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Democrats Claim ‘Constitutional Crisis,’ Media Repeat It 386 Times

Bill D'Agostino
May 14th, 2019 11:38 AM
Watch cable “news” these days, and you’ll surely see talking heads parroting the Democratic line that the Trump Administration’s noncompliance with House Committee subpoenas amounts to a constitutional crisis. While a small handful of analysts and guest legal scholars disagree, TV hosts continue to push the idea uncritically, with some even urging the alleged crisis be used as grounds for…
 
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Journalists Mocked Contempt for Obama's AG as 'Political Theater'

Bill D'Agostino
May 8th, 2019 9:15 AM
TV journalists are framing House Democrats’ threat to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress as a justifiable measure to combat the Trump administration’s perceived stonewalling. But in 2012, when House Republicans held then-Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt for his refusal to comply with a lawful subpoena, many of the same talking heads dismissed the act as absurd “…
 
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TV News Gives Joe Biden's Candidacy a Big Boost in April

Rich Noyes
May 7th, 2019 2:07 PM
A new Hill/HarrisX poll finds former Vice President Joe Biden taking a huge 32 point lead over his competitors in the 2020 Democratic primary race. One potential reason: television news coverage that once was shared among many of the candidates is now focused almost solely on Biden. Despite the presence of more than 20 announced candidates, Biden was rewarded with by far the lion’s share of the…
 
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Driven Mad By Trump: Celebrities Angered and Depressed By President

Geoffrey Dickens
May 4th, 2019 12:30 PM
Therapists in Hollywood must be raking it in this month, as celebrities from Chelsea Handler to Amy Poehler confessed to having emotional breakdowns and “panic attacks” over Donald Trump. Some of them were just sad as they cried over no collusion in the Russia case. Singer Bette Midler claimed Trump had “caused depression, despair, confusion and death.” Others expressed anger. The following is a…
 
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Blaming Trump for a Terror Attack and Paving the Way for Pete and Joe

Geoffrey Dickens
May 3rd, 2019 9:00 AM

As sick as it sounds liberal journalists actually blamed Donald Trump for a domestic terror attack. They claimed the Poway, California synagogue shooter was inspired by the President. The past month also saw lefty reporters and hosts also prime their audiences to support Democratic candidates new (Mayor Pete Buttigieg) and old (Former Vice President Joe Biden).The following are the most…

 
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Today’s Media Demand Impeachment, But Were Staunchest Opponents in 90s

Bill D'Agostino
April 30th, 2019 8:20 AM
Since the redacted Mueller report was released two weeks ago, TV journalists have been among the biggest advocates for impeaching President Trump. Yet curiously during the late 1990s, journalists were among the loudest voices against impeaching then-President Clinton.
 

Nets Devote 47 Minutes to Biden Announcement, But Bury Latest Scandal

Geoffrey Dickens
April 26th, 2019 2:25 PM
The Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) networks have cleared the path of any nagging stories about Joe Biden’s grabby hands – having all but wiped clean the stories of women complaining about their uncomfortable encounters with the former VP. 
 

Nets Brush Off Biden’s Grabby Hands, Spend Less Than 2 Minutes On Them

Geoffrey Dickens
April 25th, 2019 3:23 PM
As far as the Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) networks are concerned, Joe Biden’s troubles with touching women are essentially over. At least that’s the impression left when you look at the tiny (1 minutes, 52 seconds) amount of time devoted to the former Vice President’s grabbiness in their coverage of his campaign’s official launch. 
 
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Nets Bury Bumbling Biden’s Most Embarrassing Moments

Geoffrey Dickens
April 23rd, 2019 9:50 AM
Joe Biden is expected to jump into the presidential race on Wednesday, but he enters a Democratic nomination fight with a lot of baggage. Most recently the former Vice President has had to deal with complaints about his history of overly-grabby behavior with women, but those stories have overshadowed another famous flaw – his propensity for embarrassing gaffes. 
 
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Updated: Media Mention Impeachment 363 Times in One Day

Bill D'Agostino
April 19th, 2019 11:09 AM
Although the Mueller report did not recommend any charges against the President, liberal journalists on cable and broadcast networks spent Thursday suggesting to audiences that impeachment was imminent, if not inevitable. Throughout Thursday afternoon and Friday morning, liberal talking heads on cable and broadcast news networks mentioned impeachment an astonishing 309 times during their coverage…
 
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FLASHBACK: Media’s Agenda-Driven Columbine Coverage, 20 Years Later

Geoffrey Dickens
April 17th, 2019 8:30 AM
Saturday marks 20 years since the tragic Columbine school shooting in Littleton, Colorado. Liberal journalists have already begun their retrospectives that included requisite attacks on the NRA and gun owners. The following is a look back at the most biased and ugliest broadsides in the weeks following the April 20, 1999 Columbine shooting:.  
 
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Update: TV News Hosted Michael Avenatti 254 Times in One Year

Bill D'Agostino
April 11th, 2019 6:12 PM
Former porn star lawyer Michael Avenatti is back in the headlines after being indicted Thursday on 36 charges ranging from fraud to tax dodging. Incidentally, this is the same Michael Avenatti whom broadcast and cable news networks have hosted a whopping 254 times over the past year, according to the MRC's latest count of the spotlight-loving attorney's televised escapades.
 
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CNN Carrying Water for Dems in Tax Return Fight

Bill D'Agostino
April 9th, 2019 2:03 PM

If House Democrats are sinking to a new low by using their subpoena power to rummage through the President's personal tax returns, you wouldn't know it by the way they have been treated on CNN over the past few days. Hosts on the liberal cable network have routinely lobbed softballs at Democratic interviewees, while challenges to the legitimacy of their quest see the President’s taxes were few…

 
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For Trump, Exoneration = A Mere Two-Day Respite from Bad Press

Rich Noyes
April 3rd, 2019 8:00 AM
After Attorney General William Barr released the key findings of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s 22-month-long investigation, the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts showered Donald Trump with good press (80% positive) for the first time since he became President. But the good news for the White House only lasted for two days; after that, the networks resumed their lopsidedly hostile (79%…