>> joining us to analyze the campaign coverage is heidi przybyla senior correspondent from "usa today" and lisa boothe, contributor to the washington examiner and kirsten powers with "usa today". heidi przybyla, "new york times" and said he is crudely effective political showman but he is not a realliable president. your take? >> obviously a story not just reported overnight, and it wasn't just for aanonymous sources over the course of how long they have been reporting but it is an evolution of the trump advisors trying to get him to do things he did not do during the primary campaign. that said it comes in the midst of what is a media pile on. donald trump took this one story and is reacting to it in a very emotional way and going after "new york times" but the truth of the matter is, to report a story like this you have to use anonymous sources the people in the campaign and worried about direction of the campaign are not going to tell you that on the record. that is the only way a story like this is reported so deeper in the body of the story, "new york times" mentioned they had ta

j jonathan karl, espn senor ryer us a today senior political rotter heidi przybyla and national review editor rich lowry, all members of the media. you can try. you can try. i want to seriously take this on. you saw the headlines. you see the coverage. it truly is focusing on donald trump this week. so, is there, l.z., let me start with you, is donald's complaints? >> the blame the media technique is something that athletes use as well when there's information out there that is true at the they don't like. a lot of times, it's because th focused on them because they didn't handle the initial situation properly. mistake, move on. he doesn't. >> he does face a hostile news media. that's not surprising when you have a candidate banning news organizations from his events. who calls the press despicable and disgusting. who in every stump speech has lashed out at the press. his problems are not because of media coverage. i have talke trump train, advisers outside the campaign. evened a vid eded eded a advise campaign who say it's almost like he wants to lose. they believe the race is winnabl

we continue our discussion now with "usa today's" heidi przybyla and washington post's phillip bump.et's turn now to how hillary clinton and donald trump are gearing up for the presidential debates. this is a piece in "vanity fair" just out. trump campaign staffers has put together briefing books, washington post reports, but the candidate has hardly looked at them. suggesting that reviewing policy or conducting mock debates might jeopardize his blustery authenticity. it can be dangerous. you can sound scripted or phony. whether the billionaire is being strategicic or merely lazy, trump has rejected nearly all pretense of conventional debate prep. this trump's newly appointed campaign manager kellyanne conway insists is a deliberate strategy and one the trump campaign is proud to support. what about this, heidi? >> certainly amount of truth to that, having looked at how he performed in the primary debates. he's an agile performer. he's spontaneous. he wants her to come off as looking rehearsed and him to come off looking like he's the authentic person. but this is going to be a very

"usa today" senior political reporter heidi przybyla, and "national review" editor rich lowry, all members of the media. this. >> well, you know, you can try. you can try. i want to seriously take this on. you saw the headlines. you see the coverage. it truly is focusing on donald trump this week. so, is there, l.z., let me start with you, is there legitimacy to what donald trump is saying? >> you know so, as you mentioned before, not only do i work for abc, i work for espn as technique is something athletes used as well when there's news out there about them that is true and they don't like. and they don't like the focus being on them. a lot of times, it's focused on them so much because they didn't handle the initial situation properly. instead of saying, i made a mistake, move on. he doesn't. >> let's be honest, he does face that's not surprising when you have a candidate who bans news organizations from his events. who calls the press despicable and disgusting. a candidate who, in every single stump speech i have ever seen, has lashed out at the press. so it's not surprising. but look.