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ABC Allows 19 Seconds on Seizure of GOP Rep’s Phone; CBS, NBC Ignore

August 10th, 2022 12:50 PM

The FBI on Tuesday seized the phone of Congressman Scott Perry, yet you wouldn’t know it if you watched that night’s evening news or Wednesday’s morning news programs. CBS and NBC completely buried the story. ABC’s Good Morning America on Wednesday allowed a scant 19 seconds to the development, which happened in the wake of the FBI raid on Donald Trump’s home. 

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'It's Christmas!' Colbert Celebrates 'Most Beautiful' Mar-a-Lago Raid

August 10th, 2022 9:54 AM

CBS The Late Show host Stephen Colbert must live a rather dull life because how else does one come to the conclusion that the FBI raid on former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home is like Christmas? Not only did Colbert compare the raid to that holiday on Tuesday, he also declared the related news headline “the most beautiful sentence America has ever produced.”

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Ruhle Demands You Stop Calling The FBI Mar-a-Lago Raid a Raid!

August 9th, 2022 11:41 PM

On MSNBC's The 11th Hour, host Stephanie Ruhle spent the opening segment of her show on Tuesday evening with her assembled panel to discuss the fallout from the FBI's raid on former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida. While the panel discussion itself could constitute a NewsBusters blog in and of itself, what Ruhle said at the end of the segment outshined…

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WATCH: Doocy Battles Jean-Pierre Over Trump Raid on Mar-a-Lago

August 9th, 2022 11:03 PM

With President Biden having spent Monday in flood-stricken Kentucky and departing Wednesday for vacation in South Carolina, Tuesday marked perhaps the week's only White House briefing, so reporters got in their takes about the FBI raid of former President Trump's Florida home. Of course, Fox's Peter Doocy did battle with Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on the raid and whether the White…

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MSNBC Hosts Unfazed By Rogue FL Attorney: DeSantis ‘Wannabe Dictator’

August 9th, 2022 10:49 PM

Morning Joe tried to get viewers’ tears flowing for democracy on Tuesday by bringing on Florida state attorney, Democrat, and lefty-caterer Andrew Warren. Warren was recently suspended by Governor Ron DeSantis for refusing “to enforce Florida's 15-week ban on abortion and gender-affirming care.” Warren’s response? Acting like a free speech martyr and calling DeSantis a “wannabe…

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ABC Highlights Bipartisan Calls for Transparency in FBI Trump Raid

August 9th, 2022 9:11 PM

On Tuesday, the day after the FBI raided former President Donald Trump’s Florida home at Mar-a-Lago, ABC’s World News Tonight highlighted how not only have Trump’s allies come out in opposition to the FBI’s raid and its lack of transparency but some of Trump’s biggest critics have expressed their dissatisfaction.

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MSNBC: Secrecy of FBI’s Trump Raid as Tight as Bin Laden Raid By SEALs

August 9th, 2022 6:03 PM

The lack of transparency from the FBI about their Monday night raid of Mar-a-Lago and the Trump team not releasing the search warrant has left a lot of room for incendiary and impotent hot takes. And it left one MSNBC national security analyst, Clint Watts, room to suggest that the secrecy surrounding the raid was on par with the secrecy of the Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden. The…

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CNN Analyst: FBI's Mar-a-Lago Raid 'Daring & Dangerous Move'

August 9th, 2022 5:02 PM

During Tuesday's At This Hour on CNN, fill-in host Poppy Harlow brought on CNN legal analyst Paul Callan to break down the legal ramifications of Monday's raid on former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida. Shockingly, at least during this brief moment, there was no celebrating or chest pounding over the former President's belongings being searched by the…

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ABC, CBS Warn of No 'Transparency,' 'Overreach' in FBI’s Trump Raid

August 9th, 2022 3:12 PM

The “big three” networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC dedicated extensive time Tuesday morning to the stunning news that former President Trump’s Palm Beach, Florida home of Mar-a-Lago was raided Monday night by the FBI, but the liberal networks were surprisingly not ready to celebrate with ABC and CBS noting there’s been very little “transparency from the Justice Department or the FBI” and, if they…

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Mitchell Blasts 'Outrageous' McCarthy Plan To Investigate Garland

August 9th, 2022 2:37 PM

On her Tuesday show on MSNBC, Andrea Mitchell blasted House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s “outrageous” pledge to investigate Attorney General Merrick Garland if the GOP were to regain the House in November in the aftermath of the FBI’s raid on former President Trump’s home.

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Obsessed CBS Demands Tim Scott Talk All Trump All the Time

August 9th, 2022 12:37 PM

Despite journalists saying otherwise, Donald Trump really is their favorite topic. This was proven again on Tuesday as Tim Scott appeared on CBS Mornings to talk about his new book, but the hosts of the show fixated on Trump. Eleven of the 16 questions to the Republican senator were about Trump before finally getting to the book. 

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Guthrie Wonders If Offending China On Taiwan Is 'Worth It'

August 9th, 2022 11:30 AM

NBC Today host Savannah Guthrie was not convinced of the wisdom of Speak Pelosi’s recent trip to Taiwan. Given Beijing’s temper tantrum over the visit, Guthrie wondered “was it worth it” as she infantilized the communist regime by portraying it inevitable.

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NBC Touts Abortionist's 'Study' to Smear Texas Pro-Life Law

August 8th, 2022 11:57 PM

On Monday night, NBC Nightly News ran a ludicrous segment meant to smear Texas’ fetal heartbeat law which prohibits abortions once a baby’s heartbeat is detected. To accomplish their goal, correspondent Kristen Dahlgren touted a “study” by a Texas abortionist which falsely claims women need to be on the verge of death to receive an abortion. In reality, there is no law in the country…

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Nets Swoon Over 'Blockbuster' & 'Historic' Spending Bill

August 8th, 2022 9:30 PM

Picking up where they left off during their respective morning shows, the three evening broadcast network news shows on Monday gushed over the passage of the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act” which they labeled as “blockbuster” and “historic.”