rich lowrey, a fox news contributor and kelly goff, a contributor to the daily beast. lauren, why does barack obama kooepg keep on banging this anti-media drum? >> i think it's ridiculous. this is a guy who can snap his fingers and reporters come running right to his house and he can say anything that he wants to see if it will be carried nationwide. it is not the messenger. it is the person -- it's the person who is delivering the message that's the problem. >> the press pays house calls, if you look at 1600 pennsylvania. does the president have a point when he says the media favors covering politics over policy and gets extracted by superficial controversies? >> yes, of course. but there's a lot of substance covered, as well. the president would be delighted if every day he held a news conference discussing the substantive issues of the day are. but this is the take he's had on the meetings. he's had a certain contempt for the media and there's a huge irony there because he would not be president in the first place if he wasn't a media phenomenon. >> you're saying he