. >> with howie kurtz. >> coming up right now. >> have a great day, everybody.r joining us on "sunday house call." >> take care. >> on the buzz beater, the white house blames him for the mounting criticism that president obama is failing to lead. why he says it's time for the media to demand answers on obama care. >> obviously, this is a miscalculation and it's not correct and i think it's right for the media to kind of say let's straighten this out. >> bob woodward on whether the press is holding the president accountable and his relationship with the washington post's new owner jeff bezos. chuck todd asks president obama about that broken promise on health care.

media buzz with howie kurtz, right now.re. >>> on the buzz meter this sunday, a president who's disengaged from the business of governing. a president who didn't tell the truth about keeping your health plan. that indictment covering not just some conservative critics but from the mainstream media. is this a turning point for the coverage of barack obama and an indelible image he won't be able to erase or just a rough patch for the administration? >>> plus, a conversation with barbara walters about "the view." why she's saying away from political stories. >> "the view" is a daytime show. a lot of on people do threat their news from "the view," but it's supposed to be

media buzz with howie kurtz, right now.>>> on the buzz meter this sunday, a president who's disengaged from the business of governing. a president who didn't tell the truth about keeping your health plan. that indictment covering not just some conservative critics but from the mainstream media. is this a turning point for the coverage of barack obama and an indelible image he won't be able to erase or just a rough patch for the administration? >>> plus, a conversation with barbara walters about "the view." why she's saying away from political stories. >> "the view" is a daytime show. a lot of on people do threat their news from "the view," but it's supposed to be

media buzz with howie kurtz, y. right now. the business of governing. a president who didn't tell the truth about keeping your health plan. that indictment covering not just some conservative critics but from the mainstream media. is this a turning point for the coverage of barack obama and an indelible image he won't be able to erase or just a rough patch for the administration? >>> plus, a conversation with barbara walters about "the view." why she's saying away from political stories. >> "the view" is a daytime show. a lot of on people do threat their news from "the view," but it's supposed to be

now back to "media buzz" and howie kurtz. >>> the media turns friday into a national day of mourning, november 22nd, being the 50th anniversary of the assassination of john f. kennedy. fox's cal thomas remembered the day. >> there are things called teletypes then where the news was printed on these rolls of paper. i ripped it off and gave it to the correspondents in the washington bureau and managed to save the initial stories that said, flash, president kennedy dead. >> that was a long time ago. david, what did you make of the friday television coverage? >> you know, the scene in dallas, the weather was so stark and gray and somber. it really was one of those sort of the heavens wept moment. and the way to cover that in the u.s. naval academy glee club, the way to cover it was to back up. let the pictures, let the sounds speak for themselves. almost no one did that. people had to talk. producers had to throw montages of images up there on the screen. fox really did the best when they backed off and let it breathe. they really did a nice job with that. cnn, second best. the worst, aga

media buzz with howie kurtz, right now. take care. >>> on the buzz meter this sunday, a president who's disengaged from the business of governing. a president who didn't tell the truth about keeping your health plan. that indictment covering not just some conservative critics but from the mainstream media. is this a turning point for the coverage of barack obama and an indelible image he won't be able to erase or just a rough patch for the administration? >>> plus, a conversation with barbara walters about "the view." why she's saying away from political stories. >> "the view" is a daytime show. a lot of on people do threat their news from "the view," but it's supposed to be entertaining, upbeat. i didn't think the shutdown was either entertaining or upbeat. >> and why she insists she'll finally hang it up. >>> plus, jon stewart makes fun of me for suggesting his mockery of obama care actually matters. >> don't act like us making jokes about a certain program or president is evidence that that politician or issue has reache

fox's own howie kurtz reported she's cancelled her interview with matt lauers is a protest against theif you missed it martin bashir said governor palin deserves the same punishment given out by a slave master who forced slaves to defecate and urinate in other slaves' mouths. >> when mrs. palin invokes slavery she doesn't just prove her rank ignorance. she confirms if anyone qualified for a dose of discipline from thomas thistlewood she would be the outstanding candidate. >> here with reaction, author of "never trust a liberal over 3." hello, ann coulter. >> hello sean hannity. >> this is so vile, twisted, sick and ugly. nothing happens to the guy. happens if a conservative -- radio, tv -- >> it goes far beyond. what kind of diseases mind comes up with this? it's worth pointing out. it's hard for me to imagine any circumstance in which you would call for someone's mouth to be defecated into. but it is a massive over reaction to the speech they are complaining about. sarah palin was talking about the financial slavery coming to all americans if the government keeps spending. before she

. >> with howie kurtz. >> coming up right now. >> have a great day, everybody. thanks for joining us on "sunday house call." >> take care. >> on the buzz beater, the white house blames him for the mounting criticism that president obama is failing to lead. why he says it's time for the media to demand answers on obama care. >> obviously, this is a miscalculation and it's not correct and i think it's right for the media to kind of say let's straighten this out. >> bob woodward on whether the press is holding the president accountable and his relationship with the washington post's new owner jeff bezos. chuck todd asks president obama about that broken promise on health care. >> do you feel like you oh owe the american people an apology for misleading them? >> did nbc's political director do the job or let the president escape? >>> "60 minutes" apologizes ge the fatal attack in benghazi. >> in this case, we were wrong. we made a mistake. >> how did that happen? we'll take a look at what happened. >>> plus, some pundits are swooning over chris christie after his bi

and how will he be treated by the mainstream media sfp here to discuss this is howard kurtz and lauren ashburn. howiep down aspirations for 2016, but it seems like it's going to bring it back to the fore, no? >> he's not tamping down anything. he loves this. he was unusually subdued, like he hadn't had his coffee. he's doing fine. the risk here is, although reporters love the accent, is that if he's constantly talking to the press, he's going to get pressed on issues that may not be as favorable in the republican primaries and he may make a mistake and that becomes the flap of the day. >> lauren, what do you make of the time magazine cover this week? look, i think we're talking about it, right? and that's what "time" magazine wants us to do by labelling it the elephant in the room and putting a silhouetted picture of christie up there. was it a fair cover to choose? >> it's a cheap shot designed as media buzz, which is exactly what they're getting. how fair is it that this is a potential future president of the united states and they're making fat jokes about him after he just won in a land slide as