. >> joining us to analyze the coverage, heidi przybyla, senior political correspondent for "usa today," gayle trotter, a commentator to writes for the daily caller and the hill and simon rosenberg president of the new democratic network. heidi, as these journalists and pundits who said trump's nomination wouldn't happen now they're telling us he faces incredibly long odds in the fall. don't the media face a credibility gap? >> in short, yes. if you remember when he started out we were comparing him to herman cain, huffington post said they were only going to cover him in the entertainment section of the newspaper. i think, you know, it wasn't just at the beginning, either, it was all throughout this process. the writing was on the wall after he swept all of those southern states. there is a couple things that went wrong here. >> you're saying the denial continues? >> it's not just the media denial but the polling was all over the place. i think fundamentally we have shifted away from as well the more shoe leather reporting that i think is so valuable and could have been so valuable in

. >> joining us now to analyze the campaign coverage heidi przybyla, senior political correspondent forsa today," kelly riddell deputy opinion editor for the washington times and molly ball political reporter for the atlantic. >> i've listened to that tape many times, it sounds like trump, that i can tell you, but whether it's him, whether it's not him, whether he was just enjoying himself with reporters a century go, is this "washington post" story big news? >> the story itself is probably not that big of news, from those who care about donald trump, his supporters and detractors, it's more the cover up that became the news because there was no question that this is donald trump. okay? he testified in 1990 that he went by that name. people magazine said that this was kind of a running joke between them that he, you know, would mask raid as this guy john miller. why not just admit it and move on? >> in fact, this people reporter told the "new york times" this story on the record last month and it was published, but it's the audio which is very entertaining to listen to that has made thi