LAWRENCE: SO WELCOME BACK TO
CROSS KRNGHTS IS MAINSTREAM
MEDIA DOING DISSERVICE TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE?
A NEW POLL FINDS THAT 76% OF
AMERICANS SAY JOURNALIST SHOULD
STRIVE TO GIVE EQUAL SIDE EQUAL
COVERAGE BUT IN THAT SAME POLL
44% OF JOURNALIST SAY THE SAME
THING.
NOW THIS COMES AT TIME WHEN THE
TRUST AND MEDIA AND OVERALL NEWS
RATES ARE IN THE GUTTER SO I
TOOK TO STREETS TO FIND OUT WHAT
THE AVERAGE DAY AMERICAN THINKS
ABOUT OF THE MEDIA AT LARGE.
WATCH.
>> MEDIA DOING A GOOD JOB?
>> NOT REALLY.
DO YOU THINK MEDIA IS DOING A
GREAT JOB?
>> NOT WITH BIDEN PRESIDENT --
DO YOU THINK MEDIA IS DOING A
GOOD JOB TELLING THE TRUTH TO
AMERICAN PEOPLE?
[SIRENS]
>> NO.
IT IS A LITTLE LIE.
>> HONEST I THINK THEY HAVE TO
USE PEOPLE TO LISTEN THEM
THEY’RE HONEST BUT HONEST IN A
ROUND ABOUT WAY.
>> DO THEY TELL TRUTH OR THEIR
OWN AGENDA?
>> OWN AGENDA.
SOMETIME THERE’S PEOPLE MAKING
UP --
ANY KIND OF RUMOR.
>> FAKE NEWS.
>> LEADING IN THE WRONG
DIRECTION.
>> IN THE DIRECTION THEY LEAD --
>> WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR NEWS
FROM LOOK AT THE TV OR NEWSPAPER
ONLINE SOCIAL MEDIA WHERE YOU
GET IT FROM?
>> NO LONGER LOOK AT THE
NEWSPAPER I GO ONLINE GET
INFORMATION FROM COWORKERS AND A
LOT OF POSTS.
>> WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR
INFORMATION FROM?
>> NEWSPAPERS.
[INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS]
>> WHAT ABOUT YOU?
>> TWITTER --
>> FAMILY.
>> MY DAD WATCHES TV.
>> WHERE DO YOU GET NEWS FROM?
>> YOU, YOUR COLLEAGUES.
>> SOMEBODY IS WATCHING CROSS
COUNTRY.
BACK AGAIN TO DISCUSS JOE CONCHA
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH GENTLEMEN
AS YOU CAN SEE YOUNG PEOPLE GET
THEIR INFORMATION FROM SOCIAL
MEDIA AND CRUSTY ADULTS READING
THE NEWSPAPER JOE YOU MONITOR
MEDIA FOR A LIVING WERE YOU
SURPRISED OF --
YOU KNOW, MEDIA SAYING THEY
SHOPGHT COVER BOTH SIDES THAT’S
KIND OF RIDICULOUS WE KNOW THAT
THEY DO THAT.
BUT I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED
THAT --
THEY ADMITTED TO IT, RIGHT?
>> INDEED LAWRENCE AND WATCHING
YOUR PACKAGE OR AT LEAST CLIPS
FROM IT.
FROM THAT MAN ON THE STREET THAT
WAS FROM NEW YORK IT WASN’T FROM
ALABAMA, OR WYOMING OR FROM
TEXAS.
RIGHT, THIS WAS THE PERCEPTION
IN A VERY LIBERAL AREA.
THAT LOOK LIKE WHERE WERE YOU
UNION SCWAIRP OR DOWNTOWN UNION
SQUARE.
USED TO WORK DOWN THERE LIKE HE
KNOWS THAT PLACE.
>> LOOK, EXACTLY.
I LIVE THERE FOR EXACTLY YEAR
BEFORE GOING TO HOBOKEN BECAUSE
NEF MORE BARS PER SQUARE MILE
TALK ABOUT IN A SECOND TIME.
POINT IS I’M OLD ENOUGH TO
REMEMBER WHEN NBC LESTER HOLT
SAID WHILE ACCEPTING THE EDWARD
R. AWARD LET ME SHARE THIS QUOTE
WITH YOU GUYS.
FAIRNESS IS OVERRATED HE SAID
UNQUOTE, AND BOTH SIDES SHOULD
NOT BE EXPLORED ON ISSUES AND
I’M UNFORTUNATELY OLD ENOUGH TO
REMEMBER WHEN CNN LEMMON SAID
THIS WITH A STRAIGHT FACE.
WHILE SAYING THAT CNN DOESN’T DO
OPINION BUT JUST STRAIGHT NEWS I
HOPE YOU’RE SITTING DOWN, QUOTE,
REPUBLICANS ARE DOING SOMETHING
THAT’S DANGEROUS TO OUR
SOCIETIES AND WE HAVE TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AS
AMERICANS WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT AS JOURNALISTS, BECAUSE IF
WE DON’T WE’RE NOT DOING OUR
JOBS.
AND IN OTHER WORDS REPORTING
BOTH SIDES MEANS REPORTING THE
CONSERVATIVE SIDE OF A
PERSPECTIVE ON THINGS LIKE
ABORTION SECOND AMENDMENT,
GOVERNMENT SPENDING --
YOU KNOW, EDUCATION, THE POINT
IS THAT --
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO
EVERY STORY.
AND IF YOU’RE A JOURNALIST YOU
EXPLORE BOTH THESE GUYS ARE
SAYING NO.
>> SEVEN WHAT DID JOE GO WRONG
WITH THIS.
IS HE RIGHT OR WRONG ON THIS >>
NOT NECESSARILY WRONG THAT’S I
LOVE BEING ON THIS PANEL WITH
JOE TO HAVE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS
AND TALK ABOUT BOTH SIDES OF HOT
ISSUES FACING THIS COUNTRY.
BUT I THINK THOSE NUMBERS ARE
REFLECTIVE OF JUST GENERAL
DECLINE OF AMERICAN PEOPLE WITH
REGARDS TO OUR INSTITUTIONS WHEN
IT COMES TO THE GOVERNMENT WHEN
IT EVEN COMES TO OUR MERLE.
AND A LACK OF TRUST THAT WE SEE
IN THESE INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING
THE MEDIA THAT HAS BEEN
HAPPENING OVER TIME THAT EROSION
OF TRUST WHICH I THINK IS
FUNDAMENTALLY DANGEROUS AND I
THINK JOURNALIST HAVE TO COME
CLEAN WHETHER THEY HAVE FROM THE
RIGHT OR LEFT.
WHEN THEY’RE PRESENTING STORIES
I THINK LOCAL NEWS DOES A REALLY
JOB OF THAT OVER HOME PLATE AT
ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT FOX
AFFILIATES AROUND COUNTRY OF
JUST PRESENTING WHAT IS IN FRONT
OF THOSE CITIES THAT THE
REPORTING IN BECAUSE WE
IMMEDIATE TO RESTORE TRUST IN
THOSE INSTITUTIONS ESPECIALLY
WITH THE MEDIA.
>> I GUESS WHAT I WOULD SAY JOE.
DON’T YOU THINK THE MEDIA IS
RESPONSIBLE, THOUGH, FOR THE
DIVIDE AND THE LACK OF TRUST IN
OUR INSTITUTION?
BECAUSE THEY DON’T COVER STORIES
FAIRLY.
>> WELL, I WON’T ANSWER FROM MY
OWN PERSPECTIVE I’LL GO TO
GALLOP FOUND 48% OF AMERICANS
ALL RIGHT, OVERWHELMING MAJORITY
THINKS THAT THE MEDIA BARES SOME
RESPONSIBILITY FOR DIVIDE IN
THIS COUNTRY ALL RIGHT SO THAT’S
THE PERCEPTION THAT THEREFORE
MEDIA IS TAKING ASIDE PUSHING
THAT ARIVE IT AND THEY’RE TRYING
TO DIVIDE WHEN THEY DO THAT,
THAT BRINGS CLKS AND THAT BRINGS
RATINGS, AND LOOK 80% OF
INDEPENDENT VOTE RS ACCORDING TO
THINK NEWS STORIES ARE REPORTED
FAKE OR FALSE SOMETIMES AND
PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING
JOURNALISTS THAT ARE DOING IT
KNOW THEY ARE PUSHING THAT
NARRATIVE IN OTHER WORDS IT IS
NOT HUMAN ERROR.
IT’S THEY’RE LITERALLY TRYING TO
PUSH SOMETHING ON NEWS CONSUMER
AND READ BY THE WAY IT SHOWS
THAT WHITE HOUSE PRESS CAR
LAWRENCE REPORT REVERSE
ATTENDING DAILY BRIEFINGS RANK
12-1 DEMOCRAT TO REPUBLICAN THAT
IS TELLING.
LAWRENCE: I WAS LISTENING TO HIM
WITH BRIAN KILMEADE FINAL WORD
TO YOU, BROTHER.
>> WELL I THINK JOE POINTS OUT
IMPORTANT THING THAT INCENTIVE
STRUCTURE OF OUR MEDIA IS ALL
LOB SIDED IN TERM OF CLICKS AND
RATINGS OPPOSED TO THOSE LONG
FORM PIECES THAT WE NEED MORE OF
THAT INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST
THAT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO
DIALOGUE AND NOT JUST RATINGS
AND DELIBERATION ON ARTICLES.
LAWRENCE: THAT’S WHY WE’RE OUT
THERE EVERY DAY TALKING TO
PEOPLE AND DECIDE WHAT THEY