howie: the media is consumed by the blame game on how we got to this ultimate government dysfunction. the government shutdown. it's an american government shutdown. but president obama of course owns it. >> yet again the big deal maker blows up the left. they threw daca in there. the democrats agree with everything else in the bill, they just want to shut it down. >> chuck schumer may think they

won but i have got to think the schumer shutdown is really bad news. howie: the shutdown stemming from an impasse on the dreamers and the president's comment about certain countries and their immigrants. >> i'm the least racist person. i can tell you. >> the fact that we have a president of the united states who has to come out and say i'm not a racist repeatedly is a sad moment for our country, i think. >> donald trump has questioned where some of this immigration has come from makes him a racist is mind blowing. >> people have said similar statement but it seems to only be offensive if it's coming from the mouth of president trump.

howie: is it the press or the president turning this into a debate over racism. >> how can he be at fifth as barack obama was? howie: we'll look at trump's so-called fake news award. the stormy daniels story is back as "in touch" magazine publishes a 6-year-old interview. why didn't the magazine run this until now? i'm howard kurtz and this is "mediabuzz." a tv countdown clock began days ago as journalists realized this wasn't the usual washington

kabuki over the budget. we are in the second day of women's protest marches across the country and no end in sight. mara liasson, and juan williams, co-host of "the five" and guy benson. when you step up everything else away, they say they control the white house and congress. guy: of course the senate democrats have a lot of power and they are using it. mounting a filibuster with 44 votes, they only need 41. people see the gop as the anti-government party. in the past it was a republican-led effort to shut down the government. the dynamics were different but it's been better this time.

i have seen top lefty activists and former white house people in the obama administration lark out at the "new york times" and the associated press for accurately describing why the democrats are at fault. howie: there hasn't been as much focus on the fact that republicans weren't willing to do another kick the can funding deal and the democrats said no because of the issue of immigration. juan: you even had an ap headline and it was "democrats derail." i think this came as a surprise. piper said, hey, "new york times," you can do better. the "times" typically on the left is saying democrats are responsible. the alternative version is there have been two continuing

resolutions passed in december. the fact that you have a third, nor graham said let's make a deal here. >> did the president's comments about a hole countries. >> you know as well as anybody it takes 60 votes in the senate to pass an appropriations bill. howie mara: i think this is one case where the media is hard to describe. the media is really fractured just lake our politics and you hear a lot of different interpretations about this. but what mick mulvaney said, it takes 60 votes.

in other words, just like you did for neil gorsuch. republicans have been able to change the rules in the past, why not now. howie: there is so much hypocrisy on both sides. saying it's terrible and the republicans are doing this because they don't like government. guy around mulvaney who was all for the shutdown in 2013. but to go back to the media side of this, i think the frustration you are seeing from dan pfeiffer and "daily coast," and other people on the left, the fact that the media is playing this more accurately. the schumer shutdown is an accurate moniker. the reason you are seeing this

visceral anger on the left is so many people on the democratic side are accustom to coverage in support of their talking points. the talking points are so clearly -- they can't line up to what the democrats typically argue. juan: i disagree. it seems to me there is no established narrative and that's why you see this combat. i think what you have is the white house issuing statements saying things like schumer shutdown. howie: why is that unpresidential? the democrats are saying trump shutdown. juan: i don't think they are saying trump shutdown. republicans control the house, the senate and the white house, and they could have passed a budget and they chose to pass a

continuing resolution. howie: in 2013 the obama administration didn't want a shutdown saying the it in will be hurt. now they are saying the national security will be hurt. harry reid used the word hostage in 2013. the last two major sets of shutdowns, i think the media largely blamed the minority party. mara: donald trump controls the whole sh shebang.

hashtag. howie: there has been a sub text about the s*hole countries that was reported to have been said in a meeting with hill leaders. it's been tied to the government shutdown. guy: i think that's an excuse from the democrats. the immigration issue is an important one. i happen to favor a dreamer act. and he said in that extraordinary meeting at the white house that he will virtually sign anything. but it's a separate issue. the house of representatives, a majority of republicans voted to keep the government open. butted the democrats in the senate are blocking it.

juan: the president is the one who said i am going to stop this daca deal, this dreamers deal and have a deadline in march. then introduce it, this is donald trump the deal maker, as a chip. saying if you want a deal you will have to come to me with an offer, specifically it's the wall. he made the dynamic in play. this is donald trump-manufactured crisis. guy: it's january. we have a ma and a half to go before the daca deadline. howie: let's talk about the s*hole controversy. some want to move from trump made racially divisive comments.

juan: you had a bipartisan deal, apparently. remember the big show the president put on to show he was in charge, looked like it was going great. subsequent to that you have republicans and democrats come to the oval office and say what about this deal? that's when you have the s*hole comments and blow things up. howie: there were media reports john kelly told reporters trump's campaign position on the border wall was not informed and evolving. the "new york times" said trump limited kelly. mara: the coverage of kelly is interesting. either he's undercutting trump or he's the secret bad guy who seems like he's a good guy, but

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media. howie: the president finally unveiled his fake news awards. they were posted to an rnc website with cnn washing away

with four of the not so coveted awards. and jeff flake made a controversial comparison. >> our president used the words used by joseph stall yinl to undermine his credibility. guy: i supported 90 person * of what he had -- 90% of we had to say. but when you invoke a mass murderer and compare him to the president of the united states who is going on twitter and mouthing off. howie: when he went on "morning

joe" and said i'm not comparing him. juan: the press even previewed it. i think was more on target speaking about authoritarian-type rulers. and he's using it in that regard, not mass murderer part. when you understand it's not flake alone. john mccain wrote an op-ed in "the washington post" saying essentially the same thing. the man is tweeting out saying it's the enemy of the american people. howie: mccain's op-ed was more high road. the most of serious was nbc's brian ross who was suspended for a month. mara: those award could have been retitled.

here is what you do when you make a mistake. every one of those was corrected. some people got fired or us extended. so you take those awards, coupled with the president calling the president the enemy of the people, he has a. that's not the same as putting it in the stalin category. howie: a lot of people tweeted at me saying it doesn't matter that they apologize. isn't there a lower bar for hurling charges at the president? mara: there shouldn't be. juan: i think there is a higher bar when it comes to the president. people are reluctant to say he lied or has done things repeatedly that are hard to explain. but we don't want to offend

anybody. howie: it doesn't let journalists off the hook when they make mistakes. guy: i see no such reluctance to call the * all sorts of things in certain areas of the press. these are networks that are deeply hostile. mara: maybe that's what he should have gone after him for. howie: "new york times" paul krugman famously predicted the day after the election the stock markets would never recover from the trump election. guy: that's the white house taking a shot at a hack. the thing to me about these awards. it was such a letdown. when i say the was just a press release at rnc i stopped paying attention. howie: and the rnc website

crashed. juan: clearly the president made his point. he thinks the press is not fair to him. i think he has gone beyond this regularly. we discussed this on "mediabuzz." i must say the contrary point is he has aright wing sphere that is almost an echo chamber and he also works the theme. howie: though many conservatives in the media who were never trumpers. mara: "breitbart" could have been on that list. howie: "in touch" magazine runs and interview with a porn star who says she did have a relationship with president trump.

howie: the president's physician told the white house press corps that the president is in excellent health. but the reporters had lots of questions and at times seemed to be trying to poke holes in the doctor's report. >> on what basis would you advise the cabinet that the president is not able to perform his functions. >> a cognitive exam is not the same as a like logical exam. >> how does a guy who eats mcdonald's and all those diet quoaks and never exercises is in as good a shape as he says he's in. >> given there was scrutiny of what was overlooked at the time with president reagan with

alzheimer's that he was known to suffer from at a later date. did the tests you ran exclude those things? >> there are reports that he's a germ o ophobe. >> doctors have said in this president they see symptoms. does this president ask you how he could follow his presented sellsors example to be as:fit as barack obama was. how report session dragged on for almost an hour. it gave the impression that some journalists just didn't even like the answers. dr. sanjay gupta said later he

thinks president trump has heart disease. on another day the press pool was in the oval office for a photo-op with the president of kazakhstan. when jim acosta shouted a question he got an answer but he dismissed him. >> did you say you wanted more people to come in from norway? president trump: i want them to come in from everywhere. >> just caucasian or do you want people to come in from other parts of the world. >> it reminded me of what you might see in less democratic countries where officials attempt to get in the way of the press doing their jobs. howie: he doesn't like the guy, he called him fake news.

the whole press pool was dismiss. and trump did answer jim's question unlike what you might see in less democratic countries. bill bennett next on the media and the president. twitter is filling with your news feed and it could become more partisan. ch! try alka seltzer ultra strength heartburn relief chews. with more acid-fighting power than tums chewy bites. mmmmm...amazing. i have heartburn. ultra strength from alka seltzer. enjoy the relief.

howie: the win-year mark of the trump presidency and the one-year mark for the continuing war between the president and the press. joining me, bill bennett. one-year anniversary. republicans and democrats can't agree. the government gets a shutdown. the media says republicans deserve more of the blame because they run everything in washington. but i agree with guy benson and

i think it's been a little fairer than usual. it struck me as interesting and unusual. howie: president trump has waged an unprecedented rhetorical war against the media and has bent subject of an un -- has been the subject of an unprecedented barrage of criticism from the media. bill: it's hurting him some. in the opinion polls we see that. but people don't appreciate how big this is. you can go to a bar or restaurant and slap the table and say trump and the rest of your evening is taken care of. you can do that anywhere in the world. he probably rivals michael jackson and elvis in terms of world recognition. and there seems to be a story

every day. but they don't like him. they were very disappointed. howie: they the media? bill: the establishment. and they have been saying so from the first day he started. howie: someone says oversaturation. he makes news when he's on location. the conventional wisdom would be give it a rest. do you wear out your welcome by not only driving the news agenda but by being in the news so much yourself. bill: conventional is not a word in his vocabulary. the only suggestion i say with the tweet is stay with the tweets, but make them humorous like he did yesterday with the women's marches. howie: the president tweeted a perfect day for women to march

and celebrate the president's year of success. bill: this he has that the press doesn't have. he does have a sense of humor. but if you put on "morning joe" or cnn it's morose. what is the charge today. collusion, obstruction of justice, mental incapacity. heart disease, is he a racist. there is something wrong with a president who has to say i'm not racist. one of the reasons he has to say it is people keep yelling at him, you are a racist. howie: the media would say we made mistakes and maybe the president ties aggressive. but we are holding him accountable. we are exposing things going on in this government. we are checking him when he

snakes exaggerated statements. some of the stories are wrong and too hostile. but some of the stories are legitimate. bill: i will go to jimmy carter. he said he's never seen anybody treated as badly by the press. but again this phenomenon. i still think, i will forgive the press this much. they are still trying to understand this guy. a friend of mine said to me last week can the mind of man go back to a time that was pre-trump? what did we do? what did we talk about? there is no shortage of things to talk about. howie: is that -- it's a good thing, i guess, that everybody is plugged into democracy and politics. but does it add to the polarization? bill: yes.

the polarization has been there because of the media and in large part because of the media, it drives this opposition. we have always had differences in american politics. with the 24-hour media you are getting it in your face at all times. howie: was the comment by the president overplayed. bill: i was with an uber driver yesterday, he said the president is right about nigeria. this is the way men talk especially in private meetings. for the charge to come out. the point this uber driver was making, because of the mismanagement of government, the police aren't there to protect you, you can't have the argument that you should save people in

america and a refugee status and say if you don't they will go back to some god-forsaken place then deny's a god forsaken place. howie: is he not winning over new converts? bill: i don't know. it does seem he's rising up a little bit in the polls and getting some independent. independents. if it's the economy, stupid, things will get better. howie: coming up. stormy daniels on the cover of "in touch" magazine claims she once hooked up with donald trump. and why is it a story now. the great emperor penguin migration.

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relationship. it was alleged that a payment was arranged to her to keep her from going public. what do we make of this? joining us from new york, shelby holliday and emily jashinsky. shelby: , after your newspaper published the story about the $130,000 payment, and now we have think 2011 interview where she pears toed a -- where she appears to admit this. what do you make of this? shelby: former employees said they didn't run it at the time because trump's attorney threatened aggressive legal

action. they said trump wasn't a huge star and it wouldn't move that's copies. it's unclear why they didn't publish it during the election. why they are publishing it now? they want to sell magazines. she is relevant again. but it's unclear why they didn't publish it during the iowa caucus. howie: the editor told "the washington post," i don't know why this was done in the past. it seems like the magazine needs to make a statement about whether it's legal threats or whatever, why it's only been published now. emily: it's strange that it didn't come out in 2016 or 2017. reporters had these tips but

stormy daniels stopped cooperating with them. so this is a complicated story, and there is a lot to unpack. because it's an interview. it's an interview in her word. howie: they said stormy daniels passed a polygraph test. in light of her denial, was it necessary to put out this transcript including all these sexual details? shelby: she has to deny this, that's what she agreed to do in writing for a six-figure payment. i know people are focused on the salacious details. but it shows the extent to which trump's inner circle goes to protect him. they use pseudonyms to hide the

names of these individual. they went to great lengths to hide this story and possibly others. howie: putting up pictures of a porn star. but hardly the level you would expect, the president and a porn star. i wonder if media outlets are cautious about this. emily: i do think the story is more complicated. and it elicited a giant shrug from media consumers. because it's not one that bucks the narrative president trump has created. it's not something we are shocked to learn about donald trump. it's definitely newsworthy. but it's a crowded news cycle these days.

howie: would you agree a lot of people don't care that much. when he was on the apprentice when he was a businessman that he may or may not have had this kind of relationship. shelby: i won't say people don't care. but some people we certainly hear some voters say i cannot believe this story is not getting more attention. i can't believe people don't care as much. it shows you how president trump is not on teflon in a sense that stories like this would take down any other president. for him they roll right off. trump supporters are saying you are making it tough to get behind you. howie: we have other things going on. the fierce immigration debate and the government shutdown.

the press went to a strip club to see stormy daniels perform and the cover charge was doubled to $20. ashleigh banfield attacks the anonymous woman who reported on aziz ansari. p. good night. with accident forgiveness your rates won't go up just because of an accident. switching to allstate is worth it.

howie: an article tells of an unnamed woman who explained about her date with aziz ansari. she said he didn't ride her verbal and non-verbal cues. she texted him the next day that she had been uncomfortable and

he apologized. this from ashleigh banfield. >> what i have done is you went to the press with a potentially bad date and destroyed a man's career. here is where i'm going to claim victim. you have chilled a way at a movement that it and all my sisters in the workplace have been dreaming up for decades. a movement that finally changed an oversexed professional yarn that i too have struggled through over years in broadcasting. emily: the sentiments of what she said were much needed and excellent. ashleigh banfield came out swinging. author temperatures response to

the initial remarks was even more interesting, i think. howie: let's get to that. katie wade is the woman to interviewed the source. she sent this long email saying shame on ashleigh banfield. shelby: i'm personally saddened by this. what we are seeing on the streets across the country and around the world is a powerful #metoo times up movement. women need to have each other's backs. ashleigh banfield has every right to speak up about this woman's experience. her point was you should have

gone to the cops. what you did was go to the press. and it was a bad date. howie: what do you make of a young journalist writing burgundy lipstick, bad highlights. emily, that's disgusted. that chiseled away at the movement even more. it doesn't need to be a fight between two females in the media. samantha bee said just because this wasn't sexual harassment and was a bad day doesn't mean we shouldn't talk about it. it's the way in which it was published that may have been inappropriate. hue there have been women arguing there are too many cases of an unwanted kiss or grope, terrible as that might be, being lumped in with harvey weinstein

or rape, i'm sorry as exhibit a over this consensual or non-consensual behavior. emily: in terms of the halfy weinstein case and our conversations about what con city cutes sexual assault. the reporter's response shows her reporting was informed by inexperience. to be talking about that they have no editorial staff over the age of 25. i'm about the same age as those people. for me to publish a story with nobody over the age of 25 looking at it, i wouldn't be bragging about it. howie: do you think this undermines the case, the cause against serious sexual misconduct?

shelby: i don't think it's something we shouldn't be talking about. but the way in which it came out. it wasn't vetted or approved legally. it wasn't something any major media outlook would publish from one source who won't even give her name. it does hurt the movement. howie: ashleigh banfield certainly weighed in. thanks so much. still to come, a "daily beast" reporter let go for plagiarism and how facebook may tilt your news feeds in a partisan direction. th my back pain i couldn't sleep and get up in time. then i found aleve pm. aleve pm is the only one to combine a safe sleep aid plus the 12 hour pain relieving strength of aleve. i'm back. aleve pm for a better am.

howie: the daily beast forced out a reporter for blatant plagiarism. the chief says we take

plagiarism seriously and will not allow the hard-earned trust we have built "our readers to be compromise. even the first sentence was almost identical. no one wants to think of someone they love, admire or respect as salmon sister. there was only a one-word change. i never understand why journalists do it when it's so easy to get caught. i'm buzzed off by mark zuckerberg. he wants the news feed to be for engaged with friends and family. it shrinks the news available to you without bothering to ask you what you want. zuk orberg will let the remaining news in the news feed

be shaped by which are the most of trusted sources. let's say for the sake of argument 2/3 of the facebook users lean left. if their favorites are npr, msnbc and the "new york times," that will shift the balance. this is as surrender to the crowd that could further damage facebook's tattered reputation for fairness. that's it for this edition of "mediabuzz." a new documentary series called "sandallous" tonight on fnc at 8:00 p.m. let me know what you have think on facebook and twitter @howard kurtz. and mediabuzz@foxnews.com. dvr the show if you don't have a chance to see it live.

see you next sunday. we are back here at 11:00 eastern with the latest buzz. [♪] arthel: a standoff in the senate as the government shutdown continues for a second day. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell promising a vote overnight by 1:00 a.m. monday. eric: senate lawmakers continue to be locked in the stalemate over immigration. demanding protection for dreamers. the republicans want to focus solely on the new spending bill. mark short weighed in on meet the press. >> what lindsey graham and senator durbin offered to the president was to