♪ [music] howie: a stunning denunciation from journalists and anchors on the left and right as virginia governor ralph northam apologizes for a post in his yearbook. >> this is not my picture. i was not in that costume as black faced or kkk. howie: but the media condemn nations are growing louder by the hour. >> didn't you owe people in this country a huge apology? i have a hard time getting that image out of my head. >> we live in an age where we

have collectively decided kkk and black face are unacceptable. you did that as a young medical student that you should not be fit to be governor of any state. howie: why was there no media coverage when he backed a late-term abortion with the cable and media outlets totally ignoring it. the president pounces on a war of words with his own intel chiefs. >> president trump and his own intelligence agencies don't seem to be on the same planet. >> we need to stop saying donald trump is taking a different position from them and start saying the truth. donald trump is adopting vladimir putin's position. >> there is plenty of room for scepticism when it comes to the

intelligence community and the sourcing these outlets are using to push a certain agenda when it comes to foreign policy. howie: but the president blames the controversy on fake news. liberal pundits and a tidal wave of journalists slamming howard schultz. tom brokaw facing a backlash for his on-air comments about hispanics. he apologizes but the media's p.c. police are piling on. i'm howard kurtz and this is "mediabuzz." the pundits were cautious at first when big league politics published a yearbook photo

showing men in black face and a kkk outfit. the virginia governor apologized but much of virginia's political establishment urged him to quit. northam vowed not to resign insisting while he had not been in the black face photo as a medical student, there was another time he did just that. >> i had the shoes, i had a glove and i used a little bit of shoe polish to put on my cheeks. i always liked michael jackson. i actually won the contest because i learned how to do the moon walk. howie: joining us, emily jashinsky, and capri cafaro.

and kristina partsinevelos. christina, northam took plenty of questions. is there a media drum beat saying it's time for him to go? >> it's the first time you have all media outlet's growing on something. every single newscast this morning led with this story. there is an agreement he should step down. the fact that he reversed his story shows a lack of trust. if you want to come out and apologize for it because race is such an important issue, let's bring to the forefront and discuss it. you have all outlet's sensely agreeing on this. howie: the governor is in a position of saying i didn't pose

in black face. but i did as michael jackson. do you want to see my moon walk? >> there is a conversation, i don't think it's a perfect parallel with what we went threw with brett kavanaugh. totally different thing. i think he should resign. i don't think it's acceptable. but at the same time i'll say if your wife has to stop you from moon walking in the middle of an apology press conference, it did not go well. the fact that he was talking about putting shoe polish under his cheeks, it was unbelievable. howie: people are saying it was 35 years ago.

he doesn't have a record of racism in office. but all the 2020 campaigns, they say he should resign. >> in virginia, you are only one term. if he tries to ride it out, he only has two years left on his term. this is an issue that's important to democrats going into 2020 where rains diversity is playing a large part in their platform. so democrats will come out saying we want him to resign, even though it's a democrat offending for lack of a better term. this is less about the media coverage and more about the fact this is so egregious democrats and republicans are agreeing. >> often you have liberal pundits defending a democrat.

as you pointed out, even president trump going on twitter says how did the media not discover this when he ran for governor in 2017. and why did it get leaked now? >> i don't think we should focus too much on that. we should be focused on wouldn't we be having a different conversation now. saying that was somebody from the past who is no longer like that. we forgive charlottesville, even president trump during the cam rain he says my african-americans to a supporter in the crowd. it happened before. race has come up. but do we forgive as a society. he lied and wasn't trustworthy. that's the conversation we should be having. howie: this was broken by a former breitbart journalist. somebody wanted to retaliate

against ralph northam for the abortion comments. he was doing a radio interview talking about a bill that he supported that would lift restrictions on late-term abortions in virginia. and he came out and said this. let's take a look. >> if a mother is in labor i can tell you what would happen. the infant would be delivered. the infant would be kept comfortable and resuscitated if that's what the mother and family desired. then a discussion would ensue between the physicians and the mother. howie: the first two days, nothing on nbc, abc, msnbc * and one story on the "cbs evening news." >> this is a case study that should be held up in journalism school as how not to handle an

issue. what happens so often is the media waits until conservatives reacts, then writes stories about conservatives seizing and pouncing on extreme democrat positions. that was completely inappropriate. it was really bad in this particular case. this should be studies by journalism students. howie: look at the way the lead was. it wasn't that ralph northam was considering this. >> virginia's governor responded on a bill to the relift restrictions on late-term abortions. >> as a legislator. i agreed that it's not a place

for an abortion debate. this ways happens when you have complex laws happening at the state law or federal level. there is no question in my mind that there is a significant difference in the conservative-leaning media and mainstream media are covering this issue. whether they talk about it as infanticide on the right or fake news and try to downplay it on the left. we are getting past the facts and core aspects of the bill. howie: "new york times" headline, republicans seize on late-term abortion as a 2020 issue. "washington post," i'll acknowledging republican missteps they double down to pay the ralph northam and democrats as radicals hop favor

infanticide. >> this will be a partisan issue no matter what. you just listed immediate lanes. you mentioned the word mainstream media. more and more we have to stop using that term. we are on media. there are a lot of people who watch fox. but regarding just the headlines you are mentioning right now. when it comes to abortion you will have democrats who won't want to bring it up because it's too sensitive. you have republicans calling the democrats baby killers. and the democrats saying you are painting people pass anti-feminists, essentially anti-feminists. no matter what you will get the sound bite. howie: whether you are pro-life or pro-choice, a lot of people who support abortion rights would be uncomfortable with third trimester abortions. >> it was a 2-minute clip that

went viral. it wasn't edited at all. the clip that went viral was 2 minutes long. it was not edited. northam defended his position the next day. >> the content of the policy is what was covered, not the reaction from left to right. >> when they are not coupled with serious stories on the policies in question is the problem. howie: the politics often dominates. there are only 15% who support abortion at any time during pregnancy. why are the liberal pundits out to stop starbucks' howard schultz from running as guys, it's that time... and nothin's happenin'. well now there's score!, from force factor, to rev your libido and maximize physical response. it's no wonder walmart offers score!

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howie: with a flood of airlines about president trump's chief intel chiefs disagreeing with his stance. the intelligence people seem to be extremely passive and naive with it comes to the dangers of iran. perhaps they should go back to school. when it was over trump blamed it on the media. >> it was taken out of context. i suggest that you call them. they said it was fake news. howie: the testimony was widely covered. does he have a case? >> when he says mix quoted he

doesn't have a case with. maybe misinterpreted, i don't know. maybe there is room between trump's position and what joe scarborough was talking about. that trump is wildly out of line with them. i think was more frustrated with the narrative the media created after he met with gina haspel and the intelligence community. howie: narrative doesn't equal fake news. these aren't shadowy sources. there were cameras, there were spotlights, we have video and the transcripts. >> right. so it makes it difficult for the president to blame the media. we have dialogue between the president and the chairman of the federal reserve, constantly putting the blame there if the market is going down.

if you are in a power of leadership position you need to take control, not control, take the blame every once in a while when things don't go your way or when you have leaders in your organization who say north korea and isis could still be a threat, and work together. howie: coats said north korea is likely to retain all of its nuclear weapons. howie: let me play a sound bite having to do -- i want to get into the tribal equality of these debates. one of the president's strongest media supporters is lou dobbs. he said this after dan coats testified on the hill. >> what the hell is wrong with the dni? he has no political judgment. he has no sense of proportion.

what in the hell is he thinking about? howie: wasn't dan coats doing his job with an honest assessment. >> it's not for the dn toirks have a political instinct in this. let's remember this is not the first time president trump and his administration have publicly disagreed. this isn't the first and probably won't be the last. but what strikes me is because the coverage was so on the record, on tape, transcripts, president trump thinks he can say fake news, the concept of fake news has taken such hold in our debate that you can do that in juxtaposition to physically being on record is amazing to me. howie: the president made this point in the super bowl. intelligence chiefs are not always right.

but what fueled this particular media fire was the president's own tweet, passive, naive about people he appointed. it's reminiscent to some degree. fighting the fbi, saying it's doing a lousy job. apparently differing views. >> he named them. he's not taking responsibility. let's put the blame on the media. that's the most of concerning part. the fake news,ed the media is always wrong. we need journalists across the board to do the digging and hold people accountable. i was covering mid-term elections in florida. i went to a ron desantis rally. rudy giuliani took the stage,

booed the media, everybody turned in such venom. the camera guy got spat on. >> the fake news concept taking hold so much, it's dangerous to the institution of journalists. and the fact that the american public totally lost trust. >> it was not a good month for the press. there are fair and legitimate concerns. coming from "buzzfeed." howie: it's been a lousy month for the press and it can be totally negative toward this president more than i have seen. not supporting the booing and viciousness. but you had a polite to some degree between the president and senate republican mitch mcconnell supporting an amendment that passed the senate expressing disapproval of the

quick withdrawal from syria and afghanistan. it's purely symbolic but i don't think it's fake news to report on how this looks after the shutdown. >> that's a split i think the president's reporters are glad would open up. howie: all right, emily jashinsky, capri cafaro and kristina partsinevelos. tom brokaw says he's sorry for his comments. is the media going too far. the sniping over two new books targeting trump world.

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and it's about donald trump, chris christie's book is largely sympathetic to trump but he blames jared kushner. he says kushner bears a grudge because he once prosecuted kushner's father. >> it was one of the most of disgusting crimes i prosecuted as a district attorney. howie: steve bannon said he hated working in the white house but he was doing the lord's work. >> in the beginning he had a group of people like steve bannon and like omarosa.

what the hell was somebody like omorosa doing in the white house. howie: the president not pleased about the people writing about him. sit back and look around and say, gee, i'm in the white house and they are not. then former communications aid. >> we are creating what amounts to an enemy's list on people i felt were disrule to them. howie: he has tonight for kellyanne conway painting her as a big leaker. >> i think publicly yes, there is a lot of evidence she is not.

>> you say unkind things about kellyanne conway that has gotten a lot of press, so you are willing to burn some bridges on your way out. >> i didn't look at it that way. >> i never heard her denigrate the president even off the record. potus punched back. cliff sims wrote another made up book. he pretended to be an insider when he was nothing more than a gopher. -- gofer. first, the liberal media declaring war on howard schultz for pondering a white house run.

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howie: howard schultz may have built a fabulously successful business with starbucks, but he's hardly a household name yet. imagine a billionaire as president? he's getting trashed in the more liberal precincts with the press. >> why not have that debate in the democratic party of which you were a member. >> i would have to be disingenuous to be a democrat. >> i think his entrance into the political stage has been catastrophically misjudges. >> these guys are billionaires and they think they can do everything. one thing he can do is hand the election to trump. >> more howard schultz, they got in their way so they have to crush him. howie: howard schultz is testing

the water for a run. what do you make of all these liberal commentators saying how dare you run? >> in any other context i think they would be receptive to howard schultz running. he's socially liberal, fiscally conservative. we are told that's representative of where the centrist thought process of this country ought to exist. in this year this is a situation in which the left which is overrepresented in our media nationally, feels they have the right to every empty donald trump vote. they believe he could take away 3% to 5% of the anti-donald trump vote. that's what makes him inconvenient. i think it's very interesting. i don't just say that as a

person who was a starbucks barista. that was my first job. i think that's ridiculous. the guy -- i think his positioning is really out of touch with the kind of person who could actually beat donald trump. christian anderson has a great piece on the real way to go after donald trump is someone who is a populist when it comes to economic policy and traditionalist when it comes to socialist policy. that's why i think he'll have a problem being a significant candidate in the end. howie: kamala harris did a cnn town hall and came out for

medicare for all. and jake tapper pressed her on how it would work. she said we don't need people going through insurance companies, let's eliminate that. let's just goat rid of people's 150 million private insurance. >> once you start running as a presidential candidate, a lot of these slogans and ideas thrown out as a member of the u.s. senate are going to be judged under new light. how feasible they actually are. in the case of medicare for all. we have seen time and again multiple states going down the road of a single payer program and they can never make the math work. i think this is one of the this we'll see develop over the course of this campaign. a lot of people are going to

roll out these idea and have a new level of evaluation they are going to live up to. howie: we talked earlier in the show about virginia governor ralph northam calling for people to resign over the black face kkk photo. one your writers doesn't agree. people are saying, it's offensive and it was 35 years ago. has this become a media mob? >> it has to a certain extent. i think it's funny this media mob was driven up by this old photo as opposed to the governor's terrible comment earlier this week endorsing letting a baby die after it's born which in my perspective is the position the elites in the democrat party and planned pawrpthood which out of step with the american people. howie: why did the main real

media and news organization completely ignore it rather than having a healthy debate about late-term abortion legislation. >> you and i both know the media is full of people who are extreme on the issue of abortion. they don't like the messy conversation when you look at this in a serious way. the media dismissed the gosnell tory as a local crime story. conservatives are pouncing on the remarks of people in various positions that could be depicted as extreme when the positions they hold are out of step with what the vast majority of americans want. the polls consistently say mayor cans want restrictions on late-term abortions. when you look at what vafl d --t

ralph northam has gone through, itle a bold move to distract from your comments own infanticide. howie: what do you make of the media calls for him to resign and that long rather by door news conferences. >> i have seen a lot of bizarre news conferences. but if i was a major donor to the democratic party in virginia, i would be looking at ralph northam the same way i look at maduro. give him a parachute to get out of that office. what he has con here as embarrassing as it is, it's not necessarily an impeachable offense. but he'll be a drag on virginia democrats going towards. they have a shot winning that legislature. they need to get him out of

there. howie: great to have you back. with nbc distancing themselves from tom brokaw. he says they got it wrong.

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howie: the firestorm overall brokaw's comments was so intense nbc had little choice but to cover it. >> the criticism was widespread and almost media. howie: he was talking about culture in american when said this about the hispanic community. >> i don't know whether i want brown grandbabies. i also happen to believe hispanics should work heard at assimilation. they ought to not just be codified in their communities but make sure all their kids are going to speak english. howie: he quickly put out an apology but his network seemed to distance themselves from the former anchor. >> a spokesman says tom's comments were inaccurate and inappropriate and we are glad he

apologized. howie: joining me, cathy areu. are you offended by tom brokaw saying hispanics should work harder at assimilation and their kids should speak good english. this was kind of overlooked. >> offended as a journalist. because it wasn't accurate. it wasn't true. this is an op-ed he was giving. he was speaking as if he was a journalist who had done some research. and it's purely his opinion and he's incorrect. my parents are i aments and if being a latina on television isn't assimilation, i don't know what is. howie: he says he covered hispanics in society going back

to cesar chavez. why is it so radioactive going back to 1900. >> latinos are like every other immigrant group. they assimilate as quickly as any other immigrant group in our nation. i taught esl to adults and students. there is nobody who wants to learn english more than hispanics in this country. what he was saying is completely inaccurate. i don't think he has taught english as a second language. i don't think he has seen people work in the field then come dirty to a class at night. howie: there have been cutbacks in school english languages a second language. there is a p.c. police aspect to

this. people are saying tom brokaw is racist. there is nothing in his career that supports that. >> they were inaccurate they were insensitive and sounded racist. i think journalism 101. you have to back that up. you have no statistics. if you find them, he was completely wrong as a journalist when it came to this topic. howie: let me move on to the week's big story which is ralph northam, many people on your side saying northam has to resign. where do you and on this? >> well, i think we have to look at kavanaugh. it's like we have short memories.

everyone said. racism is wrong, black face is wrong. if it's over 30 years ago, why are we crucifying him at the same time we are not crucifying kavanaugh. howie: he was a 25-year-old medical student what he's now changing the story and admitting to the michael jackson black face. that's one of the reasons he's getting pounded. >> but he's apologizing. trump has made different comments in the past about certain groups. and we forgive him because he's doing great things for the country. "the washington post" pointed out if we are going to criticize the governor of virginia we need to look at the white house as well. howie: people do change over time and 35 years ago, people

aren't giving governor northam the benefit of the doubt. president trump gave a super bowl interview.

howie: has the media cast a shadow over today's showdown between the new england patriots and l.a. rams? joining us now, brit mchenry, the host of "unpc on fox nation. . . like an asterisk

over this game? >> i think so. people points out there was a facemask penalty that was not called. but roger goodell, the commissioner of the league, says we messed that one up it's harder to football fans to digest that. howie: president trump was highly critical of the league and the anthem protest. he said he's not taking credit. but the league bounced back, the protests fade. has the nfl learned a lesson from that controversy? >> i would like to say yes. but after listening to the commissioner other day about the

super bowl, i tend to say yes. i always said there were many more aspects of that, including the offensive comments to family members and friends made about certain owners. they are asking him about that. and i think the stubbornness to say we might look at instant replay. but everything we are doing is the right course really rubs a lot of fans the wrong way. howie: we are back to the old media narrative, can tom brady, 41 years old, it's no see crept the media is not fans of tom brady. >> they need to get used to it. howie: what is it about brady and the patriots that brings out

that resentment among sports jocks? >> let's face it. because they are good. i grew up with miami dolphins fans. it's because they are so good. we constantly see them. new england has such a diehard fan base. >> he's the owner of the team, tom brady is friendly with the president. >> i found it funny this week that the national headlines, cardi bee. howie: they will work cardi b into the program. still to come, president trump sits down with the "new york times" and rips the "new york times" and rips the "new york

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howie: the president sat down with the "new york times" and complained that the paper treats me so unbelievably terribly. the publisher whose last private conversation grew into a public spat for an on-record interview he attended with two reporters. he said trump's rhetoric is endangering journalists worldwide. >> they are saying your rhetoric is creating a climate in which dictators and tyrants a able to employ your words in a suppressions of a free press. >> i think it's very bad for a country when the news is not accurately portrayed.

i really do. howie: he said he was a victim of negative coverage, like nobody has ever had before. >> i became president of the united states. i am sort of entitled to a great story. just one, from my newspaper. howie: that's why the president cares about the "new york times." he's from queens and he wants that recognition from the "new york times." sarah sanders, the press secretary, gave an interview and says she sees a bunch of angry faces, but she wasn't talking about the entire white house press corps. economic me out at

mediabuzz@foxnews.com. we are back next sunday after ♪ ♪ ♪ heather: what a night to football fans, monday february 4th and this is "fox & friends first" happening right now at 4:00 a.m. here on the east coast. super celebration, tom brady and the new england patriots make history winning their sixth super bowl. we have all the highs and the lows from the big game. and in the final stretch thousands of migrants are just days away from reaching the u.s. border as the president deploys more troops to meet the migrants head on, can congress reach security deal before they arrive? resignation resistance called to