it. >> and john kerry's emergency summit in the middle east prevent a day of rage from becoming weeks of war. >> i certainly hope ryan does it so we don't have a government shutdown. >> thank you for being here. i'll see you monday morning on the fox business network. \s. on the buzz beater this sunday, the media are gushing about hillary clinton, declaring her the huge winners over -- once in which bernie helped her at a crucial moment. >> i think the secretary is right. >> and that is that the american people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn e-mails. >> thank you. thank you. me too. >> hillary clinton was beyonce. she was flawless. >> this was the best day of the campaign. she was confident, forceful, prepared without seeing overly prespared, even seemed authentic. >> you said which one of them could be president, i thought it was hillary clinton by a long

shot. >> i thought she did everything she needed to do last night. >> she was the clear winner this week. diminishing the sanders' surge, and why have democrats are saying it's too late? donald trump rips the media as dishonest. ben carson likens journalists to used car salesmen. and on cnbc s. officials caving to the donald's demand that they not stretch the next debate to three hours. the robert redford movie. after a career-ending blunder is out. is it the whitewash that i predicted? i'm howard kurtz, and this is "mediabuzz." if hillary clinton was as big a winner in las vegas as

most of the commentators on the left and right are saying, it wasn't because anderson cooper was tossing out easy questions. >> now you say the policies are too harsh, you supported his trade deals dozens of times, now suddenly last week you're against it. will you say anything to get elected? >> actually i've been very consistent senator sanders, a poll -- you call yourself a democratic socialist. how did any kind of socialist win a general election in the united states? >> we're going to win, because we're going to explain what democratic socialism is. >> the two top democrats mixed it up a bit. bernie had ha message for the press. >> anderson -- let me say something about the media as well. i go around the country, talk to a lot of people. the middle class in this country is collapsing. enough about the e-mails, let's

talk about the e-mails that are facing america. >> joining us mercedes shall lap, political strategist and former spokeswoman for george w. bush. >> andrew mccarron, a former white house correspond for abc and nbc, and jackie could you nick, deputy politics editor at the daily beast. >> the coverage afterwards, all praising her to the skies, do you think it's been over the top? >> i think the vast majority of the media being the cheerleader for hillary clinton. what is interesting is when you look at the social media, the online presence, it was bernie sanders who won. all of d.c. insiders, they were -- >> are you saying they're wrong? >> i think she had a very strong performance. the question is does that translate down to what the grassroots are saying, which is an interesting area. >> are you surprised that a press corps that's been basically kicking her around

over seven mondays. >> she was so as a rule nibble going into this debate, and so there were very low expectations. i also think america limbs a comeback. >> do you liken hillary clinton to the warrior queen in "game of thrones" i guess that's high praise. let's look at him at the debate. >> we're doomed! we need a revolution. millions of people on the streets, and we've got to do something, and we've got to do it now! [ laughter ] >> all right. that was larry david on "saturday night live" but bernie sanders fans were certainly enthusiastic. do you think as mercedes suggests that the mainstream press could be underestimating his performance. >> but if you watch the presidential debates in 2012 and

looked on social media, rand paul won every single one of those debates, because his people were very, very vocal, so you do have to take some of that with a grain of salt and say it's not all the grassroots. if you got a very excited base, sometimes they tend to permeate that -- >> it's hardly a scientific public poll. how did anderson cooper doing in the way he managed that debasement. first, i think anderson cooper did a great job. he was xwekably prepared, he asked tough questions, and in many cases many people thought anderson cooper won that debate. it's a lot easier to handle questions among five candidates, not 11 or 10. >> but was it a little weird to have also on the side cnn anchor

don lemon asking a question or too about facebook query, and carlos lopez asking questions? >> i know juan carlos lopez, he can talk about any issue from domestic to foreign policy. he himself could have been the moderator, and the fact is they had him asking the immigration question, had don lemon asking the african-american questions, i know you want to showcase your anchors, but should we pigeonhole them. and what about anderson waiting almost two hours before asking questions about the e-mails. >> again, i think it was very disappointing from cnn's standpoint that they didn't address the e-mail issue earlier on the the first hour is very important, and guess what? that has been the topic of what

the media has been covering for the past seven or eight months. i think they should have asked it earlier on and more specific questions on how will you pay for the free stuff that you all are proposing. >> what was lost in that whole e-mail exchange with bernie sanders is he was taking a jab at the media for focusing on that, but the sound bite you see again and again and again is america's sick of those damned e-mails. >> i knew at that moment that would be the sound bite. he was scolding the media, but also giving hillary a political get out of jail free cart. but what strikes me, jackie, it doesn't make the issue go away. she'll still by testifying this week, and there are still -- it's almost outside her control now with an fbi investigation and multiple layers of scrutiny. >> these debates bond exist in a vacuum. it doesn't mean it's an endorsement or that she's going

to do well. she's not out of the woods by any stretch of the imagination. she does have this benghazi issue, another tranche of e-mails coming out, because they release them every single month. drip drip drip. that's not going away. so wait for the next day, i'm sure the story might be different. >> hillary clinton seems to move to the left. on bashing wall street, on trait, on -- i didn't hear much about whether the whole democratic party has moved to the left. >> i don't think so, but keep in mind that hillary clinton has a very long way to go left to match bernie sanders. she did try to lure in some of his supporters, but i don't know if that element was effective. when there's a republican debate, part of the analysis, especially now is while these candidates have really lurched to the right on immigration, taxing the rich -- well, not

being against that -- i should say, abortion, so is there a different way that the media view democrats who are clearly trying to appeal to the more populous constituency? >> i think the media is so intrigued by the democratic socialist who is now running. the meter fact they asked the question who is against capitalism, that is something we never could have imagined years ago. i think there's a sense that they love to push on the fact that they're fire rate -- on the democrats side, i think they praise this idea of more government, more involvement, gull back to the free college tuition. they don't necessarily critique their policies or say how much will it cost? >> keep in mind this was a trump-less debate. there needed to been some charisma interjected, so i think the tenor was different.

>> republicans have very deep divisions, and it's around the margins. >> maybe, jackie, by the way the debate got almost 16 million viewers, by previous standards we would say that's amazing, though not at the trump level. did the press go easily? she talked about her evolves position. that wasn't her stronger answer. >> it wasn't. you have to look at the debate in the whole entirety. i can only speak for what we did. in general, yes, there was some high praise for hillary, maybe it was over the top in some corner, but i would say keep watching. >> one more factor, because you all were talking about it in the makeup room. here's hillary clinton. >> secretary clinton how would you not be a third term with president obama?

>> i think that's pretty obvious. i think being the first woman president would be quite a change. i can't think of anything more of an outsider than elected the first woman president. >> she kept bringing it up. it is pretty obvious from her standing on the stage and not dressed like the other guys. >> and the only way she's differentiateling herself from president obama. being president obama's former secretary of state, there shouldn't be a lot of difference there, and she trying to separate herself, and using gender, i think just boggles my mind. >> she certainly played it down in 2008, and this year she is playing it up. >> i'm sure she's looking at the women voters who will determine who will be president at the end of the day, and she wants them in her corner. >> remember to send me a message on twitter. we'll include some of these later in the show. remember when the press was

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andrea, all those breathless reports, certainly before the debate, he'll make a decision in the next hour. how does it look now? >> for a noncandidate who has not spent a cent, he's getting a constant gift. i get with the debate that hyping up, you know, there's a podium that's empty backstage, that was all part of it to gin up interest. it may have paid off. i believe the only person who

knows is joe biden and possibly his wife. >> faces a complicated, yawn carlin. many were begging him to get into the race -- >> now the media wants a horse race. >> now everyone is saying it's too late. the media just jumped on and basically said this love affair is over with biden. that lathed about 48 hours. >> he neared bernie sanitier. >> it should feel like a time clock. >> it sounds like a high school roman. they wanted joe and joe wouldn't date them, and notice they're going to move on. >> we're waiting for joe, we're waiting for joe. that's what i'm saying. well, maybe he won't run.

changing the nair stitch, i have a feeling we're going to know soon. >> there are filing deadlines coming up. >> that's the thing. that's hard deadlines he'll have to make or break. >> when you read the stories, literally one of the first quo was there is no path for joe biden. >> in usa today, so basically the idea of say biten's -- that first quote that was listed in the first couple three lines. >> but the presses no fick 8, but at the same time we all understand that joe biden is the only person who can change the political landscape for the democrats. >> even that is questionable how much of the landscape he's going to change. he may get a bump if he's in -- >> we want a race. >> also reflects the journalists don't believe that bernie

sanders doesn't believe -- even though he's had an extraordinary few months, and then his close pat put out a memo obviously designed to be linked to the media. he's going to run with hard and that's kicked up the speculation machine against. >> and we might have a crush on joe biden, but everyone is just waiting, so i think this is a waiting game. >> we're so easy, and you put out one memo. >> but had bernie sanders not completely shut down the gre greatest vulnerability this that debate, he might have announced. >> and probably larry david wouldn't have been on "saturday night live." >> thank you. we'll see you in a bit. ahead, the robert redford, is it the whitewash that some of us predicted. but first president obama in a contentious interview on "60 minutes" and the reporter who

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it shows that somebody some place along the line made some sort of serious calculation. >> steve, let me say this -- >> it's an embarrassment. i feel like i'm being filibustered, mr. president. >> croft also pressed him on the intervention in syria. >> and today real been being ability to count on their support and maintain the base on syria, mr. putin now is devoting his own troops, his own military, just to barely hold together by a threat his sole ally. >> he's challenging your leadership, mr. president. >> no, no. >> he's challenging your leadership. he also got the president to say -- was polite to poke and prod, because let's face it obama does have a tendency to filibuster. what steve croft did is what all

journalists should try to do when interviews politicians of either party, how old them accountable. >> philip b richardson, the blogger apparently not a fan of jeb bush. richardson dropped the f-bomb in a tweet saying blank you, jeb bush, for telling poor people they need stronger families to not be poor. poverty weakens families. richardson has deleted his taunting tweet. inappropriate? it's a case study in liberal bias. all ticked off at the press. brit hume with an in-depth look at that. later, the media and finger pointing over hillary and benghazi. today, jason is here to volunteer

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it's hardly shocking when candidates carp, but those complaints are very vociferous this year, which we saw during my sit-down with donald trump last week. >> i see such dishonesty, a couple sites like politico, totally dishonest, they say things that are unbelievably wrong, purposely. there's only one business in america that's protected by the constitution, and that is the press. when they become partisan, which they are, they distort the system. when news media pick one word or one phrase and they run with it and they try to characterize people like that, i've got to tell you guys, that's why people don't trust you anymore. i mean, you're down there with used car salesmen. >> joining us now is brit huge.

he uses twitter to hit gab at specific commentator, some of them on fox. does he have a legitimate beef? >> i think he does, but there's two sides to the coin with him. i think some of the coverage of him has been something to complain about, you know, words used sort of out of context to portray him as having said something more extreme than he intented, but the other side, he's got a volume of coverage that's unpresent dented in my experience. it has subsided a bit now, but it's still a tsunami. >> it's enormous. there were periods of time back in acwhere he was going to make a speech and he would take a few questions ahead of time.

>> and then they take the whole speech live, without commercial interrupt, nobody has ever gotten coverage like that. it was a huge bonanza for him, he knows how to be colorful and knows how to get a rating. as long as that's true. >> quite openly dismissed them, but many of them have had to walk it back. >> chris wallace with a fine interview said afterwards, and you were on the show, saying i am beginning to believe that donald trump can be elected president of the united states. that's a change. >> i thought that was a striking comment from chris. i'm at the point where i see he could be the nominee for the republican party. it seems to me getting what you would need to be president, it's not just republicans orb republicans simp -- that's a tall order. >> just to say that you could see.

>> that's a sea change. >> huge. >> we just saw ben carson. he's gotten it into the press lately, over his answer on whether he would advocate a muslim president, or faced with a mass shooter, and then got into what jews could have done if they were armed in nazi germany, and he believes the presses unfair. >> i thought some of the reactions to his statements were bordering on hysterical, you know, i see long articles being written that say, no, the guns would not have helped the jews, and there will be some sort of social science study or something that would suggest that. so i think he's got a legitimate beef there, but this is true, this is the nfl, you get hit harder into this level, and you have to be able to take it and anticipate it, and you have to be very careful how you phrase

things or these things will happen. that doesn't make it fair or right, but that's the plays field you're on, and the smart, enabled are ready for that. >> certainly what ted cruz has set for a long time. portrayed as sets stupid or evil, but here's what he said to me a while back. >> the mainstream media is not fair and impartial. >> they have served, as i believe, as the prey torian guard. >> yeah, a lot of the mainstream media are biased. when it gets down to it in the fall campaign, we will see this,

but whoever that will be will get more favorable coverage, or much less than the republican nominee. that has been true for as long as i can remember. >> the cnbc debate is coming up. both donald trump and ben carson -- though trump was a bit more public about it, said we aren't showing up if it's going to be three hours. first, let's deal with the substance. is this an effort by -- was this an effort by a network to just sell more ads at jacked-up rates? >> perhaps. you know, if you've got a good piece of programming o. and you know people will watch, you're not going to cut it short. >> there's precedent for it. the last debate was three hours. i don't fault them for trying, the question is whether two candidates should be able to dictate the length of the debates. >> you anticipated my second question. with a compromise about opening statements and how it will only

be two hours, as originally planned. does trump show the art of the deal here, in basically saying he's going to take hi marbles and not show up? i never had any doubt they would work it out. >> i think it does, and i think that is the heart of the deal at work. he knew he had the leverage, but carson to some extent the same thing. they had -- you know, they had the leverage and they used it. it is a bit of an irony to think of donald trump who says that jeb bush lacks energy to say he doesn't want a three-hour debate because it's too long. >> also he could stand up there for 12 hours, he says, but the viewers shouldn't have to sit through it. >> he was doing it for the viewers. that's what it was. >> you're impressed. >> of course. >> brit hume, thank you for stopping by. next on "mediabuzz," the press who -- says the house -- and later why "playboy" is

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test. test. test. test. test. with hillary clinton set to testify this week, the media are pouncing on some dissenting voices. first, of course, kevin mac kaert said the panel had succeeded in knocking down her polls. another republican congressman makes that point in a radio interview. >> this may not be political

correct, but i -- i think that there is a big part of this investigation that was designed to go after people, an individual, hillary clinton. >> that was congress mast richard hannah. >> but let's just take a minute and point out if this committee is basically an arm of the republican national committee, it is a partisan admitted by the house republican majority leader mr. mccarthy, to drive down my poll numbers. joining us now from new york to examine the coverage rich lowery, and democratic strategist julie roginski, both fox news political contributors. can't they say there's two -- one intentionally and one inadvertently, painting as

hillary clinton. >> republicans have certainly given the press the material to run with this narrative. i do think it's kind of gotcha coverage. it's clear what mccarthy meant, dhs that this committee that is uncovered really a consequential thing about hillary clinton, her private server, her e-mail, and that has driven down her poll numbers. howie, if republican investigative committees had the power to drive down hillary clinton's poll numbers, she would have been at zero a very long time ago. but you can feel the narrative turning. if she puts in a strong performance this week, you'll have a the lo of peoplia saying she's turned the corner on this, and the clinton press strategy will be to say it's old news. >> we saw that on saturday when human huma abedin testified. does rich have a point, the tone of the coverage is changing, but

if she has a rough time before that committee, it may not be pleasant and the media will have to reflect that? certainly smcht views have given people the perception to say this is all a witch-hunt. if you believe hillary clinton is guilty and has blood on her hands, which a lot of people on the right wing blowing osphere do, you this enthink they're doing god's work and trey gouldie is the best thing since sliced bread, but to me this is something where people goss to the corners. there is nothing being broken here. if your views are hillary clinton is guilty, this, then the press -- hannah to give them the excuse they need to say this is a witch-hunt and has been all along.

>> rich, you also have the fired staffer from the committee telling cnn he wanted an objective look at the attacks, but trey gouty, the chairman says he was fired to cause, but did that also help what was said was fodder for the media -- >> trying to paint this as -- >> it's clearly helping drive that narrative. i wouldn't take a disgruntle employees who was fired, i wouldn't take his word for anything. i think trey gouldie deserves to be examined and evaluated on the merits. what actually has he done that has been so wholly partisan and awful? it seems clear to me he's doing all he can to be a proceed fessional and above board. i think the benghazi committee's media representation is beside

the point. the key question whether the story will have momentum is what kind of classified material is in her e-mails, were her e-mails compromised by foreign intelligence? what does the fbi conclude about the lawfulness? "new york times" can shoot trey gowdy at noon, and in the answers to those questions are back for hillary clinton, this would still by a story. >> i agree, we have to look at what they've done and does do to make a proper evaluation -- because they are sick of benghazi, the whole thing was trumped up, they believe deep down, you know, this is a very important event, four americans dead, but the political aftermath that is incredibly partisan. >> this is, what, the sixth committee to investigate this? ily say the e-mails were significant, but they have

nothing to do with benghazi itself. i think the tragedy of four americans desiring is outweighed in some parts of the right-wing blogosphere as i said before, that hillary clinton has blood on her hands, which nobody has been able to connect the two. there was a tragedy that happened, but i can't go out and say with any credibility that hillary clinton was response for their deaths. i think that's where people overplay their hands. especially those who want to see her go down. >> a quick answer, rich. by saying that was unfortunate, and he doesn't know what we're doing, but the guy is a member of the committee. do you think the explanation will fly? >> i don't think he's a member of the committee, hannah? >> right. >> but there are important thing we need to get to the bottom of. so which is it?

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the robert redford movie "truth" is out, and it casss dan rather and his producer in an extremely popular light in a story that ended their careers at cbs. >> the president of the united states may have gone awol from the military. >> tonight we have new information on the president's military service. >> here's to a great story. >> somebody has to confirm those memos. >> this is this isn't a trial. this is a hunt. >> joining us for the z-block is david zurich from "the baltimore sun." i was fired up on this movie. i think thinks one of the biggest journalistic embarrassments of all time. what's your view? >> i'm upset the movie. i wanted to not be upset. you and i went head to head as reports, so we are both deeply steeped into this this movie. i think there's an easy way to

get through all ideology is this was simply really bad journalism. that clip when he says we need somebody to confirm the memos, that's what they didn't do. but the movie has him saying do it, and they didn't. >> and the memos supposely written 30 years earlier. why would robert redford who played in one of the great newspaper movies of based on a book by mary maipz fired as a producer over this story and rather lost his anchor job. >> i have no idea why robert redford and cate blanchette, this is not a cartoon movie. this is a serious production. redford is the power of the movie. here's the scene that really got me. at the end everybody is caving on this and dan rather is making all these speeches about how the

business changes. he says, i was there the day they found out they could make money with news and that's all the reason and cbs is all a bunch of cowards. and they show him at the end in profile looking off in the hero against the sky heroic shot invoking bob woodward, it's dan rather as the western hero after the west is closed and the cattlemen and money interests have taken over. that's what made me mad. it wasn't heroic what he did in this. it was bad journalism. for my part, i don't think he was that involved in it. i think it was mary driving this bus. >> in one of the ifrpt vintervi she's done about the movie, we did bungle a bit but wer e in te journalistic claim of bungle. >> outrageous. in her book, she said, bh when i saw the bloggers starlt to tack

this, i was looking at the -- very ideological response. and both rather and james vanderbilt the director who were at a screening here in washington and in a q&a afterwards said they stayed very true to her book. she's the source of the story. >> some will go to this movie and think cbs was a craven corporation that refused for political reasons to stand by dan rather when in fact it was horrible as an independent investigation later showed. is it sad that dan rather 83 years old is still clinging to this discredited story saying this story is true even though he couldn't confirm the documents? >> i knew rather well before 200 foy 4. i don't know if we've spoken since. i felt sad in this q&a especially when somebody said, if -- he's saying they got it right. if they got it right, why du apologize for it on the air?

>> i only apologized for documents. look at the transcript. i looked at the transcript and he apol jieszed for the story. now he's recanting and telling another version of events. >> that is revisionist history. thanks for joining us, david. still to come, your tweets. at ally bank no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like playing the boss equals the boss wins. wow! new citracal pearls. dedelicious berries and cream. soft, chewable, calcium plus vitamin d. only from citracal.

♪ everything kids touch during cold and flu season sticks with them. make sure the germs they bring home don't stick around. use clorox disinfecting products. because no one kills germs better than clorox. wayne simmons a federal contractor who billed himself as a former 27-year cia operative was charged this week with fraud and lying to the government with his nonsift ent cia background. he was appeared as a guest on fox news which was fooled along with everybody else. neale ka vuf toe called it a rare but very big slipup. >> but the responsibility to check out who comes on this show ultimately lie was me. after all, it's my name on it.

i'm in charge of it. i decide who comes on it. if in so doing i wasn't thorough enough or followed up enough, it's on me. and i apologize. >> good for neil cavuto for taking responsibility. some media folks are practically depicting simmons as a fox employee. jez abell, fox contributor arrested for inventing past. that's wrong and website ran a correction. he's never been a fox news contributor, never has been paid a dime. he was a guest. he got a plat norm that he did not deserve. should cnbc dropped plans for a debate? yes. they tried to force their way t. backfired. their race are about us understanding candidates' positions. no, they should have gone on without trump and carson even though no one would have

watched. yes, less time for cnbc to ask questions about with the purpose of attacking each other. smart move, gop. talk about the end of an era. as you've undoubtedly heard playboy which introduced generations of teenage boys to the female form, put marilyn monroe on its first cover will no longer run pictures of fully naked magazine. >> the magazine known for showing so much is about to show a lot less. >> i don't think that any other magazine in the 20th century had more influence. >> after 62 years of sexy centerfolds and uncloth celebrities, from marilyn to madonna, starting in the 1950s, the iconic hef fired the first shot in the sexual resolution for hetero men at least in his groundbreaking magazine showing women unclothed and unashamed. some unknown, some famous, some looking to become famous once more. >> i believe that embracing

sexuality is a part of what it means to be free. >> the founder hugh hefner agreeing that the internet is so awashed in -- playboy has also done good journalism has seen circulation fall from 5.5 million to 800,000. with its rich history, it's deeply embedded in our culture. what do you think? >> wow, i think times have changed, howie. what we're seeing is i remember when i was younger being a catholic school girl going to the bookstore and looking at playboy all covered up, taboo back then. now people go online to see nude pickets and playboy is trying to go with the changing times, move towards more investigative reporting i think that is. >> now i can say i just read it for the articles. that's it for this edition of "media buzz." i'm howard kurtz. we hope you'll like our facebook page. we post original content there.

for write to us. send us media questions and commentary and i might respond. we are back here next sunday morning 11:00 and again at 5:00 eastern with the latest buzz. fox news alert, the presidential race on this sunday growing tense. donald trump giving an exclusive interview on fox news sunday, the front-runner dishing out more attacks on jeb bush and hillary clinton and defending how he has run his own campaign so far. >> i'm not thin-skinned when something's truthful. if i did something wrong and you said that, i can handle that and if the press is bad -- it's when people hit me when i didn't do anything wrong. you know, it's like, then it's not a question of thin skin. i will fight back. >> hello, everyone. welcome to "america's news headquarters." >> on the democratic side, there is still much