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>> glenn youngkin formed a political movement around the idea essentially making it less safe for your kids and other kids to go to school. >> posturing, ridiculous fights about mask mandates in schools i think the evidence show tangentially make floridians and students less safe. >> governor desantis trying to ban local mandates. in return for efforts, florida and texas saw the most covid deaths and cases this summer by far. howard: before the omicron surge now declining. new could have individual cases are still higher now than then. cnn analyst said she was wearing people to wear masks as long as they are good mask. >> we know over a year covid is airborne. the quality of mask is better, where a n95 or kf 95 mask. howard: this week when democrats made their move dr. when said masks are not necessary.

>> circumstances say case counts are declining also the sighness changed. howard: there is no evidence that the science changed in recent weeks and she didn't cite any. the media follow the science mantra suddenly evaporated as the political winds shifted. i'm howard kurtz and this is media buzz. howard: ahead julie banderas weighs in why many in the media are still trying to get joe rogan fired. as the media covered the lifting of mask mandates in number of blue states conservatives crowing while they were right all along. left-leaning outlets are mildly critical or defending the democrats. >> for policy clear many emergency measures that tried to end covid have failed. that is just a fact. >> exactly the cnn changed the so did the democratic party.

>> white house, cdc slow to offer a transition plan out of the pandemic. >> these are states led by democrats, once hard hit covid zones, they seem driven by science not politics. >> scrambling to cover the covid traffics slowly dropping mask mandates, we news never ever forget what these people did to us. howard: joining us now to analyze the coverage, mollie hemingway, editor in the chief of "the federalist," fox news contributor, harold ford, co-host of "the five." what do you make that the media made a sharp right turn on the freeway, lifting mask mandates perfectly acceptable now that democratic governors are doing it? >> it is amazing to watch. as you noted not like we're in a period of location counts right now but the perspective of the media changed so violently when they were condemning republican governors for not having extreme

lockdown measures that democratic aboves had. they seem to be going along, or promoting the lifting of the draconian mandates including the forced masking of children. i thought it was fascinating because they said science had changed. that was not true at all. the science never said forced masking of children was a particularly great idea in europe this was not something they did. at least for a year we have known it didn't have tangible, much of an effect on people and the costs of forced masking of children and other people were so great. really hurting learning development of so many children. what we allowed our children to go through through the pandemic without a people having a good burden of proof that such measures were worthwhile is unforgivable. howard: parents know there were social and emotional costs. harold, some fellow democrats phil murphy, frustrations by fed up parents were at least a factor in his decision in his

state yet headlines like one in oh lit co, masks off, democrats try for a mask pivot not being critical at all. it seems to me the press changed its tune. >> first of all happy sunday, happy super bowl sunday. i look at this differently. ask both of you to think about this. here we are a year later, year ago i did not get the vaccinated. i didn't get until april, i'm boosted since october. four out of five americans have one shot. three out of five americans fully vaxed. two out of five americans eligible for the booster gotten it. hospitalizations and deaths are down. vaccinations are up. i think it is only fitting that we find ourselves at this moment. i know politics, for that matter other things may perhaps more heavily politics contributes to a lot of this conversation i would remind every american that it was covid not democrats or republicans -- howard: harold, i asking you to address why the media have

suddenly shifted their emphasis just as some of your fellow democrats are saying it is time to drop the mandates? >> that is what i'm trying to answer, howie. i think the fact we made so much progress. i'm one that roots for progress. i am one rooted for president trump when he initiated "operation warp speed." i'm one who roots for presidents when we find ourselves in foreign debacles. i root for biden as it relates to the distribution, figuring out ways to insure more americans can be vaccinated. so i just look at this a little differently. maybe the media is at fault for not sharing some of these things but i think the media has been pretty tough on some of democrats who shifted their positions. montage of some may not have been. some of the press i read suggests that we should be happy where we are. those who to mollie's point, who may have done things overaggressive way they will end up having to answer those questions. we saw a governors race in virginia last year where that was indeed the case. politicians who sided one waiver

sus another will have to answer questions to be held accountable by the public and voters. howard: mollie, now the mask mandates are dropping in delaware, connecticut, california and new jersey, i'm not seeing, you know it is not like the press is saying you know what? maybe we overreacted. maybe we went too far. maybe we didn't costs on kids who were vulnerable group but took democratic moves to change that. >> again republican governors using same science harold is referencing now forced masking with not good for their can children they were accused of murdering people. now that democrat governors are realizing the political consequences changed for their covid lockdowns, the only science that changed is the political science. parents are voting against democrats who have really strict measures keeping their children out of schools, forcing their masking, not having other issues in play as well but this is all about power.

the media coverage is only making sense if you understand that so much of our corporate media exists to support and promote ideas from the democratic party and make sure that they have power. and because of the power calculus changed, democrats are starting to lose seats that is why the coverage changed. howard: president biden is standing by the cdc with a history of muddled messages, refusing to change its stance on school mask mandates. nbc's lesser holt asked him in the super bowl interview at that about the democrat governors decisions. >> are those aboves wrong? president biden: hard to say whether they're wrong. scientists say masks work, masks make a difference. it is premature. it's a tough call. howard: harold the cdc is drawing media criticism but not joe biden. >> i think joe biden is facing his share of criticism. i would remind everyone masks did work. we had over, you think we would

have had more than 930,000 deaths? i think we might have. i'm glad we did not. i'm glad we don't have to have the conversation any longer. i'm happy death rates, hospitalizations are down. i'm happy governors on the front line of their states understand what voters and children need i'm glad they're making recommendations. hopefully the recommendations are rooted in science and what is best for our kids. i have two young kids and there is no doubt being out of school and learning remote had an impact but the risk i thought i was avoiding sending them to a classroom may have not been properly ventilated, we didn't have all the understanding we do about this virus. howard: i got to move on. >> was right thing to do i hope my kids and everyone catch catch up. howard: i'm totally pro-mask, my question how long you force youngest among us to wear masks all day. news breaking last 24 hours, mollie, special counsel john durham, in an indictment former clinton lawyer michael sussman

paid a tech company to infiltrate the servers in the trump tower. later in the white house he conveyed this to the fbi, researchers, a quote from the court papers, to mine internet delta, establish an inference, narrative tying then candidate trump to russia. trump says he was spied upon. this is worse than watergate in the president's view and crime should be punishable by death. how big of a story is this? >> not just the president's view that it was worse than watergate. watergate was a low level break-in to a democratic party office and a coverup from the white house. what we're talking about in the latest court filings confirms what we already known but takes it much further, the spying operation against donald trump wasn't just during the campaign, they were also spying on white house servers, trump tower, while he was president. this information was weaponized by powerful government officials including at the department of justice. this implicates so many people,

the clinton campaign that funded the operation, received some of information, weaponized it with the doj, department of justice. the media spent years lying and claiming that donald trump had stolen the 2016 election by colluding with russia. those lies caused so much damage to the country this is so much bigger than watergate. other than you mentioning it here, fox news covered it this weekend a few other sensible media organizations covered it. it is not getting any coverage. daily trip of crazy you russia stories. howard: point i want to put to harold. related to indictment. sussman pleaded not guilty. other than a handful of outlets not seeing anything whatsoever. how is this not news, harold? >> which think it should be news, howard. i wouldn't go as far as mollie but her point should be taken seriously all-out let's. i'm believer in the rule of law. everything flows from the constitution.

the chips will fall where they may. those who are ah accused will defend themselves. they will face the consequences. i don't know what else to fair and share. howard: you want to debate, not criticize but not cover it seems to be way off. ahead, with julie banderas. why joe rogan policies doesn't matter. the president loves this story, versus mitch mcconnell over january 6th. totaled his truck. timber... fortunately, they were covered by progressive, so it was a happy ending... for almost everyone. liz, you nerd, cough if you're in here! soshh! i took mucinex dm... for my phlegmy cough. what about rob's dry cough? works on that too, and lasts 12 hours. 12 hours?! who studies that long? mucinex dm relieves wet and dry coughs.

♪. howard: media are all over the rnc two dissident republicans liz cheney, adam kinzinger serving on january 6th committee that story got a huge boost when mitch mcconnell and other gop leaders slammed the

latest from the capitol riots. >> we saw it happen. it was a violent insurrection for the purpose of trying to prevent the peaceful transfer of power the issue whether or not the rnc should be singling out members of our party may have different views from the majority. that is not the job of the rnc. >> this whole condemnation of cheney and kinzinger, this orwellian exercise a cult-like cohesion a party committed to defending a lie. >> we warned nancy pelosi putting her on the january 6th committee. pelosi of course didn't listen. now it is starting to crash and burn around here. howard: rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniel she blames the press for the way it covered her committee's resolution. >> the media really distorted some of the language in the censure. legitimate political discourse never includes violence. howard: mollie, the media do

cover every little development involving january 6th, but when mitch mcconnell takes on trump and calls it insurrection and rips the rnc over kinzinger and cheney that seems like a pretty good story. >> why so many republican voters were disappointed in mitch mcconnell because he accepted the media lie about this rnc censure. most republican voters would like republicans to site much more vociferously against some of nancy pelosi's attacks on republicans and how liz cheney and adam kinzinger helped that they lied and said this resolution said that rioting wag legitimate political discourse. that is a lie. they never said that they did critique the january 6th committee protecting first amendment activities. the media coverage of this committee has not been good. it has not been honest about this committee seized records of peaceful people, their phone records, their bank records,

their texts. these are people who committed no crime, are not even accused of committing a crime but are political opponents of people on the committee. that mitch mcconnell supported media lies speaks to why he is the least popular politician in america even lower than biden and kamala harris because people in the republican party want people who fight the media misinformation and lies that they're subjected to. not join with it, amplify it, give people an excuse to cover it more. howard: harold, that phrase, legitimate political discourse, "washington post" said it was added to the mid draft in middle of night. no one is sure who put it in. that set off media and republicans hard to entirely blame this on the press if you have top republicans objecting to that particular phrase in the resolution. >> i think without question, i think even when you add to that how i think the former vice president even came out and had some fairly strong remarks

at "the federalist" society around some of these issues. i think democrats should show some restraint here. the current infighting within the gop, we have a little current infighting in our own party. tension, conflict between moderates and progressives as we know. the real issue is dispute you nailed it, honed down on, dispute between mr. mcconnell and former president trump. i would agree with mollie republicans are better and politic is better talking about future, talking about policy, not just fighting media but perhaps that is part of it. you have to lay out a set of ideas. the real group you have to win over is independent voters. polling data coming days, coming weeks, eight months out, more than that looks like republicans have an ad dang. republicans democrats who can address covid, ukraine, crime, rising cost of everything from sausage to semiconductors that is the party that is going to win. if it comes down to whether or

not january 6th happened or not i think it probably favors democrats. howard: mollie, donald trump who calls mitch old crow among other things, said senate republican does not speak for the republican party, does not represent the views of the vast majority of voters. whether you like senator mcconnell or not though, does it seem the press is right that this internal low level warfare over january 6th, the committee and all that, has now spilled over into public view and is now in itself becoming a major issue that could affect the political environment this year? >> right. this is standard operating procedure for the media and other democrats. they love republicans who attack the broad republican voter and broad republican party. when you look at this situation of how the democrats and other media and other democrats are weapon is intoing the january 6th commission to attack their political opponents rather than deal with any of those issues harold mentions might be much of to the american people that is what republican

voters are sick of. media love establishment republican, love people like mitch mcconnell, looking at primary races throughout the country, even people running for senate are pledging not to vote for mitch mcconnell u i'm not sure how big of an issue, that is live political issue. voter frustration with mitch mcconnell and other establishment republicans fighting so much fighter while democrats hold the house, senate and white house. they want people that -- they see a country that is hurting so much, they would like republican leaders to fight that much more vociferously. howard: harold, i have 20 seconds it is true the media love internal republican warfare? >> i think the media loves party warfare on both sides but it is pretty good theater where mitch mcconnell people credit give republicans conservative jurists and conservative supreme court are fighting. for policy sake i hope they get

back to fight issues. we should be clear. mollie knows this, this will give democrats a window and lane to be credible and successful. howard: seems like a lot of beltway politics for most people. thanks for coming by this sunday ahead. a conservative sportscaster says twitter mob prompted his firing by siriusxm. sarah palin takes the stand and scores major points with her rival suit against "the new york times."gu ♪. it works naturally with the water in your body to unblock your gut. free your gut, and your mood will follow.

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i'm not looking to shift the blame. joining us from dallas, steve crack care who writes a newsletter on the press. steve, seems to me sarah palin has a high political bar, she is beating "the new york times" in the court of public opinion? >> that is absolutely right. i think the fact that they even, this even went to trial shows that it cleared some level of legal hurdle, these cases do not normally. these public figures suing for defamation, libel, slander. that is what we're hearing. this sausage making she is exposing, what is happening at "the new york times" is fascinating. i will say, i you say it us deliberating right now. i think she is unlikely to win. there is still a chance. her lawyer said she will take a dollar as her damages. it is not about the money. i think this is exposing that i still think that public figures suing media outlets is a high standard and it is for a good reason. i worry about these kind of cases what might happen, the slippery slope. i don't want to see public

figures suing media outlets from fox to "the new york times." i think that sets bad precedent. what we need defamation, for things like nick sandmann who is not a public figure. who really was damaged by sloppy smears from the media not so much sarah palin. although it is making clear there is a real sloppiness happening at "the new york times." howard: it is of course a 1964 supreme court precedent that sets the bar so high with malice and recklessness. james bennett was fired by "the times" newsroom revolt about the tom cotton op-ed, saying to his credit i inserted mistakes into the editorial falsely accused sarah palin inspiring shooting in arizona that inspired six people and. bennett should have known at time because it was debunked six years earlier. >> the line, political incitement, the line was clear,

obviously was not clear. as you point out proven long before this. that is one of the most fast mating elements. talk about misinformation later in the show. talk about misinformation earlier. this is the kind of example of misinformation in on the left that becomes conventional wisdom. the person who shot gabby giffords was obviously inspired by pail sarah palin, inspired by politics at all not true whatsoever. this idea become as story. howard: "the times" said it was a bad mistake. we corrected it online next day. bennett admitted didn't do any research on his own or wait for the editorial writer to see the changes. what is the level of damage here to "the new york times"? >> i think it exposes the way these things operate. to be honest, the whole story is fascinating. james bennett was clearly the most wrong in this but the idea, the connection was already made in the editorial before even got his hands on it. this story absolutely nothing to

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address some [bleep] i really wish wasn't out there. howard: more januarynalists and commentators joined brand name musicians denouncing or defending joe rogan. >> joe rogan is a racist. that is is it. >> it is sick, it is sick what he says. and i'm, i wouldn't want to be affiliated with him in any way if. on a spotify platform or anywhere. >> only white liberals and white leftists who want to bring down rogan. i think maybe it is because blacks see that the word is being used as a tool. howard: joining us now, from new york, is julie banderas, fox news anchor. julie i'm not defending some of what joe rogan said on covid and use in the past of the "n-word." he beat himself up with his apologies. why are so many media people trying to get spotify to dump him? >> they don't want a

conservative voice on the air. they want to wipe out the opposition. the opposition is joe rogan. the opposition used to be rush limbaugh. joe rowing pan is successful that. n word is unacceptable i don't care whose mouth it comes out. the thought of anyone using the word including black people, black comedians use it all the time i don't like it this has been out there. not like something new. like somebody dug up a old tweet where social media posts come back to haunt you. he said it before. it had been out there. he is glad it came forward, because he was able to admonish how despicable it was in the first place. he owned it. he said he is not a racist and i believe him. howard: i don't think rogan is slowly a conservative or icon owe class, sympathy for so many in the media for whoopi goldberg on her remarks on holocaust. i have no people ripping rogan, he is in the media he can take

it. what is it about him and his massive audience that makes so much journalists want to silence him? >> i'm glad you brought up whoopi goldberg because i don't think she is anti-semitic. she is on "the view," "the view," listen to the title of the show. there are five different people on the show. they all express their own views. do i believe she is anti-semitic? no. did she obviously misspeak and confuse history a little bit? jews slaughtered in the holocaust it was about race, it was about germans hating on jews. was it black and white issue? no. was it stupid? yes. does she deserve to be canceled? no. does joe rogan deserve to be canceled? no. he has a podcast. don't listen. howard: or pay the subscription fee. cnn has headline, joe rogan use

of the "n" word is another january 6th moment. here he is on the podcast characterizing the media in general as cnn in particular. >> if you're in business and your business is the news and you want to get more people to pay attention you should be honest and my thoughts for cnn, my advice to them. i don't hate cnn i used to go to them every day for the news until they started [bleep]ing on me. if you want to do better, [bleep] change your model. howard: rogan says people are drawn to his regular guy schtick that the media in his view are phony and lack credibility. >> yeah. when you use the word phony the first thing i think about is don lemon on cnn because watching cnn and their outcry over jeff zucker's resignation is having to me. loyalty comes up. one thing i hate is fake people. my rule of thumb. i am not fake. i tell it like it is.

i am honest to everyone as i possibly can be. you remember back in the day when chris cuomo and don lemon used to have the love-fests at every single show, it turned into a pod cost, love your brother, he had his back. no matter what chris cuomo did, whether right or wrong, obviously it was wrong, don lemon coming out being overheard on tape basically telling ceo of disney should not pay chris cuomo out, what kind of example says to everyone else, basically putting down his former buddy, interesting to see the loyalty. also interesting to see jeff zucker, i know the guy. he is a good guy. he is great at what he does. he is also very loyal. however it is interesting loyalty tends to break down when it doesn't suit you. that is another major pet peeve of mine people who lack loyalty when it doesn't suit them during the height of pandemic, that loyalty, was great. andrew cuomo and chris cuomo were getting great ratings.

howard: since you brought up the ouster of jeff zucker, so many cnn anchors have been emotional on air on town hall meetings punishment didn't fit the crime. he should have never been dumped disclosing relationship with a top deputy but not open to any criticism of how zucker handled himself. >> right. so jeff zucker was an advisor to andrew cuomo throughout the entire pandemic. howard: we don't know that for a fact. we don't know that for a fact. that has been alleged. >> i have sources, very, very clear sources that say that the cuomos and cnn were close, okay? there were discussions behind the scenes on how to handle these media conferences. the press conferences andrew cuomo was holding on a daily basis, who do you think he was getting advice on? those were news conferences. he is not in the news business. obviously getting it from his brother but his brother was getting blessing from cnn it worked. it was fine. until a bunch of elderly people started dying in nursing homes.

then we found out about sexual assault, sexual harrassment accusations on the governor. then of course all the blocks come tumbling down. cnn starts to dial back. they 20ed that chris cuomo stop assisting his brother? they knew that would continue. he should taken a leave. howard: that story is not every. circle back on joe rogan. it was rogan who decided not spotify to remove 70 podcast episodes. the ceo while criticizing rogan said he is standing by him. i know the media want to be with the cool kids, neil young, crosby stills nash, so forth they're saying rogan shouldn't be allowed to have his book in the same library of their books or albums. what we used to call albums. julie banderas, thanks for joining us. good to see you. >> good to see you. howard: enjoy the became. after the break, "mediabuzz" exclusive, former pro golfer

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basketball. man, is there a gun in the house. i will shoot myself to watch that. howard: now lye apologized after a break for dissing women's basketball. twitter blew up and satellite network quickly fired him. in his first television interview since the dismissal i spoke with lye from naple's florida. mark lye, welcome. >> thanks for having me on your show. a fan. howard: after you dismissed wnba you apologized after a break. skier just refused to give you that recording. what did you tellissenners after the break? >> actually i talked it over with my producers after the break. i wanted to make a point, i didn't make the point the way i did, i don't want to offend wnba, or any of their fans, i said between the lpga tour and

its job and maybe a league that needs some work. howard: what was your reaction that evening when a sirius executive called you, pulled you next show ten minutes before air. next day a sirius executive called you and said you were out of a job, what was your reaction? >> jeremy davis, one of my bombses, he is basically a nice guy. mark, have you looked at twitter. it is blowing up and let you take you off the show. i said are you going to let twitter dictate who you are on or off the show. this thing is crazy. i said fine. let it blow over in a few days. i will get back to you. then i slept on that. and then the next morning at 8:00 exactly 16 hours after i went off the hour on saturday, at 8:00 on sunday morning they said, they brought another guy in to talk to me. taylor. he says, we've terminated you. we are not going to use you

anymore. i said, is this a joke or what? this is not a suspension, this is a firing? he says yes. did you listen to the show. he said, i listened to some of it. and i said, that is just not fair at all. howard: you did get beat up on twitter, including some death threats? >> yeah. yeah. i didn't know i was such a bad person. i mean, one guy said, fing kill yourself. then i said, dude, let's back up on this thing a little bit. i coach my high school's girls golf team. i love the lpga. i like tennis. i like, women's volleyball, women's tennis and i said you don't have a right to say that about me. and he basically came back with, f-u, f, your wife, you are the scum of the earth. howard: that has to make you feel good.

go ahead. >> i said i hope you have proprotection, i'm tweeting out your address good luck. howard: you don't hide the fact that you're a conservative and that is the culture at siriusxm do you think it was a factor in the dismissal? >> it is a factor in the twitter that came after me. most golfers are capitalists. howard: do you think your political views was a factor in the decision? >> i absolutely do. this thing, this little tape put out was convene endly he had at this timed -- conventually convenely he edited, she took ot the good stuff ahead of the sound bite and took out the good stuff behind the sound bite.

the meat went on on twitter was total fabrication. i said it. through omission the point didn't get across. howard: you tweeted whoopie got suspended for two weeks about comments on the holocaust. do you see yourself now as a victim of cancel culture? >> absolutely. it is basically, trying to defend yourself about something that is totally untrue. and, you know, i didn't think there was even any suspension in order let alone a firing. i was, i'm still flabbergasted to this day. you know, it has only been four or five days. i lost four or five pounds not a good day to go on a diet, anyway i got canceled but i know it was parkly that i'm not a staunch conservative but i am a conservative. it is on my bio. my tweets are on there. i saw what they did. i saw how it went ballistic. but the fact is that they made me into something that i'm not. i don't even dislike the wnba.

howard: mark lye, appreciate you coming on with this thanks very much for joining us. >> you're very welcome. thanks, howard. howard: siriusxm did not respond to my repeated requests for comments. still to come, the coverage of the white house documents that donald trump took to mar-a-lago and selective outrage by the press. ♪ love the new program because the app does all the work for you. it's never too late to start. join today for 50% off at ww.com. hurry, offer ends february 14th! your record label is taking off. but so is your sound engineer. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. visit indeed.com/hire

♪. howard: the media are playing up the revelation that the national archives had to retrieve 15 boxes of white house documents that donald trump took to mar-a-lago. "washington post" said some of the papers are classified. for pundits this echoes of hillary clinton's server.

>> mishandling of documents is big deal. we should be saying but his emails. lock him up. maybe? >> 100% correct they're down there. 100% sure no one in america outside of the progressive hard left cares. howard: joining us mike emanuel, chief washington correspondent. media conservatives went haywire during the fbi probe of hillary clinton's server and trump criticized mishandling largely quiet. media liberals are going nuts. they said the press widely overplayed the hillary clinton emails scandals. >> talk about emails, documents, sometimes people at home hard to grasp what went on, what paperwork should be with the former president, what paperwork should be left with the archives. a lot of americans are saying what about inflation, things affecting my everyday life, mask mandates et cetera, bottom line i think the way you see this may reflect how you vote and how you feel about former president trump and or the clinton

campaign of 2016. howard: called selective outrage. separately "new york times" reporter maggie haberman in a forthcoming book, white house resident staffers say they found wadded up pieces of paper in the toilets there, that they inconcluded donald trump was flushing certain papers down the toilet. trump called in to "fox & friends" yesterday. here is what he had to say. >> totally false story. she made it up. i don't believe they have sources. who will be a source for that anyway? howard: the whole toilet thing sounds comical but could possibly have merit? >> first thought i had maggie's editors at "new york times" are probably wishing that was in a "new york times" article not in her book. i guess this is what happens when people write these kind of books. howard: didn't know it about at the time. he called her a fake writer. no evidence she made it up. calls the book mostly fictitious. it is not out. nobody read it. he gave maggie haberman several interviews for the forthcoming

book. they asked about the trump documents at mar-a-lago and didn't publish her statement. it was ultimately nothing. this is her own email scandal. this is bull, spelling out the word. based on sexism, republican depravity and hungry media ratings. she is back here nothing to see from 2016. >> both clinton and her inner circle have not gotten over the 2016 campaign. bottom line they felt that did tremendous damage in the final days of the campaign. interesting that "the times" didn't print her comments. perhaps they didn't care for the colorful language, bull word. howard: you can use asterisk. >> fair enough. bottom line she typically got pretty good coverage from "the new york times," not happy with it this time around. howard: we've been monitoring ukraine. this is real situation by president biden saying a invasion could start any day. we don't know whether that it could happen, and russia disputing that. i wanted to leave time about our former colleague jim angle. he joined fox news when it was

launched, a superb, 18 correspond denned he is was 75. he worked for nbr and how do you remember jim angle? >> a wonderful guy, texan through and through. he was a washington insider and covered the town brilliantly. could hear the fort worth in his voice. texas twang. very encouraging to young correspondents like me 25 years ago who were looking how to cover washington. always had a kind word. always had advic advice for us. recent years i would get notes after i anchored "special report" or "fox news sunday." he would say you're looking good, mike. really wonderful human being. i'm heartbroken about his loss and our friend wendell goler before him. may their memory be eternal. i'm sorry to see them go. howard: he was a great colleague and a very dogged reporter. thanks, mike. that is it for this edition of "mediabuzz" on this super bowl sunday. i'm howard kurtz.

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arthel: would be with fox news alert president biden expected to speak with ukrainian president at any time. this as intel officials say russian invasion of ukraine could happen at any time. that call comes just one day after president biden issued a stern warning to russia's president putin sang the u.s. and its nato allies will react decisively and impose quote swift and severe cost if russia invades ukraine. meantime another 3000 troops, u.s.ros