media buzz howard kurtz is here to take a look next on that.ave hundreds on your wireless bill without even leaving your house. just keep your phone and switch to xfinity mobile. you can get it by ordering a free sim card online. once you activate, you only have to pay for the data you need, starting at just $15 a month. there are no term contracts, no activation fees, and no credit check on the first two lines. get a $50 prepaid card when you switch. 5g is now included with all new data options. switch and save hundreds. xfinity mobile. eric: president trump vowing to send additional agents to temp down on violence, that's drawing pushback from local majors and democrats, show the media portraying portraying the federal crack-down on violence in urban cities, let's bring in fox news media analyst howard kurtz. is it fair or slant or how it's covered? howie: eric, it is so divided. let's take a look. >> it's not normal, not the kind of thing that should happen in america. federal agents should not be dispatch today cities to round up american p

i'm howard kurtz. we begin with a story the media have pounced on for the last 36 hours, president trump commuting the sentence of his long-time pal and informal advisor, roger stone who was to be begin serving a prison term of 40 months next week for lying in the russia probe. >> roger stone was treated horribly. roger stone was treated very unfairly. roger stone was brought into this witch hunt, this whole political witch hunt in the mueller scam. >> this is the most corrupt and cronyistic act in perhaps all of recent history. >> this president continues to use the levers of power and the justice department to protect himself and his cronies, punish the people who speak out or try to rein him in. >> i think the president felt as though this was not a fair trial in the district of columbia. frankly, good luck if you're a friend of donald trump trying to get a fair trial there. howard: joining us now to analyze the coverage, ben domenech, founder and publisher of the federalist, gillian turner and clar

i'm howard kurtz. ahead we'll talk to jason miller, a top trump strategist. as coverage of the coronavirus intensifies, the u.s. had a record shattering 77,000 new cases thursday, mor more than 70 on friday. the media are tightly focused on a war of words between the trump administration and anthony fauci with the white house sending reporters a list of what it calls the past mistakes. >> dr. anthony fauci, the white house is smearing him, putting out talking points against him as though he were a political opponent. >> the white house campaign to undermine dr. fauci is dishonest, disgusting, deranged and at a time of a deadly pandemic it is the ultimate in irresponsibility. >> i don't know the political benefit of going after one of your top medical experts in the middle of a pandemic. i don't see the upside. >> there has been a sunlight slight uptick in -- slight uptick in covid deaths this month but the death toll is nowhere near where it was in april. that's good news in a difficult situation. they

arthel: for more on this we have media buzz host howard kurtz on the phone. howie, i am saddened by the news but i tell you what, regis is such -- i hate to say was, but that's the reality right now, so compassionate, so genuine and so just seeing the clips, the package that julie just did, it just really brings a smile to my lips as well as to my heart and that is the effect that he had on all of us. >> what an amazing career. i mean, i thought he'd go on another 88 years. it seemed like this guy could do everything, he was himself, he was funny, he was versatile. i'm old enough to remember him as the side kick on the joey bishop show. regis and kathy lee was his signature accomplishment. he reinvented the morning show for syndication. it was personality driven, a lot of celebrity stuff. he managed to do it with kelly ripa when kathy lee gifford left 15 years later. it seemed he could do anything in show business. arthel: regis and kathy lee, they set the mold. there is no team like that duo on television that we'll ever see again, in my opinion. looking at

i'm howard kurtz.ronavirus surge to record breaking highs 7 out of 9 days and surged back to top media's agenda many news outlets accused president trump of playing down the pandemic. the president did address it with fox business network. >> i think we will be very good with the coronavirus. i think that at some point that's going to sort of just disappear, i hope. >> you still believe so, disappear? >> we don't know if the president is working on coronavirus stuff anymore at all. again, while this is the kind of disaster we are in, the president doesn't talk about it anymore, he doesn't tweet about it. >> if the country was invaded by enemy force and the president left defense up to individual states the way he did with coronavirus, the president would be forced to resign. >> new rise in cases is not because businesses opened, the new rise in cases is because people have let their guards down and they have not been social distancing. >> no one is going to give the president the empathy, national left

i'm howard kurtz.rus surge to record breaking highs 7 out of 9 days and surged back to top media's agenda many news outlets accused president trump of playing down the pandemic. the president did address it with fox business network. >> i think we will be very good with the coronavirus. i think that at some point that's going to sort of just disappear, i hope. >> you still believe so, disappear? >> we don't know if the president is working on coronavirus stuff anymore at all. agaile

she is accusing ed henry and three other hosts, tucker carlson, sean hannity and howard kurtz of sexualent. in a statement fox calls them false, frivolous and devoidz of merit. brian stelter is joining us with more. here we go again, brian. here we go again. it seems to never end in terms of the vile stuff that we hear from junior staffers. i can tick through the various fox men who have been accused of this stuff. but the ed henry stuff is in a different category, actually. >> yeah, there are several different claims here. all of them under the umbrella of sexual misconduct. what we see in this lawsuit overnight explains why ed henry was fired by fox news several weeks ago. ed henry used to work for cnn many years ago and then he went to fox news. he was a rising star in the trump years because he was willing to do opinion or do news, whatever they asked of him. he was known to be a problem internally, however. and jennifer eckhart alleges her complaints fell on deaf ears. she describes rape and psychological manipulation by henry. here is what the lawyer for ed henry says in response.

fox news media analyst and host of fox news media buzz, howard kurtz shows us tonight, good evening.scathing resignation letter today, very white, "new york times" opinion editor says she's been constantly bullied by her own colleagues. some she says publicly smear me as a liar and a bigot on twitter with no fear that harassing me will be met with appropriate action they never are. this environment yields what weiss calls self-censorship. why edit something challenging to our readers when we can assure ourselves of job security and clicks by publishing our 4,000 op-ed by arguing donald trump is a unique danger to the country in the world. and the departure gets personal. weiss complains that he and other executives did nothing while privately praising her for her courage. some friendly colleagues see a new mccarthyism there. weiss, former "wall street journal" opinion editor is a controversial writer and self-described centrist who has made some errors, but also complained about being pilloried by social media mobs. >> saying that i'm offended is a way of making someone radioactive.

i'm howard kurtz. ahead we'll talk to jason miller, a top trump strategist.rage of the coronavirus intensifies, the u.s. had a record shattering 77,000 new cases thursday, mor more than 70 on friday. the media are tightly focused on a war of words between the trump administration and anthony fauci with the white house sending reporters a list of what it calls the past mistakes. >> dr. anthony fauci, the white house is smearing him,

the lawsuit also alleges fox hosts tucker carlson, sean hannity, howard kurtz, and gianno caldwell continuously engaged in inappropriate and suggestiveve behavior. and the journalist and pololitil commentator michael broooo has dieded suddenly at the age of 3. he hosted the online prorogram "the michael brooks showow" and worked witith the mamajority ret anand jacobin. tributes have poured in from around t the world. former b brazilian president luz inacio lula da silva wrote on twitter -- "may his passion for social justice be remembered and inspire people around the world." michaeael brooks traveled to brazil earlier this year to interview lula shortly after he was released from prison. and those are some o of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. we begin today's show in portland, oregon, where militarizezed federal officers continued their nightly attacks on anti-racist protests monday, shooting gas andnd projectiles t demonstrators outside the city's courthouse in a scene that has become all too familiar in recent weeks -- camoufla

i'm howard kurtz. story the media have pounced on for the last 36 hours, president trump commuting the sentence of his long-time pal and informal advisor, roger stone who was to be begin serving a prison term of 40 months next week for lying in the russia probe. >> roger stone was treated horribly. roger stone was treated very unfairly. roger stone was brought into this witch hunt, this whole political witch hunt in the mueller scam. >> this is the most

"i'm personally committed to ensuring the times considered stomach continues to howard kurtz, host oft hour, and that resignation hit and we were pouring through it on "outnumbered." there's a lot there, howie. >> there sure is. bari weiss, whose sin was not being a lockstep liberal, has really delivered a stinging indictment of the out-of-control liberal can do on my culture of the paper which has already forced out their editorial page editor. for her to talk about constantly being bullied, called the nazi, a racist, bigot, a liar, by her own colleagues, is far more troubling than anything any outside credit could write. >> harris: i want to get this in. it is bari weiss also right in, "twitter is not on the masthead of "the new york times," but twitter has become its ultimate editor." howie? >> that may be true for a lot of news organizations that are basically afraid of being denounced on social media for not having the right opinions. remember, this is an opinion section we talking about. for me, it's bigger than just bari weiss, although she was very personal in that letter to t

devos will talk about that, check your local listings for time and channel and howard kurtz will break down the coverage of roger stone's commutation the panel. media buzz is tomorrow. ♪ >> 21 states are now either pausing, reversing or delaying their reopening plans as the coronavirus continues to wage war on americans nationwide. cristina coleman hags the has the very latest numbers, break it down for us. >> there's good news here. new york once the epicenter of the virus, operate sayingses for covid-19 has dropped below 800 for the first time since mid march. the sftate is reporting the three-day average is seven. the lowest since march 16th. despite a recent surge, the daily number of deaths from this disease on average in the u.s. is significantly lower than its peak this year. however, the number of daily deaths reported has increased in some of the hardest hit states for the virus right now, including florida and texas. in texas 95 deaths were reported friday as this was one of the deadliest weeks for people with covid-19 in the lonestar state. yesterday the governor extended a

howard kurtz is here, fox news analyst, a host of media buzz. did not get, she said one question on the carnage in our cities, city is under siege with this horrendous shooting toll. >> that's a very fair criticism raised by the press secretary, particularly given the carnage in places like new york and chicago over the weekend. but this came after she was lit hammered question after questi question. they clearly suggested it was a mistake for the lead to ban confederate flags, although she insists again and again there was no position on the flag. so i would say with the president trying and those, he kind of undercut many of his republican supporters by going to a culture war topics such as nascar. >> putting nascar aside to come why do you think reporters are raising this issue of violence? >> reporters tended to follow the president's lead and i guess the general feeling is urban carnage has been going on for a long time, maybe this is that throwing up of hands. many of the cities are run by democrats but at the same time when you look at th

howard kurtz joins us with that, next.ts, veterans who refi at newday can now save $3000 dollars a year with the va streamline refi. at newday there's no income verification, no appraisal, and not a single dollar out of pocket. one call can save you $3000 a year. 9 ?ñ8>/õ(vo) touch and go. handwriting recognition and the audi a4. get exceptional offers at your local audi dealer. these efforts as a ploy by the president. but are they downplaying the violence that we have seen from some of these protests? >> what's really striking is, the overwhelming focus of the trumpets estimating is the president's tactics in combating urban violence and it's almost reducing it to a footnote. now, over the objection of local officials on the toxic stack they use, it's a legitimate story. it's something that the president wants out there. too many in the media are greatly downplaying with the rioters are doing, throwing bottles, aiming lasers, hurling fireworks and setting fires, and that should be at least equally part of the story. >> s