Networks: Maine Gov Scandals Get 6 Minutes, Dem Scandals Get Ignored
Never say they aren’t consistent. As per usual, during 2016 the media ignore Democratic scandals while hyping Republican scandals. Between the three of them, the evening shows of ABC, CBS and NBC spent a combined 6 minutes, 56 seconds on the LePage controversy, just in the month of August. For contrast, here are some Democratic scandals that they neglected to cover:
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CNN Media Panel: Clinton vs. Trump Is Apple vs. 'Rancid Meat'
On his Sunday show Reliable Sources, host Brian Stelter brought out a panel made up a proverbial who’s who of Donald Trump opponents to whine about how the media are being “unfair” to Hillary Clinton and going easy on Trump. “All year long, I have been hearing one very specific description of the election coverage,” Stelter stated to start off the first segment, “No, it's not bias, but it's close…
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CNN: Trump Is Lying About the Audit, Shuts Down Truth about Clinton
CNN was earning its moniker as the Clinton News Network during their morning show New Day Sunday. For the first political segment of the day, host Victor Blackwell wanted to talk about Republican Vice Presidential candidate Mike Pence’s unreleased tax returns. Even though the segment was introduced as such and the chyron indicated they would be talking about Pence all attention was put on Donald…
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Liberal CNN Guest Skewers Clinton: Pretends 'Village Idiot' on Email
On Friday's Anderson Cooper 360, CNN host Cooper moderated a debate between two liberals, one of whom took a stridently critical position of Hillary Clinton for her flimsy excuses for mishandling classified email when she was Secretary of State. As CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin came to the defense of the Democratic presidential candidate, George Washington University law professor Jonathan…
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ABC Touts How 'Careless' Hillary Clinton Was With Classified Material
The Big Three's evening newscasts all devoted full reports on Friday to the FBI's release of its notes on their interview of Hillary Clinton over her e-mail scandal. However, ABC's Cecilia Vega stood out for spotlighting how "careless," as FBI Director James Comey put it, Mrs. Clinton was in her handling of classified material on her private e-mail server: "Just how careless? Investigators say…
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MSNBC's Reaction to FBI Notes? We Can Tell Why Hillary Wasn't Charged!
Along with the FBI doing its part for the Clinton campaign by dumping on the Friday afternoon of Labor Day weekend its notes from their interview of Hillary Clinton concerning her e-mail scandal, MSNBC swept some of the most disturbing elements under the rug in its first two segments on it and concluded that they’ve helped them see “a little bit better why Director Comey” didn’t recommend…
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NBC Touts #VeteransForKaepernick, Praises Controversial QB
Looking at social media reaction to controversial 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick maintaining his Black Lives Matter protest against the National Anthem during a military appreciation night in San Diego, on Friday’s NBC Today, co-host Carson Daly skewed the segment toward messages of support for the NFL player: “Yeah, there very much are two sides...His decision has many people on social media…
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Chuck Todd Warns Trump Against ‘Rabbit Hole’ of Clinton ‘Obsession’
Generally, it’s not a good idea to take advice from people who don’t have your interests at heart. On Friday, NBC’s Chuck Todd advised Donald Trump to stay away from the “rabbit hole” of Clinton “obsession.” MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell fretted that the hiring of David Bossie is a “nightmare in Clinton world.”
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MSNBC’s Melber Slams Clinton Surrogate’s Lame Excuse for Ducking Press
It’s been 273 days since Hillary Clinton last held a press conference and even some on MSNBC are starting to lose patience with Clinton’s antics that even-keeled legal correspondent Ari Melber flipped out during Thursday’s Hardball on EMILY’s List president Stephanie Schriock for the shameless talking point that Clinton “talk[s] to the press all the time.”
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NBC Skips News that State Dept. Will Release Clinton’s Full Schedule
Despite a total of four hours of air time, NBC’s Today on Friday completely skipped the latest development in the ongoing scandal involving the Clinton Foundation, Hillary Clinton and the State Department. Instead, the network prioritized 14 minutes to covering an Alicia Keys concert. Not exactly the most pressing story.
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NBC Blasts Trump for ‘Scripted’ Q & A, Ignores Hillary Dodging Press
On Friday’s NBC Today, correspondent Hallie Jackson seized on a report that Donald Trump was set to participate in a “scripted” question and answer session with a pastor at a black church during an upcoming campaign stop in Detroit: “Donald Trump will focus on delivering his message to minority communities....that trip to Detroit to a black church over the weekend. But that trip is raising…
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Stephanopoulos Baits Wade to Bash Chicago's 'Weak Gun Laws', Trump
On an interview Friday morning on Good Morning America, ABC’s George Stephanopoulos interviewed NBA star Dwyane Wade, whose cousin was killed by newly released prisoners on the streets of Chicago last week. While Wade proposed a variety of measures to combat violence in cities like Chicago, Stephanopoulos geared the conversation to be about guns, and Trump.
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Dowd Surprisingly Admits: If Focus Is on Clinton, ‘She Loses’ Election
On Friday’s Good Morning America, ABC’s chief political analyst Matthew Dowd essentially admitted what many in the media won’t say about this election: Hillary Clinton is a weak candidate. Discussing Clinton’s high unfavorables, Dowd called her out for disappearing from the campaign trail, and letting all her scandals become the focus of her campaign. If the narrative “becomes about her, she…
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CBS Touts Attacks on Donald Trump by Joe Biden and Tim Kaine
Instead of reporting the findings of a Politico investigation which found that Bill Clinton had abused a federal program to supplement the Clinton Foundation, CBS chose to tout the campaign efforts of Vice President Joe Biden and VP candidate Tim Kaine. “Hillary Clinton left it to a couple of high-ranking surrogates to attack Trump's immigration position today,” reported fill-in anchor Maurice…
