the israeli are aggressors. the media center has pointed out that even the american media tend to court of act with the world media. when the palestinians say we've stopped if israelis will stop attacking us and they report that you're not adding the value of a reporter saying the palestinian is lying because they started it, i mean it's a huge challenge to keep your perspective even as there are heart tugging pictures -- jon: alan there is a poll out this morning i want to get your reaction. cnn released a poll. higher is the question, do you think israel was justified or unjustified in taking military action against hamas and the palestinians in the area known as gaza. 57% of the public say yes and they don't even mention the fact that hamas is a terrorist organization. >> i think people know that. people aren't dumb. people know it's a terrorist organization except for its political ring. israel ramped this up when they killed the head of their military organization a couple of weeks ago. the american media tends to be pro israel. i don't know where jim comes down on that. generally the american media, israel i

it's really amazing the way turkey is-- remains under cover in the american media. >> and now, i had exactly the same reaction as you did and what was even more amazing is why didn't anybody do a story that compared what turkey said about israel with what turkey has said about syria, or not said. there was none of that. it was really quite -- the silence was deafening. >> jon: here we go all over again, cal. the conflict in that part of the world never seems to end. things appear to be relatively peaceful and then all of a sudden, you get hamas launching rockets and israel responding and you know, you get a peace deal like was brockered on wednesday and then everything seems to cycle all over again. >> i wrote a column this week entitled ground hog day. i think the application is similar to that movie where bill murray gets up and repeats the previous day. >> the height of media coverage for israel was 1976. our bicentennial when they went into uganda to rescue israeli citizens from palestinian terrorists. it was the editorial coverage extremely positive. and unraveled in cnn, c v and

the u.s. media. i'd like to call on "the washington post," please. >> thank you very much. madam prime minister, thank you for hosting us, the american media as well as the rest of the president's delegation. mr. president you will make history tomorrow as the first u.s. president to visit burma but human rights activists warn that your visit is premature given the escalating vie lanes that has left hundreds dead and hundreds more displaced. people are, quote, living in fear and terror. why are you moving so quickly to endorse the burmese leadership and reward them with a personal visit, and with some of the recent setbacks and movements in the middle east, why are you so confident burma will move down the path of reform. and to madam prime minister as well, as a u.s. ally and neighbor of myanmar and burma, are you certain and do you believe president obama's visit is premature or appropriately timed? thank you? >> well, first of all i think it's important to recognize, david, this is not an endorsement of the burmese government. it's an acknowledgen't there's a process under way inside that country that even a year and a half ago, t

kelly, and you really do not know exactly what is in those e- mails, but according to the american media, they say that there is -- that those are inappropriate communication. just a couple of minutes ago, he said that there was no affair. nevertheless, there was a plan that general allan would become the new supreme -- the nato supreme allied commander in europe, and i think this is not going to happen -- that general allen would become the new nato supreme allied commander. >> water the implications of this for the obama administration -- what are the implications? >> i think it is very bad. the fbi investigation about petraeus and this affair that was going on for months, and the white house is saying they learned about this a couple of days ago, last wednesday. do you think the majority of american people believe that? i do not think so. obama will give tomorrow his first press conference after the election, and he would like to focus on the economy, but i think the majority of the journalists will just as more about petraeus and about general allen. the cia had eight directors in th

wrote i quote it's the equivalent of a sad joke that americans must rely on russia today in order to watch their presidential debates and quote do you think the mainstream american media really ignored that third party thing on the on purpose someone. well first of all some of the magazines or newspapers in america have covered the third parties my wife's magazine the nation has covered them the new york times had an interview with one of the leaders of the third party but this is not a conspiracy this is simply the political reality the political culture of america there is a rule in america i think it's correct that in less a third party has a certain forseen e.g. in the polls i think it's three four five percent they're not allowed television time or to participate in debates but it's the structure of american politics not a conspiracy that's kept third parties from playing the rule now for a role now there are people on the right and there are people on the left who think this is a bad burn and we need a third party that the two mainstream parties that have govern the country for so many years have become so close that without a third party will never have real al

directly ahead, bernie goldberg on whether the american media being fair to israel in the latest conflict. glenn beck will drop by. he has a new book, those reports after these messages [ bell ringing ] ♪ in a world where ♪ there is so much to see ♪ there's still no other place ♪ that i would rather, rather ♪ rather, rather be ♪ [ male announcer ] dip into sabra hummus and discover a little taste of the world. enjoy sabra dips. adventure awaits. >> bill: some americans believe the media in general tilts against israel. i don't think so. but the left wing media, certainly does. >> what would you say to those who argue that the rockets are essentially very ineffective. they rarely do damage and that the response from the israelis is disproportional to the threat they're under? >> i would say that to the three israeli people killed by one of the rockets. the 150 israelis wounded physically and psychologically by this. these rockets paralyze an entire country. >> bill: new cnn poll says 57% of americans believe israel is justified in taking military action against hamas. 25% say it's not just

the people. we felt it was much more important to not ruin anymore lives, so we broadcast it over the media. i think the media -- both american media and chinese media did an outstanding job. >> thank you, captain. >> thank you. >> i did want to say we have also inspector john loftis that is with us here today as well. >> supervisor avalos, question probably for the inspector as well. are we seeing continuation of reporting of people being scammed, members of the community scammed like this? >> supervisor, i think based on the tremendous outreach we have had, i think we are getting most of these reports. generally speaking, when an elderly person loses their life savings we will hear about it. i understand there is a bit of a disconnect with the elderly chinese community. especially if it is the immigrant population. based on the outreach we have done at central station, captain tom has done, a lot of work the special victim's unit has done with d.a. and s.a.f.e., i feel pretty confident. we have identified the vast majority of these victims, if not all of them. it what is interesting in this case, as captain tom said, the la

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hamas may rule the day it has crossed the bridge too far fit is business as usual by the american media, you might see sad pictures from gaza of wounded civilians. what you won't see is that long before the palestinians who celebrated hamas had suffered wounds, they inflicted them on israel. pray for the peace of jerusalem. also pray for the steady resolve prime minister netanyahu and the israeli people that's my view. and i always welcome yours. [ applause ] >> we are watching closely what is developing in israel now. hamas has fired hundreds of rockets from gaza on totsy denies of israel, after an israeli airstrike thursday took out a top hamas military commander. hamas warned israel's airstrikes had opened the gates of hell. joining me from israeli's border with gaza former chief of staff to benjamin netanyahu, navtal erxleben net, thank you for joining me. let's talk about how this started. i'm afraid the international media may try to describe this as israeli aggression this is a response to what has been a rerentless assault by the hamas, toward israel. >> yeah, i think your typic

the ball 24/7. more proof that the media embraces diversity, except an opinion. things aren't balanced now. seesaw of the american one side and da perino on the other. if you take away the excess and leave common sense the seesaw flips like a catapult. bitter fantasies in the teacher lounges are now longer seeing through them. it scares brown. if it wasn't for fragmentation i would never have found your speech, jeff there. goes your point. chi'm sure won't upset you because there is zero chance you're listening to me right now. if there was no fox news, no other voices, we never would have known about al gore's opinions about climate change during hurricane sandy. or get an amazing rebuttal from joe pistardi on "o'reilly factor." >> the storms are getting stronger. the stronger storms are getting more frequent. this is the second time in two years that part of manhattan has been shut down. that didn't use to happen like this. but the evidence is now so overwhelming. >> that is stunningly ignorant or stunningly deaccepttive what al gore said. he doesn't know what he is talking about. every since he shot his mouth

>> well, the american media has come up with this narrative that he's the american hero who betrayedy the woman, he takes the fall, it's a classic. it sells well, it's a good soap opera but it's not true. i see no evidence of his heroism. there has been no success in iraq, the so-called surge has been overhyped by the media as a success when in fact, iraq was trashed almost from the beginning to the end and it was in worse shape when he left. he didn't leave it well. and then when he went to afghanistan, first of all, he conned obama into adding 30,000 troops it was into afghanistan with a plan that he would win with this counterinsurgency program. where is it? where are the results? they're nonexistent. afghanistan is worse off. he's supervised the predator explosion and the missiles and into not only pakistan and also afghanistan and he's exacerbated the entire region and the people who are there are going to hate us more so for civilian damage, collateral damage. on top of it, you know, he's built up this reputation. first of all, as a military man, i really think he's overdoing i

hamas may rue the day it finally crossed a bridge too far, because if it's business as usual by the american mediawell, you might see sad pictures from gaza of wounded civilians, but you won't see is that long before the palestinians who celebrated hamas had suffered wounds, they inflicted them on israel. pray for the peace of jerusalem. and also pray for the study resolve of president obama netanyahu and the israeli people. that's my view and i always welcome yours. [applause] >> so, we're watching closely what's developing in israel right now. hamas has fired hundreds ever rockets from gaza onto the citizens of israel. this, after an israeli air strike on thursday took out a top hamas military commander. hamas warned at that israel's air strikes had quote, opened the gates of hell. so, joining me now from israeli's border from gaza, former chief of staff to benjamin netanyahu and a major in the israeli special forces reserves. thank you for joining me today. [applause] >> good to be on the so, governor. >> mike: let's talk about how this all started because i'm afraid the international media may

the american media source which named kim jong-un the sexiest man alive was the onion.on is a website that publishes satirical stories. maybe it's not the first time they fooled someone. in october, iran's top news agency reran an onion story that said world whites would rather vote for ahmadinejad than barack obama. the stories are funny but why do people keep falling for them? maybe because for some people it plays into a narrative they have been trying to promote. a lot of world leaders are constantly trying to convince the people and the world they are athletic, virile, sexy, powerful men who look really good on horses. kind of weird. still, he really does look good on a horse. the strangest part of the story for me is this. what happened to kim jong-un's wife? she's gorgeous. we haven't seen her. is she sick, pregnant, missing or is it like so many other sexiest men of the past, he doesn't want the old ball and chain around anymore? here is piers morgan tonight. m, so skin can replenish itself. that's healthy skin for life. only from aveeno. yep. the longer you sta

the american media source which named kim jong-un the sexiest man alive was the onion.website that publishes satirical stories. maybe it's not the first time they fooled someone. in october, iran's top news agency reran an onion story that said world whites would rather vote for ahmadinejad than barack obama. the stories are funny but why do people keep falling for them? maybe because for some people it plays into a narrative they have been trying to promote. a lot of world leaders are constantly trying to convince the people and the world they are athletic, virile,

they start turning the channel to those better media when they get the chancellor harkness thank you so much thanks for having me now for more on how the mainstream media failed americans over the course of this election cycle which we're going to put a communications professional in a former president of media matters and welcome the show thank you guys for having me all right eric let's start off by talking about this media bias we just talked a little bit with laurie about it but what we are seeing is the fact that it might be that there's too much information there's too many things happening right now in this country that the media can't fact checked all of them but we're also seeing is that they're just not doing it at all many would argue so what is the case or what is the motivation is it money is it is it is it the fact that there's just too much information what is it it's a confluence of all of those things building upon each other and increasing exponentially even bigger problem you know years and years. you know ninety six ronald reagan you know appeal the fairness doctrine and essentially declared news for profit which ultimately most famously has given r

. >>> i am by my count, which could be wrong, the only person in the american media who is willing toi cannot judge who among our generals is good or bad at waging war. i am like everyone else in media someone who deliberately avoided military service. my complete lack of military experience humbles me when it comes to analyzing military tactics, which is why i have never spoken a word of praise about the media's most praised military leader of our time, general david petraeus. though i don't know anything about warfare, i do know something about life, and i can tell you, we got some bat crap crazy generals these days when it comes to living their lives. that's coming up. americans are always ready to work hard for a better future. since ameriprise financial was founded back in 1894, they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a bailout. there when you need them. helping millions of americans over the centuries. the strength of a global financial leader. the heart of a one-to-one relationship. together for your fut

the american media discourages bold leadership because it attacks politicians based on ideology. so many strong leaders don't even bother running not wanting to punish themselves and their family. when thinking about leadership, it's instructive to look at "time" magazine's nominees for person of the year 2012. "time" does this every year. you guys get to vote but really the editors decide. some of the magazine's nominees this year are very interesting. sandra fluke up. dennis miller has some thoughts on her. i will step aside until he gets here in a few moments. rapper jay-z has been nominated. why on earth would he be the person of the year? ditto jon stewart and stephen colbert. stewart is great. he is a tremendous talent but why would he be person of the year. joe biden is on the list. for what reason? what has the vice president done? new jersey governor chris christie is there. okay you could make a case he handled sandy well but what else? our pal carl rove on the person of the year list. why? also cy on the list. we dealt with him yesterday. you know what? i'm voting for

read fantastic stories and use the terrible reporting on stations like fox news. >> how would arab media of fact -- defect or handle the matters in media? i suspect americans enjoy positioning the and it was before. why is that? the palestinian issue the front pages was day touching point* because of the support for israel so i see the criticism. president obama also helped the american administration in. something interesting, burning the american flag, you could see that in syria. or the chinese flags. have the iranians, russians, now being burned regular the. government and the people are aware we need support of renaissance who paid to support egypt for the future syria or libya. i predict there will be less criticism of government administration in the arab media. >> i can add something quickly. there's a great disappointment and syria did it is states is not taking a leadership role. even with libya the present meeting from behind i may disagree on that. but the u.s. has to be involved. he passed to lead. but looking at global research, it was about americans in the middle east and in comparison through 2009 the approval of kadesh and all policy drop

. >>> i am by my count, which could be wrong, the only person in the american media who is willing toit that i cannot judge who among our generals is good or bad at waging war. i am like everyone else in media someone who deliberately avoided military service. my complete lack of military experience humbles me when it comes to analyzing military tactics, which is why i have never spoken a word of praise about the media's most praised military leader of our time general david petraeus. though i don't know anything about warfare, i do know something about life and i can tell you, we got some bat crap crazy generals these days when it comes to living their lives. that's coming up. with the spark cash card from capital one olaf gets great rewards for his small business! pizza! [ garth ] olaf's small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase, every day! helium delivery. put it on my spark card! [ pop! ] [ garth ] why settle for less? great businesses deserve great rewards! awesome!!! [ male announcer ] the spark business card from capital one. choose unlimited rewards with 2% cash back

the place where president obama and mitt romney debated in mid october it went completely ignored by the media here so it seems the party solution is to black out alternative voices and to convince the american people that they have no other choice but barack obama and mitt romney and the mainstream media here are very much part of that blackout. for many nations the u.s. election is almost as important as their own whether it be because of financial aid or military protection they know what a bomb is all about but mitt romney on the other hand is an unknown quantity auntie's alexian a chef he looks at what the republican candidate might herald. if mitt romney wanted to make friends across the atlantic during his summer tour he's certainly failed first he doubted britain's preparations for the olympics then he angered palestinians by calling jerusalem israel's capital even though washington does not recognize israel's annexation of its eastern lands romney has been bashing europe in his campaign back home but across the pond many have been thinking where they say he really has a clue what was happening in the old world and some are even openly concerned about his potential when there is a fe

failure to be square with the american people is to be tolerated. >> that is the sleeper issue of the campaign. a lot of americans and independence -- independent voters look at the media being compliant for i think that will hurt the president and could make the difference. >> the use of the board cover-up, i don't believe there was a cover-up. i can get a screen that but the point* is if the press is that list why isn't romney pushing this? and not blaming him but he wants it to be about the economy. lou: that is his choice. >> the national media made a choice to roll over to be a pink poodle in the lap of this administrations. >> i apologize you don't like my word cover-up after eight weeks the press and refuses to a college to is responsible to take responsibility and to dodge a simple question and at y straight forward to the american people about a video on youtube. joe, that is the stuff of a cover-up. they do. much more on the homestretch and what to expect leading up to election day. >> in the aftermath of hurricane sandy, a gasoline shortages and shorter tempers. of the east coast struggles to recover. the first day of a new trading month and wall street resp

particular, really to to the issue of north korea human rights, like really no one else in the american media has taken. in her early career, melanie spent 10 years working for "the wall street journal" asia. in hong kong and before that had another gig, where she lived and worked in tokyo i believe. melanie received her bachelor's degree from princeton university and a master's degree from the university of toronto. the book that melanie is written is absolutely riveting. it really reads more like an tom clancy thriller than it does the work of nonfiction. she tells an incredibly powerful story about human rights and human tragedy the earliest modern north korea. she tells the story through the eyes of many of the participants in this drama. the refugees, one of whom, joseph can come into today, one of only 175, 180 north korean refugees who actually made it to the united states and safety. she tells the story through the eyes of the workers on the underground railroad, largely people involved in christian relief organizations both here in the united states and in northeastern china, who wor