NYT Goes Manic Over FISA Memo From ‘Stooge' Nunes; ‘Falls Well Short'
The days before the release of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act memo alleging a pattern of malfeasance by the FBI and Justice Department in its surveillance of members of the Trump campaign were marked by dread and hysteria in the media, and the New York Times participated.
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Bernstein on Memo: We Have ‘Not Seen Such Dark Days’ in America
Always prone to use ostentatious rhetoric, CNN contributor Carl Bernstein unloaded Friday afternoon on the release of the Republican House Intelligence Committee memo, telling Jake Tapper that “we may well have not seen such dark days for American democracy and its institutions” to the point that we are “at a crossroads” because of the “demagogic authoritarian” President Trump.
AP, ABC Fail to Tag Nashville Mayor In Affair With Bodyguard as Dem
Wednesday afternoon, the Tennessean reported that Nashville Mayor Megan Barry disclosed that "she had an extramarital affair with the police officer in charge of her security detail." The paper's story tagged Barry as a Democrat (in their fourth paragraph), but national stories seen at the Associated Press and ABC News have not.
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Blitzer Viciously Maims Guest Over Memo; Takes Cheap Shot About GOP
In a sign of just how upset the liberal media are about Friday’s release of the Republican House Intelligence Committee memo, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer decided to become Jim Acosta by viciously interrupting and attacking Congressman Chris Stewart (Utah) and his fellow Republicans.
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Chuck Todd Derides Trump’s ‘Friendly Media Outlets,’ ‘Kool-Aid Orbit’
Minutes after the White House and congressional Republicans released the much-anticipated FISA memo detailing allegations of political bias in the Justice Department’s Russia investigation, Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd took to MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports to denounce the move and media competitors who got the scoop first.
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CNN Hysteria: Dismisses Memo's Concerns, Touts Use of Bias Sources
It was as if an asteroid was on its way to CNN’s D.C. bureau on Friday when the Republican House Intelligence Committee memo was released as CNN analysts and reporters did everything in their power to dismiss the memo and defend Christopher Steele and Fusion GPS. Chief political analyst Gloria Borger concocted perhaps the biggest pretzel of them all, dismissing the memo’s concerns about an anti-…
MRC President Bozell Hammers Biased Network Coverage of FBI Memo
RESTON, VA – Media Research Center President Brent Bozell issued a statement today slamming the media’s coverage of the newly released congressional memo concerning FISA abuses at the DOJ and FBI. The bombshell report documents multiple surveillance abuses carried out by the FBI against then-candidate Donald Trump.
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PANIC: CNN’s Chalian Frets Memo Distracts from Russia’s ‘Attack’
Seconds before the official release of the highly anticipated House Intelligence Committee memo on abuses of power within the FBI, CNN political director David Chalian was furious that it was distracting from Russia’s “attack on our democracy” and heaped praise on Republican Senator John McCain (Ariz.) for a statement condemning the memo.
How Critics of Jordan Peterson Showcase the Media’s Ghoulish Character
A recent interview with influential psychologist and academic, Jordan Peterson, has left many thinking. In a now-viral video, the U.K. Channel 4’s Cathy Newman interviewed the author of 12 Rules for Life a few weeks ago and, naturally, Peterson’s arguments surprised and stumped Newman at almost every turn.
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CBS to Schiff: Will Memo Show GOP’s ‘Profound Ignorance’?
During a friendly interview with Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff on Friday’s CBS This Morning, co-host Norah O’Donnell teed up the liberal lawmaker to trash the upcoming release of a Republican memo alleging an abuse of the FISA system against the Trump campaign in 2016. She claimed the document in question would only show the GOP’s “profound ignorance.”
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MSNBC Repeats Lie That WH May Have Helped Write Memo
On Friday, Frank Figliuzzi got creative with the truth on MSNBC’s Morning Joe when he repeated the now-disproven story that Devin Nunes would not answer whether the White House had played a role in crafting the FISA memo.
PolitiFact on SOTU: Trump Mostly False, Joe Kennedy Mostly True
PolitiFact demonstrated its usual imbalance of aggression in its State of the Union speech coverage. President Trump’s speech drew twelve different articles with factual evaluations (seven of them False or Mostly False), while the Democratic response by Rep. Joe Kennedy III drew one evaluation – “Mostly True.” They didn't find any factual whoppers in Kennedy's address, like we're about to "slash…
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'Unthinkable, Open Warfare!' Stephanopoulos Goes Nuts Over Trump, Memo
Good Morning America anchor George Stephanopoulos practically had a conniption on Friday’s show, complaining he was "stunned" by a single tweet from the president questioning the FBI and Justice Department’s impartiality around “release the memo.” As soon as the show had begun, Stephanopoulos jumped right in to tout the tweet as the “bitter” final straw between Trump and the two organizations…
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Cupp, Levy Rip PolitiFact for Hiring ‘Archduke’ of Lying Alan Grayson
So-called fact-checking website PolitiFact proved just how much of a hack organization they were on Thursday when they announced that they were hiring former Florida Congressmen David Jolly (R) and the infamous Alan Grayson (D). The backlash was swift and came from across the political spectrum, especially for Greyson. The backlash was even present on HLN’s S.E. Cupp Unfiltered where Cupp and TV’…
