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joining me is howie kurtz, "mediabuzz" host and fox news media analyst. propaganda pure and simple, not factual-based journalism. narrative that is meant by the coverage. this is a little girl one of the separated from the parents and it's just not so. don't we deserve an apology from the editors of "time" for this? >> well, it's the latest in a series of anti-trump covers on "time" magazine, "time" making no effort to hide outright disdain. david: this is a lie, one thing to have anti-trump. this is portraying something that's not true. >> okay, i could make the case that at the time the magazine went to press, everybody in the press believed this picture of the two-year-old honduran girl was iconic, taken by a pulitzer prize-winning photographer, thought she was separated. but the fact that it's been revealed, no longer dispute about it and "time" saying we stand by it because it's a metaphor, that's why people hate the media. own the mistake, if we had known, and we are sorry, "time" magazine not doing that. david: makes sense, so many false narratives.

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author of media madness and host of mediabuzz on fox newsç chanl howie kurtz joining us now along with investment officer of tigress financial partners, currently holding positions in disney and time-warner. i'll first get to you, ivan, because there's so much discussion about these mergers and how people are consuming media right now. which one has the chance to really be the biggest when it comes to muscle in media and entertainment? >> well i believe it's disney. content is king and disney is the king of content and they are king in a number of key areas and the main area being action adventure movies with the marvel franchise and star wars franchise. liz: even if it doesn't win fox and comcast perhaps wins that big prize? >> i think disney still wins, it seems that rupert murdoch is leaning more toward the disney offer of a combination of stock in cash and i think disney first of all, the purchase of fox would unite all of the character s for the marvel universe which disney i think could best maximize the value of the reason that action adventure is such a huge franchise is becaus

howie kurtz is checking into it tonight. >> reporter: annapolis stunned as journalists to report on violence find themselves targeted by a suspect who had been furious at the paper and once filed a defamation suit. >> he was going down our newsroom starting from the front and just continually shooting people. >> i perceived what i considered a death threat was i feared for my life and my family's life. >> but before these details were known some journalists rushed to blame donald trump for the massacre, a global editor, this is what happens when donald trump calls journalists the enemy of the american people. blood is on your hands, he apologized saying he responded emotionally and inappropriately, reuters says it does not condone his behavior and will take appropriate action. radio host trent university in light of the pres.'s rhetoric is it surprising someone shoots up a newspaper office? donald trump has blood on his hands. lauren ducasse is the shooting cannot be separated from the pres.'s mission to villain eyes the press as the enemy of the american people. what does donald trump say?

hysteria overhy the family separation controversy context is everything so we went to media buzz howie kurtz for his unique take. >> 95% of the media coverage of donald trump has been negative and filled with the kind of moral condemnation we haven't seen since charlottesville, the images and leaked audio of crying children separated from their families has raised fears attacks on the president as inhumane, left-leaning journalists and commentators and there has been a split among conservative pundits. >> donald trump is lying, people around him online, they realize how bad this makes them look at how bad america looks. >> child abuse to separate children from their parents unless it is necessary to save the human life and that is not the case here. >> the spectacle of illegal immigrants separated from their children at the border has ceased to be a news story in any traditional sense, it is an event, a competition in which elites via to see who can reach greater heights of historical access and self-righteous posturing. >> the new york post and wall street journal ever and scathing editoria

howie kurtz take a look at whether there is a double standard. >> president trump got tt pageantry and photo op for what he described as a get to know you session with kim jong un but the historic summit also drew sharp criticism from liberal journalists and commentators. nick kristof said it looks like trump was hoodwinked. some pundits couldn't hide their distaste for the president. >> these are awful people and he wants to become best friends. >> i found it rambling and incoherent. i found it giving way more than having got. >> a summit is not an accomplishment for this american president. the spectacle of seeing the american flags with the dprk flag. somewhat disgusting. >> the liberal salon calle apore the nothing summit. some conservatives offered kinder words. >> i have to admit when i see these people shaking hands, i feel a sense of relief. >> there is room for legitimate criticism. the statement was vague. the north koreans have a long history of breaking agreements. there is the nature of cam's regime. >> the man kim jong un has killed famy membe, starved his own people, is

joining me the host of media buzz and the author of media madness, howie kurtz.ly news cover, that one really stuck out at me. i don't like it when people use bad language in publications like that, and they didn't actually spell it out but you know what they were trying to say, and as i pointed out, there's a lot of thought that goes into those covers and so that's what they come up with? i mean, you know, you combine that with what we're seeing from "time" magazine, et cetera, and there really seems to be a crossing, if you would, of over the line for the media right now. your thoughts. >> well, the daily news despises donald trump and i don't take the covers seriously anymore. i take seriously when people like chris matthews on msnbc on fire about this saying democrats must, they absolutely must block any vote invoking what happened in 2016 with the republicans in merrick garland. must delay this otherwise the leadership is going to get voted out. fascinating giving the talking points to the democrats. and the other clips that you played, trish, that the justi

joining me right now the host of "media buzz" on the fox news channel, the author of media madness, howie kurtzbeen a while. >> hey, trish. trish: always nice to talk to you. "time" magazine in particular seems to have a rather checkered past comes to dealing with this particular president. i want to walk you back to the last cover. this is the cover, there have been several of them. this one particular with the devil ears, my team knows which one i was talking about, i was talking about. no, not that one. i want to get to the devil ears. do we have it? we'll get there eventually? so they ran a cover, shortly after he was elected. there you go. where it seemed to imply, well, you can see it there. i thought, "time," really was that necessary, howie? it has been one after another. cycle through some of the others. you see the one they have now. they're not supposed to be come meetic publication, but, reinventing themselves with the whole king thing. your thoughts. >> goes much deeper of "time" magazine. the whole portrait of president trump, power mad dig tate tore. will pardon himself. he doesn

. >> sandra: media buzz host howie kurtz joins me now. >> good morning. 95% of the coverage of presidentthis issue has been not just negative but a moral condemnation that we haven't seen really since charlottesville. there is something about the images and leaked audio of crying children being separated from their parents that has just prompted a lot of fierce attacks on the president as inhumane and it is not just the liberal media, although it has been wall-to-wall on the other cable news channels. the "new york post" and "wall street journal" run scathing editorials on this issue. as well conservative radio host say it may be trump's katrina and journalists are quoting lawmakers and usually support the president who turned on him over this emotional issue. media outlets have accused the president of lying about this. the problem here is that while president trump says he can't unilaterally fix this. not only have most independent fact checkers disagreed but this video of jeff sessions and also john kelly talking about zero tolerance as a new policy initiative by the administration th

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howie: i'm howard kurtz and this is "mediabuzz." james wolfe, a former top staffer on the senate intel committee. the "new york times" reporter work for "buzzfeed" broke this story about carter page. a former trump advisor met with a russian spy. watkins and wolfe exchanged over 100 text messages that day. >> why did carter page confirm this to you and what was his affect towards this information becoming public? >> he was very forthcoming with it. i had been doing a lot of reporting on it and knew it was him in the document. president trump: i'm a big believer in freedom of the press, but i'm also a believer in classified information. it has to remain classified. and that includes comey and his band of thieves who leaked classified information all over the place. howie: joining us, mollie hemingway, susan ferrechio, chief congressional correspondent for the washington examiner. and juan williams, co-host of "the five." will the media uproar over the surveillance of a reporter doing her job prompt a reexamination of the fbi tactics.

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howie: a leaked white house memo says the president can't be guilty of obstruction because he can fire anyone. i'm howard kurtz and this is "mediabuzz." howie: roseanne barr was riding on top of the world before her tweet. >> oil worried about the people out there who don't have friend and followers who come to their defense. she added to the tweet by saying bob iger called valerie jarrett to let her know that abc does not tolerate comments like those. gee, he never called me. joining me, katie pavlich. susan ferrechio, and capri cafaro, a former democratic senator in ohio who teaches at american university. roseanne fires off this horrible racist tweet. abc axes the tweet. you have some anchors like don lemon using that to say the president is more of a racist. katie: when we had the congressional baseball shooting the man who was the shooter supported bernie sanders. but you didn't see the comments that bernie sanders was responsible. what the rest of roseanne's show represented is being ignored. the rest of her show is very diverse. you have the transgender son. an african-american ghter who an african-amer

howie: hollywood hot shots associated with 21st century fox don't want to be associated with fox. i'm howard kurtz and this is "mediabuzz." the media uproar over families being separated at the border, president trump denied it's an administration policy. >> if you are smuggling a child, we'll prosecute you and that child may be separated from you as required by law. howie: the white house offered sometimes contradictory messages that the media branded false. >> it's congress' job to change the law. president trump: the democrats forced that law upon our nation. i hate it. >> it's not in your definition cruel. >> it's not a policy. our policy at dhs is to enforce the law. >> how is this not child abuse. >> be more specific, please. howie: even after the president reversed himself with an executive order, many in the media remain critical. >> a rare retreat on a president who prides himself on never apologizing. mollie hemingway, gillian turner and richard fowler. the mainstream media are constantly accusing the president of lying. congress had to do it, it was the democrats' fault. then he did rev

charles: folks, bring in our next guest, howard kurtz is joining us now. howie, are you there?les: all right. you know, we're having this discussion of course on north korea and of courseç this is going to be what everyone is watching over the next 24 hours. what are your thoughts on this, this sort of made for -- ultimate made-for-tv event perhaps? >> you know it is fascinating to watch the run-up to this because nobody really knows what's going to happen except we're starting now of course to get some hints the whole thing will be over in 24 hours, if indeed that happens. it kind of sounds like a result which both parties can claim victory, have a nice photo-op is precooked, baked into the cake but there is so much skepticism both among foreign policy elites, many in the media about what the president will walk away with here, i mean nobody thinks that there is going to be a signed, sealed, delivered with all the details of denuclearization. the world does not work that way. i think president trump did a good job lowering expectations, canceling summit, put it back on, makin

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analyst and host of fox news media buzz howard kurtz looks at how the krauthammer style of analysis has shaped the way news is covered today. good evening, howy>> good evening. charles krauthammer was a powerful voice for this network it was in miss writing for "the washington post" and "time" magazine he may have had his greatest impact on the journalism business. >> left wing commentators viewed him with admiration and for those like liberal post columnist jean robinson on the same subject a little nervousness. >> i would always give it another ---my column another read or two because i knew that charles would attack -- he would sort of preattack all of the weak boys in the argument and pick them apart. >> he fits into a tradition if you think about people like bo buckley and what bo buckley meant for conservative thought in this country. you come to people like bill sapphire who came out of nixon administration. >> he began as a walter mondale speech writer and new republic writer. it was krauthammer the word smith who coined the bush derangement sin dronel. and krauthammer who defined reagan foreign policy. >> he invented the reagan doctr