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May 19th at 11am ET

Are media turning on Obama over scandals? Reporter opts for major preventative surgery; Barbara Walters announces her retirement; Media goes crazy for Prince Harry.
March 24th, 2013
01:21 PM ET

GOP admits critics were right

Bill Press, Tim Carney and Howard Kurtz on the GOP ‘autopsy’ report and whether the media was right all along on the Republican Party’s inability to reach out to minorities during the 2012 campaign.


Filed under: 2012 Campaign • Blog • Media Criticism • Mitt Romney • Politics
March 3rd, 2013
12:48 PM ET

Romney Breaks Media Silence

Tim Carney, Jackie Kucinich, Cenk Uygur and Howard Kurtz dissect Mitt Romney’s first national TV interview as a former presidential nominee.


Filed under: 2012 Campaign • Blog • Fox News • Mitt Romney • Reliable Sources
February 24th, 2013
12:32 PM ET

Stuart Stevens web exclusive

An exclusive interview with Stuart Stevens, former senior strategist for Mitt Romney's 2012 campaign.


Filed under: 2012 Campaign • Barack Obama • Media • Media Criticism • Mitt Romney • Politics • Reliable Sources
February 24th, 2013
12:29 PM ET

MSNBC Hires Ex-Obama Aides

David Zurawik and Howard Kurtz on what the hiring of David Axelrod and Robert Gibbs means for the future of the left-leaning network.


Filed under: 2012 Campaign • Barack Obama • David Axelrod • Fox News • Herman Cain • Media • Media Criticism • MSNBC • Reliable Sources • Robert Gibbs
February 24th, 2013
12:28 PM ET

Romney’s Man on the Media

Howard Kurtz sits down with Romney campaign chief strategist Stuart Stevens to discuss media bias and the 2012 election.


Filed under: 2012 Campaign • Barack Obama • Media • Media Criticism • Mitt Romney • Politics • Reliable Sources
February 24th, 2013
12:27 PM ET

Stuart Stevens on the 2012 Campaign

More with Stuart Stevens as he tells Howard Kurtz what went right and wrong with Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign.

 


Filed under: 2012 Campaign • Barack Obama • Media • Media Criticism • Mitt Romney • Politics • Reliable Sources
February 22nd, 2013
11:01 AM ET

EXCLUSIVE: Stuart Stevens on the 2012 campaign

In an exclusive interview, Howard Kurtz speaks about the 2012 political race with Stuart Stevens, former senior strategist for the Romney campaign.

Tune in Sunday at 11am ET to see the full interview.


Filed under: 2012 Campaign • Blog • Media • Mitt Romney • Reliable Sources
From the desk of Howard Kurtz: Hijacking the media - Trump shows how easy it is
January 4th, 2013
01:19 PM ET

From the desk of Howard Kurtz: Hijacking the media - Trump shows how easy it is

Editor's note: Howard Kurtz is the host of CNN's "Reliable Sources" and is Newsweek's Washington bureau chief. He is also a contributor to the website Daily Download.

(CNN) - After a year of national gridlock that ended on the precipice of a cliff, Donald Trump went nuclear.

The man who called Barack Obama's re-election a travesty said Republicans could gain control of the budget showdown because they "are sitting there with a nuclear weapon": the specter of voting against a rise in the debt ceiling in the coming weeks. In other words, the GOP could get its way by again threatening to push the country into default.

The remarkable thing here is not Trump's apocalyptic advice but that the man who still doesn't concede that the president was born in Hawaii draws attention no matter what he says. The colorful businessman has a knack for hijacking the media - and he's hardly alone.

So who else does Howie think hijacked the media? Find out here.

December 23rd, 2012
12:45 PM ET

The media's 2012 gaffe patrol

Fred Francis, Lauren Ashburn, Steve Roberts and Howard Kurtz look back at the gaffe-centric coverage of the 2012 campaign; did the media do its job?


Filed under: 2012 Campaign • Barack Obama • Blog • Media • Mitt Romney • Politics • Reliable Sources
November 11th, 2012
06:10 PM ET

How the Media Covered the Election

Jackie Kucinich, Peter Baker, Fred Francis and Howard Kurtz discuss how media outlets called the election for President Obama.


Filed under: 2012 Campaign • Barack Obama • Mitt Romney • Reliable Sources
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