beginning to night with media buzz host howie kurtz. hi, howie. >> hey, megyn.ou know, from the moment donald trump ascended down the escalator, most of the media wrote after his candidacy. >> we better be ready for the fact that he might be leading the republican ticket. >> i know you don't believe that but i want to go on. >> and the cycle kept repeating itself as when trump criticized former p.o.w. john mccain who said he preferred military men who weren't captured. >> i don't know the fitness that donald trump possesses to be commenting on other people's heroism. the most lethal foe he's ever faced a rosie o'donnell. >> he's not a legitimate candidate. >> and again when he proposed a temporary ban on muslim immigrants. >> are you a bigot? >> not at all. probably the least of anybody you've ever met. >> you're increasingly be compared to hitler. does that give you any pauds at all? >> no because what i'm doing is no different than fdr -- fdr's solution for germans, italians, japanese -- >> some pundits said that trump self dedestructed when he attacked a mexi

joining me now the host of "mediabuzz" on fox news, howie kurtz, hey, howie. >> hi there. trish: i couldn't help but notice the magazine refers to trump as the, quote, president of the divided states of america. do we have a copy of the cover? divided states of america, are they trying to throw shade. >> according to the magazine's own rules, of course, donald trump is the person of the year in terms of who has the most impact on the world in 2016. not that happy about it so the headline gives the snarky wink, wink, we got to put him on the cover. not like all of america is celebrating at one time. trish: maybe people in the social media land are reading too much into this one, but they also may have a point. i didn't see this at first, let's look at the cover again, people on social media right now are noticing the way the magazine placed the m behind donald trump's head. i took a look, i get, it looks as though he has devil ears there! do you think that anyone at time might have had a hand on that? could this have been deliberate or social media going nuts over nothing.

joining me "mediabuzz" host howie kurtz. the "washington post," that one cracks me up saying his unpredictable style, his unnerving business, i talk business to leaders every single day, and every single one says wow, this is such a huge opportunity, an opportunity we haven't had in this economy for at least eight years, and i'll tell you, howie, the market's proving all of it right. >> but even if some of them are unnerved, so what! seems to be collective media freakout, we saw this during the campaign with trump's gut instinct, street fire style, never going to win the nomination or election, and things aren't done this way, there are procedures and protocol to follow. this happens every time he goes on twitter or calls out a company by name or critics by name, and clearly this president-elect has a different style, and the press needs to get used to it. trish: yeah, it's causing the press to work in different ways too, right? normally the president has some special press conference, it's planned, that's where he says this

joining us host of "mediabuzz" on fox news, howie kurtz. i was saying to a viewer as we go to commercial break, what is he supposed to do, roll over, play he dead? when you have a mechanism to respond to somof the negative pr and he is choosing to use it on twitter. >> the backstory is that trump has been at war with the editor of "vanity fair" since the '80s, when he was coeditor of spy magazine used to mock donald trump. he wrote editor's letter trump would lose election and should lose. i'm not sure, he is entitled to fight back as president of the united states. i'm not sure best use of his time putting together with government and middle east to go after gradedon carter. trish: is that belittling to the office? >> i think it was very good tactic for donald trump to go avenues organizations and journalist, sometime he was over the top during the campaign. he was trying to win a campaign. he is going to be next president. i don't think it is distraction and we take the tweets and talk about them on the air to amplify. trish: you want to

we were just talking to howie kurtz and how the president and bill is blaming fox for his tainted legacyts to blames someone else. you blame someone else it's never about taking any responsibility yourself. i think the president need some coloring books. a box of tissues may help too. i will be hosting a risk and reward tonight. and next week i will be in for neil at 4:00 p.m. on fox news. we have the tao trading down 23 points. were not that far away. see mick at some point it well. it has been one of these weeks. they struggled. they profit above 53 today. it grew at three and half% last quarter. donald trump is certainly not slowing down. they strengthen the nuclear

here to break this down, media buzz host howie kurtz.to see you tonight. >> hi, shannon. >> tell us a little about this. where are we going with this. you read the papers. we all read them eight weeks ago. now a different tune today. >> the media went haywire when trump used to talk about a rigged election because the feeling was his was setting up an alibi for himself after hillary clinton would inevitably win the race. now as you quoted, the "the new york times" and other outlets saying there could be a rigged election here. the times saying there's a darkening cloud other trump's presidency and a liberal times columnist just today says the election is tainted because of the hackers and in part because hillary won the popular vote. except the electoral college thing is in the contusion. >> we've all read it. we know that's actually a fact. but you know, is there any explanation or any self reflection by any of these media outlets do you think who are flip-fl flip-flopping? do they have copies of what they wrote a few weeks ago? >> self

and howie kurtz explains why. >> for eight long years president obama often seems to have one networkhis mind. >> if i watched fox news i wouldn't vote for me either. right? >> now he is taking a parting swipe at fox lamenting why white working class voters turned out for donald trump. he said part of it is fox news and every bar and restaurant in big chunks of the country. part of it is also democrats not working at a grass roots level. obama did partially blame his own party but here is what's striking. the president has the world's biggest bully pulpit but often portrays fox as all but drowning him out. >> first of all i have one television station that is entirely devoted to attacking my administration. i mean, that's a pretty -- >> i assume you're talking about fox. >> that's pretty big megaphone. >> that view promoted by anita dunn who once told me fox was a wing of the republican party made no distinction between the networks news and opinion programming. her boss often invoked fox in defending obama care. >> but you don't have to take my word for it. if you've talked to somebo

howie kurtz is here analysis of the trump transition so far.ointments and military leaders getting so batched press? you guys had a great debate. we'll talk more about it as well. disturbing trend in health. number of americans dying from heart disease is actually increasing after decreasing for some years. why is that? we have a great panel top of the hour for you. harris: that is fascinating. think about that as you're saying. we'll be watching. thank you, jenna. sandra: now the segment you've all been waiting for. virginia military institute sparking controversy over a program for its cadets. it offers activities like coloring book stations to help them relax before studying for finals. critics call the program embarrassing for such a prestigious school and one recent graduate tells the "washington free beacon," quote, if you can not deal with the stress of exams, i can guarranty you will not be able to lead soldiers in combat. this type of crap, pardon me, is setting these cadets up to fail in the military and the real world. but, the group

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