bernie goldberg, everybody. senator john mccain on deck.obama campaign ad implies mitt romney would have shied away from killing bin laden. right back with senator mccain. >> bill: in the back of the book segment tonight, tomorrow is the one year anniversary of the navy seal operation that killed usama bin laden. and now obama campaign web ad is trying to take political advantage of that ♪ ♪ >> he had to decide. and that's what you hire a president to do. you hire a president to make the calls when no one else can do it. >> bill: joining us now from washington senator john mccain who believes that ad is not worthy. so, you know, questioning whether mitt romney would have done the same thing and you say? >> i say any president, jimmy carter, anybody, any president would have obviously under those circumstances done the same thing. and to now take credit for something that any president would do is indicative of the kind of campaign we're under -- we're seeing. let me also point out it's the same president that said the surge wouldn't work in

bernie goldberg thinks he knows why. bernie is next. >> >> bill: we were looking forward to interview dan rather tomorrow east coast. he has a new book. we had him booked for an extensive interview. however, a few days ago mr. rather cancelled. today he appeared on good morning america and talked about the bush national guard story that got him fired from cbs. >> we reported a true story. i'm not at cbs now because i and my team reported a true story. it was a tough story. a story a lot of people didn't want to believe and t was subjected to a terrific propaganda barrage to discredit it. we reported the truth. and that is that president bush, later president bush when he he was in the national guard service, he was at least awol and we had top general in the army saying on the record he was a deserter. >> bill: joining us now from miami the purveyor of berne nod goldberg.com mr. goldberg. before you get to why you think rather might have cancelled first off i would have asked him you litigated this to the tune of a couple

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bernie goldberg with more on that in just a few moments. so, let's recap. talking points wants president obama to get tough with pakistan, to knock off the anti-capitalist campaign red rick. and to suggest to the networks that they cover the election in a fair and balanced way. the last one, no hope. the first two, not much. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight. reaction, with us, dick morris, the author of the big new best seller, screwed. how foreign companies are ripping american off and plundering our economy and how leaders are helping them do. the title takes 16 pages of the book. this is outrageous, this makes me sick to my stomach. >> it is revolting. we have given pakistan, i just looked up the numbers in my book. 19 billion dollars in aid since 2002, including 6 billion of economic aid. this year alone we are going to be giving them 6 billion put it this way they have anywhere at miller. to pay american guy or you are getting no more money or behind the scenes. the president has chosen behind the scenes. is he right or wrong? >> if a

bernie goldberg with more on that in just a few moments. so, let's recap. talking points wants president obama to get tough with pakistan, to knock off the anti-capitalist campaign red rick. and to suggest to the networks that they cover the election in a fair and balanced way. the last one, no hope. the first two, not much. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight. reaction, with us, dick morris, the author of the big new best seller, screwed. how foreign companies are ripping american off and plundering our economy and how leaders are helping them do. the title takes 16 pages of the book. this is outrageous, this makes me sick to my stomach. >> it is revolting. we have given pakistan, i just looked up the numbers in my book. 19 billion dollars in aid since 2002, including 6 billion of economic aid. this year alone we are going to be giving them 6 billion put it this way they have anywhere at miller. to pay american guy or you are getting no more money or behind the scenes. the president has chosen behind the scenes. is he right or wrong? >> if a

bernie goldberg. americans not real happy about the president's gay marriage stance. brit hume not happy about the "the washington post" running that bullying story about mitt romney while the governor was in high school. those reports after these messages. >> bill: factor follow up seeing many tonight, as we reported last week, the president has lost some ground in the polls and some believe it's because he dame out in favor of gay marriage. certainly the president has been hurt in states like north carolina, virginia, which have large traditional independent voting blocks. but, the obama campaign is undeterred. they are now selling my two dads or my two moms support obama baby outfits. look. how adorable. how politically correct. can you imagine governor romney's campaign selling a baby outfit that said i'm glad i have a man and woman for parents. media would love that wouldn't they? joining us now from washington mary katharine ham and juan williams both are fox news analyst. juan, should we at the factor make a baby shirt that says this kid is happy man and woman

bernie goldberg. americans not real happy about the president's gay marriage stance. not happy about the "the washington post" running that bullying story about mitt romney while the governor was in high school. those reports after these messages. ♪ [ male announcer ] at amway, we use the best of nature, science and research to develop and manufacture our products to the highest quality standards. ♪ in fact, amway offers a 180-day satisfaction guarantee. because amway believes the aces our products ome from... are just as important as the places they'll go. amway conveys quality. to learn more, contact an amway independent business owner. >> bill: factor follow up seeing many tonight, as we reported last week, the president has lost some ground in the polls and some believe it's because he dame out in favor of gay marriage. certainly the president has been hurt in states like north carolina, virginia, which have large traditional independent voting blocks. but, the obama campaign is undeterred. they are now selling my two dads or my two moms support obama baby outfits

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bernie goldberg, everybody. senator john mccain on deck. is he furious that a new obama campaign ad implies mitt romney would have shied away from killing bin laden. right back with senator >> bill: in the back of the book segment tonight, tomorrow is the one year anniversary of the navy seal operation that killed usama bin laden. and now obama campaign web ad is trying to take political advantage of that ♪ ♪ he had toece. anhashaou he pridt o. u rerede t me th cls whe none eean dot. bl:oings wro wainonenorohnccn o lieshaad i n wohy soyonoueiong whmi romnewod ve neheamthgnd y me t.re igbutite say because vice president biden said publicly that he would not have ordered the seal raid at that point in time. he said no. there was a downside, you know that being a military person. if the raid had been botched, and it almost was with one of the helicopters went down. or bib laden -- bin laden had not been there and caused a big thing wh pakista as it did, president obama tk a jor cncn greeniging th i don kw if i w a easy avebohis s. becae h ben

bernie goldberg, everybody. directly ahead, the 9/11 killers try to turn their trial into a circus at gitmo. we predicted it would happen and it has. and, later, vice president biden endorsing gay marriage. is that a smart political move? those reports after these messages. >> bill: factor follow up segment tonight. as you may know five captured terrorists are on trial at guantanamo bay for murdering 3,000 people on 9/11. wanted to try new york city in civilian court. we opposed that saying the trial would become a circus. well on saturday the military trial's first day down in gitmo, that's what the attorneys for the defendants tried to do. attorney the proceedings into a farce. series of absurd moves it took 13 hours. the attorneys railed against the united states and one female lawyer even suggested that women at the trial wear clothing acceptable to the terrorists. joining us now from boston colonel david hunt and from washington lt. colonel ralph peters, author of the book "cain at gettysburg." both fox new

bernie goldberg is a fox news analyst. thank you for being here. of the guys who was quoted by the post is now saying he was disturbed by the incident is saying he wasn't even there. the post had several witnesses they claim behind the incident who can testify to the incident. it doesn't all come down to this one guy. the familiar leave the alleged bullying victim may not know of the incident, that doesn't mean it didn't happen. the post seems to have several people who say it did. put the story in perspective for us. was it fair game, out of line, and is it fair in light of the reporting the post and other outlets have done with respect to barack obama? >> those of all the right questions. first, yes, there are cracks in the story, and we could spend all day trying to figure out if it's true or not. let's just say this and move on, if it is true, if he did it he was wrong, period, there is no discussion about it, end of that discussion. here is a bulletin, though, boys in high school can be jerks. this just in, you know, boys in high school can be

bernie goldberg, everybody. directly ahead, the 9/11 killers try to turn their trial into a circus at gitmo. we predicted it would happen and it has. and, later, vice president biden endorsing gay marriage. is that a smart political move? those reports after these messages. every communications provider is different but centurylink is committed to being a different kind of communications company. ♪ we link people and fortune 500 companies nationwide and around the world. and we will continue to free you to do more and focus on what matters. [ man ] when i went to get my first new car, my dad said to get a subaru because they last. ♪ he drives a legacy, but i'm nothing like him. i got the new impreza. maybe i should have picked a different color... [ male announcer ] the all-new subaru impreza. experience love that last ♪ >> bill: factor follow up segment tonight. as you may know five captured terrorists are on trial at guantanamo bay for murdering 3,000 people on 9/11. wanted to try new york city in civilian cou

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megyn: bernie goldberg's still with me. bernie, you were making the point about the manson family.hter] >> yeah. all i'm saying is that it's touching that someone says, jeez, these people were my friends, and i helped bring them along, and then when things got rough, they turned on me. all i'm saying is that a lot of these people -- not all of them, but a lot of them -- are careerists. they only care about their careers. and on that point dan got et right in the book -- got it right in the book. he said a lot of them were worried about, you know, their next job at cbs, and they weren't worried about him. it's touching, but it's incredibly naive. megyn: you mention that you think this'll be in the first paragraph of, you know, the remembrances we have of dan rather, many, many years from now, we hope, when he ultimately passes. is that fair? i mean, is this k this be characterized as just one mistake? >> well, conservatives out there are going to say he made a mistake every day he went to work, and i am not saying that. is it fair? it's a good question, and it's a close call. but it

joining me, bernie goldberg, a noted media critic and fox news analyst.come back alan dershowitz, world reknowned attorney and legal scholar and author of the origin of human rights in the experience of injustice. gentlemen, thank you so much for being here. alan, let me start with you on this. you've been critical of this case on the prosecution side from the beginning. in the wake of what we saw released yesterday, where do you stand now? >> well my views haven't changed. they have just been corroborated. right from the beginning the prosecution knew that zimmerman had bruises on the back of his head. they knew he had a broken nose. they had access to the full-face photograph. they knew the forensics. they just submitted false affidavits and generated the media frenzy. the finger of responsibility points clearly at prosecutor. she raised expectations by politically indicting zimmerman for second-degree murder when there was never any basis. now the evidence has come forward and almost all the media recognizes the situation's changed. one media hasn't "t

bernie goldberg wrote an entire book on it but today with the country in economic turmoil and a very important presidential election on the horizon, fair play should be a must for the media. it doesn't serve the u.s.a. well to have powerful national news organizations skewing their coverage. so self-identified liberal operations like nbc are not the problem here. it's the nightly newscasts that continue to say they are non-biased. well, those outlets can and do influence independent voters. the truth is john kerry's vast wealth virtually ignored by network news. but mitt romney's fortune a huge issue. not fair. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight, let's bring in karl rove who joins us from austin, texas. you were right in the middle of the kerry money deal because obviously you were helping president bush run against john kerry. are you surprised at this study? >> i am shocked that there is media bias at nbc, abc, and cbs. we know it they did make it an issue in 2004 democrat. they will make it an issue in 2012 because romney is a republic. it's that simple. i'm sure i

enarrest night's factor bernie goldberg says the media is ignoring the story in norfolk because of paternalism. they don't want the nation to know that a mob of young black people beat up a white woman and her date fearing it might embolden bigots. that analysis by bernie is worth thinking about. on the police front, it's hard to figure out just what norfolk police chief sharon chamber lynn is doing. her department refuses to release the 911 tape and now has to deal with the formal complaint filed by the victims. virginia authorities in richmond are searching for a way to deal with the mess. tomorrow night, attorney general ken cuccinelli will be here and talking points believes progress towards justice is being made. at least i hope so. those thugs who attacked those two have to be held responsible. period. can't have mobs attacking people in the street, no matter what people. and that's the memo. now for the top story. tonight, reaction. joining us from chicago fox news analyst jackson. where am i going wrong here miss jackson. >> i don't think wrong call me santita. we need to perfect the p

you are not wrong and bernie goldberg is not wrong. bill, there is a liberal paternalism with regard to the black community that tries to excuse away behavior that is only destructive of the black community itself and would decry that behavior if it were whites doing t to blacks. my view is you have got to hold people accountable. you have got to call for justice. the black community is better than that behavior coming through our community and we don't know you you are automatically going to get beat up or get jumped, every leader ought to be saying this is wrong, it's unacceptable but instead what you hear, bill, is deafening silence. >> bill: or attacks on me for reporting it. this wavytv i'm the villain for reporting this. not the people who attacked the two people. >> i'm happy to join you they attacked me at the press conference too to even calling attention to the story and suggesting it is something that ought to be covered. no matter who the victims are or who the perpetrators are. >> bill: how did they attack you in the press

bernie goldberg wrote an entire book on it but today with the country in economic turmoil and a very important presidential election on the horizon, fair play should be a must for the media. it doesn't serve the u.s.a. well to have powerful national news organizations skewing their coverage. so self-identified liberal operations like nbc are not the problem here. it's the nightly newscasts that continue to say they are non-biased. well, those outlets can and do influence independent voters. the truth is john kerry's vast wealth virtually ignored by network news. but mitt romney's fortune a huge issue. not fair. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight, let's bring in karl rove who joins us from austin, texas. you were right in the middle of the kerry money deal because obviously you were helping president bush run against john kerry. are you surprised at this study? >> i am shocked that there is media bias at nbc, abc, and cbs. we know it they did make it an issue in 2004 democrat. they will make it an issue in 2012 because romney is a republic. it's that simple. i'm sure i

you are not wrong and bernie goldberg is not wrong. bill, there is a liberal paternalism with regard to the black community that tries to excuse away behavior that is only destructive of the black community itself and would decry that behavior if it were whites doing t to blacks. my view is you have got to hold people accountable. you have got to call for justice. the black community is better than that behavior coming through our community and we don't know you you are automatically going to get beat up or get jumped, every leader ought to be saying this is wrong, it's unacceptable but instead what you hear, bill, is deafening silence. >> bill: or attacks on me for reporting it. this wavytv i'm the villain for reporting this. not the people who attacked the two people. >> i'm happy to join you they attacked me at the press conference too to even calling attention to the story and suggesting it is something that ought to be covered. no matter who the victims are or who the perpetrators are. >> bill: how did they attack you in the press

enarrest night's factor bernie goldberg says the media is ignoring the story in norfolk because of paternalism. they don't want the nation to know that a mob of young black people beat up a white woman and her date fearing it might embolden bigots. that analysis by bernie is worth thinking about. on the police front, it's hard to figure out just what norfolk police chief sharon chamber lynn is doing. her department refuses to release the 911 tape and now has to deal with the formal complaint filed by the victims. virginia authorities in richmond are searching for a way to deal with the mess. tomorrow night, attorney general ken cuccinelli will be here and talking points believes progress towards justice is being made. at least i hope so. those thugs who attacked those two have to be held responsible. period. can't have mobs attacking people in the street, no matter what people. and that's the memo. now for the top story. tonight, reaction. joining us from chicago fox news analyst jackson. where am i going wrong here miss jackson. >> i don't think wrong call me santita. we need to perfect the p

i must say, you know bernie goldberg and i do a segment on the media every monday.nd we both think that the american media now is corrupt. we think it's corrupt in a variety of ways that the folks aren't getting the straight story, that there is a lot of money in ideology built into the presentations. and it's really harming the nation. so you should know where i'm coming from. that being said, do you agree with president obama? you must for the first time agree with him. >> i do. i do. >> bill: does that hurt to you say by the way? >> no, no. when he is right, he is right. i'm willing to say that but, look, he was just stating the obvious. this has been true about the press since the beginning of the guteenberg printing press, okay? that sex sales, violence sells sells, if it bleeds it leads. this has been true for a long time. >> bill: what is he trying to say to these barnard grads that it's difference in the sense, colmes that it's demoralizing now. the media is so bent on sensational stories that weigh you down that people can just walk around and get lost and

bernie goldberg will. >> they are racism and sexism in a back door attempt to make abortion illegal.some far left democrats saying gender based abortion should be allowed in the u.s.a. that's what they do in china. we'll have a follow-up report on this incredible situation.

i must say, you know bernie goldberg and i do a segment on the media every monday.nd we both think that the american media now is corrupt. we think it's corrupt in a variety of ways that the folks aren't getting the straight story, that there is a lot of money in ideology built into the presentations. and it's really harming the nation. so you should know where i'm coming from. that being said, do you agree with president obama? you must for the first time agree with him. >> i do. i do. >> bill: does that hurt to you say by the way? >> no, no. when he is right, he is right. i'm willing to say that but, look, he was just stating the obvious. this has been true about the press since the beginning of the guteenberg printing press, okay? that sex sales, violence sells sells, if it bleeds it leads. this has been true for a long time. >> bill: what is he trying to say to these barnard grads that it's difference in the sense, colmes that it's demoralizing now. the media is so bent on sensational stories that weigh you down that people can just walk around and get lost and