impairment, but joe scarborough was laughing at that video of trump mocking somebody. so everybody finds this funny until it's aimed at them. that is a bit of a problem here. >> kirsten, the other question is, if this happened months ago, just from a journalistic standpoint, if they felt they were being blackmailed, should they have mentioned it at the time? and they allegedly were informing msnbc people, but what was the decision process in not talking about that alleged pressure from the white house? >> well, i mean, i think in their defense, it would have been a little awkward because of the content of what the story was going to be about. it was about their relationship. so i'm not sure how they would have disclosed that without raising all sorts of questions about their relationship at that time. so i don't know that you're obligated necessarily to disclose every single thing that happens. in this case, i could understand why they might be uncomfortable. i think the person who has behaved badly here is the president. if this is true, the idea that you would be try

after dropping the new album and a cringeworthy music video for his opening single, "mystified," joe scarboroughohnny rotten. mika, do you like that hair? wow. does he think he's a rock star? speaking of cringeworthy embarrassment, look at liberal joe performing on colbert last night. it was a hard-hitting, deeply profound song called "monkey house." gon the late show. this is liberal joe, wannabe rock star. take a look. ♪ let's go to the monkey house ♪ ♪ in the monkey house >> sean: i guess it could be the theme song for msnbc, considering it's like a monkey house over there, with all their conspiracy theories. considering how lacking in truth they all are. joe, i never thought i'd say thisn -- watching that performance, don't quit your day job. it's cringe inducing. fox doesn't want you but if you, get fired over at nbc, you've been sucking up to jeff zucker and kissing hisr -- well, up next on "hannity"... >> breaking news everybody. the morning host >> joe scarborough announced he is leaving the republican party because donald j. trump be hurting his feelings. [laughs]g >> sean: he's back, h

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mika brzezinski and her fiance joe scarborough have been boosing the president for many months on "morning." >> i have lost hope completely and my mind is closed. this presidency is fake and failed. >> he's a nar he's a narcissist. he's not well. >> my mother has had dementia for two years. that sounds like the sort of thing my mother would say today. howie: president trump firing back on twitter. how come low i.q. crazy mika along with crazy joe came to mar-a-lago. >> as soon as i saw the word "bleeding" i flinched. he took it too far. there are ways to get your message across where you don't stoop to that level. >> it degrades the political discourse and embarrasses the country. >> to demean the woman specifically to her womanhood. it's a misogynist attack. >> that was a rude tweet. but some of the crap they have been saying in the morning, i don't know. howie: sarah huckabee sanders defending her boss. >> he fights fire with fire. howie: here to analyze the coverage. sharyl attkisson. mollie hemingway, senior editor fat "the federalist." and ray suarez with the ppbs news hour. howie: pr

joe scarborough says he's leaving the republican party and announced it on colbert. was ivanka trump really ripped for what she wore to the g-20? i'm howard kurtz and this is "mediabuzz" it was the emails that boosted the stories into the stratosphere. rod goldstone said the russian lawyer would provide don, jr. with highly sensitive information about hillary. don, jr.'s response? i love it. >> i can tell you right now i never referred to any compromising information about mrs. clinton. i desired to see in my story. howie: the president accused the media much desperation and more. >> they want to drip out the story. i'm more than happy to cooperate. sean: as far as you know, this is everything? >> this is everything. howie: gillian turner, katie pavlich and joe trippi, all fox news contributors. don, jr. essentially confirmed the basic details of the meeting. is it fair to say this is another case of fake news? gillian: he basically disclosed the details of the meeting in four separate disclosures. my bigger concern with this issue is to me, these meetings are a matt

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absolutely, definitely, under no circumstances watches any please welcome the host of "morning joe," joe scarborough and mika brzezinski! ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) >> stephen: nice to see y'all again. >> great to be here again. >> stephen: now -- ( laughter ) what a day. >> yeah. >> stephen: what a day. usually, summertime is a slow news time. >> mm-hmm. >> stephen: what time does your show go off. what hours are you on, 6:09? >> 6:00 to 9:00 a.m. >> stephen: he didn't tweet out his e-mails, donald trump, jr., until 11:00. did that make you mad? ( laughter ) >> that actually gives us a couple of hours to prepare and we have as far as connecting the dots, we'll use that this morning. >> stephen: you license that

. ♪ >> greg: joe scarborough has announced he's leaving the republican party.eactions pouring in from all over the world. [laughter] >> greg: it's too easy. joe scarborough, morning joe, told this shocker on colbert last night. >> this was well before donald trump was elected president that my party has betrayed their core values. time and time and time again, they turn the other way. they are doing the same thing now. it's actually disgusting. you have to ask yourself, what exactly is the republican party willing to do? how far are they willing to go and how much of this country and values are they willing to sell out? >> but aren't you a republican? >> i am a republican but i'm not going to be a republican anymore. i've got to become an independent. >> greg: okay, weird. we go to the republican party for reaction. [laughter] >> greg: so, joe calls it an exit but for republicans, it's really a edema. he played both sides as a teenager, . ♪ >> greg: oh, man, is that awkward or what? he seems to be the only one there enjoying the song. the rest of them are just

. >> reporter: a new allegation from the msnbc hosts, mika brzezinski and joe scarborough say they were threatened this spring. hey, the "national enquirer" is going to run a negative story against you guys. if you call the president up and you apologize for your coverage, then he will pick up the phone and basically spike the story. three people at the very top of the administration calling me. >> brzezinski and scarborough first lobbed the accusation friday morning. >> he appears to have a fragile, impetuous childlike ego that we have seen over and over again, sfegs specially with women. he can't take it. >> reporter: this was a story the "national enquirer" ran in june accusing the couple of cheating on their spouses. the to be tabloid hounded the family to get the story glchlt . >> the president has close ties to the "national enquirer" and they have relentlessly attacked his political adversaries. the "national enquirer's" editor in charge dillon howard issued this statement. we accurately reported a story that recounted the relationship between joe scarborough and mika brzezinski.

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of attacks on msnbc anchors, president trump calling host mika brzezinski dumb as a rock and joe scarboroughrazy joe. >> all this as we head into a week when the president will meet with the russian president vladimir putin, an event that is sure to get a lot of attention coming as it does in the middle of several investigations into russian meddling in the presidential election. >> our martha raddatz is standing by with all the analysis this morning but let's kick things off with abc's gloria riviera who is in bedminster, new jersey, where the trump family is spending holiday weekend. gloria, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, cecilia, good morning, dan. that's right. the president taking a break here in new jersey but taking no time off from twitter. he went back to washington last night, that quick trip, by the way, costing taxpayers $180,000 an hour. but the president believing it and also taking the opportunity to continue that derogatory diatribe against the press. this morning president trump is back at his new jersey golf club after making a two-hour trip back to washington the

i don't have anything bad to say and i have no animosity with joe scarborough.gratulate him on hisre nuptials. they are riding the wave. that's fine, let them do their thing. the band is getting back together. i don't know what that was. i don't think anybody cares and the republican party that he's leaving. i think msnbc, a talkingn point now, you can't say joe scarborough and morning joe. you can't even say that. [laughter]ay >>>> kimberly: that's true. >> greg: juan, people are being broken emotionally by trump, they go through this thing and then something happens and they are never the same. is that what happens here? he's just emotionally broken by this victory? i don't know. >> juan: i don't know if he's emotionally broken. i think he's behaving in an expedient manner. he is capitalizing where he can for the moment to get attention. i took him seriously. i wanted to know exactly what his argument is. donald trump says i don't know what the kkk and david duke are. because he has hispanic heritage he can't be a judge in my case. he goes on about values. heo

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people like joe scarborough making fun of the way she speaks in her family.esign after comments about the former alaskan governor. where's the outrage? mark, author of rediscovering americanism and host of seer to be networks joins me now. so, before is out there saying that trump is a mentally old narcissist dictator. i don't think it was the fire smartest thing for president trump to go after her physical appearance but the morning joe has been trashing people like sarah palin for ages on firm ground : president a sexist. >> they have the heartbeat of greenwich village, they claim to represent the people, i don't even watch the show. i see clips of the show, i would say this, if you believe in women's rights, why do you defer to joe, your future house spend all the time which is what she does? she's a second seat. at astro this, why did you feel it radio, i know this because and he left where i am he and she said, were taking a respite to rebuild the radio show and then they wind up on msnbc. that show has less shows than sonogram radios. >> the only time i

must reads, why republican joe scarborough thinks president trump is killing the republican party. >>o break, let's check where oil is trading, we are higher by just a hair. one laugh, and hello sensitive bladder. so i tried always discreet. i didn't think protection this thin could work. but the super absorbent core turns liquid to gel. snap! so it's out of sight... ...and out of mind. always discreet. for bladder leaks. >>> welcome back to "worldwide exchange." i am wilfred frost with courtney reagan my picks in "the washington post," titled trump is killing the republican party is penned by joe scarborough, msnbc hose and former u.s. representative said last week he is leaving the republican party writes political historians one die view him as an anomaly the wreckage of this man will break the party in pieces and lead to election of independent thinkers no longer tethered to the polarized past when that day arrives, it will finally come to an end washington may begin to work again. picked this not because of his self congratulatory tone for his decision to leave the party, which i

joe scarborough claiming three white house officials said they could stop a negative story from running in "the national enquirer" if the hosts scaled back their ongoing criticism of the president. >> and they said, if you call the president up and you apologize for your coverage, then he will pick up the phone and basically spike this story. >> they were calling my children. they were calling close friends. >> you're talking about "the national enquirer." >> reporter: that prompting the president to tweet, it was the other way around. he called me to stop a "national enquirer" article. i said no. tonight the "enquirer" saying, at no time did we threaten either joe or mika or their children in connection with our reporting on the story. we have no knowledge of any discussions between the white house and joe and mika about our story and absolutely no involvement in those discussions. in analysis by nbc news of back issues for the past several years during his campaign and his presidency found many pro-trump headlines and stories and few critical of mr. trump. the "enquirer" helped him la

he resumed his attacks on the media and his feud with cable host joe scarborough and mika brezinski.azy joe scarborough and dumb as a rock mika are not bad people, but their low-rated show has bad bosses. too bad." the president criticized states failing to turn over voter information, asking, "what are they trying to hide?" >> when you look at the people who are registered-- dead, illegal, in two states, in some cases maybe three states, we have a lot to look into. >> reporter: the president set up a commission to find these illegal votes. last week it requested that every state provide voter role data, including addresses, dates of birth, political party, even ster history dating back to p06. iae backlash was swift. vice president mike pence's home state of indiana refused, saying the law doesn't permit the secretary of state to provide the personal information requested. and utah's republican lieutenant governor called it "protected data" that he wouldn't turn over because there has been no evidence of voter fraud in his state. >> this is an outrageous violation of citizens' priva

president trump is carrying his public feud with cable news anchors joe scarborough and mika brzezinski into a third day. this morning, mr. trump said on twitter, "crazy joe scarborough and dumb as a rock mika are not bad people, but their low rated show is dominated by their nbc bosses. too bad!" there was no direct reply from them or nbc news. it is now legal to buy and sell marijuana for recreational use in nevada. at the stroke of midnight, nevada became the fifth state to legalize limited amounts of the drug, following a state referendum approving the move last november. with valid i.d., anyone 21- years-old or older can buy up to an ounce of marijuana for use at home, but smoking pot in public remains banned. nevada joins colorado, oregon, washington, alaska, and washington, d.c. in legalizing pot. california, maine, and massachusetts are on track to join them next year. it will be at least six more months till the pentagon allows transgender recruits to enlist in any branch of the u.s. military. defense secretary jim mattis said in a written statement last night, the military is

he tweeted: "crazy joe scarborough and dumb as a rock mika are not bad people, but their low rated showinated by their nbc bosses. too bad!" ( marty ) nearly twenty cats were found abandoned near the humane society in the north bay this week. one employee was leaving work when he spotted the cages filled with cats on the side of the road. officials say some of the cats are sick but all 17 are expected to survive. most of them are ten years old or older. the cats are up for adoption and anyone who is thinking about adopting or wants to donate money or food is being urged to reach out to the humane society in ( marty ) the latest homeless census in santa clara county shows an alarming increase in the number of young people living on the streets. at the same time, homeless advocates stepped up their action to defy a crackdown on feeding homeless people in saint james park in downtown san jose. the problem is feeding people who are homeless is technically illegal in the park, even though the city has not been enforcing the law. but that may soon change. the city is receiving complaints abou

but the president launching a flash attack at mika brzezinski and joe scarborough this morning. and now the first lady getting involved. abc's gloria riviera. >> reporter: tonight, the president continues his relentless attacks from his golf club in bedminster. his latest tweet calling at msnbc's mika brezinski "dumb as a rock" and her co-host joe scarborough "crazy." >> he's so much more vicious with women. >> he ap impetuous childlike ego that we've seen over and over again, especially with women. >> reporter: brzenenski opening the door for the first lady to enter the fray, telling "instyle" magazine mrs. trump has "the worst job in the world" being the president's wife. melania trump firing back in a statement. "it is sad when people try to further their own agenda by commenting on me and my family, especially when they don't know me." the public feud coming during a meltdown in the president's plan to repeal and replace health care. trump tweeting to lawmakers, if they cannot agree on a new plan to swap out obamacare they should immediately repeal and then replace it at a l

saying crazy joe scarborough and dumb as a rock mika are not bad people. but their low-rated show is dominated by their nbc bosses. too bad! now donald trump has drawn criticism from republicans and democrats alike after he personally insulted brzezinski on twitter thursday. many of them say he should be focused on his agenda, not insulting television personalities. meanwhile, scarborough and brzezinski have both alleged that several white house staffers, including the president's son-in-law, jared kushner, called them to tell them that unless they called the president and begged him to stop it, that the "national enquirer" was going to publish a negative story about them. a white house firm confirmed that scarborough and kushner did speak, but denied that was the nature of the conversation. >> kaitlyn the president shifted his course on health care amid all of this just yesterday, suggesting repeal now, replace later. how much of a curve ball is that for republicans? >> it's a huge curve ball. while they've been negotiating a bill to repeal and replace th

joe scarborough and mika brzezinski hosts of imus and he sees morning joe has been sparring with president. they basically say he's the worst person ever and he's going to kill the whole planet it's incredibly serious stuff life and death with joe and mika accuse the president of so you'd think they'd be conducting themselves with much gravity these days giving important talks or something since they're talking about the impending apocalypse but instead what they're doing is making really horrible music and then promoting it on late night t.v. yeah when he's not really a teleprompter and full makeup tell the world we're doomed because of the president joe scarborough apparently makes music really cheesy music with what sounds like garage band and a synthesizer from the eighty's he just released a song mystified which is all about how joe just cannot believe he is just mystified by what he sees out there in the world today the music and the message are all extremely eighty's even down to joe's fake emo voiced affectation this is what joe was doing well the world is ending supposedly he's ma

he said of joe scarborough, he called me to stop a "national enquirer" article. i said no. aides are really hoping to move past what is widely viewed as a self-inflicted wound by this president. >> cecilia, thank you. >>> now to the health care meltdown in the senate. republicans breaking for the july 4th holiday without agreeing on a new draft of their health care bill. lawmakers now heading home, many facing angry constituents. mary bruce, president trump threw senate republicans another curveball. >> reporter: tom, republicans are struggling to come together around this bill. today the president did a 180 that could push them even further apart. just three days ago, the president gave republicans a pep talk. but today, he tweeted if they can't get it done, they should just repeal now and replace later. it's the opposite of what the president has been saying for months. and what republicans have been working towards. the president has argued that they should repeal and replace at the same time. to make sure americans stay covered, and don't end up in limbo. lawmakers will

the fact is he's a proud man, an accomplished man, he's done more than joe scarborough has done in his life. you can challenge him on the issues. you can take him on on certain personality traits. but when you call him schmuck, you get no respect. jesse: let me talk to you about healthcare. i said at the top of the show the healthcare bill coming out of the senate won't be perfect. what do you want to see happen? >> i think it's a disaster. what the senate is doing is a disaster. if you ask the american people what the senate is doing, they can't tell you what the senate is doing. people want to have access to a doctor and the procedures and surgeries they need at a reasonable price. how do we get there? do we get there through the centralized government system? how many people do you know in america who go to canada or healthcare, or britain for dental care or france for healthcare. we are the only industrialized country that doesn't have socialized healthcare. i like the president's idea. it's all based on obamacare. if the thing is repealed and you give 12 months notice, what happen

everyone was talking about mika brzezinski and joe scarborough. and it's almost like he gets schizophrenic, wake up, canada, we love your leader and we have great relations and then it was four tweets ranting and raving about the fake news press and mika brzezinski and joe scarborough and it doesn't make sense because if all you do is pick wars and fight battles with tv personalities. it's not a tv show to govern, you have to have policy and govern. >> all this happening on the eve of the president getting ready to go to hamburg, germany, for the g20 summit. is there a feeling that this behavior or pattern tweeting, whichever way you want to put it might impact his trip abroad? >> certainly. there are quite a few international issues that leaders at the g20 are looking to the united states to comment on, national security, trade and environmental issues, especially considering that we just came out of the paris agreement and there's some interest supposedly in renegotiating it. if donald trump continues to focus on his battle with these msnbc host

joe scarborough and mika brzezinski are now accusing him of attempted blackmail. (steve)a stunning new allegation in a story that has brought bipartisan calls for the president to curb his twitter habit and focus on running the country.( vick ) those calls went unheeded today.catherine heenan is here to bring us up to date. (catherine) accusations of blackmail -- over tabloid allegations of infidelity. the president's inflammatory tweets were answered with a blockbuster allegation .... that his aides repeatedly tried to pressure the msnbc hosts to silence their criticism. "and they said if you call the president up and you apologize for your coverage, then he will pick up the phone and basically spike this story." scarbororough and brzezinski first leveled the attempted blackmail accusation in a washington post op=ed piece this morning after the president personally attacked the cable news hosts and made reference to her bloody face. "he appears to have a fragile, childlike, impetuous ego that we've seen over and over with women,

i think that -- >> well, joe scarborough has an op-ed out there.called it a shrinking party last year. >> there's fewer registered republicans -- >> the reason we're here in the middle of july with revelations coming last week, you couldn't imagine revelations -- >> but he's -- he's driving people out of the republican party. >> the message that the average member of congress took, and like democratic members of congress they worry more about primaries in this age that we live in than general elections. he understands the base of the party better than i do. he has a stronger bond and you know what? i don't know i understand what that bond is. that's a scary thing for politicians. >> the economic anxiety. >> but when you look at a bunch of longitudinal studies it's like a culture war like brexit. than any specific policy. you can't win a culture win with facts. you have to go in and say what is it that really makes people affiliate themselves with this idea of making america great again and then you can start drilling down. but first of all, rationa

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. >> reporter: engaged in a war with the white house, mika brzezinski and joe scarborough say this. >> they say if you call the president up and you apologize for your coverage, then he will pick up the phone and basically spike the story. three people at the very top of the administration calling me. >> reporter: they first lobbed the accusation in the washington post column friday morning. >> he appears to have a fragile childlike ego, especially with women. >> reporter: this is the story the national enquirer ran in june. the tabloid hounded her family to get the story. >> they were calling my children. they were calling close friends. >> the national enquirer. >> reporter: the president has close ties to the enquirer which endorsed him during the campaign. president trump and the national enquirer publisher are close friends and allies. the editor in charge issued this statement. at the beginning of june, we reported a story that recounted the relationship between joe scarborough and mika brzezinski. we have no knowledge of any discussions with the white house and joe and mika abo

this after the president attacked mika brzezinski and joe scarborough last week.edia assault saturday night. >> the fake media tried to stop us from going to the white house. but i'm president, and they're not. >> reporter: president trump says his use of social media is modern day presidential. but some republican lawmakers are again calling on him to lay off. >> it's unfortunate. the people are begging the president not to do this. and he has to stop doing it. >> reporter: as dozens of impeachment protests are held around the country sunday, the white house denies the president is distracted, and is working on getting the stalled gop health care bill passed. >> the president's held multiple meetings in the white house itself, with small business groups and other folks who are harmed by obamacare. >> reporter: but some republicans can't vote for the plan they say because it's too much like obamacare. >> the bill is being it will up like a christmas tree, and it's not repeal. >> reporter: the president says republicaning should consider repealing obamacare now and

the targets, msnbc hosts, joe scarborough and again, a woman.a brzezinski, who responded on her show. >> he appears to have a fragile, impetuous child like ego we've seen over and over again, especially with women. >> unusually, the first lady ebb b terroring the fray as brzezinski sugtsed mrs. trump was unhappy in the marriage saying the job of being mrs. trump is the worst in the country. first lady saying it is sad when people try to further their own agenda by trying to comment on me and my family. especially when they don't know me. this morning, the cable hosts response to the president's tweets raising ae ining new que after this. zpl we got a call ta hey, the national inquirer is going to run a negative story against you guys. >> joe scarborough allege lg white house aides gould kould make the story go away. the president and publisher are friends. >> they said if you call the president up and apologize for your coverage, then he will pick up the phone and basically spike this story. >> trump denying the allegations in a tweet saying sca

joe scarborough and mika basically used the term he has an unhealthy obsession for your show. i think you can extend that to say he has an unhealthy obsession with the media. as much as donald trump says fake media, fake news, there's no president in history who has paid as much attention to the media than this president. i think we can pretty much say that's a fact. and it's almost like kellyanne conway says we shouldn't do armchair analysis, but there is this obsession with the media. and it's like wanting this constant adulation, wanting attention from an ex, and saying come on, come on because they're not always heaping praise on you. this is how it really comes across, and that's not the job of the media. the job of the media is to tell truth to power and tell the facts and it's not our job to stroke the president's ego no matter what party they come from. >> i just did some quick math, 241st birthday of the u.s., and an odd feeling, that is kind of an anxiety in the air, a state of not being sure of what's to come and what just happened. >> that's right. i think one thin

on thursday, the president tweeted insults at joe scarborough and mika brzezinski.e called scarborough psycho joe and called brzezinski crazy with a low iq can and added a barb about her physical appearance. the couple responded on their show yesterday saying that the president has an unhealthy obsession with their program which does not serve his mental health or the country well. >>> delaware senator tom car per will be talking about president trump's leadership style on "meet the press" tomorrow morning. here is a review of what carper said about what is working, what is not and how it is affecting the administration. >> i look at it and i just shake my head. it has to be harder for him to recruit people to work for him, they are having a terrible time filling positions. i was told that we're just not getting names. >> in addition to senator carper, chuck todd will be holding a round table discussion on the health care issue, that is all coming up on meet the prettyth pre press otomorrow morning here on nbc 10. >>> 5:48 on this saturday. already 78 degrees outsid

you are very passionate about this this week and the attacks on mika brzezinski and joe scarborough, ana. >> and i continue to be very passionate about it. i am incredibly bothered that we are lowering the standards and the requisites of what it takes to be president of the united states in terms of character, in terms of behavior. it is very difficult to focus on policy when you've got somebody that is so diminishing and damaging and making such harm to the office of the presidency. no weekend like july fourth should remind us just how hard it was to establish this country. just what this democracy represents. men like washington, like lincoln have held that office. this is not modern day presidential. it is modern day crass, it is modern day coarseness. it is modern day "one flew over the cuckoo's nest." >> it doesn't seem to do any good. you've been saying this for a long time. a lot of people have been saying this for a long time, so what changes? >> maybe nothing. but that doesn't mean i'm going to lower my standards and i think a lot of the american people are not going to lowe

clear what the president tweeted was that he took a call or was getting set to take a call from joe scarborough about that "national enquirer"" hit piece on joe and mika. paul, to you this sounds like blackmail or -- is in a legal issue potentially for the white house. >> well a lot of people reacted that way. but it sounds like extortion or being blackmail which is a crime. however normally in a blackmail or extortion situation somebody is saying an organized criminal is saying i'm burning done your store unless you pay my $1,000 a week or release damaging information about you unless you pay me a certain amount of money. that's a classic example of it. here is doesn't make it to the line, the legal line of blackmail or extortion. because the allegation is that the president said that he would use his influence to get the "national enquirer" not to run a story about joe scarborough and mika brzezinski. his mere refusal to use his influence to help them would not be extortion or bribery. i think -- i want to make it clear although it's not criminal it's reprehensible conduct. what he is doing i

can you imagine mike and joe scarborough being the first lady mika and joe -- scarborough being the first lady and first man? donald trump cares about america, do we care about america? host: keith is calling in from chicago on the democratic line. what is your level of trust in the news media? caller: i trust the media but i think that is not the right question. full disclosure, i have 30 years experience in media relations. i have a masters in journalism from syracuse. here is the issue. i do media training. the number one thing i tell people right off the bat, the media is not a monolith. conservatives certainly trust the media -- they do not trust editors, they trust fox news, talk radio, they do not trust the media. it needs to be understood, this was a campaign started during the next and administration. administration as a response to the watergate, roger ailes was the media consultant f or the nixon administration, with pat buchanan. , negativity.aid planned ass hub inative information 1972. they have gone to great lengths to discredit all of the media. now we are seeing the reper