NY Times Angry at Trump’s ‘America First’ Response to Virus
New York Times national security correspondent David Sanger fulminated against President Trump’s 30-day suspension of entry into the United States for Europeans: “It’s China’s Fault, Trump Says. And Also Europe’s.” As if it’s a crazy idea that China, which squelched initial news about the virus, could possibly be blamed for its spread. Again, the paper is using the coronavirus crisis as a…
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MSNBC Accuses Fox News of Coronavirus ‘Misinformation’
On Friday, MSNBC was eager to exploit the coronavirus to bash cable competitor Fox News, accusing the rival network of spreading “misinformation” about the disease and even endangering the lives of its viewers. The discussion took place on the same show that labeled the virus President Trump’s “Chernobyl” on Thursday.
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Hostin Praises Americans Turning to Socialism Because of Coronavirus
The View hosts found a silver lining to the coronavirus pandemic on Friday’s show, namely, that it proved how well Socialism worked. Co-host Sunny Hostin gushed that the coronavirus has caused Americans to embrace health and work policies that are rooted in socialist philosophies so that was a “wonderful” thing.
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CBS Worries Unconcerned Republicans Could Get Us All Sick
Talking to a self-quarantined Ted Cruz on Friday, CBS This Morning’s Tony Dokoupil worried that unconcerned Republican voters might get more Americans sick with the Coronavirus. The host nudged, “As a Republican senator, what is your message to Republican voters, Republican citizens, about how seriously they should take this outbreak?”
Is This a POLITICO Story? Or a Biden Press Release? Who Can Tell?
Take a look at this Politico story about Biden's coronavirus speech on Thursday -- but pretend you're reading it as a release on Biden for President letterhead. This is written by Adam Cancryn, a professional reporter for a respected, national media outlet. But it's not a story, it is a press release. Suggestion: Get some Biden for President letterhead -- put this on it, make the reporter the…
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Dr. Fauci Dismisses ABC's Attempt to Play Politics With Coronavirus
Despite Americans’ real fears about the coronavirus spreading, ABC’s Good Morning America felt no responsibility to try to calm those fears with facts, Friday morning. Instead, co-anchor Cecilia Vega tried to play politics, as usual, while speaking with National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci, by repeatedly attempting to bait him to bash President Trump.
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Flip-Flop: Media Praised Biden’s ‘Slap’ Talk, But Four Years Ago...
Exactly four years before Joe Biden cursed at a voter and appeared to threaten him with physical violence, Trump campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, grabbed a reporter by the arm. Both events triggered national media coverage, but even though Biden is the actual candidate and Lewandowski just a staffer, it was the Lewandowski moment four years ago that triggered the most coverage, and the most…
Column: The Punditocracy Pushes Bernie Out
A big part of all of this pressure to knock candidates out of the race comes from the press. If the pack of pundits guesses you have no chance to get the nomination, they proclaim you a “zombie.” In the current design, the media elites still have more power than the voters to decide who wins. For people who claim to defend “democracy” from dying, journalists have no reservations about rushing…
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Amanpour Finds Environmental 'Silver Lining' in Coronavirus Epidemic
On Monday's Amanpour & Co., PBS/CNN International host Christiane Amanpour echoed climate alarmists who have suggested that the Coronavirus has been good for the climate by depressing human activity as she suggested there has been a "silver lining" for the environment in China. The show also gave an unchallenged forum to climate alarmist and author Christiana Figueres, who made dire…
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Jimmy Fallon Complains to Sanders: 'I Don't Know' What News to Trust
The Democratic candidates can count on a warm and fuzzy interview wherever they venture on the late-night show circuit. Bernie Sanders dropped by The Tonight Show on NBC on Wednesday to discuss a slew of matters, all of which included jabs at President Trump.
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All to Bash Trump on Virus: In 24 Hours CBS Does 180 on Travel Ban
It’s was whiplash on CBS Evening News as they went with one narrative to bash President Trump on Wednesday, only to turn around on Thursday to hit him from the other side. The narrative switcheroo came as the network used the congressional testimony of the nation’s top immunologist to suggest Trump wasn’t doing enough to limit those infected with the coronavirus from coming into the country.…
NYT Wishful Thinking: Coronavirus Could Harm Trump Reelection Chances
As much as newspapers insist they merely "report," they write up a lot of wishful thinking about how the Republicans are sure to lose in the fall. Such was the case with New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Martin aerobically rubbing a crystal ball on Thursday in "Trump’s Re-election Chances Suddenly Look Shakier."
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MSNBC Touts Coronavirus as ‘Gift’ for Biden
On Thursday morning, while previewing an upcoming speech from former Vice President Joe Biden on coronavirus, MSNBC correspondent Mike Memoli gushed that the global pandemic and Trump administration response would “gift wrap” a political “opportunity” for the Democratic frontrunner.
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Comedy Central Uses Deceptive Editing to Mock Trump as 'Pandumbic'
Matt Wilstein at The Daily Beast was thrilled with a new Trump-mocking fake movie trailer from the liberals at The Daily Show titled Pandumbic for their "increasingly influential social media platforms." So will Twitter and the others crack down on the "manipulated video"? For comic effect, Trevor Noah's team mangled the time line, putting Trump quotes from February 26 right next to CNN reports…
