i remember having an arm of the press act as an arm of the government in pravda.he wants the press to look ascans. >> the anybody who criticizes him as misleading. that's not the united states we know. howie: you have gone from him pushing back to the opposition party to saying he wants only adoring coverage. >> when he criticizes the press for doing its job. howie: what about when the press falls down on the job? >> they corrected it in immediately. they have every right to call him out. that's their job. what they should not do is to tell journalists how to do their jobs. >> the owners were told to pound sand, and donald trump is not the first politician in the world to want good coverage. >> what he wants is coverage that suborns bad beshavor. howie: mary tyler moore not only played a tv producer, but he hood an impact on tv news. trump got into a dust-up with mexico and the coverage has been pretty harsh. howie: media coverage of president trump's orders on refugees turned. after the president barred all refugees from entering the u.s. for 90 days to tighten v

i remember pravda, i rememberrm having an arm of the press, searchly, act as an d essentially, act ast. and if that's what president trump wants, if he wants the press to look askance at anybody who criticized him for what he said that's misleading, then that's not the united states we all know, and that's not the first amendment -- howard: but you've gob from him pushing back against the, quote, opposition party to say he wants only adoring coverage. that seems a stretch.e. >> not at all. when he criticizes the press for doing its job -- howard howard what about when the press falls down on the job? >> when they do, as zeke miller did, he corrected it almost immediately but, two, they have every right to call him out for it. of course they do. that's sean spicer's job. what they cannot do is urging owners of newspapers to tell journalists how to do their jobs. and -- >> the owners tell them to pound sand which they have done, and donald trump is not the first politician in the history of the world to want good coverage. politicians -- >> there's a difference. i think what he wants is