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see here. that story got an editor's note this week. now, more than a year later, finally the press is taking seriously about the origins of covid-19. the headline from the washington post, how the wuhan lab leak theory suddenly become credible. it's a difficult thing to investigate given beijing's tight control over chinese society. most news organizations didn't buy. nobody's buying wuhan's lab theory the guardian declared last year. that's the reason, if president trump said it, the media dismissed it. this just speaks volumes about our media establishment. now, nothing's been proven. but the circumstantial evidence is growing. will there be any soul searching about what amounted to media medical practice. -- malpractice. don't hold your breath. i'm howard kurtz and this is media buzz. ♪

howie: as the media are abruptly acknowledging the seriousness of the wuhan lab theory, some conservative commentators are pointing fingers. >> they covered up for china and smeared those of us who asked questions. all because they wanted to hurt trump politically. >> your abusively biased colleagues in the media mob, you hated trump so much that you were willing to push chinese problem began da -- problem began da from the world health organization -- propaganda from the world health organization. howie: three researchers were hospitalized with covid like symptoms in 2019. some pundits are following up skeptically or tying it to conservative politics. >> all of this could fuel speculation that the disease originated in the chinese lab. >> this theory that it was from the lab is gaining traction, especially here. especially in political circles on the right. howie: here for instance is

msnbc's chris hayes last may and this week. >> a lot of people love the phrase, escaped from the lab, because it sounds like something from a comic book. the lab leak hypothesis, it's not completely insane. it's indicative of this strange narrative first a approach of so much of the conservative media's coverage of the virus. howie: joining us to analyze the coverage, mollie hemingway, senior editor at the federalist and leslie marshall, radio talk show host. mollie, why were most of the media so intent for so long on dismissing and ridiculing the wuhan lab theory as being some cockamamie idea. >> it's an example of what plagued the media throughout the trump presidency. they viewed their jobs as not reporting facts but doing whatever it took to oust donald trump from power. for them, they viewed the entire

coronavirus pandemic which was a global pandemic that came out of china as trump's fault. so when trump or other people like mike pompeo or even people who weren't in the administration were talking about the troubleing facts surrounding how the virus was unleashed upon the world, they felt it was too close to blaming china. they wanted to blame trump. they couldn't have any coverage, any reporting of the facts that would of do anything to move away from their hatred of donald trump and desire to blame him for a global pandemic, however insane that was, and to most importantly get him out of power. howie: a new york times reporter who covers covid tweeted and deleted, some day we'll stop talking about the lab leak theory and maybe admit its racist roots. journalists who think this is just anti-chinese racism, not exactly going to keep an open mind. >> there's so much i have to say on this. first of all, one of the reasons

i believe had that the media was reporting that this didn't come out of a lab was two-fold. donald trump was saying without scientific evidence when he was president that it came out of the lab. but the international, not just dr. fauci, international scientific community was saying quite the contrary. in addition to that, how you -- howey, both the father and grandfather of covid-19 were animal born as most viruses are. so that would seem scientifically the most logical. we're finding out it might be the lab. i don't think this was to take donald trump down. i don't think coming out of the wuhan lab or coming out of china is racist. i feel that the rhetoric, and we've seen an increase in attacks verbally and physically against the aapi community, based on some of the rhetoric that came out of the president and former administration which you don't want. the government of china was to blame, not the people of china.

howie: president trump didn't say flatly he came from the lab, he said he believed there was a strong likelihood. new york magazine ran a lengthy piece examining these questions last january. you have liberal hosts and pundits saying this is being pushed by the right as if that invalidated the theory all together. >> yeah, this is -- i think people are pretending like we have growing evidence now. and there is a little bit more evidence. but actually, what we're dealing with when people are talking about this theory, we knew a year ago. and so the change is in how people are covering it and it is clear had that it was done for partisan political reasons and that's not good. i think even the fact that the media are admitting they got it wrong now is a reflection of how they want to be able to keep pushing propaganda and they're worried the more people realize they manipulate story, one of many they manipulate for

political gain, it decreases their credibility and makes it less likely they can push their propaganda in the future. they need to emphasize the importance of putting facts first and politics last. you're not seeing that with the new york times where the reporter is saying it's racist to investigate facts which is absurd is elevated and they fired one of the reporters who was working on -- who has worked more recently with the lab leak theory, they fired him because they claim he said something racist on -- and a 16-year-old got upset. they need to he focus on journalism, not politics. howie: in february, tom cotton said we should investigate this because china has a history of dishonesty. the new york times and washington post accusing the senator of pushing a fringe theory and conspiracy theory and facebook has now flipped and said okay, you can post something saying you think it might have originated in the lab. before that it was actually banned as unthinkable.

don't the media have to do some self-reflection here? >> i have always said when i was a journalist back in the day, journalist 101, i would agree with mollie on this, don't faint, mollie, i know, sunday morning, we're agreeing on something. but facts first. facts matter. it's most important. i was always told that a journalist doesn't make themselves the story, they report the facts and then they let the viewers, the readers, the listener form their opinions based on that. we have a blur between opinions and facts now. sadly, that's the world we live in. i want to speak to the politics. it's not just the media that made politics and not just out china or wuhan, the lab was the origin of the virus but the virus itself, how dangerous it was, whether we wear a mask or don't wear a mask and quite frankly with a medical epidemic, shame on us. left or right. anybody, because it really harmed not only individuals who were sick and may have p long-term effects or died but certainly our healthcare workers and the healthcare community,

this is not and never should be and it still should not be a t political issue. this is a medical and social issue. howie: it all became so entangled in politics and that was heart-breaking as so many were dying. it's hard for the media to say this is bs because president biden comes out and says he ordered a 90 day review by intelligence agents to redouble efforts on whether or not the lab origin theory has he credence. pretty abrupt shift in tone from this white house. >> absolute scandal that joe biden canceled the investigation which is the actual story here. he first canceled the investigation into what wasp happening in -- what was happening in china and this is outrageous. this is our greatest adversary, this is something that has affected the entire world and has been one of the most dramatic events to this country in its history and the idea that he would cancel the investigation, not want to find out the facts, is such -- so alarming. he got a little bit of media

pushback when he did that. that's why he started a new investigation. this is a much bigger story than they let on. howie: let me play a clip from former new york times science reporter, nicholas wade, who says that most journalists are left-leaning and therefore oppose this because trump gave the theory credence. >> i think it was just the blindness, if i could put it that way, of our media. we're too polarized to see scientific issues for their own sake without putting a political gloss on them. howie: so your thought on -- you were alluding to this earlier, if journalists are putting a political gloss on scientific and international questions, it makes it heart to ged to the real story or to look at possibilities beyond what the conventional a wisdom is at the moment. >> facts, president biden never stopped any investigation.

he stopped the state department investigation because he didn't think it was thorough enough. he continued the intelligence committee investigation and put more people on that, more money on that actually, the investigation has been going on from one administration to the next for over a year and quite frankly the reason he's even putting more into this within 90 days soys we goat the truth. like you alluded to, it's very difficult when the chinese aren't going to let us into the lab. we may never know the truth. regarding the bit that you played and the politics surrounding that, look, i said it before. the media shouldn't politicize this but the media also in the supply/demand kind of way is a reflection of what they're given. howie: let me jump in. that's what wade was saying, was that science journalists accept whatever they're told by sources. mollie, i have a half a minute for you to weigh back in here. >> that's the entire problem with so much of what our media

are doing. they unconsiderate callie accept and reto the best of your regur. early on, they had so many false things they were saying. that did so much to destroy people's trust in the world health organization. but we need our reporters to not just regurgitate, whether it was that donald trump is a traitor with russia to steal the election or if it's insane to wonder from the wuhan instituted of virology may have had a lab leak. howie: the media are on fire over prosecutors impaneling a jury in the trump organization probe. later, john oliver versus local tv news.

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howie: from the moment the washington post reported the manhattan da convened a grand jury in the probe of the trump organization, cnn and especially msnbc were constantly covering it. >> make no mistake, if he's indicted he'll start squealing like a greased pig at the county fair. >> donald trump is legally naked at this point. he doesn't have the powers of the president. >> they're trying to drag our president, trump, in front of a grand jury, a democrat party, a democrat city, democrat state, to find something, anything, that they can use against him. howie: mollie, convening a grand jury is serious business. but that hardly means there will be criminal charges against donald trump. it was almost like a collective

cheer went up on msnbc, hour after hour of coverage. >> this is par for the course of a lot of our media. under rule of law, you're supposed to start with a crime and then investigate the crime. what you see with these type of things and new york is a great example of this is starting with a decision that someone is guilty and working backwards to find a crime. you had this experience with the special counsel and how the department of justice handled it. the attorney general of new york who is part of the probe literally told people to elect her and she would go after trump. this is not american. this is not how you're supposed to do things in this country. the media love it. i think 80% of the country looks at this and says are we really doing this, haven't we done this enough and thinks this is not how rule of law should be handled. howie: it's not a great thing for donald trump. it's a two-year-old investigation. what many are missing, sometimes you get into real estate transactions and loans and tax

liens and, it's complicated stuff. it might be other executives get charged or no one gets charged in the end. >> there's so much to say on this, howie. i think just some of the headlines just show how ignorant our nation is on a grand jury. first of all, not easy to assemble. second of all, two functions for a grand jury. one is, accuse -- accusatry. the second is to investigate. it's not donald trump they're going after. it is the trump organization. there is an individual that could potentially allegedly serve some jail time so it doesn't necessarily come down to donald trump. i do -- howie: he's the cfo, just to clarify. >> thank you. in addition to that, i would say, look, there's certainly

people that hate donald trump. from where i sit as a democrat, i certainly saw a lot of hatred toward bill clinton, hillary clinton, barack obama. it's wrong either way. you can't just convenes a grand jury because you don't like someone that was a former president. howie: you have the manhattan district attorney, cy vance junior and the state attorney general, latisha james. it's reminiscent of trump versus bob mueller. are the media giving credence to trump arguments that these are partisan new york democrats that are investigateing. >> the media are part of the investigation. they won't do a good job of emotionally distancing themselves to cover it. the grand jury that is investigating the trump organization isn't the same as going after trump. like with the special counsel probe, it's one in the same. the idea that certain people have, they don't just need to destroy trump, they need to destroy anyone who had any support to him or were tied to

him. there were a lot of people that had their lives destroyed by the special counsel probe even though no one found a single american who colluded with russia to steal the election. likewise with here, i'm sure if you dig long and hard enough you can find anybody has committed any number of crimes. that's not how we're supposed to handle things. the fact is, the establishment won. defeated trump. they don't want any part of this movement survive. it's a scary moment. the media are contributing to the problem. that's why there will be a backlash against the media and democratic party and the raw abuse of power that we're seeing. howie: i thought trump scored a point when he talked about la at latisha james calling him an illegitimate president before he took office. she opened herself up to media, saying she had gone too far. that has vanished from the coverage. >> there are many people that say that. they may not say it on national

television. there are some that say that and that feel that. i want to point out that a special counsel to impeach versus a grand jury to potentially indict are two very different processes and two very different platforms. howie: on that point we're out of time. mollie hemingway, leslie marshall, thank you for joining us. up next, republican leaders repud. iate marjorie taylor green you already pay for car insurance, why not take your home along for the ride? allstate. here, better protection costs a whole lot less. you're in good hands. click or call to bundle today.

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this is exactly the type of abuse that nancy pelosi is talking about. howie: she tweeted this, vaccinated employees get a vaccination logo like the nazis forced jewish people to wear a gold star. kevin mccarthy said marjorie is wrong in her intentional decision to compare the hour ross of the holocaust with wearing a mask is appalling. joining us now, susan ferrechio, chief congressional correspondent for the washington examiner. here is the media question. are journalists encouraging marjorie taylor greene by giving so much coverage to remarks that even some top republicans find to be outrageous and that's how she gets attention? >> well, republicans and democrats are engaged in what i call labeling war. each side try to identify the other as an extremist party and the media loves that kind of conflict. they love it. and those make great stories. you talk about conflicts between

parties and within parties and marjorie taylor greene is a case of both. she has divided the republican party. there are few there defending her and saying that no one should be telling her what to say or do when she tries to talk about social ofist policies. she thinks democrats are pushing forward. there are many people within the party that say people like marjorie taylor greene are making the gop look terrible and that she should be punished, silenced, some say she should be pushed out of congress. she has lost her committee assignment. assignment. she is receiving a lot of democrats, as you quoted mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarthy, top leaders. that is a danger to the party to have them identify with someone who tried to bring up the holocaust and compare it to anything in the united states. howie: is the media helping her in any way. the press is looking for anything she says, not defending the holocaust analogy. she can punch back against the

press. she said she is blaming the controversy on the media and the democrats. >> certainly with some of her constituents she comes across as a pop lift and goes after the media which is something that a lot of people praise because they think the media is unfair in certain parts of the country. depends what party you belong to. you're never going to scare the media away from a story like that. the media gravitate to conflict and controversial lawmakers like marjorie taylor greene. there's going to be a lot more coverage in the future, depending on what she says. i think there will be more of it as we get closer to the next election. howie: the cnn report that mccarthy and mcconnell were pressured into condemning the congresswoman after initially staying quiet for several days. does that sound plausible to you, that they would kind of read the political tea leaves and felt like they had to come out and issue those condemning remarks? >> what i know the republicans

loathe to do is react at something that makes it look like they're reacting to something the democrats want them to do. everything is like i say, they're engaged in a labeling war now. the republicans were all too happy to point to the squad for remarks they made, supporting palestine versus israel with the latest rocket battle in the middle east. they want to identify each other as a an extremist party. there's a reluctance among republican leaders to condemn one of their own. nobody likes to do that because you have inner party conflict we will see you a little later be in the program. next, is there a double standard between the marjorie taylor greene saga and noncoverage of members of the squad making questionable attacks on israel.

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howie: the media have slammed marjorie taylor greene, there's been no criticism of the most liberal lawmakers using what some critics call anti-semetic language against israel. it is drawing harsh crits civil on fox news. >> ilhan omar accused israel of running an apartheid state and demanded that israel answer for war crimes. >> congresswoman tlaib,

congresswoman omar accusing israel of terrorism. hey, nancy, joe, chuck, are you accepting this? howie: israel launched a bombing campaign in response to hamas rocket attacks from gaza, such congress women as rashida tlaib -- >> systems of oppression in the united states and globally, palestinians are being told the same thing as black folks in america, there is no acceptable form of resistance. palestinians aren't going anywhere no matter how much money you send to israel's apartheid government. howie: joining us now, gayle trotter. why are members of the squad not drawing much media scrutiny in contrast to marjorie taylor greene. whether people agree with them or not, you would think that would draw serious coverage.

>> there's -- they're the media darlings. they have this protection that run cover for the democrat party and it's a study in contrast to see how cnn, for example, selectively denounces rhetoric and the mainstream media seems like they want to go after anti-semitism, perhaps, except they're not willing to denounce anti-semitism from the left. and we see this over and over again with the vile, reprehensible, anti-smoteic antc regards. the left don't want to be tied to the comments by the squad. instead, they want to bury them and not hold any democrat politicians accountable for what members of their party are saying and it's typical. it's not something that's unusual from the mainstream media but here is yet again more evidence where the mainstream media run cover for the democrat party. howie: there's nothing wrong

with legitimate criticism of israel's actions. it was a couple years ago that house democrats passed a resolution denouncing anti-semitism and other forms of racism, aimed at congresswoman ilhan omar. so gayle says the media -- they're media dancer, talking about -- media darlings, talking about members of the squad. how do you view it. >> i wouldn't call them media darlings. you have to understand the media oftentimes when talking about israel and palestine, they have a myopic black and white view. it's actually 50 shades of gray. you can be pro israeli and pro palestinian of. i think because it's all about ensuring that israel is a state and it should be athrowed be a state. -- allowed to be a state. there has to be self determination and human rights for palestinians that live in the region. that's not where the squad is. to say the media treat them like

media darlings, i wouldn't go that far. i think this particular issue is really a shade of gray, not black and white as many in the media try to make it out to be. howie: when marjorie taylor greene talks about the holocaust or the lasers controlled by jewish families, reporters say what's your reaction, do you condone that. i don't see the press asking chuck schumer or nancy pelosi to respond to some of the squad's harsh rhetoric towards israel. >> no. this is an example of professional malpractice by the mead y they're not fair and balanced. they don't make sure they hold sides to the same value and standards many you couldn't have said it better. they're not asking the same types of questions as democrat leaders like schumer and pelosi and not hamminger them with headlines -- hammering them with headlines about this all the time. they run headlines to try to deflect from it. this is the latest example of this professional malpractice by the mainstream media.

howie: the other day four house democrats released a letter condemning rhetoric by some of the squad members. quote, these statements are anti-semetic at their core and contribute to a climate that is hostile to many jews. it was a blip, hardly got any coverage. i'm wondering if there's just a natural tendency to shy away from taking on members of the democratic left, particularly on the volatile issues of the middle east. >> oh, listen, i don't think there's an effort to shy away. i think the media is missing the story on how they cover israel and palestine. let me say this. we must reject anti-semitism in every form it comes in. we must rejects xenophobia and islamophobia. when marjorie taylor greene releases information about the holocaust, it's inflammatory and wrong. there's a distinction between that and the squad members

calling out. i think when we mix that together, we make a big mistake and i think the media oftentimes does that too much. howie: when you see coverage, is when you have bernie sanders pressuring the biden administration talk about the palestinians. this was talked about on cnn. i want to play for you an exchange with dana bash and wolf blitzer that shows for some people this is a personal subject. >> my grandparents were nazi refugees. my great grandparents perished at auschwitz. >> i'm a son of holocaust survivors. my grandparents were murdered during the holocaust, two of them at auschwitz. howie: when have you that kind of family history, it's impossible not to -- i think it's a good thing to share it with the audience. coming up, the disappointment

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howie: the media have utterly embraced the democratic push to create an independent commission to investigate the capitol riots. most journalists were clearly disappointed when it failed with the senate failing to overcome a republican filibuster threat despite six gop lawmakers defecting.

gayle, look at the way cnn covered this, on anderson cooper's show, gop to choose between trump and the truth. now, given that there are other investigations, including by the justice department, why have the media turned the january 6 commission into such a crusade. >> it's an attempt and impeachment 3.0, to create headlines that will go through the midterm elections in 2022, an effort to push a narrative that they want to continue on and on and like you said, the media cheered the first two impeachments and everything was breathlessly reported and they want this impeachment 3.0 so they benefit from eyeball that's go to media platforms but also to push for the preferred political preference as well. howie: what happened on january 6 was utter attack on our democracy. i want to find out everything i can about it. and i get that it's become

politicized and republicans want to move on. shouldn't the coverage reflect that some degree creating the bipartisan commission would benefit republicans by keeping a spotlight on donald trump's role on in the violence on january 6. >> i think you can only have that view if you don't see january 6 as a day that lives in infamy. an angry mob broke into our capitol. just like the 9/11 commission, when terrorists attacked the world trade center and pentagon, a report an bipartisan commission should be something that's like a bible to how we do national security in the country. the fact that republicans are putting politics over this ideal of getting to the bottom of what happened and ensuring it never happens again. howie: i'm asking you about the coverage and whether they should acknowledge there's political

benefit for democrats. >> it's reprehensible to compare it to 9/11. all the families of 9/11 victims are so upset about this. where's the media coverage of that? that is outrageous. >> the capitol should be one of the most protected buildings in the condition tri. >> were -- country. >> were you here in 9/11. did have you to find your loved ones. did you have police officers coming to your home, telling you your loved one passed away. >> the best way to answer your question is, i think the media coverage has been fair. this is not about political party, it's about ensuring that the capitol is safe and protected and, yes, will there be political implications for the republicans, absolutely. but has everything to do with the fact that the president, former president, rather, has had terrible rhetoric and incited some of the insurrection, that's not my words, that's the words of kevin mccarthy and mitch mcconnell. howie: i don't think anyone can watch the coverage and not conclude that most journalists

are in favor. another headline, trump is flying toward online irrelevance. if you ban his from facebook and twitter and instagram, online interactions go down. the idea that he's not at the center of republican party politics, that the media narratives don't revolve around him, seems pretty far fetched. >> they protest too much. they want to make him irrelevant. their effort is to either make him irrelevant, to prove that he's irrelevant or to push people towards that. but the fact is, the hill reported last week that a majority of republicans want president trump to run again in 2024. so their effort to push president trump out of the headlines and to drive, this is another narrative they're trying to drive. the headline should have been despite being banned by social

media platforms, by the cheering of the mainstream media, donald president trump still has a majority who want him to run for president. howie: tens of millions of supporters stopped using platforms because they've become boring and nasty, your thought? >> listen, trump is the elephant in the room for the republican party. the reason why we can do a segment on marjorie taylor greene or matt gates has everything to do with the fact that donald trump still runs the party, whether or not he's on facebook or instagram or twitter, he is the leader of the party. his rhetoric controlled the party. anybody who says they're trying to silence donald trump is missing the fact that every single story about the republican party circles around donald trump, whether or not he's in the headlines or not. howie: i think the media kind of like that i don't know about tens of millions of people leaving the platform. gayle, richard, thank you for joining us. after the break, andrew cuomo's curious defense of his brother advising him after rick cuomo's apology.

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howie: rick santorum is not happy about cnn dumping him as contributor after controversial comments about native americans caused an up-roar. he showed up on fox. >> i think it shows the left is intolerant. they're worried i'm sure that their viewership which is obviously very left, they're going to pay a price. i hear from a lot of liberals, many cnn contributors who talked to me afterwards who were very concerned about the cancel culture that's now hitting them at cnn. howie: we're back with susan ferrechio. wouldn't cnn likely have kept the former senator if he

apologized rather than saying he misspoke. >> later he did say he misspoke, essentially saying he shouldn't have said what he said and he didn't mean to be insensitive to native americans. i think it's a case of selective outrage where if you say something and you're conservative, you're canceled and if you're liberal you're excused and it's okay. i think that's what he's saying about cnn. if you get rid of all the conservative voices on cnn, can you describe yourself as being impartial. enn is losing that -- cnn is losing that reputation. howie: let's move on to governor andrew cuomo who addressed the thing that caused his brother to apologize for privately advising him. let's roll that. >> conversationses with my brother, because he's my brother and best friend. sometimes i follow it, sometimes i don't. howie: the governor went on to

say, i talk to journalists all the time, they tell me thoughts and advice. even if that's true, i don't know if it is, they're not related to him and they're not joining damage control calls with the governor and top staff. >> who is surprised by any of this? cuomo appeared on his brother's show regularly. you know they have a close relationship, they must talk constantly about everything. i for one was not the least bit surprised to hear that cuomo was talking to him about this absolutely critical issue, where he could be forced out of office, frankly. people are calling on him to resign over these allegations of sexual harassment. so doesn't surprise me at all. who knows what he's talking about, whether the media are giving him advice or if they're interviewing him and talking to him and he interprets that as advice, we'll never know unless somebody in the press steps forward and says, yeah, i also consult with cuomo. journalists should not be doing

that. it's a problematic situation with the cuomo brothers. howie: cnn's president said chris cuomo made a mistake and he's human. a tennis star said she won't talk to the press at the u.s. open because she says it's better for mental health and she doesn't like the questions reporters ask. excuse me. hasn't positive media coverage made her a worldwide celebrity, who earned almost $50 million last year. >> she has completely circumvented the media. you can use your social media accounts to communicate with your fans. it raises the question, how important is the media to the sports world anymore if they can conduct their own interviews and talk to fans through their own social media outlets and of course connection to the fans is through the media and these interviews as well. so she makes tens of millions of dollars a year. now she is facing $50,000 fine.

she is citing mental health as part of the reason. she's laying the marker down for other media -- sports fans and sports stars to think about skipping past the regular press interviews and just communicating with fans themselves through social media. howie: she mostly got positive coverage. she makes so much money because the media made her famous. susan ferrechio, great to see you this sunday. thanks so much. still to come, john oliver's expose on how to buy off local news. it's totally hilarious. you've got to see this.

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here's utah 4's chief medical correspondent. >> i'm excited to talk with erica hernandez with the venus veil, a new product on the market. it's the world's first sexual health blanket. it's using the magnetics i was talking about, a technology that was pioneered in germany about 80 years ago. this is full of cutting edge technology. it just looks like a blanket. >> yeah, it does. that's because it is. it is just a blanket. howie: here's the austin, texas station. >> the idea behind the veil is that with the right blend of proprietary magnetic fibers you can create a self contained magnetic field that resimulates blood flow and gets you feeling like your normal self again. >> really interesting. >> is it interesting? or is that obvious bull [bleep] that shouldn't have been on in the same hour of coverage as the cease fire in the middle east. howie: the newscast sold their

integrity, all a for a comedian with a ludicrous idea. i hope you're enjoying this weekend. check out the media buzz meter podcast, you can get it on apple itunes for example. we'll be back here same time next sunday with more of the media buzz. arthel: we begin with a manhunt underway in south florida for three shooters who opened fire on a crowd outside a banquet hall overnight in miami. at least two people are dead and more than 20 are injured. hello, welcome to "fox news live." i'm arthel neville. hi, benjamin. >> i'm benjamin hall. i'm in for eric shawn. the gunfire broke out after midnight. no arrests made yet. law enforcement asking anyone with information to come forward. >> we had last night a billid