Kandahar Joy Insists U.S. Is Doing ‘Thorough Job,’ Dismisses Critics
After having ignored Afghanistan on Monday’s show, MSNBC’s ReidOut host Joy Reid circled back by insisting all is going well for the Biden administration on Afghanistan, saying they’ve done “a thorough job” in Kabul despite a lack of “burden-sharing” on the part of NATO allies. Reid also made sure to level bad-faith attacks on Team Biden (with some help from MSNBC analyst Malcolm…
Sciutto Falsely Slams Supreme Court Conservatives for Border Hypocrisy
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court declined to issue a stay of a lower court ruling that the Biden administration's decision to repeal former President Trump's Remain in Mexico was "arbitrary and capricious" and thus illegal. On Wednesday, CNN Newsroom host Jim Sciutto declared this to be an outrageous act of hypocrisy.
Scared of ISIS, Scarborough Backs Biden's 8/31 Deadline on Afghanistan
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough supports President Biden's decision not to extend the August 31st deadline for evacuating American citizens and Afghan allies from Afghanistan. Scarborough says he's worried about attacks by ISIS and the more radical elements of the Taliban.
Former GMA Exec Accused of Sexual Assault, ABC Covered Up
Another day, another case of stark media hypocrisy. On Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal reported that the former executive producer for Good Morning America is being sued by a fellow GMA producer for sexual assault. An ABC News veteran, Michael Corn abruptly left GMA last April after these allegations came out, which ABC kept hidden from the media.
Nets Dismiss ‘Selfish’ ‘Distraction’ of Reps Calling Out Biden Failure
On Wednesday, as news broke of bipartisan members of Congress traveling to Kabul to conduct oversight of the Biden administration’s disastrous and rushed withdrawal from Afghanistan, hack reporters on the CBS and NBC morning shows parroted nasty White House talking points smearing the lawmakers – both Afghan war veterans – as “selfish” politicians creating a “distraction.”
Column: The News Channels Could Use More News
"Hard news" isn't the majority of cable news. Only 22.3 percent of cable-news hours can be defined as news. Overall, 70 percent of cable "coverage" is hosts talking to guests. As CNN’s Brian Stelter once admitted, it’s “primarily a 24/7 talk show.”
NY Times Hides Spike Lee’s 9-11 Trutherism in His New HBO Doc
Spike Lee, famous filmmaker…and 9-11 Truther? Pop culture reporter Reggie Ugwu delivered a mostly fawning interview promoting Lee’s Home Box Office docuseries on the pandemic and the 20th anniversary of the 9-11 terror attacks, New York Epicenters 9/11-2021½. Buried at the end were the filmmaker’s disturbing, conspiratorial views of the World Trade Center terror…
Dowd: Biden Must Be 'Congratulated' for 'Yeoman's Work' in Afghanistan
With reports that the military was beginning to withdraw from the Kabul airport long before all Americans were evacuated from Afghanistan, former Republican Matthew Dowd made an appearance on CNN’s Erin Burnett OutFront on Tuesday to prove to everyone he was living in another reality. According to his rambling, Biden was America’s miracle worker that deserved praise because he had…
CBS/NBC Ignore Reality Biden Ready to ABANDON Americans in Afghanistan
On Tuesday, President Biden made it clear that he would not extend the evacuation of Americans and allies past his arbitrary August 31 deadline. And with the military’s need to pack up their own stuff and Fox News warning that the military would leave in roughly three days, it was obvious Biden was ready to completely abandon Americans to their fate with the Taliban. And of the big three…
Army Major to CNN: Good Chance Americans Will Be Trapped Under Taliban
A CNN New Day guest this morning was Army Reserve Major Matt Zeller. He is part of an informal network of military and intel people with previous Afghanistan experience who are now trying to help Afghan allies to evacuate. Asked to comment on whether an extension of the August 31st deadline for evacuation is desirable, Zeller said: "The reality is we do need more time [or] we're going to end…
DOOCY DEMOLITION: Peter Asks Psaki If Taliban Has Equal Sway as Biden
Appearing almost four hours late in the White House Briefing Room, Press Secretary Jen Psaki faced more excellent questions Tuesday afternoon over the Biden administration’s handling of Afghanistan. As was the case on Monday, Fox’s Peter Doocy led the way with questions about vetting Afghan refugees, whether she’d take back her claim that people aren’t “stranded” in Afghanistan, and whether…
NBC’s Engel: ‘Very Dark Period’ as Taliban Dictates Afghan Withdrawal
Appearing on MSNBC’s MTP Daily Tuesday afternoon, NBC chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel predicted that history would look back on President Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan as “a very dark period for the United States,” especially after news broke that the administration would allow the Taliban to dictate the time line.
Afghanistan’s Ripple Effect
What has happened in Afghanistan will not stay in Afghanistan but will have a ripple effect throughout the region and beyond. In remarks Friday at the White House, President Biden again proved he is out of touch with reality. Responding to criticism that America’s credibility has been damaged due to his precipitous withdrawal of U.S. troops, Biden said, “I have seen no question of our…
Leftist CBS Hosts Demand Felons Have Right to Vote
On Tuesday, the left-wing hosts of CBS This Morning all radically advocated that convicted felons should have the right to vote, claiming that anyone losing that right as punishment for their crimes was “ridiculous,” “mind-boggling,” and “wrong.” They predictably suggested racism was the motivation for the legal restriction.