committee hold another hearing on the phony i.r.s. scandal. >> house of representatives republicans are very happy when they have a reason to be mad at a perceived glitch or failure or, yes, scandal in the executive branch. >> obama critics see this as a huge failure by the press. >> when the lost i.r.s. mail story broke, only 3 1/2 minutes, combined, on the network newscast. unbelievable. that is a news blackout. >> it is unbelievable. it is impossible that the "washington post" and "new york times" are not putting on the front page of their newspapers the fact that an internal investigation has been launched by the i.r.s. on the most shady behavior. >> joining us to will whatten the coverage is lauren ashburn a former "usa today" executive who

hosts "social buzz," and anchor of "the hot list," and host the "press pool," at sirius exam radio. conservative commentators say this is way underplayed. should the "washington post" and "new york times" put it on the front page? >> yes. this is a scandal. the fact that it is not being covered suggests that the liberals think it is a conservative witch hunt. >> it is not that it is not being covered but it is the question of the volume, the play and prominence. in this age where you can read all the stories online why does it matter so much? >> each day at 10:00 and 4:00 in the afternoon people go in to newsrooms across the country and have meetings and each of the managing editors say what the hot stories are of the day, the front page editor says i will take the boast. it is still a barometer on the

front page of newspapers and the that is what is important in the newsroom. >> the at on the right is the press are muffling the story to protect president obama who in his interview with george stephanopolis talked about phony scandals. would you go that far? >> i think they have sympathy for president obama and the democratic side of the aisle and of course liberal ideology. if it is of coulded by conservatives are being investigated by republicans, of course, it must be a partisan witch hunt. you say it is not a matter of not covering but a matter of volume. they are not covering that i.r.s. had to settle with the national organization for marriage for $50,000 because the judge said there was wrongdoing when the i.r.s. illegally leaked their donor list to a political activist who published the information. also, the president isn't reporting sufficiently that i.r.s. commissioner is a huge

democratic donor. he has given $100,000 to the democratic party. why isn't this part of the story? >> and the attorney for lerner said she had no idea why the e-mails are missing and she complained at the time. all three networks covered the first of the three i.r.s. hearings on friday and there is a hearing monday night and on tuesday. at what point is it less newsworthy? >> all the hearings and investigations, where is the proof? there is a wide ranging coverage. there is no proof of a crime. the coverage reflects that. every journalist in town would love if there was proof, necessity would go after it. they are not trying to protect president obama. that is over. >> the i.r.s. is mysteriously getting rid of the e-mails. >> it is up to the lawmakers to

find proof. they have the power. >> judicial watch is doing that to try for get the information and the i.r.s. has spent $4.4 billion on i.t. in four years and why isn't that part of the story? >> no question it doesn't pass the smell test. >> the house is flippant about it. >> how much is the coverage a factor in your view by the fact that the i.r.s. commissioner not exactly a humble public than anyone else, they get covered. >> isn't this more about i.r.s. arrogance and government incompetence than the original charge which is unproven about why was there so were unfair tax

scrutiny aimedded at tea party conservatives? >> it is the original accusation, the original allegations and now the coverup. the coverup is just as big a story. what are they covering up? the commissioner was being dishonest in the testimony in the hearing about the e-mail situation and he claimed they were digging and he admits they were destroyed on the hard drive. there is no i.t. expert that believes this. >> would be this different if it was the republican administration? >> absolutely, there would be calls for impeachment. >> you remember all the mails lost in the bush investigation, the attorney general, and the same with the clintons. prove there was a deliberate amendment to cover it up and then it is a crime. until then it just looks really bad. >> it looks bad, everybody agrees. but your understand is how much

does it prove the underlying allegations which are -- in fact, the story has been kicking around, does this affect the media judgment? >> sure. it does. there has been tremendous coverage on how spotty the federal government computer systems are. face it, "new york times" admitted they were slow to come to the story and they didn't give it prominent coverage. >> how many stories do we need? >> and margaret sullivan said the paper was somewhat late, three days late, three days to report something on the wires and was online and the fact that in were the missing e-mails. it is inexcusable. and now speaker boehner getting coverage for announcing that he and the house of representatives intend to sue president obama over exceeding his constitutional authority. as fox talked to michele

bachmann about how this ain't a big deal. >> where was your rage when democrats, democrats, were going after president bush on the same use of executive orders? you knew that was a waste of time and you know in your heart of hearts this is a waste of time. >> everyone covers this. is it a stunt? >> of course. it is ridiculous it could go forward but it is politics. it is so much more interesting to cover politics than it is to cover policy. if he talked about executive action and what it means and why it is wrong and why he should not have done that, rather than saying i am suing the president, it would not be so much coverage. >> the house of representatives would need a court ruling they have a standing to sue a different branch of government which the courts are reluctant to get involved with. are you surprise it is getting so much media attention?

>> i am surprised it doesn't get more. >> you think it is underplayed? >> i do, but i agree it isn't the proper way to try to address what is essentially a political problem but he is using it as a vehicle to focus attention on this and media attention that each step of the process will get coverage. >> and president obama is not the first president to use executive action to get what he couldn't get from congress but is it hard for the media to resist this easy headline? >> the standard used to be, sue and now we will do the story and now the threat to sue is the story. the move by speaker per -- by speaker boehner is to appease the impeachment lovers. >> and a supreme court decision this week, unanimous decision, slapping at the president not just for executive orders but everstepping his constitutional

authority. >> these are important constitutional issues, no question. send me a tweet about our show during this hour and well read the best messages at the end of the program. hillary clinton still talking about her bank account in an interview. is this becoming a media obsession? later, the big bite and other absurdities in covering the world cup.

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as hillary clinton makes the media rounds, she has struggled to talk about her personal wealth. on the issue of income inequality, she told the guardian newspaper people don't see me as part of the problem

because we pay ordinary income tax unlike a lot of people who are truly well off. not to name names and we've done it through dint of hard work. asking again on the news hour, why did the former first lady say upon leaving the white house, she was dead broke and indebt. >> i shouldn't have said the five or so words that i said, but you know, my -- in our soun use of those words doesn't change who i am. >> but it sticks sometimes. >> well -- >> ask mitt romney. >> that's an -- >> now it comes up in every interview, lots of stories. has her personal wealth become an object session for the press? >> i think it has. now they're looking at how she's earned that wealth from wall street. i think this is what is being

called hoisted on your own petard. she's running into the liberal media by a buzz saw. she ran into it in 2008 when race trumped gender. this is the same media who is obsessed with these questions of wealth that was attacking mitt romney. now hillary is in the cross hairs and she's finding it a very uncomfortable place to be. >> wait. you're saying the eating yos in the journalism business despite the fact that some make seven figure salary sess anti-wealth? >> in fact, i do. i think there is a lot of suspicion over that. i think there's probably some envy because a lot of these journalists go on speaking gigs themselves and they're not earning $225,000 a pop. >> so when the washington post does a big front page piece on how bill and hillary earning this $100,000 and who gave speeches, this is jealousy? >> no, i don't think it's jealousy. there's great reporting by

richard bloomberg who did a great piece about their avoidance of the state tax to mask their wealth. but you can't see it's a liberal media thing. the media just doesn't like hillary clinton. >> what's what you think is driving this? >> no, i think it's a story. >> when she says t broke when they left the white house and they made millions of millions of dollars? >> you have to be rich to run for president. john mccain didn't know how much houses he had. john kerry wind surfing off the coast. >> but that was a bad image for his campaign, but it wasn't necessarily the press going after it. the press loves hillary when she focuses on gender. >> "the washington post" did another big story on the wealth question, granting inanymorety to three obama advisers who trashed hillary on this issue.

does that bother you? >> this is what's wrong with political journalism. it looks like a hit job when that happens. i hate anonymous sources. at usa today when jack kelly was accused of fabricating stories and he was fired for that, as policy came out that said no anonymous sources. i think that makes for better journalism. it's a crutch when you rely on sources like that. >> but is this a legitimate vetting of a probable presidential candidate who has amassed a time of money and teams to suggest a certainly s dislike for the first lazy. >> there are peep in the obama camp who don't like her, either. that's because of a contentious political fight that they have. >> and the story has stayed in the news because she's continuing as a book tour,

author, probable candidate to give these big money speeches to colleges and as you say to big banking. >> right. and ruth marcus in "the washington post" wrote a column telling her, dear hillary, please stop. in fact, i think there is another element at work here and that's the whole clinton inevitable, that the press builds it up and tears it down. we saw bill maher telling hillary, please go away. we'll see enough of you in 2016. >> the arc of the story is long and high as it takes you to apologize which she did not do. >> she shouldn't have to apologize for being rich. >> but she should apologize for saying it unartfully. >> two 1and a half weeks later she said maybe i shouldn't. >> used those words. ahead on "media buzz," "the

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after a career that took her from "60 minutes" to "good morning america" to the abc anchor desk, diane sawyer is stepping down. her job is being split into three parts. sawyer herself will handle major newsmaker interviews on the air. >> at the end of the summer, i'm going to be moving to a new role at the network. david will be managing editor sitting at this desk. >> what a humbling day this is for me. >> time for the z block.

i spoke earlier with david zurwick and here in the studio long time abc korpt correspondent lynn share, author of the new book "sally ride" first woman in space. >> we've just gone seemingly overnight from two female network anchors to three white men again. >> is that a problem? >> i don't think it is. i think what's happened in this two generations since those of us who were kicking in a lot of doors got there in the '70s is that women have been trusted, accepted, they're serious reporters. >> nothing left to prove? >> i won't say there's nothing left to prove. i will say that it's taken that long, but we go from being seen as belonging in the kitchen and the bedroom to being in the board rooms and the anchor booths. so no, it's not over, but this part of it is over. this phase of it is definitely over. >> david, diane sawyer obviously

is going to continue to do big interviews at abc news. but given her celebrity star power and her award winning career, is this a law to set back for the network? >> you know, i don't know, howie. i think it totally depends on what diane sawyer and abc choose to do with this. if they just make it kind of a emeritus position, it will be a setback. but i think diane sawyer is one of the smartest people in tv news. and i think the way it was described when you cut through the pr stuff, it's kind of like they wanted her to think big thoughts and come up with new ways to get at stories. i think she could be really terrific at that and she could give abc an intellectual balance that neither of the networks can come close to touching. so i think it would be great. based on her career, she's not going to sit there and do

nothing. >> let's talk about that career. there are a lot of good tv interviews out there. what kind do they have to sometimes commit candor? >> i think what's most important is that she's smart. it's important also to listen in an interview. it's the number one quality. and diane does that. what she's done is what so many first females have done is not to mess up. sally ride said she felt no pressure to mess up because she said it reflects on other women. diane, katie, barbara, all of us there at some level said we have to do it well for the next group that comes along. that's what diane has done. >> and what about the strange wage abc is kaurveing up her

job. david mure, solid citizen, solid journalist. but george stephanopoulos staying at gma, becoming chief news anchor, which means daefrtdaefr -- >> when i wrote about it i said i don't know if that says more about me or stephanopoulos or about what abc thinks of him. here is what i think. they're not sure what what muir is going to do in a big, big story. think back to the boston bombing where they found the second brother in that boat where he was finally arrested. remember the brilliant interview that diane sawyer did with the next door neighbor on the very brilliant interview. >> can you imagine if cbs told

dan rather, you can read that but we're going to do someone else do the story. >> kids are not watching the evening news. they've got to figure out a way to parcel all of this so they get the next generation. this is an attempt to start changing that model. >> not -- >> go ahead, z. >> no, not to totally disagree with that, but i thinkç there an element of what holly is suggesting here, a shrinking of the network news anchor. this is not the stature of the generation, of your generation of anchors and network news people. and it isn't just audience news erosion. i think it's the way the networks have compromised, particularly in coverage, the cable platforms. >> even though people ridicule them, there's still an important

franchise. what this says to me is clearly this is a way of making george stephanopoulos the top dog without giving him the evening news chair is that the morning is more important. the good morning america is hoped to be a player. it's now number one in the ratings. >> it's more important in terms of money. it is not necessarily more important in how people get their news. that's clearly fanl decision being made. this is what the mt. works are dialing by giving george did liveness and getting to do all these breaking stories, that, to me, is the big deal. >> and howie, that's the other half of the story is that they had to take care of george. he's making money for them. in many ways, he totally deserves it. he is the big gun. one, they're not so sure about mayette.

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gamble to run the v.a. which is in the middle of a vicious scam dallas for alleged deaths of vet whose had to wait so long for care. a white house review found chronic problems across the board at v.a. >> in iraq, a possible changing map in the middle east, the al-qaeda offshoot that erased the border between syria and iraq with an attack and now declaring the creation of an islamic state saying online that he calls allegiance for all those living in their territory. much more at 7:00 p.m. fox weekend. >> america is never exactly soccer country but there is a huge surge in interest and ratings during the world cup as the team has advanced to the second round. the media coverage exploded when

uruguay's player suarez bet another we player and was suspended. >> has the cover been over board? >> no, i don't think so. i was in the ring when tyson bit hollyfield and it has never been lived down and that was 1997 so 17 years later. i don't think it is overboard. we are not used to seeing people in competition bite other players. he did it on the world stage. >> there is a lot of attention from coulter saying the sign of america's moral decay is individual achievement not a big factor and no one scores anyway. what do you make of the soccer

detractors? >> get a life. in has been fun for all of people who are casual fans or don't know what they are watching it is finally time that america is joining the world. we don't want to be last out. soccer in this country is like the olympics and everyone is watching it and people are getting into it and clearing for the country, clearing for other countries and it is really been a great time. i see no problem with this. what is the problem with it in it is in a time zone where you can watch it and it is not in europe or south africa where you get up in the middle of the night. the kids grow were playing soccer and watch football, and now, guess what? they are watching soccer. it is great. >> here is my beef, in the famous game with the united states and portugal and portugal scored to tie the game in the last minutes, in stoppage time, "new york times" had a front page piece explaining the referee can add as much time as he wanted, four minutes, five

minutes or more and doesn't have to tell anyone. what kind of weird rule is that? >> they don't stop the clock for injuries or top the clock when the ball goes out of bounds up like football or basketball so someone is keeping track or referee is keeping track in his mind and he adds the time. you have to get used to it, the whole country was upset when we tied portugal. a tie is usually all right. the whom country was happy when we lost to germany. there are some things to get used to in the qualifying round and fans don't know a lot about it but they enenjoying it. what is wrong with that? >> finally, espn in the game with the united states drew 18 million viewers the most watched soccer game ever in the up. so people are getting into it.

>> espn has done a great job and they brought the casual fan along and explained it well and they have made it fun and it looks like a great time in brazil, the water looks pretty, the stadiums look great and if you are going to find a problem, manage is wrong with you. >> we need to send you to rio de janeiro, you are really getting into it. >> thanks for joining us. >> next, a mixed verdict in the british phone hacking scandal with the conviction of a former tabloid editor would became the prime minister's spin doctor. ♪

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because coulson had moved from running news of the world to the communications director for david cameron. that prompted the prime minister to apologize for his bad judgment. this was an embarrassing episode for murdoch who shut down news of the world and it showed the london press that there were limits to the sleezy behavior the public will tolerate. the egyptian charges against three -- from al jazeera, one journal it was convicted to seven years and another to ten years. this is about egypt's military government cracking down on reporting. the white house has demanded they be released. whatever your views about al jazee jazeera, this is a terrible outcome. president obama calls in three female activists to push

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time now for our "video verdict." president obama invited three female anchors to the white house for interviews, and let's stipulate at the top they all did a good job of pressing him on the chaos in iraq. >> but the women were also there because the white house was staging a conference on working families. let's take a look at how each of them handled that subject beginning with msnbc's mika brzezinski. >> it's funny you talk about dads who want to spend time with their kids. when they leave work, i wish you could do something about this, and it's to be with their kids. everyone's, like, oh, look at that great dad! he's amazing. meanwhile, we're sneaking out,

hoping that no one notices that we're doing what we're supposed to do. >> no, i think you're right. i think there's a little bit of a double standard there. >> totally. >> all right, her bias is showing there, right? she's obviously for whatever the white house is doing here, but i have to say as a -- that's what i say as a journalist, but as a working mom, i get it. i get what she's saying. i think there is -- and i get what he's saying. i think there is a double standard. >> i can see why you would identify with that. at the same time, she's there at the white house to interview the president of the united states about something that he's pushing. and she and a couple of other journalists later went to this conference and moderated panels. doesn't that make -- isn't there an appearance problem? >> well, there is, but i think as i've made this point before, howie, that we know where she's coming from. it's not a surprise. she is there as the democratic on her show as the democratic token. >> what's your score? >> i give her a 5. >> i'm giving her a 3. next up, cbs's norah o'donnell. >> i mean, you look at even as,

you know, your oldest daughter does an internship. do you look and say, wow! much hasn't changed. and this is kind of a problem, and i don't want my daughter to have to go through this. >> it's important for us to not to deny the progress that's been made. >> well, she seems to have bought into it as well. i mean, this seemed to be a question that was saying i kind of agree with what's happening and let's hear your story about it. >> right. i didn't think it was as blatant as earlier with mika, but it does seem like they were kind of validating working families' agenda which is what the white house wanted. your score? >> a 7. >> i'll give norah o'donnell a four. >> there's cnn's kate bolduan. >> it's no secret that democrats' midterm election strategy is to pitch to women to get the women to come out to vote. they've said that. >> yeah. >> is this all politics? >> i was raised by a single mom. >> now, that's exactly what a journalist should be doing.

you can be sympathetic to it as a woman, but you ought to ask at least a couple of questions. >> she nailed it. she definitely nailed it. although i do have to ding her for the end of the interview asking for advice about her baby. so i'm giving her a 9. >> she patted her tummy. i'm giving her a 10 because i think she asked whether it was all politics and that's important. still to come, your best tweets and lauren and i do battle on "the o'reilly factor" over the political predilections of jon stewart and stephen colbert. h. h [ female announcer ] it's simple physics... a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammation. plus, in clinical studies,

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here are a few of your top tweets on whether the media has devoted enough attention to the irs scandal. steve says no, because they are happy with the irs went after the tea party. two, they arefraid it's true and will go after obama. why not put this in the context of total recordkeeping mess at irs and federal agencies in general. the blame game easier. a lot of weighed in on diane sawyer stepping down at abc. stair ra, sawyer, i think wanted more creative control and more time doing pieces she wanted without the format and restriction of nightly show. rich unger, it was her time to leave. david muir is an excellent, fresh, new millennial anchor that will grow ratings with new demographics. >> howard, did you notice it's going to take two men to do diane sawyer's job? >> you know, you're right. >> i am.

>> "the view" is suddenly imploding. abc is tearing up the show by axing jenny mccarthy and sherri shephe shepherd. it really floundered this season, steering away from politics and garnering little attention. abc is calling this an exciting new direction but it will take high-profile new hires. more after "the buzz." finally, do jon stewart and stephen colbert have a bit less influence these days because they go easy on president obama? lauren and i disagreed on that, not surprisingly, on "the o'reilly factor." >> they prop up the democratic party and the liberal line, president obama, by denigrating their opposition. >> jon stewart's peak of influence was really when iraq was out of control during the bush administration. >> look at all the scandals that have happened under the obama administration. you have the irs scandal, the v.a. scandal, iraq in chaos and let's not forget about obamacare, and they went really

hard on obama about that. >> really hard? >> no, i didn't see it, lauren. maybe you're watching the closed-circuit broadcast. >> first of all, lauren, you should throw colbert under the bus because he took you said and took it out of context and made you sound like a conspiracy theorist. >> well, i showed him. >> i'm not messing with you. >> don't, right? i have a couple more weeks of this. >> you've had time to think about it. >> no. >> don't you think that stewart and colbert -- >> no. >> -- who are very talented guys and i believe changed journalism. >> they have. they cover him, and it's funny. remember the whole skit about glitches where they talked about everybody is saying glitch, glitch, glitch, glitch. yes, they hit hard. no. >> closed-circuit tv? >> bill doesn't think so. >> i just think they've kind of taken themselves a little bit out of the conversation because they've gone easy. >> you're crazy. you're crazy. >> okay, we've established that i'm crazy. that's it for this edition of "media buzz." i'm howard kurtz.

on facebook we take your comments and post video exclusives. we're back here next sunday morning, 11:00 and 5:00 eastern with the latest "buzz." i'm chris wallace. house speaker john boehner charges president obama with abusing his executive power and plans to sue him. >> i believe the president is not faithfully executing the laws of our country. >> they're not doing anything, and then they're mad that i'm doing something. >> how strong is the case against the president? and with the supreme court ruling against some of his recess appointments, is mr. obama guilty of presidential overreach? we'll talk with two house leaders, bobbed goodlatte and xavier. then, a suspect in the benghazi terror attack is