"mediabuzz" with howie kurtz begins right now. >>> on the buzz-meter this sundm >> mainstream media rippinghe obama administration for the bungling of the scandal at the v.a. hospitals. outrage that the white house says the president learned about it from the press. it is lunacy to have shinseki investigate anything. lunacy. >> the president needs to step up. heads go need to real. >> what tooks everyone so long to address it? >> were the media too slow to jump on the disclosures of secret wasting lists? why has the story now getting such traction when other

"mediabuzz" with howie kurtz begins right now. >>> on the buzz-meter this sunday the mainstream mediascandal at va hospitals. and outraged that the white house says the president learned about it from the press. >> it is lunacy to have shinseki, who is overseeing the va debacle, investigate anything. lunacy. >> and i think the president needs to step up. i think heads do need to roll at the va. >> the question is what on earth has taken everyone so long to address them? >> but were the media too slow to jump on these disclosures about secret waiting lists and patient deaths? and why has the story now gotten such traction when other

"mediabuzz" with howie kurtz begins right now. >>> on the buzz-meter this sunday the mainstream media ripping the obama administration for its bungling of the g gut-wrenching scandal at va hospitals. and outraged that the white house says the president learned about it from the press. >> it is lunacy to have shinseki, who is overseeing the va debacle, investigate anything. lunacy. >> and i think the president needs to step up. i think heads do need to roll at the va. >> the question is what on earth has taken everyone so long to address them? >> but were the media too slow to jump on these disclosures about secret waiting lists and patient deaths? and why has the story now gotten such traction when other scandals have faded? diane sawyer and robin roberts snagged the first interviews with hillary for her new book. but as the media machine cranks up could this kind of sort of candidate become overexposed? the new york tabloids calling the city's first lady a bad mom because she spoke candidly about the frustrations of child rearing. did mayor bill de blasio's wife deserve to be savaged

"mediabuzz" with howie kurtz begins right now. >>> on the buzz-meter this sunday the mainstream mediaripping the obama administration for its bungling of the g gut-wrenching scandal at va hospitals. and outraged that the white house says the president learned about it from the press. >> it is lunacy to have shinseki, who is overseeing the va debacle, investigate anything. lunacy. >> and i think the president needs to step up. i think heads do need to roll at the va. >> the question is what on earth has taken everyone so long to address them? >> but were the media too slow to jump on these disclosures about secret waiting lists and patient deaths? and why has the story now gotten such tractio

"mediabuzz" with howie kurtz begins right now. >>> on the buzz-meter this sundm >> mainstream media ripping the obama administration for the bungling of the scandal at the v.a. hospitals. outrage that the white house says the president learned about it from the press. it is lunacy to have shinseki investigate anything. lunacy. >> the president needs to step up. heads go need to real. >> what tooks everyone so long to address it? >> were the media too slow to jump on the disclosures of secret wasting lists? why has the story now getting such traction when other scandals have faded? robin roberts snagged the first interview with hillary clinton for the new book but is the media machine causing overexposure? >> the tabloids causing the first lady a bad moment because she spoke of frustration of child raring. did the mayor's wife deserve to be savaged? >> the story we broke of a video sting against hemingway involving a fake middle east oil man and an environmental documentary? did it cash the stars in hypocrisy? >> they say they set themselves up as a person...an entity that finds dishonesty t

>> that was an interview with howie kurtz on cnn. a number of people did. >> what was her point? >> i am quoting from her interview -- "something does not add up here. if people in the field trust you, you will be invited back." needless to say, i do not think michael hastings would be invited back. again, i thought that was a window into the unwritten code of access journalism. and the importance of being inside -- for lack of a better term -- the team. and obviously journalist and the principles have very different functions. but i do not think michael hastings is worried about the next story. you are going to be thinking about an ongoing relationship. so, and yet, lara logan was extremely critical. john burns was critical. a lot of people were. i have never been a war reporter. >> given the kind of book you have written here about a lot of people -- most of whom you have seen at a public event -- is michael hastings good or bad? that whole idea of getting inside and blowing the lid off? >> look, without knowing the particulars, i think he is good. i think he wrote the truth as

and is there more than meets the eye around the typing of all this in here to analyze, howie kurtz, host, you know, at 11:00 a.m. i love watching it. howie, great to see you. we feel like this is your life. >> two years we did very little else. >> we were all young back then and now she's 40 years old and the rest of us are older. that's all we'll say. interesting theory posited earlier by lynne cheney on this show. she said she wouldn't be surprised if the clintons encouraged "vanity fair" to push forward this narrative, get this out there now, have it be done with before she announces she's running for president and after the rand paul thing, this will be all done. i think that's an interesting theory. "vanity fair" loves the clintons. >> i think this is a stretch for me. i think it's more about image rehab for monica, a job application, a photo spread that case i still look pretty good at 40. a chance to pushback. but you have to feel some degree for sympathy -- >> i feel a lot of empathy. >> bill clinton, global statesman, trotz around the world, has the big foundation, star of the d

>> that was in an interview with howie kurtz on cnn. >> what was the point? >> a thinker point was, something does not add up here. usually people in the field, if the brass trusts you and they feel you have treated them fairly, you will be invited back. look, michael a teams would not be invited back into a setting like that. i thought as a window into -- that was a window into the axis of journalism and the importance of being inside the team. obviously, journalists and the principal separate different functions. hastingshink michael is worried about the next story. if you're a reporter and a campaigner the field somewhere, you're going to be thinking about an ongoing relationship. laura logan was extremely critical. burns, was actually critical. i have never been a war reporter or battlefield reporter. >> even the kind of book you've written here about a lot of people, most of them you have seen at a public event, is michael hastings good or bad? that whole idea of getting inside and then blowing the lid off? look, without knowing the particulars, i think