enter my old pal howard kurtz. echoed the distortion that i criticized nbc news knowing they had obama administration memo justifies the drone strikes. >> now, that's kind of curious given it's t. was an nbc scoop. so o'reilly misspoke and i thought he would come back the next night and correct the record. bill, the only reason there is a drone debate right now because nbc news revealed that memo. >> bill: are you kidding me, howard? are you killed me? come on, man. the double standard of media coverage on waterboarding versus drones has been apparent for years. you don't know that? and don't give me any of this o'reilly misspoke business. you know exactly what beckel and i were talking about or you should know. so here is the big picture. by distorting the discussion i had with beckel. the left believes it can bury the hypocrisy issue but it can't. to be fair a few committed left wing people like code pink are consistent in their objection to tough measures against terrorists, not everybody on the left is hypocrit

and then cnn's howard kurtz criticizing me and beckel's fault at this. chris is going to enter >> bill: in the impact segment tonight, as you may know senator marco rubio gave the republican reply to the state of the union address last night. apparently senator rubio caused a big scandal during his speech. >> in the short time that i have been here in washington, nothing has frustrated me more than false choices like the one the president laid out tonight. the choice isn't just between big government or big business. what we need san accountable, efficient and effective government. >> >> bill: how could the man do that? could this be the new watergate? >> honestly mr. rubio's speech will be remembered in part for the odd punctuation yalings of the big reach for the what glass in the middle of it odd bit of staging. >> did not like the water bottle. most people just suck it up and just go with it and work through it. >> the president did well. >> you say screwing off, you are not referring to. >> not the water. >> about the swig of water being tweeted aro

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. >> bill: cnn's howard kurtz unrepenalty tent for criticizing me for nothing. mr. cutters will be here to make his case. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. >> bill: i'm bill o'reilly, thanks for watching us tonight are we on the proverbial road to ruin that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. according to polls americans believe government spending and huge debt piling up is a major problem. president obama apparently does not belief that last night in his state of the union address he would not cop to being the biggest spending president in history. no, he now sees himself as an investor. >> every dollar we invest in high quality early childhood education can save more than $7 later on. now if we want to make the best products, we also have to invest in the best ideas. now is not the time to gut these job creating investments and science and innovation. we will keep faith with our veterans. investing in world class care. we will invest in new capabilities. even as we reduce waste and more time spending.

and apparently kurtz does not understand the difference between our news and analysis and cnn wonders. and from florida, howard is right, he won the debate. and washington, your debate with kurtz is like watching soro slice and dice someone's clothes off without drawing blood. and now that you mention it, i wish that katherine zeta jones was the guest instead. and put this in with this verse to my wife. roses are red, foxes are wily, your valentine's gift is bill o'reilly. and i hope s

i'm howard kurtz and this is "reliable sources." >>> it just didn't seem like the usual "60 minutes" grilling. when we saw steve sitting down with hillary clinton and barack obama last night things were so muchlovy dovey it almost sounded like a theraauerapy ses >> i consider hillary a strong friend. >> very warm, close. i think there's a sense of understanding that, you know, sometimes doesn't even take words. >> so, are the media going, dare i say it, soft on hillary? joining us now tererance smith, dana milbank and amy holmes. seems like the media, whether you think hillary clinton did a good job or not so good of job as secretary of state or almost walking on water. >> bit of a love fest, wasn't it? not surprising, i suppose. she has done a good job and she got credit for that. towards the end of the week it seemed to me you saw more critical coverage of her four years, what she achieved, what she didn't achieve. how power and foreign policy, anyway is still in the white house and not -- >> a point made by the "new york times" this morning. particularly in the tv interviews, did

and apparently kurtz does not understand the difference between our news and analysis and cnn wonders. and from florida, howard is right, he won the debate. and washington, your debate with kurtz is like watching soro slice and dice someone's clothes off without drawing blood. and now that you mention it, i wish that katherine zeta jones was the guest instead. and put this in with this verse to my wife. roses are red, foxes are wily, your valentine's gift is bill o'reilly. and i hope she's grateful. denver show on june 21st almost sold out and l.a. march 1st, nokia, d.c. april 26th. long island june 1st, kansas city june 22nd and the tickets on the show going fast and check it out on bill o'reilly.com. and jim burke in arlington, you and miller were disrespectful on the post resignation. you guys should be ashamed. i think that's a given, jim. and tonight, factor tip of the day, some advice for the kids. my nine-year-old asked me, my nine-year-old son, asked me what he should give up for be lent. i told him whining. he said, let's be realistic. so i said, why not do this: every day fo

and apparently kurtz does not understand the difference between our news and analysis and cnn wondersd from florida, howard is right, he won the debate. and washington, your debate with kurtz is like watching soro slice and dice someone's clothes off without drawing blood. and now that you mention it, i wish that katherine zeta jones was the guest instead. and put this in with this verse to my wife. roses are red, foxes are wily, your valentine's gift is bill o'reilly. and i hope she's

and apparently kurtz does not understand the difference between our news and analysis and cnn wonders is right, he won the debate. and washington, your debate with kurtz is like watching soro slice and dice someone's clothes off without drawing blood. and now that you mention it, i wish that katherine zeta jones was the guest instead. and put this in with this verse to my wife. roses are red, foxes are wily, your valentine's gift is bill o'reilly. and i hope she's

and apparently kurtz does not understand the difference between our news and analysis and cnn wondersce. and from florida, howard is right, he won the debate. and washington, your debate with kurtz is like watching soro slice and dice someone's clothes off without drawing blood. and now that you mention it, i wish that katherine zeta jones was the guest instead. and put this in with this verse to my wife. roses are red, foxes are wily, your valentine's gift is bill o'reilly. and i hope she's grateful. denver show on june 21st almost sold out and l.a. march 1st, nokia, d.c. april 26th. long island june 1st, kansas city june 22nd and the tickets on the show going fast and check it out on bill o'reilly.com. and jim burke in arlington, you and miller were disrespectful on the post resignation. you guys should be ashamed. i think that's a given, jim. and tonight, factor tip of the day, some advice for the kids. my nine-year-old asked me, my nine-year-old son, asked me what he should give up for be lent. i told him whining. he said, let's be realistic. so i said, why not do this: every day

and apparently kurtz does not understand the difference between our news and analysis and cnn wonders is right, he won the debate. and washington, your debate with kurtz is like watching soro slice and dice someone's clothes off without drawing blood. and now that you mention it, i wish that katherine zeta jones was the guest instead. and put this in with this verse to my wife. roses are red, foxes are wily, your valentine's gift is bill o'reilly. and i hope she's grateful. denver show on june 21st almost sold out and l.a. march 1st, nokia, d.c. april 26th. long island june 1st, kansas city june 22nd and the tickets on the show going fast and check it out on bill o'reilly.com. and jim burke in arlington, you and miller were disrespectful on the post resignation. you guys should be ashamed. i think that's a given, jim. and tonight, factor tip of the day, some advice for the kids. my nine-year-old asked me, my nine-year-old son, asked me what he should give up for be lent. i told him whining. he said, let's be realistic. so i said, why not do this: every day for the next 40 days, you do

economic growth but you know this slump has extended to countries that haven't suffered austerity kurtz's for example germany that the region's biggest economy you know has also reported much slower growth than had been expected and yet you know that's a strong economy strong balance sheet didn't suffer from many any cuts what we're actually seeing is that you know the problems on the edge of europe in the mediterranean are and it's actually are undermining confidence last year and this is what dragging it i guess is hoping to say to confidence is picking up but no doubt about it last year the concern about problems in mediterranean countries in ireland has had an impact on confidence and that has reduced investment spending by companies and consumption by consumers so that needs to change we need to prevent that loss of confidence from deepening because that is what will drive euro zone economy much worse and another front so that could drag it down even while perhaps the you're right on the strength of it at the moment how much of a disadvantage is that. well the euro is a bit of an ano

howard kurtz?ld be for hillary clinton to become a lobbyist or advise a big lobbying firm which is using her influence by selling her name, to join corporate boards or to become a cable tv commentator which is beneath her, although i'm sure cnn would be happy to put her on. she doesn't get $200,000 for a speech unless people want to hear her. >> and she deserves it. >> let me make the point, if you're promised money, if there's an implied promise of making hundreds of thousand of dollars. >> you have no evidence that anybody is implying such a promise. >> we'll find out. there's absolutely an implied promise. look at her husband. an implied promise to when they get out of office, they'll make hundreds of thousands from the companies they are supposed to be overseeing while in office. >> let me ask you this, and lauren i'll bring you into this. what do you think people will want to hear? her experience as secretary of state or first lady? >> of course -- well, i think it's a broad range. i have to g

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this is just a partial list of celebrities holding a solis bag made by small business owner karen kurtzt comes to publishing a an item, a picture of a celebrity carrying your clutch in a magazine is far more effective than paid advertising. you're talking 350 bags. what's more impressive is the press she used. >> my budget when i started was zero. no money. there was no budget. it was me, which i didn't pay myself. so there was no money. >> well, that's not exactly true. at first kara spent thousands making a costly mistake which taught her she was better off not spending any money. >> it was a $3,000 lesson. i don't know that i want to have many more lessons that cost me $3,000. >> the miss take kara made was hiring a big-time p.r. firm which promised to use its clout to contact celebrities like demi moore and give them sample bags each with a hand writen note from kara. >> i would write a note, dear demi moore, this is why you should wear this bag. and we waited and waited and waited. weeks went by. about a month went by. no pictures, no buzz, nothing. >> after the agency dropped the

howard kurtz, tomorrow night, a big night, going on bill o'reilly. are you going to be talking about? >> well, i took a -- i uttered some criticism of the host of the factor on reliable sources on sunday for not properly crediting nbc news for breaking the drone memo story while he was going off on nbc as he is want to do. o'reilly hit me back last night. we'll have a little fruitful, frank and full exchange of views about the media, nbc and this drone story. >> will there be yelling? >> well, i don't plan to yell. but if he ratchets up the decibel level, might just have to raise my voice a little bit. >> rachel, conner, sally, howard, thank you all, so, so much. appreciate it. hot topic panel on this tuesday. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] what if the next big thing, isn't a thing at all? it's lots of things. all waking up. ♪ becoming part of the global phenomenon we call the internet of everything. ♪ trees will talk to networks will talk to scientists about climate change. cars will talk to road sensors will talk to stoplights about traf

>>> i'm howard kurtz and this is "reliable sources." >>> the murderous rampage of christopher dorner had already drawn national coverage in part because of his bizarre manifesto popping on television pundits and anchors. before the annual address to congress. the networks left facing a dilemma, which story to cover and practically until the minute the president started speaking, the one in california won out. >> we're going to go now to probably the biggest story of the night, which is clearly the story we planned on covering on nbc and my colleague rachel m madd, w will pick up in a minute. >> we're also following breaking news out of california. and get back to the president's state of the union address, but authorities are are now telling cnn that the fugitive ex-policeman christopher dorner is dead. >> we'll get ready to hear from marco rubio. we want to update you on a story we've been bringing you all night here on fox news channel. the fugitive lapd cop is believed to be barricaded inside a burning cabin in big bear lake, california. >> was that the right call or did important

i'm howard kurtz and this is "reliable sources." >>> there was frustration. there was outrage. there was a virtual revolt by the press corps when president o obama hit the links with one of the most famous and controversial golfers. >> the one we didn't get to see. >> he made some headlines by golfing with tiger woods, but he got headlines because the press was kept away. it was secret. >> here's a zen question. if president obama played a round of golf with tiger woods this weekend and the white house press corps was not permitted to cover it, did it really happen? >> do you care about who was allowed to cover it? >> this sparked a debate whether he has gone further than previous presidents to keep at a di distance. even as he makes the round on some of these softer media venues. joining us now bill plante and david zurawik television critic for "baltimore sun" and julie mason and former white house correspondent for politico. bill plante, you have been patrolling that building since ronald reagan. does the press look self-involved and whiny, as i said earlier complaining abou

i'm howard kurtz and this is "reliable sources." all that ahead, but first new england recovering this morning from that blizzard that dumped almost 3 feet of snow in some areas. as of this morning more than 350,000 people remaining without power. the storm is being blamed for nine deaths in three states and canada. the latest on the cleanup, let's go to boston and indra petersons. wanted to ask you what it's like standing in the show doing live shots hour after hour and what is the region doing to get ready for tomorrow's rush hour? >> reporter: yeah. you know, i have to say it's pretty unbelievable to stand on the lines of history. talk about a difference. 24 hours ago we were talking about pelting ice and snow, winds gusting 60, even 70 miles per hour. and now check this out. right? the sun is out. it's gorgeous. but that's only going to mean more problems. here's the problem. yeah, let me just take a look. we show you. we're talking about 24.9 inches of snow out here. this is what we have to deal with as we go through the next c

howard kurtz joins us with his take from washington via skype. another mode of communication. listen, one of the big things that -- lot of people are wondering about, it has been several years since hurricane katrina. this is the first game that new orleans hosted since katrina. should we make any ado about this? was this just one of those things that would have happened in new orleans, would have happened anywhere else, it was just a power outage? pure and simple. >> it wasn't just a power outage. it was a half-hour delay and most watched television event of the year. they had a couple of years to prepare for it. this is an embarrassment for the city of new orleans and assumer dome. i was following the action on twitter for 24 million tweets sharing the big game. and during that blackout, everybody was keeping each other entertained. a bunch of people know what it is like to be trapped in the superdome now. >> is it fair to be getting so angry about before -- you just heard me talking with rachel nichols. we are still trying to figure out exactly what the abnormality was. unt

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howard kurtz is host of cnn's reliable sources. lauren, howy, thank you for being here. >> thank you. is is a question we want to explore. let's start at the beginning. what does it mean when you log into facebook and are asked to like something? >> well, it basically means you give it a thumbs up. you endorse the product or the picture that someone has posted or you just simply like what the other person is saying. >> it's kind of facebook's democracy in action. now certain people are tapping into it. you have a picture, i think, of a bunch of kids who wanted a puppy. what do they do? their dad said if they could just get to one million likes, ichis phenomenal by the way, would buy them a dog. i> atewhovut l abo this is this is what sold f emthor a th. t said he hedo esn't think we it. i bet everybody says, oh, yeah, dad, you're buying a puppy. >> this isn't just any dad. it's a dad who happens to be a digital media professor at northeastern university. he studied the 19th century. in the age of facebook you can get hundreds of th

i'm howard kurtz. if you missed our program, check us out on itunes every monday. just search for reliable sources. we're back here next sunday morning for another critical look at the media. "state of the union" with candy crowley begins right now. >>> have bully pulpit, will travel. today from decatur to asheville and chicago, the president pushes gun control, a higher minimum wage and universal preschool. >> and that whole plan, well, others by the way, is a trade we could use more often in washington. >> a conversation with senator chuck schumer on the president's wish list and senate reality. what and when can the senate deliver? >> and, drawing the line. >> read my lips. i'm not interested in an 11th hour negotiation. >> republicans dig in from budget cuts to some of the president's nominees. we'll talk with a member of the republican leadership team, senator john barrasso from wyoming, and mandatory spending cuts take effect 11 days from now. >> it would have destructive cuts on national security, defense. >> average wait times to clear customs will increase

howard kurtz is the host of cnn's reliable sources. thanks for being here. we're talking about the president hosting a google hangout on google-plus. this seems designed initially to talk to relatives and far away places. how did it become a political tool? what does the president really accomplish here? >> i think the president is accomplishing reaching around the press corps to actually talk to voters and voters who may not answer or ask questions that t regular press would. >> like any technology, it might start out with me chatting with you but companies and politicians now trying to harness this because it plugs them into a demographic that may not watch a lot of television, that may not read newspapers, for example, but relishes the chance even though do people get that chance to ask a question directly to the president of the united states. >> you have to understand that this has only been around for 18 months. the first time that the president did this, he received 135,000 questions. so that would mean that it was a popular way of reaching out. was s