MRC's Dan Gainor on FBN: Trump Election a 'Wake Up Call For the Media'
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November 9th, 2016 4:53 PM
Donald’s Trump electoral victory took Americans by surprise, but perhaps none were as stunned as the liberal news media.
MRC Vice President of Culture and Business Dan Gainor called Trump’s win a “full on repudiation of the elites in news and entertainment” who “act like nothing goes on in the rest of America.” He appeared on Fox Business Network’s Intelligence Report Nov. 9.
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‘Mainstream Media Is a Loser’ After Election, Says CNBC’s Joe Kernen
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November 9th, 2016 12:13 PM
Squawk Box host Joe Kernen blasted the “mainstream media” as the election loser saying certain outlets should accept humiliation. “The mainstream media is a loser in this and not just in trying to analyze what was happening but trying to influence and affect what was happening,” Kernen said on Nov. 9.
Vanity Fair Editor Posts ‘129’ Anti-Trump Tweets Ahead of Election
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November 8th, 2016 5:01 PM
The liberal news media have been rabidly anti-Trump throughout the campaign. But that bias intensified as polling time neared.
The day before the U.S. election, Vanity Fair contributing editor Kurt Eichenwald launched a Twitterstorm of “top 129 findings from my investigation of Trump.” All but one of those tweets were negative toward the Republican presidential nominee and cited all manner of…
Washington Post Editor: Being Biased on Climate is ‘For the Better’
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November 8th, 2016 3:26 PM
Although many on the left wanted climate change to have a higher profile in the 2016 presidential race, one Washington Post editor claimed the heated campaign “could change the climate debate for the better.”
Washington Post Digital Opinions Editor James Downie repeated a series of climate alarmist claims and complained Hillary Clinton’s stated climate policy isn’t sufficient. But he found a…
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CNBC’s Kernen: NYT Staff Has ‘Honorary Position’ in Clinton Campaign
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November 8th, 2016 8:47 AM
CNBC’s Joe Kernen slammed anti-Trump media bias on Nov. 8, and branded the New York Times as an honorary member of the Clinton campaign. He joked that The New York Times staff had “honorary position” in the Clinton campaign.
CNBC’s Harwood Denies Allegation of ‘Collusion’ With Clinton Campaign
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November 7th, 2016 5:26 PM
Leaked emails from the Clinton campaign cast doubts on CNBC Chief Washington Correspondent John Harwood’s ability to be an objective reporter when it came to Hillary Clinton. But after The Hill accused Harwood on Nov. 7, of colluding with the Clinton campaign, he denied the charge on Twitter.
Clinton Ducks Gay Paper’s Q About Gay-Persecuting Countries' Donations
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November 7th, 2016 4:55 PM
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton ducked a question from a gay newspaper about her foundation taking millions of dollars from countries that persecute gays. In an exclusive interview with The Washington Blade published Nov. 3, Clinton touted the Clinton Foundation’s fight against HIV and claimed, “As your president, I will continue to fight for LGBT rights here in the United States…
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MRC's Gainor Scolds Media Relationship with Clinton Campaign
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November 7th, 2016 11:50 AM
The liberal news media are “trying to carry [Clinton] across the finish line,” according to MRC Vice President for Business and Culture Dan Gainor. He slammed the media for its pro-Clinton bias on Fox Business Network’s Lou Dobbs Tonight Nov. 5. Discussing the media’s involvement in this election cycle, Dobbs noted not only the “bias” in Clinton’s favor, but the “complicity of the national…
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ABC Spends 2X More Time on Elderly Cheerleader Than Economy in Oct
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November 4th, 2016 9:17 AM
The month before the hotly contested presidential election, ABC World News Tonight spent so little time on the U.S. economy — it devoted more time “cheering for” a 101 year-old cheerleader. Polls in October once again showed Americans ranked the economy as their top concern. The economy has led those rankings since July. Yet, the Tennessee State University cheerleader was took priority on ABC’s…
Facebook Employees Give 6 Times More to Democrats than Republicans
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November 3rd, 2016 11:52 AM
Employees of the most popular social network lean left — so much so that they’ve given far more to Democrats than Republicans. This election cycle Facebook employees donated more than 6 times more money to Democrats as to Republicans.
'Press is Psychotic,' But Politico 'Inaccurate' for Reporting Quote
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October 31st, 2016 2:40 PM
The left’s view of the media is riddled with hypocrisy, and Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden is a perfect example. “The press is psychotic!!!” She wrote in an email to Clinton Campaign Chairman John Podesta in July 2015, “But I will tweet now w/o actually saying they are psychotic.”
6 Times Journalists Touted Obamacare Before News of Its Deep Flaws
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October 25th, 2016 3:50 PM
News of Obamacare’s problems didn’t happen in vacuum. The law got years of support from a complicit media which praised the law, attacked its opponents and ignored adverse consequences. Below are six examples of journalists pushing the law.
Loyal Columnist Advised Hillary on How to Survive E-Mail Scandal
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October 25th, 2016 11:52 AM
Major networks have downplayed Hillary Clinton’s use of a private server, but WikiLeaks revealed how one journalist told her to take it seriously and respond like Kennedy did to the Bay of Pigs disaster. According to Wikileaks, The Hill columnist Brent Budowsky sent an email to Clinton Campaign Chair John Podesta in August 2015 suggesting Clinton should respond to the email scandal the same way…
'Peaceful' Pipeline Protesters Attack, Hold Journalists Hostage
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October 24th, 2016 2:12 PM
Apparently, threats and taking hostages are all part of “peaceful” protesting, at least according to Dakota Access Pipeline protesters. Journalists Phelim McAleer and Magdalene Segieda learned that first hand after they were held hostage by protesters on Oct.18. Protesters grabbed at the reporters’ equipment, leading the journalists to hide in their car. McAleer and Segieda “feared for our lives…