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MEDIA BUZZmeter

Barbara Starr: Trump Accusing Media of Treasonous War Coverage "Can Essentially Paint a Target on the Back of a Journalist" for Those Who "Want to Go after Reporters"

MEDIA BUZZmeter

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Society & Culture, News, Tv & Film

4.1582 Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Howard Kurtz is joined by former CNN Pentagon correspondent & USC senior fellow Barbara Starr to discuss the intensifying media friction during the Iran War. They discuss President Trump’s "treason" rhetoric, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s accusations of "intentional" negative headlines, and the strategic challenge of defining victory while asymmetric drone warfare cripples the Strait of Hormuz. Barbara also addresses the rising physical dangers journalists face in a highly charged domestic and global climate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Now, are all the traitors present?

0:02.5

Let's get started, shall we?

0:04.5

From rags to riches.

0:05.8

I'm so sick of this.

0:07.0

Working like a dog and being treated worse.

0:09.1

Yorkshire to New York.

0:10.7

Or climbers, you and me.

0:12.4

A life dedicated to revenge.

0:14.4

Let's make this an occasion to remember.

0:16.5

A woman of substance on Channel 4, stream now.

0:20.7

It's the Media Buzz meter with Howard Kurtz.

0:26.8

On the podcast today, my guest is Barbara Starr.

0:29.9

Longtime, Pentagon Correspondent for CNN, a senior fellow at USC,

0:33.5

and the perfect person for this time right now in the coverage of the Iran war.

0:38.1

Barbara, welcome, and President Trump and his team, as you all know, strikingly unhappy with the coverage of the war.

0:44.0

So let me start with this short question, short answer.

0:46.4

Isn't it an undisputed fact that the U.S. military has all but decimated Iran's defenses,

0:52.2

and isn't that reflected in the coverage? They have decimated Iran's defenses. And isn't that reflected in the coverage?

0:54.9

They have decimated probably the majority of Iran's defenses.

1:00.6

But is that really the solution?

1:03.3

Is that the key to getting them not to make a nuclear weapon and getting to regime change,

1:10.5

which the president still feels

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