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It's the Media Buzz Meter with Howard Kurtz.

I don't think it's too much to say. Media Buzz Meter with Howard Kurtz.

I don't think it's too much to say that the nomination of Pete Heg-Seth to run the Pentagon is the biggest story around right now.

And even as new reporting raises questions about his conduct, you'd have to say that the

press is trying very hard to knock him out of the box. Some already thinking that the nomination

is just not going to make it.

And I got another story that's just as important coming up behind this.

But when you fire up your computer or look at your phone

and you see that the lead story today in the new york times in the washington post

and elsewhere is the nomination of this former fox and friends weekend host and i would add

decorated army combat veteran,

you know there's been a shift in the vibe,

in the feeling, in the betting markets, so to speak.

And so since I've covered these allegations and will provide more detail in just a moment,

I thought I flipped the order and lead with his side of the story, making that story number one.

So he went on Megan Kelly's serious XM show yesterday and she, you know, read him all the, some of the terrible things that he's been accused of. And HECF said he had spoken within the previous few hours to Donald Trump.

Trump is standing behind him

and that he is the victim of a smear campaign by the media.

He was making the rounds on Capitol Hill talking to senators and as he explained it to Megan

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