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howie kurtz is here. >> that was one of the first ads this season and the message has not changed muchn. while udall is polling well with women the denver post slammed what it called an obnoxious single issue race by udall and endorsed republican challenger corey guard they are in a surprisur -- gardener in the move. >> megyn senator udall's strategy back fired a little bit after most polls show him falling behind gardener. they will be within the margin of error. udall's focus on reproductive rights painted him as a single issue candidate unconcerned about jobs and the economy. udall has cast him as an extreme conservative who is anti women pointing out gardener twice voted an amendment as a person's right as beginning with conception. he countered the extreme conservative label coming in favor of over the counter contraceptive. women likely won't be the deciding factor instead experts say latino voters will make the difference. two years ago latinos represented 14 percent of colorado voters giving the state to president obama. pollsters now say there is clearly disappointment with ob

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and stay tuned media buzz with howie kurtz comes up next. >> on the buzz meter this sunday, missing theill win, there by giving republicans control of the united states senate. and dealing with amajor month

and stay tuned media buzz with howie kurtz comes up next. >> on the buzz meter this sunday, missing the mark. republican wes a mafs midterm victory. bigger and broader than most journalistes and pundits had expected. >> fox news can now project that republican joni ernst will win, there by giving republicans control of the united states senate. and dealing with amajor monthon. some liberals held out hope for a goal line stand by the democrats. >> at the risk of being baghdad bob, i know it's tough now, but there is still a route to victory. >> is this a wave tonight? >> no. it's not close to a wave. >> but it was a republican wave. and other pendits grappled for explanations. andrea mitchell said democrats were dumb not to concentrate on the economy while the gop raised other issues. >> it was a scare tactic by the republican opponents of democratic incumbents who tried to focus on isis and ebola in the scariest most nonfactual ways to take the -- you know, the eye off -- >> where is the debate? >> -- real issues. >> the republicans on their way to winning control of the senate, it was

media buzz with howie kurtz comes up next. >> on the buzz meter this sunday, missing the mark. republican wes a mafs midterm victory. bigger and broader than most journalistes and pundits had expected. >> fox news can now project that republican joni ernst will win, there by giving republicans control of the united states senate. and dealing with amajor month to president obama's agenda. >> nbz news has been able to make a call in one of the most important senate races in the country. >> cnn projects the republicans will take control of the united states senate. they will be in the majority and the next united states senate. >> are the mainstream media giving the gop its due or are some journalists minimizing the midterms because they're depressed over the big democratic lows. did the prognosticators miss the magnitude of this by leaning too heavily on poles? >>> president obama now being portrayed as sullen, fed up, resigned and resentful. is the press now writing him off as a failure? >>> the former cbs reporter who says the network will run her investigative pieces, but the

up next, ho howie kurtz. >> up next, the media bursting with analysis and speculation. will president obama drag the democrats down to defeat and republicans seize control of the senate. the prognosticators even on the left are all but calling it for the gop. >> i think the republicans will probably take the senate back. >> if the gop can't win back the senate, maybe the party ought to look for another country. >> democrats are, as we talked about, going to have a bad election, no matter how you flank it. >> i think come election night, there is a path to victory for the democrats. >> the media pouncing on hillary clinton's latest gaffe and chris christie's latest eruption. >> but until that time, sit down and shut up. >> the shadow boxing for 2016 is already under way. decision time, fox news's digital politics editor on making those difficult calls on election night. plus, a wash in attack ads. why fact checking all those negative spots is sometimes a frustrating failure. i'm howard kurtz and this is a special edition of media buzz. there are plenty of tight as a tick

back with howie kurtz here, how interesting they have called for calm and how different it is from last night when he was at the white house and cable networks take it with a split screen with a really dangerous situation in ferguson. it was remarkable as we all watched the president's words undermined in real time by that split screen spectacle as the looting and the fires and the rye yolts began. now the president is appealing for calm again to avoid a repeat of what happened last night in ferguson and perhaps elsewhere. >> u you're looking at live pictures in ferguson, and a fire ongoing there, but it looks like the streets have been cleared out for the most part, also interesting that he is saying that this federal investigation is continuing. and how this plays after this grand jury has weighed in and said that there's nothing to move forward with this case against officer wilson and yet the federal investigation led by eric holder is continuing. >> i think it's an attempt to diffuse the anger that's out there on 2 streets, saying that the investigation is ongoing. we didn't see mu

howie kur howie kurtz standing by. >> we'll look at the extraordinary videos talking about stupidity as you know of the american public and how much of the media just ignored this for days only the last couple of days have organizations like the "new york times" and the a.p. and cbs even acknowledged the story. and we're also going to talk to your former cnbc colleague that lisa francis now with fox business about her contention that she was silenced by the management of cnbc when she went on the air a couple years ago and criticized obamacare. >> she said the math did not make sense. howie, thank you. president obama vowing to act unilaterally on immigration if congress does not pass legislation. another budget dead line before a government shutdown looms just weeks away. welcome back to washington, folks. the panel is on that next. mmm, progressive insurance here. ever since we launched snapshot, my life has been positively cray-cray. what's snapshot, you ask? only a revolutionary tool that can save you big-time. just plug it in, and the better you drive, the more cash you'll stash

up next, ho howie kurtz. >> up next, the media bursting with analysis and speculation.ill president obama drag the democrats down to defeat and republicans seize control of the senate. the prognosticators even on the left are all but calling it for the gop. >> i think the republicans will probably take the senate back. >> if the gop can't win back the senate, maybe the party ought to look for another country. >> democrats are, as we talked about, going to have a bad election, no matter how you flank it. >> i think come election night, there is a path to victory for the democrats. >> the media pouncing on hillary clinton's latest gaffe

""media buzz"" with howie kurtz begins right now. >> on the buzz meter this sunday, the media narrative of what happens in ferguson largely falls apart as a grand jury returns no indictment of michael brown and a prosecutor rips the around the clock coverage. >> the most significant challenge encountered in this investigation has been the 24-hour news cycle and its insatiable appetite for something, for anything to talk about. >> did the press rush to convict darren wilson who we're hearing from for the first time? >> and you're absolutely convinced when you look through your heart and your mind that if michael brown were white, this would have gone down in exactly the same way? >> yes. >> no question? >> no question.

""media buzz"" with howie kurtz begins right now. >> on the buzz meter this sunday, the media narrative of what happens in ferguson largely falls apart as a grand jury returns no indictment of michael brown and a prosecutor rips the around the clock coverage. >> the most significant challenge encountered in this investigation has been the 24-hour news cycle and its insatiable appetite for something, for anything to talk about. >> did the press rush to convict darren wilson who we're hearing from for the first time? >> and you're absolutely convinced when you look through your heart and your mind that if michael brown were white, this would have gone down in exactly the same way? >> yes. >> no question? >> no question. >> and with journalist necessary ferguson facing tear gas and attack -- >> there's tear gas just dropped right near us. it's going to get very bad here if we don't have masks. they're throwing it back. >> did all those tv cameras exacerbate the coverage? >>> president obama dumps chuck hagel at pentagon chief while his aids anonymously trash the guy in the press. >>> plus,

media buzz with howie kurtz comes up next. >> on the buzz meter this sunday, missing the mark.wes a mafs midterm victory. bigger and broader than most journalistes and pundits had expected. >> fox news can now project that republican joni ernst will win, there by giving republicans control of the united states senate. and dealing with amajor month to president obama's agenda. >> nbz news has been able to make a call in one of the most important senate races in the country. >> cnn projects the republicans will take control of the united states senate. they will be in the majority and the next united states senate. >> are the mainstream media giving the gop its due or are some journalists